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- E. Jauregi, J.M. Del Río, J.M. Dela Fuente, M. Tellería, J.R. Zabaleta
JEMA GJ, Lasarte-Oria
- F. Bordry, V. Montabonnet
CERN, Geneva
- E.F. Figueres
E.T.S.I.I., Valencia
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For the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator being constructed on the CERN site, very precise variable DC currents are required. The company JEMA had during year 2002, designed, manufactured and tested a power converter prototype according to CERN specifications, particularly demanding in terms of dc stability and dynamic response. The power converter is formed by four sub-converters 8V, 2kA in parallel. Isolation between mains input and magnet load is at high frequency done, 40 kHz, which means a volume reduction and better mains perturbations rejection. IGBT inverter soft switch-mode power conversion in ZVS operation reduces dramatically commutation losses, increasing total efficiency of the power converter. The sub-converter, regulated by a wide band width current loop in ACC mode, follows the current reference calculated by the overall voltage loop, providing a good sharing of the output currents and high output stability. The design of the water cooled power converter, results in a very reduce volume and modular structure, providing the system a very flexible exchangeability. The power converter was tested and accepted by CERN into year 2003, some minor points were left to be adjusted during the pre-series stage.
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