Accelerate ICP with Electron Beam Workshop

16 May 2024, 08:00 → 17 May 2024, 19:15 America/Chicago

Slavica Grdanovska, William Pellico

Connect with others to advance the use of compact SRF e-beam accelerator technology for industrial chemical processes.

Thursday, 16 May

08:00 Registration, Meet and Greet, Coffee and Breakfast

1 Welcome - Fermilab Directorate

Speaker: Bonnie Fleming (Fermilab)

2 Meeting Logistics

• Workshop Format
• Lunches & Breaks
• Discussions
• Summary

Speaker: Slavica Grdanovska

3 Overview of Electron Beam Technology, Capabilities and Barriers

• Existing Applications & Existing Industrial Accelerators
• Compact SRF accelerator concept and design
• New opportunities in industrial chemistry with SRF-based Accelerators
• Economics of E-beam Treatment

Speaker: Charlie Cooper (FNAL)

4 Optimized Non-thermal Plasma for Chemical Processing

Speaker: Kamal Hadidi (Isklen LLC)

10:20 Break

5 Decarbonization of Fuels and Chemical Production

Speaker: Pingping Sun (Argonne National Laboratory)

6 Modeling of Electron Beam Propagation in Background Plasma using Large-scale Particle-in-cell Codes

Speaker: Igor Kaganovich

7 Modeling Electrification and Product Optimization of Chemical Processes Using Non-equilibrium Reaction Selectivity

Speaker: John P. Verboncoeur (Michigan State University)

12:00 Lunch

8 Overview of Industrial Chemical Processes, Concerns with Current Technologies, and Opportunities for New Technologies

Speaker: Christina Wildfire (NETL )

9 Room Temperature Vulcanization in Silicone Gels

Speaker: Gabrielle Davis

14:15 Tour of 15th Floor of Wilson Hall

• A View from the Top of Wilson Hall
  The observation area overlooks Fermilab's 6800-acre (2,750 hectare) site where scientists study the mysteries of matter that are held by individual particles inside the atom's nucleus. These particles, and the forces that cause them to interact, can only be "observed" with the use of extremely large machines called accelerators that drive particle beams of protons (a part of the atom) to very high energies in order to collide them with stationary targets or with moving antiprotons. Fermilab's accelerator, the Tevatron, produces the highest energy particle beams in the world. (Tom Kroc)

14:15 Tour of HAB (Heavy Assembly Bldg)

• Cryocooler Lab
  The Conduction Cooling lab is a research and experimental facility where the conduction cooling technology for Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavities is performed. This is the assembly area for IARC’s conduction cooled accelerators and the test area for the accelerator components. (Chris Edwards)

• A2D2 – Accelerator Application Development and Demonstration
  A2D2 research tool is a test platform that fosters development of new electron beam radiation-driven chemical processes and evaluates new ideas for electron-beam applications. This is an electron linear accelerator, or linac, located in HAB that has been configured to provide the desired electrons for applications. (Charlie Cooper)

15:30 Break

10 Next Steps, Opportunities & Discussion

Speaker: William Pellico (FNAL)

11 Day 2 Prep

Speaker: John Vennekate (Jefferson Lab)

Friday, 17 May

08:30 Coffee and Breakfast @ IARC

12 Business Discovery

Speaker: Marla Schuchman (Jefferson Lab)

13 System Integration

Speaker: David Perkins (Jefferson Lab)

10:30 Break

14 Control System & Interfaces

Speaker: Malachi Schram (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)

15 Summary & Closing remarks

Speakers: J. Charles Thangaraj (Fermilab), John Vennekate (Jefferson lab)