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Effect of Gas Microbubble Injection and Narrow Channel Structure on Cavitation Damage in Mercury Target Vessel

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The target vessel, which enclosing liquid mercury, for the pulsed spallation neutron source at the J-PARC is severely damaged by cavitation caused by proton beam-induce pressure waves in mercury. To mitigate the cavitation damage, we adopted a double-walled structure with a narrow channel for the mercury at the beam window of the target vessel. The narrow channel disturbs the growth of cavitation bubbles due to the pressure gradient. In addition, gas microbubbles are injected into the mercury to suppress the pressure waves. After finishing service operation, the front end of the target vessel was cut out to inspect the effect of those cavitation damage mitigation technologies on the interior surface. The damage depth of the cutout specimens for the original design type and double-walled target vessels were quantitatively investigated by the replica method. The results showed that the double-walled target facing mercury with gas microbubbles operate 1812 MWh for an average power of 434 kW is equivalent to the damage of original design target operated 1048 MWh for average power of 181 kW. The erosion depth due to cavitation in the narrow channel is clearly smaller than on the wall facing bubbly mercury.

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Materials Science Forum (Volume 1024)

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111-120

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1024.111

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Takashi Naoe*, Hidetaka Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Kogawa, Takashi Wakui, Eiichi Wakai, Katsuhiro Haga, Hiroshi Takada

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Cavitation Damage, Mercury, Microbubbles, Narrow Channel, Pressure Waves

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