ON FABRICATION AND BRAZING OF 15A, 120 keV CONTINUOUS DUTY ACCELERATOR GRID ASSEMBLIES

Abstract

The development of high intensity neutral beam injectors at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory has progressed from relatively low duty cycle, low energy devices to the next generation of continuous duty high energy units. The earlier pulsed versions were designed with edge cooled grid structures described ·in a previous publication. The prerequisites set by the higher duty cycle devices no longer allow the edge cooling methods to be employed. Hollow molybdenum grid rails with deionized cooling water flowing at pressures of approximately 1.73 x 10{sup 6}Pa (250 PSI) at from 1.135 to 1.89 liters per minute (.3 to .5 GPM) are brazed to Type 304L stainless steel rail holders