High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 36, Issue 9, 094005(2024)

Simulation of the thermal effect on high power Bi target for the large-scale 211At production

Jie Xiong1... Guoliang Dou2,3, Liangting Sun2,3, Yang Wang2, Zhi Qin2,3, Jieru Ren1, Yongtao Zhao1,*, and Hongwei Zhao23 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Department of Future Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710000, China
  • 2Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 3School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    To improve the reliability and operation life of metallic Bi targets for the production of medical isotope 211At using high current α beam, several beam uniformization methods were simulated and compared. The thermal effect of 500 eμA α beam bombarding a Bi target with wobbler magnet was modeled and analyzed by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, which provided key technical support for the design of target system and the improvement of target life time. The results showed that the peak beam thermal effect on the target was obviously reduced by applying beam scanning. In front of the target, a wobbler magnet was used to periodically scan the beam, which could effectively reduce the temperature on Bi target surface. With a scanning frequency of 50 Hz, the highest temperature on Bi target was 189.8 ℃, lower than the melting point of Bi metal (271.3 ℃), which could meet the temperature requirement of Bi target under such a high beam power condition.

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    Jie Xiong, Guoliang Dou, Liangting Sun, Yang Wang, Zhi Qin, Jieru Ren, Yongtao Zhao, Hongwei Zhao. Simulation of the thermal effect on high power Bi target for the large-scale 211At production[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2024, 36(9): 094005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Column on Ion Beam Science and Technology and Its Applications

    Received: Feb. 15, 2024

    Accepted: Jun. 30, 2024

    Published Online: Oct. 15, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhao Yongtao (zhaoyongtao@xjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202436.230403

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