Research on the high heat flux removal technique of a lithium target for the AB-BNCT application

Xiaolong Wang; Jiangang Li; Ji Chao Wang; Xiancai Meng; Wei Xu; Peng Lu; Bing Hong; Yuzhong Qian; Kaiyu Ou; Yongqiang Pang; Qiang Li; Lizhen Liang; Chundong Hu

doi:10.1016/j.net.2025.103498

Research on the high heat flux removal technique of a lithium target for the AB-BNCT application

Xiaolong Wang
, Jiangang Li
, Ji Chao Wang
, Xiancai Meng
, Wei Xu
, Peng Lu
, Bing Hong
, Yuzhong Qian
, Kaiyu Ou
, Yongqiang Pang
, Qiang Li
, Lizhen Liang
, Chundong Hu

School of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

A solid-state lithium (Li) target for 2.5 MeV, 20 mA proton beam (PB) accelerator boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) was developed at the Energy Research Institute of Hefei National Comprehensive Science Center (Anhui Energy Laboratory). The Li target must withstand a high heat flux (HHF) of up to 2.8 MV/m² generated by the PB bombardment. The research team designed an optimized cross-rib structure. To test the thermal removal ability of the structure, electron beam thermal loading experiments verified its effective performance. The results showed that the designed Li target meets the requirement to remove the thermal load generated by the PB (2.8 MW/m²).

Original language	English
Article number	103498
Journal	Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Volume	57
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2025.103498
State	Published - Jul 2025

Keywords

BNCT
HHF
Li target
Thermal hydraulic

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