Linac cryogenic distribution system maintenance and upgrades at Jlab

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014 · AIP Conf. Proc.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4860799· OSTI ID:1132613

Dixon, Kelly D. ^[1]; Wright, Mathew C. ^[1]; Ganni, Venkatarao ^[1]

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1. JLAB

The Central Helium Liquefier (CHL) distribution system to the CEBAF and FEL linacs at Jefferson Lab (JLab) experienced a planned warm up during the late summer and fall of 2012 for the first time after its commissioning in 1991. Various maintenance and modifications were performed to support high beam availability to the experimental users, meet 10 CFR 851 requirements for pressure systems, address operational issues, and prepare the cryogenic interfaces for the high-gradient cryomodules needed for the 12 GeV upgrade. Cryogenic maintenance and installation work had to be coordinated with other activities in the linacs and compete for manpower from other department installation activities. With less than a quarter of the gas storage capacity available to handle the boil-off from the more than 40 cryomodules, 35,000 Nm{sup 3} of helium was re-liquefied and shipped to a vendor via a liquid tanker trailer. Nearly 200 u-tubes had to be removed and stored while seals were replaced on related equipment such as vacuum pump outs, bayonet isolation and process valves.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1132613
• Report Number(s): JLAB-ACE-13-1783; DOE/OR/23177-2993
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc., Vol. 1573; Conference: ADVANCES IN CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC, 17–21 June 2013, Anchorage, Alaska
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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