R&D ERL: Machine Protection System

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1013449· OSTI ID:1013449

Altinbas, Z

The Machine Protection System (MPS) is a device-safety system that is designed to prevent damage to hardware by generating interlocks, based upon the state of input signals generated by selected sub-system. It exists to protect key machinery such as the 50 kW and 1 MW RF Systems. When a fault state occurs, the MPS is capable of responding with an interlock signal within several microseconds. The Machine Protection System inputs are designed to be fail-safe. In addition, all fault conditions are latched and time-stamped. The ERL MPS is based on a National Instruments hardware platform, and is programmed by utilizing National Instruments development environment for a visual programming language.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - Office Of Science
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 1013449
• Report Number(s): BNL-90926-2010-IR; R&D Project: KBCH139; KB0202011; TRN: US1102646
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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