Status of R&D on mitigating the effects of pressure waves for the Spallation Neutron Source mercury target

BW Riemer, MW Wendel, DK Felde, AA Abdou… - Journal of nuclear …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been
conducting R&D on mitigating the effects of pressure waves in mercury spallation targets …

Small bubbles generation with swirl bubblers for SNS target

C Barbier… - Fluids …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) uses a mercury
target to generate neutrons. When the powerful 1.4 MW, 60Hz proton beam hits the target, a …

Gas bubble size measurements in liquid mercury using an acoustic spectrometer

X Wu, M Wendel, G Chahine… - Journal of Fluids …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A properly dispersed population of small bubbles can mitigate cavitation damage to a
spallation neutron source target. In order to measure such a bubble population, an acoustic …

Choked-Flow Inlet Orifice Bubbler for Creating Small Bubbles in Mercury

M Wendel, A Abdou, B Riemer - Fluids …, 2013 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Pressure waves created in liquid mercury pulsed spallation targets like the Spallation
Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, induce cavitation damage on the …

Measurements of gas bubble size distributions in flowing liquid mercury

M Wendel, B Riemer, A Abdou - Fluids …, 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Pressure waves created in liquid mercury pulsed spallation targets have been shown to
induce cavitation damage on the target container. One way to mitigate such damage would …

Two-Phase Flow Simulations of Protective Gas Layer for Spallation Neutron Source Target

A Abdou, M Wendel, B Riemer… - ASME …, 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an accelerator-based neutron source at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory (ORNL). The nuclear spallation reaction occurs when a proton beam …

Quantitative measurement by artificial vision of small bubbles in flowing mercury

VC Paquit, MW Wendel, DK Felde… - … Vision Applications IV, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
At the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), an accelerator-based neutron source located at the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Tennessee, USA), the production of neutrons is obtained by …

[PDF][PDF] Gas Bubble Size Measurements in Liquid Mercury Using an Acoustic Spectrometer

G Chahine, B Riemer - Citeseer
A properly dispersed population of small bubbles can mitigate cavitation damage to a
spallation neutron source target. In order to measure such a bubble population, an acoustic …