title: Thermal performance of batch boiling water targets for 18F production.
abstract: Batch boiling targets are commonly used in cyclotrons to produce Fluorine-18 by proton bombardment of Oxygen-18 enriched water. Computational models have been developed to predict the thermal performance of bottom-pressurized batch boiling production targets. The models have been validated with experimental test data from the Duke University Medical Cyclotron and the Wisconsin Medical Cyclotron. Good agreement has been observed between experimental measurements and model predictions of average target vapor fraction as a function of beam current and energy.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Johanna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Peeples
authors.forename: Matthew H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Stokely
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michael Doster
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000528:radiation effects; D017357:Cyclotrons; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes / Q000528:radiation effects*; D012834:Silver / Q000528:radiation effects; D013635:Tantalum / Q000528:radiation effects; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D014867:Water; D012834:Silver; D013635:Tantalum; D000535:Aluminum