Author: Knudsen, P.
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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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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.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2019-WEPLH09  
About • paper received ※ 02 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 03 September 2019       issue date ※ 08 October 2019  
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