TRIUMF, Vancouver
The replacement of the 30-year-old Philips cryogenerator with a modern LINDE-1630 helium refrigerator is an important component of TRIUMF’s ongoing 500 MeV cyclotron refurbishing program. Two 10.7 m long cryopanels are cooled with liquid helium rather than with 17 K helium gas, as was the case with the cryogenerator. This has increased the pumping speed and, respectively, improved the vacuum in the approximately 100 m3 cyclotron tank. Additionally, the thermal shield, previously cooled with helium gas, is now cooled with liquid nitrogen. These changes have resulted in increased reliability of the cyclotron vacuum system and, consequently, longer operation periods without maintenance. The new refrigeration unit was commissioned in September 2007. The results from over one year of operational experience are discussed. Also, data on hydrogen cryopumping is presented.
CIAE, Beijing
TRIUMF, Vancouver
The design and cryo-test system of a plug-in cryopump used in CYCIAE-100 is introduced. The plug-in cryopump consists of two cryopanels, a baffle, a half-opened shield, and two GM refrigerators (CGR411, CVI) which power is 83W/80K at the first stage and 7.5W/20K at the second stage, its designed pumping speed is 15000L/s. Cryo-test system of plug-in cryopump employs the flux method to test pumping speed, cool-down time, ultimate pressure, temperature distribution on cryopanel and capacity at the pressure of 10-6Pa to 1Pa. The heat load calculation of cryopanel and shield including baffle is conducted in succession. In the end a comparison between design parameters and test results is drawn.
TRIUMF, Vancouver
An energy upgrade in the Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) facility at ISAC-II will see the installation of 20MV of superconducting heavy ion linac. The addition includes twenty beta=11% bulk niobium quarter wave cavities housed in three cryomodules with six cavities in the first two and eight cavities in the last. Each cavity is specified to add 1MV in accelerating potential corresponding to peak surface fields of ~30MV/m. Transverse focusing is achieved with a 9T superconducting solenoid inside each cryomodule. The first module in the expansion has now been assembled and tested. Developments include a new ball screw tuner, locally produced cavities, modified coupler design and LN2 cryogenic circuits. The new developments are described and the results of the first cold tests are presented.
TRIUMF, Vancouver
DAE/VECC, Calcutta
TRIUMF (Canada) and VECC (India) are planning to each build a 1.3GHz 50MeV/500kW superconducting electron linac as a driver for producing radioactive ion beams through photo-fission. The two institutes have launched a collaboration with the initial goal to design, build and test a 5-10MeV superconducting injector cryomodule capable of accelerating up to 10mA. A testing area is being set-up at TRIUMF to house the electron gun, rf buncher, injector cryomodule, diagnostic station and beam-dump for beam studies. The project will test all critical elements of the final linac; beam halo generation, HOM excitation, LLRF and rf beam loading and cavity and cryomodule design/performance. The scope and status of the project will be described.
TRIUMF, Vancouver
PAVAC, Richmond, B.C.
The ISAC-II heavy ion linear accelerator has been in operation at TRIUMF since 2006. The high beta section of the accelerator, consisting of twenty cavities with optimum beta=0.11, is currently under production and is scheduled for completion in 2009. The cavities are superconducting bulk Niobium two-gap quarter-wave resonators with a frequency of 141 MHz, providing, as a design goal, a voltage gain of Veff=1.08 MV at 7 W power dissipation. Production of the cavities is with a Canadian company, PAVAC Industries of Richmond, B.C. after two prototype cavities were developed, produced and successfully tested. Cavity production details and test results will be presented and discussed.
TRIUMF, Vancouver
DAE/VECC, Calcutta
A 0.5 megawatt electron linear accelerator is being designed at TRIUMF in support of its expanding rare isotope program, which targets nuclear structure and astrophysics studies as well as material science. The first stage of the project, a 25 MeV, 5 mA, cw linac matching the isotope production target power-handling capability in the next five-year plan, is planned to be completed in 2013. The injector cryomodule development, which is being fast tracked, is the subject of a scientific collaboration between TRIUMF and the VECC laboratory in Kolkata, India. The paper gives an overview of the accelerator design progress.