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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kevin Lee Hiles, Pittstown, NJ (US);
Luke T. Perkins, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Robert A. Adolph, Pennington, NJ (US);
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a neutron generator including an ion source that generates ions; a target that outputs neutrons when the ions impact the target; one or more power supplies that supply electrical power to the ion source and the target; and a control system. The control system determines one or more rules that describe relationships between operational parameters, useful life, reliability, neutron output, environment, and constraints of the neutron generators; determines one or more operational parameter setpoints based at least in part on the one or more rules; and instructs the one or more power supplies to adjust electrical power supplied to the ion source, the target, or both based at least in part on the one or more operational parameter setpoints.