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.
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.
