{"id":557,"date":"2018-06-15T12:47:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T11:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.essbilbao.org\/?page_id=557"},"modified":"2018-10-16T08:42:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T06:42:15","slug":"target-wheel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essbilbao.org\/es\/in-kind-contribution\/target\/target-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Target Wheel<\/h1><\/div>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00bb5\/12″]
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Target<\/span><\/h3>

Wheel<\/p>

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The target wheel designed consists of approximately 7,000 tungsten bricks cradled in 36 stainless steel, helium-cooled cassettes and wrapped in a pressurised stainless-steel vessel. The Helium is introduced by a coaxial pipe and circulates through several open volumes\u00a0<\/span>to guaranty and homogeneous inlet pressure in from of the cassette. The wheel turns at 23 1\/3 RPMs as the proton beam falls on each segment at a frequency of about 0.5 Hz. The wheel spans 2.6 metres in diameter and weighs in at around five\u00a0tonnes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The target wheel stands as the core of the facility, where the spallation neutrons will be\u00a0<\/span>generated. As such, its design is a result of the conditions imposed by the beam, and its loads\u00a0<\/span>are influenced by all the elements around it. Therefore, any calculations regarding neutronics in it must consider the surroundings, i.e. The Target Station, which also includes the\u00a0<\/span>moderator, reflector, shielding, instrumentation plug, etc. In other words, elements that are not the work of ESS-Bilbao. This means that we need to share information and agree on a\u00a0<\/span>representative model.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shaft<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00bb1\/2″]
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Drive unit<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1531475448682{padding-top: 10px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1531475558749{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}\u00bb][vc_row_inner css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1535714460832{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column_inner width=\u00bb1\/12″ css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1531475534014{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}\u00bb][vc_single_image image=\u00bb1613″ img_size=\u00bb30×30″ css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1531238699041{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}\u00bb][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00bb11\/12″ css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1531475517101{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}\u00bb][vc_custom_heading text=\u00bbThe main functions of the Target Wheel are:\u00bb font_container=\u00bbtag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left\u00bb use_theme_fonts=\u00bbyes\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1539157267109{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}\u00bb][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1539157291220{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}\u00bb]<\/p>\n

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  • Rotate the target wheel (23,33 rpm) <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shield the neutrons produced in the spallation reaction in the target. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Provide the target wheel with coolant (helium): The helium is injected (being the flow rate of 2,85 Kg\/s [ESS-0060792]) from the helium rotary-seal and it flows downwards passing through all the shaft until it reaches the tungsten bricks (spallation material). After cooling the hotspot, the coolant goes upwards until it gets to the rotary seal. Therefore, there have to be designed two concentrically separated channels for the inlet and for the outlet helium flow, respectively. A requirement that the design needs to meet: the maximum pressure drop along all the loop must be lower than 0,85 bars [ESS- 0019346]. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Target Wheel bricks<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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