Author: Przygoda, K.P.
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THP085 Equipping FLASH with MTCA.4-based LLRF System 1126
 
  • J. Branlard, V. Ayvazyan, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Grecki, M. Hoffmann, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, S. Pfeiffer, K.P. Przygoda, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt, H.C. Weddig
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • W. Cichalewski, D.R. Makowski, A. Piotrowski
    TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
  • K. Czuba, I. Rutkowski, D. Sikora, Ł. Zembala, M. Żukociński
    Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
  • I.M. Kudla
    NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland
  • K. Oliwa, W. Wierba
    IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland
 
  The Free-Electron Laser in Hamburg (FLASH) is now equipped with a MicroTCA-based (MTCA.4) low-level radio frequency (LLRF) system, to replace the previous VME system and to serve as a test bench for the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) LLRF system. This paper presents details on the new FLASH LLRF system setup, including installations inside the radiation prone tunnel environment. The benefits and preliminary results of the newly installed system are also given.  
 
THP086 LLRF System Design and Performance for XFEL Cryomodules Continuous Wave Operation 1129
 
  • J. Branlard, V. Ayvazyan, Ł. Butkowski, K.P. Przygoda, H. Schlarb, J.K. Sekutowicz
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • W. Cichalewski, A. Piotrowski
    TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
  • W. Jałmużna
    Embedded Integrated Control Systems GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
  • J. Szewiński
    NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland
 
  The Cryomodule Test Bench (CMTB) at DESY is equipped with a 100 kW Inductive Output Tube (IOT) allowing the test of superconducting cryomodules in continuous wave (CW) operation mode. Although significantly different from the nominal pulsed operation mode of the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL), CW operation can be handled by the same Low-level Radio Frequency (LLRF) system, within minor firmware modifications. The hardware details of the LLRF setup at CMTB, the firmware and software architecture and performance results from the last CW test are presented in this contribution.  
 
THP087 LLRF Tests of XFEL Cryomodules at AMTF: First Experimental Results 1132
 
  • J. Branlard, V. Ayvazyan, M.K. Grecki, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • W. Cichalewski, K. Gnidzińska, A. Piotrowski, K.P. Przygoda
    TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
  • W. Jałmużna
    Embedded Integrated Control Systems GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
 
  In preparation for the series production of cryomodules for the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL), three pre-series cryomodules and several prototypes have been produced and tested at the Cryomodule Test Bench (CMTB) and at the Accelerating Module Test Facility (AMTF) in DESY. Among the numerous tests performed on the modules, the low-level radio frequency (LLRF) tests aim at characterizing the performance of the modules from an RF controls perspective. These integration tests must take into account cavity tuners, cavity motorized couplers, quench gradients, microphonics, piezo control and the overall gradient performance of the cryomodule under test. In this paper, the LLRF-specific tests are summarized and the first experimental results obtained at CMTB and AMTF are presented.