Radio-frequency industrial electron

beam accelerators of BINP

Aleksandr Bryazgin Budker INP, Novosibirsk, Russia

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics - leading Russian institute in accelerator development

Total employees: ~2900 440 scientists 60 PhD students 760 engineers, 350 technicians 1300 workers in workshop 5 academicians and 7 correspondent members of Russian Academy of Science Main fields of research: Particle physics, Fusion

Budker INP workshop

Industrial accelerators

The ILU electron accelerators are produced by Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. They cover the energy range from 0.8 to 10 MeV, the beam power is up to 100 kW.

ELV accelerators is DC accelerator with energy up to 2.5 MeV and power up to 500 kW.

Product

Accelerator

Window

Beam line

Scanning Magnet

Electron gun

Scan Horn

Electrons

Product movement

Converter

X-Rays

Up to 7 MeV

Product

Accelerator

Window

Beam line

Scanning Magnet

Electron gun

Scan Horn

Electrons

Product movement

Converter

X-Rays

Up to 10 MeV

E-beam X-ray

Accelerators for Ecology.

Accelerators

Treatment something

for protect environment.

(Treatment of medical waste,

sewages…)

Replacement non ecological

processes.

(Plastic polymerization,

Medical sterilization, Co-60).

ILU Accelerators

Parameters ILU-6 ILU-8 ILU-10 ILU-14

Electron

Energy 1.7-2.5 MeV 0.8-1

MeV 4-5

MeV 7.5 – 10 MeV

Beam Power 20 kW 20 kW 50 kW 100 kW

Local Shield

Weight 76 t

ILU-8 in Local Shield

Energy 0.8-1 MeV

Av. Current 0-20 mA

Pulse current 0-500 mA

Main features of

ILU accelerators

•Compact

•Self-excitation

•No insulation and

gas systems

•Pulse

•GI-50

Pulse duration 800 mks

Pulse repetition 1-50 Hz

RF frequency 175 MHz

Dim D800x800 mm

ILU-8 in Local Shield in Japan,2005

Energy 0.8-1 MeV

Accelerator ILU-8 in local shielding

Korea, Suwon 1997

Russia, Cheboksary, 2010

ILU-10 Energy 4-5 MeV

Av. Current 0-10 mA

Pulse current 0-400 mA

Pulse duration 500 mks

Pulse repetition 1-50 Hz

RF frequency 115 MHz

Dim. D1280x1480 mm

ILU-10 in Poland, RadPol SA, 2008

Energy 5 MeV

Beam power

50 kW

Treatment of

polymer pipes

Treatment of

cables

ILU-14 accelerator

Operating frequency, MHz 176 Full efficiency, % 26

Electron energy, MeV 7,5-10 Modulator pulse duration, μs 500

Average beam power, kW 100 Repetition rate, Hz Up to 50

Budker INP ILU-14 7,5-10 MeV, 100

kW

X-ray converter

E(MeV) Ta

thickness

Conversion

to 60 deg

7.5 0.9 13,2%

5 0.7 8.3%

2 0.5 3%

Conversion rate X-ray/E-beam power

Radiation vs gas, steam and Co-60

sterilization.

EtO is included to Pollutant Release and

Transfer Register (PRTR)

No radioactive materials

Irradiation process– rise temperature of

product only 10-12 degrees.

Irradiation is compatible with most

medical goods.

Beam conveyor and beam extraction device. Capacity of

facility up to 100000 syringes per 1 hour.

Izhevsk city, “AKSION” plant.

BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Sterilization plant based on ILU accelerator

Load zone

Unload zone

Output 4500 kg/hour

EVALAR pharmaceutical plant

Russia, Biisk.

Sterilization plant based on ILU-10 accelerator in Park of Nuclear Technology in Kazakhstan (Running in 2012)

BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Using of single use medical goods

makes new big radiation market –

decontamination of medical waste.

Only radiation method allows

decontaminate multiuse containers

with waste without de-sealing.

Experimental accelerator line for medical waste irradiation in Moscow Federal Biologic-Physical Center

(running 2012) BINP+NIITFA+Ronik

Medical waste irradiation VS Disinfection & burning.

Chemical disinfection

Burning Radiation sterilization

Absence of the risk of hospital acquired infections

_ _ +

Absence of pollutant emissions

_ +/- +

Recycling _ _ +

Food irradiation

Ronald Eustice IMRP-2011

Ronald Eustice IMRP-2011

Project of center radiation pasteurization of food based on ILU-14.

Confirmed radiation induced cracking wide range of hydrocarbons with extremely high speed of reaction. The conversion rate not less 20% with economical profitability.

C8

C13

C17 C20 C26

C20

C26

C30

C11

Radiation-thermal cracking of the heavy hydrocarbons.

Raw product

After irradiation

Расчетная производительность (1-3) РТК в лабораторной установке для площади облучения

310 см2 при различных мощностях дозы, а также производительность при нулевой мощности

ускорителя (4). Кривые (6-8) энергетические затраты на работу ускорителя, (5) экономически

обоснованная доза для сшивки полимеров в промышленных условиях, эквивалентная нагреву

гудрона на 120 С 28

Productivity of experimental installation as function temperature and dose.

250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950

1E-3

0,01

0,1

1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

До

за, к

Гр (к

Дж

/кг)

Выход РТК от W, эВ/см2/сек, (кГр/сек)

(1) 1,88*1018

(0,30)

(2) 1,82*1019

(2,92)

(3) 1,00*1020

(16,1)

(4) ТК, 0 (0)

Вы

хо

д п

ро

ду

кт

а,

кг/

ми

н

Температура, oC

1E-3

0,01

0,1

1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

(8)

(7)(4)

(2)

(5)

(6)

(3)

Доза кГр (кДж/кг)

(1)

Temperature

Pro

du

ct o

utp

ut kg

/min

E-beam decontamination and biological purification the livestock waste

ē

Discharge of the

treated water to

nature.

Biological

purification by

hyacinth in ponds.

livestock

waste

Decontamination

livestock waste

ILU Accelerators on the map