Author: Chang, W.
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MOYBB4 Large-Scale Dewar Testing of FRIB Production Cavities: Statistical Analysis 41
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  • C. Zhang, W. Chang, W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, J.F. Schwartz, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) requires a driver linac with 324 superconducting cavities to deliver ion beams at 200 MeV per nucleon. About 1/3 of the cavities are quarter-wave resonators (QWRs, 805. MHz); the rest are half-wave resonators (HWRs, 322 MHz). FRIB cavity production is nearly complete, with more than 90% of the required cavities certified for installation into cryomodules (as of May 2019). We have accumulated a large data set on performance of production QWRs and HWRs during Dewar certificating testing of jacketed cavities. In this paper, we will report on the data analysis, including statistics on the BCS resistance, residual resistance, energy gap, and Q-slope. Additionally, we will discuss performance limitations and conditioning (multipacting, field emission).  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2019-MOYBB4  
About • paper received ※ 01 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 19 November 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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MOPLO17 Large-Scale Dewar Testing of FRIB Production Cavities: Results 270
 
  • W. Hartung, W. Chang, S.H. Kim, D. Norton, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, J.F. Schwartz, T. Xu, C. Zhang
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), under construction at Michigan State University (MSU), includes a superconducting driver linac to deliver ion beams at 200 MeV per nucleon. The driver linac requires 104 quarter-wave resonators (QWRs, β = 0.041 and 0.085) and 220 half-wave resonators (HWRs, β = 0.29 and 0.54). The jacketed resonators are Dewar tested at MSU before installation into cryomodules. The cryomodules for β = 0.041, 0.085, and 0.29 have been completed and certified; 89% of the β = 0.54 HWRs have been certified (as of May 2019). The Dewar certification tests have provided valuable information on the performance of production QWRs and HWRs at 4.3 K and 2 K and on performance limits. Results will be presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2019-MOPLO17  
About • paper received ※ 08 November 2019       paper accepted ※ 26 November 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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WEZBA2 Experience and Lessons in FRIB Superconducting Quarter-Wave Resonator Commissioning 646
 
  • S.H. Kim, H. Ao, F. Casagrande, W. Chang, C. Compton, A. Facco, V. Ganni, E. Gutierrez, W. Hartung, N. Hasan, P. Knudsen, T.L. Larter, H. Maniar, S.J. Miller, D.G. Morris, P.N. Ostroumov, A.S. Plastun, J.T. Popielarski, L. Popielarski, H.T. Ren, K. Saito, M. Thrush, D.R. Victory, J. Wei, M. Xu, T. Xu, Y. Yamazaki, C. Zhang, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  The superconducting (SC) linear accelerator (linac) for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) has one quarter-wave resonator (QWR) segment and two half-wave resonator (HWR) segments. The first linac segment (LS1) contains twelve β = 0.041 and ninety-two β = 0.085 QWRs operating at 80.5 MHz, and thirty-nine SC solenoids. Superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) commissioning and beam commissioning of LS1 was completed in April 2019. The design accelerating gradients (5.1 MV/m for β = 0.041 and 5.6 MV/m for β = 0.085) were achieved in all cavities with no multipacting or field emission issues. The cavity field met the design goals: peak-to-peak stability of ±1% in amplitude and ±1° in phase. We achieved 20.3 MeV/u ion beams of Ar, Kr, Ne, and Xe with LS1. In this paper, we will discuss lessons learned from the SRF commissioning of the cryomodules and methods developed for efficient testing, conditioning, and commissioning of more than 100 SC cavities, each with its own independent RF system.  
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About • paper received ※ 03 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 05 December 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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WEPLM03 The LLRF Control Design and Validation at FRIB 667
 
  • S. Zhao, W. Chang, S.H. Kim, H. Maniar, D.G. Morris, P.N. Ostroumov, J.T. Popielarski, H.T. Ren, N.R. Usher
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • N.R. Usher
    Ionetix, Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661.
One of the challenges in designing the low level radio frequency (LLRF) controllers for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is the various types of cavities, which include 5 different frequencies ranging from 40.25 MHz up to 322 MHz, and 4 different types of tuners. In this paper, the design strategy taken to achieve flexibility and low cost and the choices made to accommodate the varieties will be discussed. The approach also allowed easy adaptation to major design changes such as replac-ing two cryo-modules with two newly designed room temperature bunchers and the addition of high-voltage bias to suppress multi-pacting in half wave resonators (HWRs). With the successful completion of the third accelerator readiness review (ARR03) commissioning in early 2019, most of the design has been validated in the real accelerator system, leaving only HWRs which are constantly undergoing tests in cryo-module bunker. The integrated spark detector design for HWRs will also be tested in the near future.
 
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About • paper received ※ 31 August 2019       paper accepted ※ 05 September 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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WEPLM70 FRIB Tuner Performance and Improvement 755
 
  • J.T. Popielarski, W. Chang, C. Compton, W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, E.S. Metzgar, S.J. Miller, K. Saito, J.F. Schwartz, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is under construction at Michigan State University (MSU). The FRIB superconducting driver linac will accelerate ion beams to 200 MeV per nucleon. The driver linac requires 104 quarter-wave resonators (QWRs, β = 0.041 and 0.085) and 220 half-wave resonators (HWRs, β = 0.29 and 0.54). The cryomodules for β = 0.041, 0.085, and 0.29 have been completed and certified; 32 out of 49 cryomodules are certified via bunker test (as of March 2019). FRIB QWR cavities have a demountable niobium tuning plate which uses a warm external stepper motor and the FRIB HWR cavities use pneumatic actuated bellows. Progress on the preparation and performance of the tuners is presented in this paper along with improvements made to ensure meeting frequency specification.
 
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About • paper received ※ 26 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 19 November 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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WEPLM71 Thermal Performance of FRIB Cryomodules 759
 
  • M. Xu, W. Chang, C. Compton, A. Ganshyn, S.H. Kim, S.J. Miller, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661 and the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement PHY-1102511.
Now SRF cavity development is advancing high-Q/high gradient by nitrogen doping, infusion, or the new low temperature bake recipe. Once cavity dynamic loss is reduced, the static heat load of the cryomodule will be of concern from the cryogenic plant capability point of view. FRIB gives us a good chance to statistically compare the cryogenic plant design and the measured results, along with a thought for future updated cryomodule design using a low/medium beta cryomodule. FRIB cryomodules have two cooling lines: 4.5 K for solenoids and 2K for cavities. The boil-off liquid helium method was used to measure the cryomodule’s heat load. So far, FRIB has completed certification testing (bunker tests) on 39 of 49 cryomodules (80%). This paper reports the static heat load measurement results, which are important for future FRIB upgrades to estimate remaining cryogenic capability. The cryomodule’s evolution related to heat load is introduced too.
 
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About • paper received ※ 05 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 15 September 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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WEPLM73 Bunker Testing of FRIB Cryomodules 765
 
  • W. Chang, S. Caton, A. Ganshyn, W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, B. Laumer, H. Maniar, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, M. Xu, T. Xu, C. Zhang, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  The FRIB superconducting driver Linac requires 104 quarter-wave resonators (QWRs, β = 0.041, 0.085), 220 half-wave resonators (HWRs, β = 0.29, 0.53), and 74 superconducting solenoid packages. Resonators and solenoids are assembled into cryomodules; 4 accelerating and 2 matching cryomodule types are required. Each cryomodule undergoes cryogenic and RF testing in a bunker prior to installation in the tunnel. The cryomodule test verifies operation of the cavities, couplers, tuners, solenoid packages, magnetic shield, and thermal shield at 4.3 K and 2 K. All of the required cryomodules for β = 0.041, 0.085, and 0.29 have been tested and certified. As of May 2019, five of the β = 0.53 cryomodules have been certified; the remaining modules are being assembled or are in the queue for testing. Cryomodule test results will be presented, including cavity performance (accelerating gradient, field emission X-rays, multipacting conditioning); solenoid package operation (current, current-lead cooling flow rate); and cryomodule heat load (static and dynamic).  
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About • paper received ※ 06 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 16 November 2020       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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