SBIR/STTR Research Award
ADVANCED ACCELERATOR DEVELOPMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS-
Award amount
$491,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Pulse Sciences
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THERE ARE NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS FOR ELECTRON-BEAM RADIATION PROCESSING THAT REQUIRE AVERAGE ELECTRON-BEAM POWER LEVELS IN THE MEGAWATT RANGE. THISPOWER IS FIVE TO TEN TIMES GREATER THAN AVAILABLE WITH COMMERICAL TECHNOLOGIES. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP INNOVATIVE ELECTRON-BEAM GENERATOR DESIGN CONCEPTS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ACHIEVING AVERAGE BEAM POWERS OF 1MW AT 1 TO 10 MEV, HIGH EFFICIENCY (>80%), AND LOW COST ($1 TO 2/W). THESE DESIGN CONCEPTS WILL BUILD ON LINEAR INDUCTION ACCELERATOR (LIA) AND MAGNETIC SWITCHING (MS) TECHNOLOGIES BEING DEVELOPED BY DOD AND DOE FOR DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON APPLICATIONS. AS AN EXAMPLE, DISCUSSION IS FOCUSED ON REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRON-BEAM FLUE-GAS TREATMENT PROCESSES THAT ARE BEING EVALUATED BY DOE FOR REMOVVING NOX AND SOX POLLUTANTS FROM COAL -FIRED POWER PLANT EMISSINS. THE PLANNED EFFORT WILL INCLUDE THE PRECONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND COSTING FOR A SUBSCALE TO EVALUATE AND DEMONSTRATE RESULTANT LIA/MS DESIGN CONCEPTS.
Technology keywords
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