Author: Quispe, M.
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MOPE42 Experimental and Numerical Study of the ALBA LINAC Cooling System 102
 
  • M. Ferrater
    UPC, Barcelona, Spain
  • J.J. Casas, C. Colldelram, D. Lanaia, R. Muñoz Horta, F. Pérez, M. Quispe
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  This work investigates experimentally and numerically the performance of the ALBA LINAC cooling system. The main objective is to enhance the hydraulic system in order to significantly improve its thermal and water flow stability. In normal operation some problems have been identified that affect the performance of the LINAC: flowrate below the nominal values and water flow decreasing in time. The cooling subsystems have been experimentally characterized in terms of the pressure drop and flowrate. The measurements were taken using a portable hydraulic unit made at ALBA as well as a set of ultrasonic flowmeters. For the numerical studies the cooling network has been simulated using the software Pipe Flow Expert. The experimental results have shown that a number of components are too restrictive. In some cases the possibility to increase the flowrate is limited. The numerical results show that the velocity magnitude is inadequate in some places, producing air bubble entrapment, high pressure drop at pipes and insufficient flow. Based on this study several modifications are presented in order to raise the nominal flow and to adequate the water flow velocities between 0.5 and 3 m/s.  
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About • paper received ※ 09 September 2016       paper accepted ※ 15 September 2016       issue date ※ 22 June 2017  
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MOPE43 Hydraulic Failure Caused by Air in Pipelines of the Experimental Area Ring of ALBA Synchrotron Light Source: Research, Simulations and Solutions 105
 
  • L. Macià
    UPC, Barcelona, Spain
  • J.J. Casas, C. Colldelram, M. Quispe
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  After five years in operation of the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source a hydraulic failure caused a maximum decreasing of water flow about 40% of its nominal value, hampering the refrigeration of the local components. The problem was mainly caused by the air accumulated in pipes due to very low velocities of water flow. A literature review was conducted about the minimum water flow velocity for removing air in pipelines as design criteria. The aim of this work is to develop hydraulic solutions in order to achieve the minimum flowrate in pipelines of the Experimental Area (EA) ring. In the short term it is proposed to install a controlled bypass in the EA. A numerical simulation using the software Pipe Flow Expert has been implemented in order to determine the requirements of the bypass that works under different conditions to assure a minimum flowrate all along the ring. The velocity map in EA ring is simulated for different scenarios: 180 and 360 degrees distribution for both clockwise and anticlockwise rotation. For the long term a design of pipes with variable cross section is proposed which optimizes the flow velocity magnitude in EA ring in agreement with the design criteria.  
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About • paper received ※ 10 September 2016       paper accepted ※ 15 September 2016       issue date ※ 22 June 2017  
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TUPE05 Numerical Simulation of the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source Cooling System Response for Failure Prevention 162
 
  • X. Escaler
    UPC, Barcelona, Spain
  • J.J. Casas, C. Colldelram, M. Prieto, M. Quispe
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  The ALBA Synchrotron Light Source cooling system is designed with a common return pipe that interconnects the four consumption rings. Such configuration is believed to compromise its optimal operation. To understand its thermo-fluid dynamic behaviour, a detailed 1D model has been built comprising all the components such as the pipes, fittings, bends, valves, pumping stations, heat exchangers and so on, and the various regulation mechanisms. Preliminarily, the model results in steady state operating conditions have been compared with experimental measurements and the maximum deviations have been found below 13%. Then, a series of transient numerical simulations have been carried out to determine the system response. Specifically, effects of the blockage and leakage of a consumption line as well as the increase and decrease of heat duty for the tunnel rings have been investigated. As a result, the stability of the system has been evaluated and the operational limits have been estimated in front of hydraulic and thermal load variations. Moreover, particular behaviors have been identified which can be used to design monitoring and control strategies to prevent unexpected failures.  
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About • paper received ※ 07 September 2016       paper accepted ※ 21 September 2016       issue date ※ 22 June 2017  
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TUPE06 Thermo-Fluid Numerical Simulation of the Crotch Absorbers’ Cooling Pinholes for ALBA Storage Ring 165
 
  • X. Escaler, V. Arbo Sangüesa
    UPC, Barcelona, Spain
  • J.J. Casas, C. Colldelram, M. Prieto, M. Quispe
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  The ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility crotch absorbers, that remove the unused storage ring radiation, incorporate an internal cooling system composed by a number of parallel pinholes and by the corresponding stainless steel inner tubes inserted into each of them. Water flows in the resulting annular sections to evacuate the total heat power. Around each inner tube, a spiral wire is fixed along the whole length with a given pitch height in order to enhance the convection heat transfer. The influence of several design parameters on the absorber thermo-fluid behavior has been evaluated by means of the CFD software ANSYS CFX. In particular, the wall heat transfer coefficients and the pressure losses through a single pinhole have been evaluated for a range of different flow rates and pitch heights. Moreover, some modifications of the end wall geometry have been simulated as well as the effect of reversing the flow direction inside the channels. Finally, the critical crotch absorber type 3 has also been simulated and the limiting pitch height-flow rate combinations have been found based on the available driving pressure of the cooling system.  
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TUPE11 Study on Thermal Mechanical Design and Optimization Analysis for the ALBA Infrared Microspectroscopy Beamline (MIRAS) Extraction Mirror Based on Finite Element Analysis 179
 
  • M. Quispe, A. Carballedo, J.J. Casas, C. Colldelram, A. Crisol, G. Peña, L. Ribó, I. Sics, I. Yousef
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  This paper reports design, modelling, simulation and optimization results for the ALBA MIRAS infrared radiation extraction mirror. Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to simulate the thermal mechanical behaviour of the device. With the aim to ensure a good thermal performance, conservative assumptions were applied: all of the incident Bending Magnet (BM) radiation is absorbed at the mirror surface, constant bending magnetic field and low thermal contact between the mirror Al 6061 and the OFHC copper arm. A novel solution has been implemented in order to provide an effective cooling by a natural convection on the in-air part of extraction mirror assembly. This has voided the necessity for a water cooling that often causes problems due to the associated vibrations. The power conditions were calculated by using SynRad+. The main ALBA Storage Ring design parameters are: 3 GeV, 400 mA and 1.42 T. According to these conditions, the mirror absorbs 15 W with a peak power density of 0.51 W/mm2. The peak temperature calculated was 63.2 °C. The real measurements reported during the commissioning stage showed a good thermal performance, in agreement with the results predicted by FEA.  
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TUPE13 Numerical Simulation of the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source Cooling System Response to Pump Start-Up and Shut-Down 187
 
  • X. Escaler, D. Juan Garcia
    UPC, Barcelona, Spain
  • J.J. Casas, C. Colldelram, M. Prieto, M. Quispe
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  The ALBA Synchrotron Light Source cooling system is submitted to regular pump start-ups and shut-downs. Moreover, pumps can trip due to motor power failures. As a result, the piping system can be subjected to surges and pressure oscillations. The 1D thermo-fluid simulation software Flowmaster has been used to predict these transient conditions taking into account the fluid compressibility, the pipe elasticity, the characteristic time response of the check valves and the pump/motors moments of inertia. During pump start-ups, significant pressure rises are detected that can be reduced by readjusting the PID controller parameters. Unexpected pump shut-downs do not appear to provoke significant water hammer conditions. However, pressure fluctuations are generated mainly in the same pumping line but also in the rest of the system due to the particular common return configuration. In all the cases the pressure regulation mechanisms acting on the pump rotating speeds serve to attenuate the consequences of these transients. Finally, the feasibility of the model to simulate the effect on the system response of trapped air inside the pipes has also been evaluated.  
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TUPE14 Study, Design and Optimization Analysis of the ALBA LOREA Dipole Vacuum Chamber and Crotch Absorbers Based on Finite Element Analysis 191
 
  • M. Quispe, J. Campmany, J.J. Casas, C. Colldelram, A. Crisol, J. Marcos, G. Peña, M. Tallarida
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  This work deals with the FEA study, design and optimization of the LOREA dipole vacuum chamber and Glidcop Al-15 crotch absorbers. At present LOREA is the ninth beam-line being designed at ALBA with an Insertion Device (ID) consisting of an Apple II-type helical undulator. For the standard dipole chamber the vertical polarized light hits the walls because of the very narrow vertical aperture between the cooling channels. In vertical mode the ID vertical divergence equals ± 2.2 mrad and the peak power density and total power are 5.6 kW/mrad² and 5.5 kW, respectively. Due to the high power a temperature as high as more than 600 °C is calculated. In consequence the dipole chamber has to be modified and the absorbers have to withstand the Bending Magnet (BM) and ID radiation. The new absorbers have to be thicker and its cooling channels are farer from BM power deposition than the standard absorbers. The thermal mechanical simulations show good results, the new absorbers are in a safe range, the maximum temperature, stress and strain are 309.2 °C, 164.2 MPa and 0.14%, respectively. The main ALBA Storage Ring design parameters used in the simulations are: 3 GeV, 400 mA and 1.42 T (BM).  
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TUPE29 Integration of a Stripline Kicker Prototype for CLIC Project Into ALBA Storage Ring 230
 
  • R. Monge, J.C. Giraldo, J. Ladrera Fernández, M.L. Llonch, L. Nikitina, M. Pont, M. Quispe
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) project is an international collaboration with CERN for developing a high-energy and high-luminosity machine which accelerates and collides electrons and positrons at energies up to several tera-electron volts. The extraction system for the Damping Rings of the CLIC shall follow very tight requirements in order to maintain the ultra-low emittance of the extracted bunches. A first prototype of the extraction kicker based on stripline technologies has been built and characterized at CERN without beam. The stripline chamber will be shortly installed in the ALBA Synchrotron to be tested under beam. In situ measurements of the impedance, transversal field homogeneity and flat-top ripple aims to complete its characterization. This contribution presents the design of the set up for the integration of the stripline chamber in one of the medium straight sections of ALBA storage ring.  
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FRAA03 Mechanical Design of MIRAS, Infrared Microspectroscopy Beam Line at ALBA Synchrotron 403
 
  • L.R.M. Ribó, C. Colldelram, A. Crisol, A.A. Gevorgyan, R. Monge, J. Nicolás, L. Nikitina, M. Quispe, I. Sics, I. Yousef
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
  • P. Dumas
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • G. Ellis
    CSIC, Madrid, Spain
 
  The infraredμspectroscopy beam line has been an In House project fully developed at ALBA as a result of a collaboration of different teams during the period 2014 where the design started to 2016 It is composed by a retractile mirror to extract the IR light from the bending magnet radiation and a system of 8 transport mirrors located by positioning systems designed for a high stability performance, to transport the extracted light outside the tunnel until the first End Station  
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