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Title: LANSCE Drift Tube Linac Water Control System Refurbishment

Abstract

There are several refurbishment projects underway at the Los Alamos National Laboratory LANSCE linear accelerator. Systems involved are: RF, water cooling, networks, diagnostics, timing, controls, etc. The Drift Tube Linac (DTL) portion of the accelerator consists of four DTL tanks, each with three independent water control systems. The systems are about 40 years old, use outdated and non-replaceable equipment and NIM bin control modules, are beyond their design life and provide unstable temperature control. Insufficient instrumentation and documentation further complicate efforts at maintaining system performance. Detailed design of the replacement cooling systems is currently in progress. Previous design experience on the SNS accelerator water cooling systems will be leveraged, see the SNS DTL FDR. Plans call for replacement of water piping, manifolds, pumps, valves, mix tanks, instrumentation (flow, pressure and temperature) and control system hardware and software. This presentation will focus on the control system design with specific attention on planned use of the National Instruments Compact RIO platform with the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control system (EPICS) software toolkit.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/LANL
OSTI Identifier:
1011068
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-11-10230
TRN: US1102080
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: PAC 2011 ; 2011-03-28 - 2011-03-28 ; New York, New York, United States
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Accelerator Design, Technology, and Operations; Particle Accelerators (43); ACCELERATORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; DOCUMENTATION; DRIFT TUBES; LANL; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICS; TANKS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VALVES; WATER

Citation Formats

Marroquin, Pilar S. LANSCE Drift Tube Linac Water Control System Refurbishment. United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Marroquin, Pilar S. LANSCE Drift Tube Linac Water Control System Refurbishment. United States.
Marroquin, Pilar S. 2011. "LANSCE Drift Tube Linac Water Control System Refurbishment". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1011068.
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abstractNote = {There are several refurbishment projects underway at the Los Alamos National Laboratory LANSCE linear accelerator. Systems involved are: RF, water cooling, networks, diagnostics, timing, controls, etc. The Drift Tube Linac (DTL) portion of the accelerator consists of four DTL tanks, each with three independent water control systems. The systems are about 40 years old, use outdated and non-replaceable equipment and NIM bin control modules, are beyond their design life and provide unstable temperature control. Insufficient instrumentation and documentation further complicate efforts at maintaining system performance. Detailed design of the replacement cooling systems is currently in progress. Previous design experience on the SNS accelerator water cooling systems will be leveraged, see the SNS DTL FDR. Plans call for replacement of water piping, manifolds, pumps, valves, mix tanks, instrumentation (flow, pressure and temperature) and control system hardware and software. This presentation will focus on the control system design with specific attention on planned use of the National Instruments Compact RIO platform with the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control system (EPICS) software toolkit.},
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