[en] The revival of interest for production of neutrons by light projectiles has been recently renewed because they are the basis in the development of powerful neutron sources for various applications like nuclear energy production and incineration of nuclear waste, material structure analysis, tritium production, etc. Another interest is related to the possibility of the production of radioactive ion beams (RIB) by neutron induced fission. One of the most important tasks in this context is to determine the most efficient way to convert the primary beam energy into neutrons produced afterwards. The problem is investigated by varying the incident energy of different projectiles for different target materials and assemblies. Consequently, a few direct applications of our investigations are presented and compared with experimental data or other theoretical estimations. (author)