Author: Compton, C.
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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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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2019-WEZBA2  
About • paper received ※ 03 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 05 December 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.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2019-WEPLM70  
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.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2019-WEPLM71  
About • paper received ※ 05 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 15 September 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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WEPLH09 FRIB Driver Linac Integration to be ready for Phased Beam Commissioning 823
 
  • H. Ao, S. Beher, N.K. Bultman, F. Casagrande, C. Compton, J.C. Curtin, K.D. Davidson, K. Elliott, V. Ganni, A. Ganshyn, P.E. Gibson, I. Grender, W. Hartung, L. Hodges, K. Holland, A. Hussain, M. Ikegami, S. Jones, P. Knudsen, S.M. Lidia, G. Machicoane, S.J. Miller, D.G. Morris, P.N. Ostroumov, J.T. Popielarski, L. Popielarski, J. Priller, T. Russo, K. Saito, S. Stanley, D.R. Victory, X. Wang, J. Wei, M. Xu, T. Xu, Y. Yamazaki, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • A. Facco
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  • R.E. Laxdal
    TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661
The driver linac for Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) will accelerate all stable ion beams from proton to uranium beyond 200 MeV/u with beam powers up to 400 kW. The linac now consists of 104 superconducting quarter-wave resonators (QWR), which is the world largest number of low-beta SRF cavities operating at an accelerator facility. The first 3 QWR cryomodules (CM) (β = 0.041) were successfully integrated with cryogenics and other support systems for the 2nd Accelerator Readiness Review (ARR). The 3rd ARR scope that includes 11 QWR CM (β=0.085) and 1 QWR matching CM (β=0.085) was commissioned on schedule by January 2019, and then we met the Key Performance Parameters (KPP), accelerating Ar and Kr > 16 MeV/u at this stage, in a week upon the ARR authorization. We examine a variety of key factors to the successful commissioning, such as component testing prior to system integration, assessment steps of system/device readiness, and phased commissioning. This paper also reports on the integration process of the β=0.085 CMs including the test results, and the current progress on β=0.29 and 0.53 CMs in preparation for the upcoming 4th ARR.
 
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About • paper received ※ 02 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 03 September 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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