ICALEPCS2023 - List of Keywords (kicker)

Paper	Title	Other Keywords	Page
TUPDP096	Early Fire Detection in High Power Equipment	detector, interface, controls, operation	775
	S. Pavis, E. Carlier, C.A. Lolliot, N. Magnin CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
	Very early fire detection in equipment cabinets containing high power supply sources and power electronic switching devices is needed when building and tunnel fire detection systems may not be well placed to detect a fire until it is well established. Highly sensitive aspirating smoke detection systems which continuously sample the air quality inside equipment racks and give local power interlock in the event of smoke detection, are capable of cutting the source of power to these circuits at a very early stage, thereby preventing fires before they become fully established. Sampling pipework can also be routed to specific locations within the cabinet for more zone focused monitoring, while the electronic part of the detection system is located externally of the cabinet for easy operation and maintenance. Several of these early fire detection systems have recently been installed in LHC and SPS accelerator kicker installations, with many more planned. This paper compares the detection technology from typical manufacturers, presents the approach adopted and its mechanical installation and discusses the integration within different control architecture.
	Poster TUPDP096 [1.139 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP096
About •	Received ※ 05 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 05 December 2023 — Issued ※ 18 December 2023
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TUPDP098	Automatic Conditioning of High Voltage Pulsed Magnets	controls, PLC, vacuum, simulation	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	controls, timing, operation, power-supply	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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TUPDP106	SwissFEL Resonant Kicker Control System	controls, electron, EPICS, FEL	813
	R.A. Krempaská, A.D. Alarcon, S. Dordevic, C.H. Gough, M. Paraliev, W. Portmann PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
	SwissFEL X-ray Free Electron Laser at the Paul Scherrer Institute is a user facility designed to run in two electron bunch mode in order to serve simultaneously two experimental beamline stations. Two closely spaced (28 ns) electron bunches are accelerated in one RF macro pulse up to 3 GeV. A high stability resonant kicker system and a Lambertson septum magnet are used to separate the bunches and to send them to the respective beamlines[1]. The resonant kickers control system consists of various hardware and software components whose tasks are the synchronization of the kickers with the electron beam, pulse-to-pulse amplitude and phase measurement, generating pulsed RF power to excite a resonating deflection current, as well as movement of the mechanical tuning vanes of the resonant kickers. The feedback software monitors and controls all the important parameters. We present the integration solutions of these components into EPICS.
	Poster TUPDP106 [2.025 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP106
About •	Received ※ 03 October 2023 — Revised ※ 09 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 11 December 2023 — Issued ※ 13 December 2023
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THPDP031	Development of Beam Gate System Using the White Rabbit at SuperKEKB	laser, controls, operation, septum	1381
	F. Ito, H. Kaji KEK, Ibaraki, Japan Y. Iitsuka EJIT, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
	Currently, SuperKEK has network-based systems such as trigger delivery, bucket selection, abort system, beam permission, and distributed DAQ, all of which are operated as separate systems. The White Rabbit (WR) has extraordinary multi-functionality when combined with the modules already developed, so it is possible that in the future all systems could be operated in a WR network. This would lead to a reduction in human, time, and financial costs. We constructed a beam gate, which is a part of the beam permission system, on a trial basis using WR. These trigger deliveries need to be interlocked. The trigger delivery to the electron gun has a specification that the next trigger delivery is turned ON/OFF after receiving the ON/OFF signal at any given timing. For the above reasons, the delay time from the receipt of the ON/OFF signal from the electron gun is not a fixed value, making it difficult to interlock with the trigger delivery of other devices. By turning on/off the trigger delivery using a precisely time-synchronized WR, the ON/OFF of the trigger delivery of all devices could be correctly interlocked.
	Poster THPDP031 [0.529 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP031
About •	Received ※ 09 October 2023 — Revised ※ 10 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 18 December 2023 — Issued ※ 18 December 2023
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THPDP057	SPS Beam Dump Enhancements on Tracking and Synchronization	injection, controls, timing, operation	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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Paper

Title

Other Keywords

Page

TUPDP096

Early Fire Detection in High Power Equipment

detector, interface, controls, operation

775

S. Pavis, E. Carlier, C.A. Lolliot, N. Magnin
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

Very early fire detection in equipment cabinets containing high power supply sources and power electronic switching devices is needed when building and tunnel fire detection systems may not be well placed to detect a fire until it is well established. Highly sensitive aspirating smoke detection systems which continuously sample the air quality inside equipment racks and give local power interlock in the event of smoke detection, are capable of cutting the source of power to these circuits at a very early stage, thereby preventing fires before they become fully established. Sampling pipework can also be routed to specific locations within the cabinet for more zone focused monitoring, while the electronic part of the detection system is located externally of the cabinet for easy operation and maintenance. Several of these early fire detection systems have recently been installed in LHC and SPS accelerator kicker installations, with many more planned. This paper compares the detection technology from typical manufacturers, presents the approach adopted and its mechanical installation and discusses the integration within different control architecture.

Poster TUPDP096 [1.139 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP096

About •

Received ※ 05 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 05 December 2023 — Issued ※ 18 December 2023

Cite •

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

TUPDP098

Automatic Conditioning of High Voltage Pulsed Magnets

controls, PLC, vacuum, simulation

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

Cite •

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

controls, timing, operation, power-supply

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

Cite •

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

TUPDP106

SwissFEL Resonant Kicker Control System

controls, electron, EPICS, FEL

813

R.A. Krempaská, A.D. Alarcon, S. Dordevic, C.H. Gough, M. Paraliev, W. Portmann
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

SwissFEL X-ray Free Electron Laser at the Paul Scherrer Institute is a user facility designed to run in two electron bunch mode in order to serve simultaneously two experimental beamline stations. Two closely spaced (28 ns) electron bunches are accelerated in one RF macro pulse up to 3 GeV. A high stability resonant kicker system and a Lambertson septum magnet are used to separate the bunches and to send them to the respective beamlines[1]. The resonant kickers control system consists of various hardware and software components whose tasks are the synchronization of the kickers with the electron beam, pulse-to-pulse amplitude and phase measurement, generating pulsed RF power to excite a resonating deflection current, as well as movement of the mechanical tuning vanes of the resonant kickers. The feedback software monitors and controls all the important parameters. We present the integration solutions of these components into EPICS.

Poster TUPDP106 [2.025 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP106

About •

Received ※ 03 October 2023 — Revised ※ 09 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 11 December 2023 — Issued ※ 13 December 2023

Cite •

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

THPDP031

Development of Beam Gate System Using the White Rabbit at SuperKEKB

laser, controls, operation, septum

1381

F. Ito, H. Kaji
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
Y. Iitsuka
EJIT, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan

Currently, SuperKEK has network-based systems such as trigger delivery, bucket selection, abort system, beam permission, and distributed DAQ, all of which are operated as separate systems. The White Rabbit (WR) has extraordinary multi-functionality when combined with the modules already developed, so it is possible that in the future all systems could be operated in a WR network. This would lead to a reduction in human, time, and financial costs. We constructed a beam gate, which is a part of the beam permission system, on a trial basis using WR. These trigger deliveries need to be interlocked. The trigger delivery to the electron gun has a specification that the next trigger delivery is turned ON/OFF after receiving the ON/OFF signal at any given timing. For the above reasons, the delay time from the receipt of the ON/OFF signal from the electron gun is not a fixed value, making it difficult to interlock with the trigger delivery of other devices. By turning on/off the trigger delivery using a precisely time-synchronized WR, the ON/OFF of the trigger delivery of all devices could be correctly interlocked.

Poster THPDP031 [0.529 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP031

About •

Received ※ 09 October 2023 — Revised ※ 10 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 18 December 2023 — Issued ※ 18 December 2023

Cite •

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

THPDP057

SPS Beam Dump Enhancements on Tracking and Synchronization

injection, controls, timing, operation

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

Cite •

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