KR101094128B1 - X-ray generator driven by pyroelectric crystals using the radiation heat source - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating X-rays by accelerating electron beams by irradiating radiant heat to superconducting crystals and by a potential difference between surface charges induced on both end faces of the crystals and an X-ray target. By inducing the temperature change of the superconducting crystal by irradiating the radiant heat, the temperature deviation in the longitudinal direction and the radial direction of the superconducting crystal cross-section can be minimized, thereby overcoming the size limit and the structural limit of the superconducting crystal used in the prior art And increases the potential difference due to an increase in the number of surface charges, thereby generating X-rays and improving the performance of the X-ray generator using the same.
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The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for generating superconducting crystal X-rays by radiant heat, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for generating superconducting crystal X-rays by radiant heat, Ray generating apparatus and method for generating X-rays.
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The supercritical phenomenon is a phenomenon in which supercritical crystals are cut in a direction perpendicular to the polarization direction, and when a certain heat is applied to the crystals, surface charges having different polarities are induced on the both surfaces of the crystals to induce spontaneous polarization. Electrons induced on the surface will form a potential difference large enough to generate X-rays.
Since the superconducting crystal showing the superconducting phenomenon described above has a small heat capacity and low thermal conductivity, the temperature of the contact surface of the superconducting crystal and the cross section thereof is large, There is a problem in that it does not increase or decreases.
The size of the electric field in a device consisting of supercritical crystals and targets
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In addition, in a device in which two superconducting crystals are arranged so that different charges are induced, the magnitude of the electric field is
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The electric field formed by the superconducting crystal is expressed by Equation (1) (d gap ) is shorter, the electric field increases. In addition, the longer the length (L) of the closer the distance between the two crystals (D gap), second electric crystal, as shown in equation (2), an electric field that changes in temperature higher induction is greatly.
In order to induce charge on the cross section of the superconducting crystal, the heat conductivity of the superconducting crystal must be high during heating or cooling to facilitate heat transfer. However, the thermal conductivity of the superconducting crystal is 45 mJ / cm- sec for LiTaO 3 , which is a typical supercritical crystal, similar to that of glass fiber used as a thermal insulation material in a building.
In general, other than the second electric crystal LiTaO 3 also has a thermal property similar to the LiTaO 3. Due to the thermal characteristics of the superconducting crystals, when heating is performed by a resistance heating method using a thermoelectric cooling device (TEC), which is a heating method of superconducting crystals used in the prior art, A temperature variation occurs.
The temperature rise-drop caused by such thermal conduction is determined by the thermal conductivity of the crystal, and when the crystals are connected in the longitudinal direction, the temperature deviation between both ends becomes larger. As a result, the surface charge does not increase even when the length of the superconductor crystal increases.
On the other hand, in the prior art, in order to increase the potential difference, the polarity of the electric charge induced in the cross section of two superconducting crystals faces the other surface to increase the electric potential difference. This concept has a limitation to increase the electric potential difference by two times . The reason why it is difficult to overcome such a limitation is that when a long-length supercrystal is used or when two crystals are connected in series in the longitudinal direction of the crystal, the temperature difference in the longitudinal direction of the crystal And the temperature deviation of the superconducting crystal cross section results in slowing or reducing the increase of the potential difference.
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In the prior art, a method of disposing two superconducting crystals, which is one of the methods for doubling an induction electric field, with a cross section of a crystal whose opposite polarity of surface charge is opposite is applied. In this case, the electric field induced by the second electric crystal is wider cross-sectional area (A) of the electric crystal closer the distance (d gap) of the two determined second opposite, as shown in Equation (2), the length (L) is The longer the temperature change, the greater the electric field induced.
In order to induce the temperature change of the crystal, the heat conductivity of the crystal at the time of heating is high, so that the heat transfer can be smoothly performed, so that the temperature deviation of both sides of the crystal can be reduced. However, when the material has a low thermal conductivity, the material is heated from one side of the material, so that the thermal conductivity is low and the temperature deviation from the opposite side is obtained. In this case, the longer the length of the sample, the larger the temperature deviation becomes. The thermal conductivity of a typical supercritical crystal is 45 mJ / cm- sec for LiTaO 3 , which is similar to that of glass fiber insulation used as a building's insulation material. The superconducting crystals having a low thermal conductivity can be obtained by keeping the temperature difference in the longitudinal direction or the axial direction of the superconducting crystals small when the length of the superconducting crystals is long and the cross-sectional area is large and when a plurality of the crystals are connected in series in the longitudinal direction. There is a limit to increasing the temperature.
Since the conventional superconducting crystal heating method relies on heat conduction by the contact method by resistive heating, the temperature deviation between the contact surface of the heat source and the opposite surface of the superconducting crystal of low thermal conductivity becomes larger as the length of the superconducting crystal becomes longer It brings a deviation. This increase in the temperature difference results in significantly reducing the potential difference or decreasing it over a certain length.
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In order to increase the potential difference of the superconducting crystal device by heat induction and to improve the performance of the X-ray generator, it is necessary to increase the size of the superconducting crystal or to facilitate the structure of the device. It is difficult to reduce the temperature deviation of the cross section of the superconducting crystal.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for generating high energy X-rays by minimizing a temperature deviation in a length direction and an axial direction of a superconducting crystal by radiant heat irradiation method which can overcome the limitations of the prior art, will be.
Conventional methods for heating superconducting crystals are a contact method using a resistance heating and a thermoelectric effect device (TEC). Since the heat transfer depends on heat conduction, the temperature between the heat source contact surface of the superconducting crystal having a small heat capacity and the thermal conductivity, The longer the length of the supercrystal, the greater the deviation. These temperature deviations result in significantly slowing the increase in the potential difference or decreasing the length of the superconducting crystal in a predetermined range, more than about 10 mm.
In order to accomplish the above object, the X-ray generator according to the present invention uses a heat transfer method by radiation, not heat conduction in a superconducting crystal. An infrared lamp or a non-contact method for irradiating a radiant heat source focused on sunlight to a superconducting crystal, wherein the superconducting crystal of 20 mm or more, which is longer than the length used in the prior art, Thereby overcoming the limitations of the prior art by minimizing temperature variation and heating.
By increasing the temperature of the superconducting crystals by irradiating the superconducting crystals with radiant heat, the superconducting crystals having a long superconducting length and a large cross-sectional area can minimize temperature variations in the longitudinal and axial directions, And the electric field is increased. The increase of the electric field will improve the electron and ion acceleration performance, which will greatly improve the X-ray generation performance using this device.
1 is a view showing an embodiment of an X-ray generator according to the present invention for generating X-rays using irradiation of a
FIG. 2 is a view showing an X-ray generating device by a resistance heating method,
3 is a view showing another embodiment of the X-ray generator according to the present invention,
4 is a view showing another embodiment of the X-ray generator according to the present invention,
5 (a) is a view showing another embodiment of the X-ray generator according to the present invention for inducing surface charge by irradiating radiant heat of a supercrystal 11 having a long length, and FIG.
5 (b) is a view showing another embodiment of the X-ray generator according to the present invention in which a plurality of
The pyroelectric crystal is an anisotropic crystal, and has a constant value of the dipole moment which is polarized even when the external electric field is not applied in a constant equilibrium state. That is, the superconducting crystal, which is an anisotropic crystal, is polarized in the equilibrium state, and the value of the total dipole moment exists even when no external electric field is applied.
When the supercrystal is cut in a direction perpendicular to the polarization direction, surface charges having different polarities are induced on both end faces of the cut face. That is, a surface negative charge is charged on one surface of the cut surface and another surface positive charge is charged on the other surface. The polarization of the crystal in the absence of external field or temperature changes is called spontaneous polarization (P s ). When the temperature of the superconducting crystal is changed by applying heat to this superconducting crystal, the spontaneous polarization value is changed (ΔP s ). This phenomenon is referred to as superelectrode phenomenon (also called superelectroelectric effect) . The supercritical effect forms an electric field large enough to emit electrons or generate effective radiation. The electric field is proportional to the induced surface charge.
The size of the surface charge per unit area is given by ΔP s = γΔT when the superconducting crystal is heated. Where γ is the supercritical constant and ΔT is the temperature change of the electrical crystal. It can be seen that the amount of surface charge induced in the superconducting crystal increases in proportion to the temperature change. Since the surface charge is the product of the electrostatic surface charge times the cross-sectional area, the total charge of the superconducting crystal section is Q = γΔTA, where A is the cross-sectional area. The potential difference due to the induced surface charge becomes V = Q / C.
In the case of LiTaO 3 , which is a typical supercritical crystal, the potential difference formed by a superconducting crystal having a diameter of 10 mm and a length of 10 mm is about 100 keV.
In order to commercialize the X-ray generator by supercritical crystals, it is necessary to increase the induced surface charge in order to improve the performance to the application level. In order to increase the surface charge, there is a method of increasing the temperature change of the superconducting crystal or increasing the cross-sectional area and length.
The method of increasing the temperature change is determined by the characteristics of the crystal and has its limit value. That is, when the temperature of the crystal is heated above the Curie temperature, the superconductivity of the superconducting crystal is permanently lost. The Curie temperature of BaTiO 3 , which is a typical supercritical crystal, is 393 K (absolute temperature), LiTaO 3 is 813 to 970 K, and LiNbO 3 is 1488 K. That is, the LiTaO 3 crystal loses superconductivity when heated to 540 ° C or higher. However, the heat capacity of most superconducting crystals is 470 J / kg · K, and the thermal conductivity is 45 mJ / cm- sec , which limits the temperature of the superconducting crystal to the Curie temperature without temperature variation in both end faces and axial directions.
Fig. 2 shows an example of an X-ray generating apparatus by the resistance heating method of the prior art. In the prior art, when the length and the cross-sectional area of the
Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a side view (Fig. 1 (a)) showing an embodiment of an X-ray generator according to the present invention in which a
1, the X-ray generator according to the present invention includes a
In the
In the X-ray generator shown in FIG. 1, the
The
A radiant heat irradiating device (20) is installed so as to irradiate the superconducting crystal (10) around the superconducting crystal (10). The radiant
The X-ray generator shown in Fig. 3 includes a spiral radiant
The X-ray generator shown in FIG. 4 is an embodiment of a superconducting X-ray generator in which a target composed of a reflective material is used as the
5 (a) is a side view showing an X-ray generator including a
An operation process of the X-ray generator constructed as described above will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in the figure, the
The cooling method of the supercritical crystals is not shown in the drawing, but a heat dissipating plate or a heat dissipating fin is attached to the outside of the vacuum apparatus to perform a natural cooling method or a forced cooling method by heat conduction.
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14: Determination of the superconductivity in the longitudinal direction
20: Radiant heat irradiator
21: Spiral radiant heat irradiator
30: Vacuum container
50: Negative charge
60: Heating device by thermal conduction
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A vacuum container in which an X-ray target is installed;
A supercritical crystal disposed inside the vacuum vessel so that one end surface thereof cut perpendicular to the polarization axis is oriented toward the X-ray target; And
And a radiant heat irradiating device which is formed so as to surround the periphery of the supercritical crystal and irradiates radiant heat to the supercrystal to induce charge on the cross section of the supercrystal to radiate toward the X- Gt; X-ray < / RTI >
The superconducting crystal has a columnar shape in which the polarization axis direction is the longitudinal direction,
Wherein the radiant heat irradiating device is arranged so as to spirally surround the side surface of the columnar superconducting crystal in a spiral shape.
Wherein the superconducting crystal comprises one or more superconducting crystals aligned in the longitudinal direction.
Wherein the at least one superconducting crystal is arranged so that the faces of different charge polarities are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.
Wherein the X-ray target is made of one selected from a transmissive substance or a reflective substance.
And a cooling device attached to the periphery of the supercritical crystal to emit heat.
Wherein the radiant heat irradiating device is installed in any one of the inside of the vacuum container provided with the supercritical crystal or the outside of the vacuum container.
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