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MOPLT151 Study of Arc-related RF Faults in the CEBAF Cryomodules 890
 
  • E. Daly, D. Curry, J. Musson, G. Myneni, T. Powers, H. Wang, T.E. Whitlatch
    Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia
  • I.E. Campisi
    ORNL/SNS, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 
  A series of measurements has been conducted on two superconducting radio-frequency cavity pairs, installed in cryomodules and routinely operated in the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, in order to study the RF-vacuum interaction during an RF fault. These arc-related fault rates increase with increasing machine energy, contribute to system downtime and directly affect the accelerator?s availability. For this study, the fundamental power coupler waveguides have been instrumented with vacuum gauges, additional arc detectors, additional infrared sensors and temperature sensors in order to measure the system response during both steady-state operations and RF fault conditions. Residual gas analyzers have been installed on the waveguide vacuum manifolds to monitor the gas species present during cooldown, RF processing and operation. Simultaneous measurements of the signals are presented, a comparison with analysis is shown and results are discussed. The goal of this study is to characterize the RF-vacuum interaction during normal operations. With a better understanding of the installed system response, methods for reducing the fault rate may be devised, ultimately leading to improvements in availability.  
TUPKF072 Production and Performance of the CEBAF Upgrade Cryomodule Intermediate Prototypes 1105
 
  • A-M. Valente, E. Daly, J.R. Delayen, M. Drury, R. Hicks, C. Hovater, J. Mammosser, H.L. Phillips, T. Powers, J.P. Preble, C. Reece, R.A. Rimmer, H. Wang
    Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia
  • C. Thomas-Madec
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette
 
  We have installed two new cryomodules, one in the nuclear physics accelerator (CEBAF) and the other in the Free Electron Laser (FEL) of Jefferson Lab. The new cryomodules consist of 7-cell cavities with the original CEBAF cell shape and were designed to deliver gradients of 70 MV/module. Several significant design innovations were demonstrated in these cryomodules. This paper describes the production procedures, the performance characteristics of these cavities in vertical tests, results of tests in the new cryomodule test facility (CMTF) as well as the commissioning in the CEBAF tunnel and FEL. Performances and limitations after installation in the accelerators are discussed in this paper along with improvements proposed for future cryomodules.  
TUPKF068 JLAB Hurricane Recovery 1102
 
  • A. Hutton, D. Arenius, F.J. Benesch, S. Chattopadhyay, E. Daly, V. Ganni, O. Garza, R. Kazimi, R. Lauze, L. Merminga, W. Merz, R. Nelson, W. Oren, M. Poelker, T. Powers, J.P. Preble, C. Reece, R.A. Rimmer, M. Spata, S. Suhring
    Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia
 
  Hurricane Isabel, originally a Category 5 storm, arrived at Jefferson Lab on September 18 with winds of only 75 mph creating little direct damage to the infrastructure. However, electric power was lost for four days allowing the superconducting cryomodules to warm up and causing a total loss of the liquid helium. The subsequent recovery of the cryomodules and the impact of the considerable amount of opportunistic preventive maintenance provides important lessons for all accelerators complexes, not only those with superconducting elements. The details of how the recovery process was structured and the resulting improvement in accelerator availability will be discussed in detail.