ICALEPCS2023 - List of Authors (Van Trappen, P.)

Paper	Title	Page
TUPDP098	Automatic Conditioning of High Voltage Pulsed Magnets	780
	C.A. Lolliot, M.J. Barnes, N. Magnin, S. Pavis, P. Van Trappen CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland C. Monier INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
	Fast pulsed kicker magnets are used across the various accelerators of CERN complex to inject and extract the beam. These kicker magnets, powered by high voltage pulsed generators and under vacuum, are prone to electrical breakdown during the pulse. To prepare the kicker magnet for reliable operation, or in case an electrical breakdown occurred, a conditioning is necessary: the magnet is pulsed gradually increasing the pulse voltage and length up to a value beyond operational conditions. This is a lengthy process that requires kicker experts on site to manually control the pulse voltage and length, and monitor the vacuum activity. For the start of LHC operation, a first automatic conditioning system was deployed on injection kicker magnet (MKI). Configurable voltage and pulse length ramps are automatically performed by the controller. In case abnormal vacuum activity occurs, the voltage is reduced and then the process continues. Based on this experience, a standardised algorithm has been developed, adding new features such as logarithmic ramp, or simulation of the whole conditioning cycle with test of reaction to vacuum activity. This new automatic conditioning system was deployed on several kicker systems across various CERN accelerators, allowing smoother conditioning, and great reduction on manpower. It also offers the possibility for further automate kicker system operation, starting automatically a magnet conditioning when needed without intervention of kickers experts, similarly as what was deployed for SPS Beam Dump System.
	Poster TUPDP098 [0.328 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP098
About •	Received ※ 06 October 2023 — Revised ※ 21 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 05 December 2023 — Issued ※ 17 December 2023
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TUPDP101	A Modular Approach for Accelerator Controls Components Deployment for High Power Pulsed Systems	788
	S. Pavis, R.A. Barlow, C. Boucly, E. Carlier, C. Chanavat, C.A. Lolliot, N. Magnin, P. Van Trappen CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland N. Voumard European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
	As part of the LHC Injector Upgrade (LIU) project, the controls of the PSB and PS injection kickers at CERN have been upgraded during Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) from heterogeneous home-made electronic solutions to a modular and open architecture. Despite both kickers have significantly different functionalities, topologies and operational requirements, standardized hardware and software control blocks have been used for both systems. The new control architecture is built around a set of sub-systems, each one with a specific generic function required for the control of fast pulsed systems such as equipment and personnel safety, slow control and protection, high precision fast timing system, fast interlocking and protection, pulsed signal acquisition and analysis. Each sub-system comprises a combined integration of hardware components and associated low level software. This paper presents the functionality of the different sub-systems, illustrates how they have been integrated for the two different use-cases, discusses the lessons learned from these first implementations and identifies possible evolution in view of deployment in other installations during Long Shutdown 3 (LS3).
	Poster TUPDP101 [0.842 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP101
About •	Received ※ 06 October 2023 — Revised ※ 21 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 05 December 2023 — Issued ※ 06 December 2023
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THPDP057	SPS Beam Dump Enhancements on Tracking and Synchronization	1444
	N. Voumard, N. Magnin, P. Van Trappen European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
	During Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) at CERN, the SPS Beam Dumping System (SBDS) was completely renovated and relocated to SPS Point 5. This allowed to deploy at the SPS the Beam Energy Tracking System (BETS) and the Trigger Synchronization Unit (TSU), initially designed for and operational at the LHC Beam Dumping System (LBDS). The challenge encountered in this migration was the dynamic multi-cycle operation scheme with fast ramping cycles of the SPS in comparison to the long physics periods at stable energy of the LHC. This paper describes the modification of both BETS and TSU systems as well as the automatic arming sequence put in place, including the interactions with the SPS injection, the beam revolution frequency, and the Beam Interlock System (BIS).
	Poster THPDP057 [0.490 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP057
About •	Received ※ 05 October 2023 — Revised ※ 26 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 08 December 2023 — Issued ※ 12 December 2023
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Automatic Conditioning of High Voltage Pulsed Magnets

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C.A. Lolliot, M.J. Barnes, N. Magnin, S. Pavis, P. Van Trappen
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
C. Monier
INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

Fast pulsed kicker magnets are used across the various accelerators of CERN complex to inject and extract the beam. These kicker magnets, powered by high voltage pulsed generators and under vacuum, are prone to electrical breakdown during the pulse. To prepare the kicker magnet for reliable operation, or in case an electrical breakdown occurred, a conditioning is necessary: the magnet is pulsed gradually increasing the pulse voltage and length up to a value beyond operational conditions. This is a lengthy process that requires kicker experts on site to manually control the pulse voltage and length, and monitor the vacuum activity. For the start of LHC operation, a first automatic conditioning system was deployed on injection kicker magnet (MKI). Configurable voltage and pulse length ramps are automatically performed by the controller. In case abnormal vacuum activity occurs, the voltage is reduced and then the process continues. Based on this experience, a standardised algorithm has been developed, adding new features such as logarithmic ramp, or simulation of the whole conditioning cycle with test of reaction to vacuum activity. This new automatic conditioning system was deployed on several kicker systems across various CERN accelerators, allowing smoother conditioning, and great reduction on manpower. It also offers the possibility for further automate kicker system operation, starting automatically a magnet conditioning when needed without intervention of kickers experts, similarly as what was deployed for SPS Beam Dump System.

Poster TUPDP098 [0.328 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP098

About •

Received ※ 06 October 2023 — Revised ※ 21 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 05 December 2023 — Issued ※ 17 December 2023

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reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)

TUPDP101

A Modular Approach for Accelerator Controls Components Deployment for High Power Pulsed Systems

788

S. Pavis, R.A. Barlow, C. Boucly, E. Carlier, C. Chanavat, C.A. Lolliot, N. Magnin, P. Van Trappen
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
N. Voumard
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland

As part of the LHC Injector Upgrade (LIU) project, the controls of the PSB and PS injection kickers at CERN have been upgraded during Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) from heterogeneous home-made electronic solutions to a modular and open architecture. Despite both kickers have significantly different functionalities, topologies and operational requirements, standardized hardware and software control blocks have been used for both systems. The new control architecture is built around a set of sub-systems, each one with a specific generic function required for the control of fast pulsed systems such as equipment and personnel safety, slow control and protection, high precision fast timing system, fast interlocking and protection, pulsed signal acquisition and analysis. Each sub-system comprises a combined integration of hardware components and associated low level software. This paper presents the functionality of the different sub-systems, illustrates how they have been integrated for the two different use-cases, discusses the lessons learned from these first implementations and identifies possible evolution in view of deployment in other installations during Long Shutdown 3 (LS3).

Poster TUPDP101 [0.842 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP101

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Received ※ 06 October 2023 — Revised ※ 21 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 05 December 2023 — Issued ※ 06 December 2023

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THPDP057

SPS Beam Dump Enhancements on Tracking and Synchronization

1444

N. Voumard, N. Magnin, P. Van Trappen
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland

During Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) at CERN, the SPS Beam Dumping System (SBDS) was completely renovated and relocated to SPS Point 5. This allowed to deploy at the SPS the Beam Energy Tracking System (BETS) and the Trigger Synchronization Unit (TSU), initially designed for and operational at the LHC Beam Dumping System (LBDS). The challenge encountered in this migration was the dynamic multi-cycle operation scheme with fast ramping cycles of the SPS in comparison to the long physics periods at stable energy of the LHC. This paper describes the modification of both BETS and TSU systems as well as the automatic arming sequence put in place, including the interactions with the SPS injection, the beam revolution frequency, and the Beam Interlock System (BIS).

Poster THPDP057 [0.490 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP057

About •

Received ※ 05 October 2023 — Revised ※ 26 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 08 December 2023 — Issued ※ 12 December 2023

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