A study on the analysis of heat flow in X-ray tube

X-ray tube 내 열유동 해석에 관한 연구

  • Yun, Dong-Min (Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Sangji University) ;
  • Seo, Byung-Suk (Department of Information Security, Sangji University) ;
  • Jeon, Yong-Han (Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Sangji University)
  • 윤동민 (상지대학교 소방공학과) ;
  • 서병석 (상지대학교 정보보안학과) ;
  • 전용한 (상지대학교 소방공학과)
  • Received : 2021.03.02
  • Accepted : 2021.03.31
  • Published : 2021.03.31

Abstract

As the aging ages, the disease also increases, and the development of AI technology and X-ray equipment used to treat patients' diseases is also progressing a lot. X-ray tube converts only 1% of electron energy into X-ray and 99% into thermal energy. Therefore, when the cooling time of the anode and the X-ray tube are frequently used in large hospitals, the amount of X-ray emission increases due to temperature rise, the image quality deteriorates due to the difference in X-ray dose, and the lifespan of the overheated X-ray tube may be shortened. Therefore, in this study, temperature rise and cooling time of 60kW, 75kW, and 90kW of X-ray tube anode input power were studied. In the X-ray Tube One shot 0.1s, the section where the temperature rises fastest is 0.03s from 0s, and it is judged that the temperature has risen by more than 50%. The section in which the temperature drop changes most rapidly at 20 seconds of cooling time for the X-ray tube is 0.1 seconds to 0.2 seconds, and it is judged that a high temperature drop of about 65% or more has occurred. After 20 seconds of cooling time from 0 seconds to 0.1 seconds of the X-ray tube, the temperature is expected to rise by more than 3.7% from the beginning. In particular, since 90kW can be damaged by thermal shock at high temperatures, it is necessary to increase the surface area of the anode or to require an efficient cooling system.

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