A Nested, High Voltage Generator

Applications

• Military and Commercial Significance:
• Applications for this technology include the generation of high voltage, high current pulsed electron beams for microwave generation, medical product sterilization, polymer curing, wastewater sterilization,
• wastewater remediation, medical waste sterilization, and use in X-ray imaging equipment. This technology has recently been demonstrated in an accelerator which has operated at 500 kV with an electron beam in a
• 36-inch long, 17-inch diameter device.
• NHVG technology, reduces all system costs, but most importantly, makes it possible for the system to fit in a small space. Utilizing
• this technology, the 1.15 MeV Electron Accelerator for X-ray Scanning A 0.6 ma, 1.15 MeV has been built under contract
• with AnnisTech for X-ray imaging. This machine is being used at a U.S. airport. The beam spot size is < 2mm at the entrance and < 4mm after the 4-meter scan. This is connected to the largest electron beam
• scanner ever built (3 meters).
• The NHVG has been demonstrated to be both versatile and useful. To date, with a number of accelerators tested and many hundreds of hours of run-time, North Star Research has experienced no problems with dielectric or other component breakdown. The NHVG principle will allow a new class of inexpensive DC accelerators to be used in
• a variety of industrial and research applications.