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| TUPLT140 |
Redesign of the ISIS Main Magnet Power Supply Storage Choke
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- A.J. Kimber, J.W. Gray, A. Morris
CCLRC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
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The ISIS facility, based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK, provides intense pulsed neutron and muon beams for condensed matter studies. As part of the facilities upgrade and refurbishment program, the 1MJ storage choke which forms part of the main magnet power supply system, will be replaced with a number of smaller units. The present storage choke, which consists of a split secondary winding transformer, is incorporated into a series-parallel resonant circuit known as the 'white circuit'. This circuit ensures that each magnet receives identical currents, but is not subjected to excessive voltages. Although the storage choke is essentially a transformer, its secondary magnetising inductance is relatively low and a precisely defined value. This paper discusses the design and development of ten smaller units which will eventually replace the present equipment, and the testing of a one fifth scale model, which will be used to prove the technology.
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Upgrade of the ISIS Main Magnet Power Supply
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- S. West, J.W. Gray, A. Morris
CCLRC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
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ISIS, situated at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is the world?s most powerful pulsed neutron source. At the heart of the ISIS accelerator is a proton synchrotron which uses a ring of magnets connected in series and configured as a ?White Circuit?. The magnets are connected in series with capacitor banks so that they form a resonant circuit with a fundamental frequency of 50 Hz. The circuit allows the magnets to be fed with an AC current superimposed on a DC current. The AC is currently provided by a 1MVA Motor-Alternator set and it is now proposed to replace this by a solid state UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) system. Tests on a smaller 80kVA unit have shown that it is possible to control the magnet current with a modified UPS system in such a way that both the frequency, phase and output voltage are under the direct influence of the control system. This paper discusses the issues surrounding the upgrading of AC supply to the main magnets with a view to improving the system reliability, improving magnet current stability and reducing the risk of mains failure.
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Low Output-Impedance RF System for 2nd Harmonic Cavity in the ISIS Synchrotron
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- T. Oki, S. Fukumoto, Y. Irie, M. Muto, S. Takano, I. Yamane
KEK, Ibaraki
- R.G. Bendall, I.S.K. Gardner, M.G. Glover, J. Hirst, D. Jenkins, A. Morris, S. Stoneham, J.W.G. Thomason, T. Western
CCLRC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
- J.C. Dooling, D. Horan, R. Kustom, M.E. Middendorf, G. Pile
ANL, Argonne, Illinois
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In the ISIS facility based at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the UK, second target station project was funded, which requires to increase the current intensity by 1.5-times (300 micro-A). Four 2nd harmonic RF cavities will be installed in the ISIS synchrotron in order to increase the trapping efficiency, and to mitigate the space charge detuning. A very low output-impedance RF system for the 2nd harmonic cavity has been developed by the collaboration between RAL, Argonne National Laboratory (US) and KEK (Japan). The system comprises the 240 kW triode as a final amplifier with plate-to-grid feedback path. The measured output-impedance was less than 30 ohms over the frequency range of 2.7 - 6.2 MHz, which agreed well with calculations. High power test was also performed under frequency swept mode at 50 Hz repetition. The operation was almost stable, and more than 12 kVpp was obtained as maximum. The voltage gain of the final amplifier was 25 - 30, which decreased gradually with frequency due to decreasing input-impedance of triode. The beam test is planned at ISIS in near future.
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