Cooling plate assembly for plasma windows positioned in a beam accelerator system

A beam accelerator system operable to produce a medical isotope, the beam accelerator system comprising:

• an ion accelerator that generates a high-energy ion beam;
• a low-pressure chamber;
• an anode adjacent and fluidly connected to the low-pressure chamber;
• a plasma window adjacent and fluidly connected to the anode;
• and
• a cathode housing adjacent and fluidly connected to the plasma window, wherein
• the plasma window comprises a plurality of plates, each plate comprises an aperture that is aligned with an aperture in one or more adjacent plate to form a plasma channel, and
• one or more plate in the plurality of plates comprises:
• a first cooling channel and a second cooling channel that run through a thickness of the one or more plate and enters the one or more plate at a first side of the one or more plate and exits the one or more plate at a second side of the plate, wherein
• the first cooling channel enters the one or more plate at the first side of the one or more plate, extends adjacent to a first side of the aperture, turns in a first direction to extend adjacent to a second side of the aperture, turns in a second direction and extends to exit the one or more plate at a second side of the one or more plate, and
• the second cooling channel enters the one or more plate at a first side of the one or more plate and extends to a third side of the aperture, turns in the first direction to extend adjacent to the third side of the aperture, turns in the second direction to extend adjacent to a fourth side of the aperture, and exits on the second side of the one or more plate.

A beam accelerator system operable to produce a medical isotope, the beam accelerator system comprising:

• an ion accelerator that generates a high-energy ion beam;
• a low-pressure chamber;
• an anode adjacent and fluidly connected to the low-pressure chamber;
• a plasma window adjacent and fluidly connected to the anode;
• and
• a cathode housing adjacent and fluidly connected to the plasma window, wherein
• the plasma window comprises a plurality of plates, each plate comprises an aperture that is aligned with an aperture in one or more adjacent plate to form a plasma channel, and
• one or more plate in the plurality of plates comprises:
• one or more cooling channels comprises a first cooling channel, a second cooling channel, and a third cooling channel that run through a thickness of the one or more plate, wherein
• the first cooling channel enters the one or more plate at a first side of the one or more plate, extends to a first side of the aperture and splits into the second cooling channel and the third cooling channel,
• the second cooling channel, extends in a first direction adjacent to the first side of the aperture to a second side of the aperture, turns in a second direction and extends adjacent to the second side of the aperture and exits the one or more plate at a second side of the one or more plate, and
• the third cooling channel extends in a third direction adjacent to the first side of the aperture to a third side of the aperture, turns in the second direction and extends adjacent to the third side of the aperture and exits the one or more plate at the second side of the one or more plate.