SRF2015 - List of Authors (Taylor, E.J.)

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MOPB092	Economics of Electropolishing Niobium SRF Cavities in Eco-Friendly Aqueous Electrolytes Without Hydrofluoric Acid	359
	E.J. Taylor, T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA D. Holmes AES, Medford, New York, USA A.M. Rowe Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
	A major challenge for industrialization of SRF cavity fabrication and processing is developing a supply chain to meet the high production demands of the ILC prior to establishment of a long term market need. Conventional SRF cavity electropolishing is based on hydrofluoric-sulfuric acid mixtures. In comparison, FARADAYIC® Bipolar EP applies pulse reverse electrolysis in dilute sulfuric acid-water solutions without hydrofluoric acid and offers substantial savings in operating and capital costs. Based on a preliminary economic analysis of the cavity processing requirements associated with the ILC, we project the cost of FARADAYIC® Bipolar EP to be about 27% that of the Baseline EP. In terms of tangible cost savings, the cost per cavity for the FARADAYIC® Bipolar EP and Baseline EP are \1,293 and \4,828, respectively. The “eco-friendly” intangible cost savings are generally accepted although the cost savings in terms of material degradation and maintenance are difficult to quantify at this time. Continued development and validation of FARADAYIC® Bipolar EP on nine cell cavities will contribute greatly to the industrialization of SRF accelerator technology. Work supported by DOE Grant Nos. DE-SC0011235 and DE-SC0011342 and DOE Purchase Order No. 594128.
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MOPB093	Vertical Electropolishing Studies at Cornell	364
	F. Furuta, B. Elmore, G.M. Ge, T. Gruber, G.H. Hoffstaetter, D.K. Krebs, J. Sears Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA H. Hayano, T. Saeki KEK, Ibaraki, Japan Y.I. Ida, K.N. Nii MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan
	Vertical Electro-Polishing (VEP) has been developed and applied on various SRF R&Ds at Cornell as primary surface process of Nb. Recent achievements had been demonstrated with nitrogen doped high-Q cavities for LCLS-II. Five 9-cell cavities processed with VEP and nitrogen doping at Cornell showed the high average Qo value of 3.0·10¹⁰ at 16MV/m, 2K, during vertical test. this achievement satisfied the required cavity specification values of LCLS-II(2.7·10¹⁰ at 16MV/m, 2K). We will report the details of these achievements and new VEP collaboration projects between Cornell and companies.
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MOPB101	Electropolishing of Niobium SRF Cavities in Eco-Friendly Aqueous Electrolytes Without Hydrofluoric Acid	390
	M.E. Inman, T.D. Hall, S. Lucatero, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA F. Furuta, G.H. Hoffstaetter Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA J.D. Mammosser ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA A.M. Rowe Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
	Electropolishing of niobium cavities is conventionally conducted in high viscosity electrolytes consisting of concentrated sulfuric and hydrofluoric acids. This use of dangerous and ecologically damaging chemicals requires careful attention to safety protocols to avoid harmful worker exposure and environmental damage. We present an approach for electropolishing of niobium materials based on pulse reverse waveforms, enabling the use of low viscosity aqueous dilute sulfuric acid electrolytes without hydrofluoric acid, or aqueous near-neutral pH salt solutions without any acid. Results will be summarized for both cavity and coupon electropolishing for bulk and final polishing steps. With minimal optimization of pulse reverse waveform parameters we have demonstrated the ability to electropolish single-cell niobium SRF cavities and achieve at least equivalent performance compared to conventionally processed cavities. Cavities are electropolished in a vertical orientation filled with electrolyte and without rotation, offering numerous advantages from an industrial processing perspective. Shielding, external cooling and high surface area cathodes are adaptable to the bipolar EP process. Work supported by DOE Grant Nos. DE-SC0011235 and DE-SC0011342 and DOE Purchase Order No. 594128.
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Economics of Electropolishing Niobium SRF Cavities in Eco-Friendly Aqueous Electrolytes Without Hydrofluoric Acid

359

E.J. Taylor, T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder
Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA
D. Holmes
AES, Medford, New York, USA
A.M. Rowe
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA

A major challenge for industrialization of SRF cavity fabrication and processing is developing a supply chain to meet the high production demands of the ILC prior to establishment of a long term market need. Conventional SRF cavity electropolishing is based on hydrofluoric-sulfuric acid mixtures. In comparison, FARADAYIC® Bipolar EP applies pulse reverse electrolysis in dilute sulfuric acid-water solutions without hydrofluoric acid and offers substantial savings in operating and capital costs. Based on a preliminary economic analysis of the cavity processing requirements associated with the ILC, we project the cost of FARADAYIC® Bipolar EP to be about 27% that of the Baseline EP. In terms of tangible cost savings, the cost per cavity for the FARADAYIC® Bipolar EP and Baseline EP are \1,293 and \4,828, respectively. The “eco-friendly” intangible cost savings are generally accepted although the cost savings in terms of material degradation and maintenance are difficult to quantify at this time. Continued development and validation of FARADAYIC® Bipolar EP on nine cell cavities will contribute greatly to the industrialization of SRF accelerator technology.
Work supported by DOE Grant Nos. DE-SC0011235 and DE-SC0011342 and DOE Purchase Order No. 594128.

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MOPB093

Vertical Electropolishing Studies at Cornell

364

F. Furuta, B. Elmore, G.M. Ge, T. Gruber, G.H. Hoffstaetter, D.K. Krebs, J. Sears
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor
Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA
H. Hayano, T. Saeki
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
Y.I. Ida, K.N. Nii
MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan

Vertical Electro-Polishing (VEP) has been developed and applied on various SRF R&Ds at Cornell as primary surface process of Nb. Recent achievements had been demonstrated with nitrogen doped high-Q cavities for LCLS-II. Five 9-cell cavities processed with VEP and nitrogen doping at Cornell showed the high average Qo value of 3.0·10¹⁰ at 16MV/m, 2K, during vertical test. this achievement satisfied the required cavity specification values of LCLS-II(2.7·10¹⁰ at 16MV/m, 2K). We will report the details of these achievements and new VEP collaboration projects between Cornell and companies.

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MOPB101

Electropolishing of Niobium SRF Cavities in Eco-Friendly Aqueous Electrolytes Without Hydrofluoric Acid

390

M.E. Inman, T.D. Hall, S. Lucatero, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor
Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA
F. Furuta, G.H. Hoffstaetter
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
J.D. Mammosser
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
A.M. Rowe
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA

Electropolishing of niobium cavities is conventionally conducted in high viscosity electrolytes consisting of concentrated sulfuric and hydrofluoric acids. This use of dangerous and ecologically damaging chemicals requires careful attention to safety protocols to avoid harmful worker exposure and environmental damage. We present an approach for electropolishing of niobium materials based on pulse reverse waveforms, enabling the use of low viscosity aqueous dilute sulfuric acid electrolytes without hydrofluoric acid, or aqueous near-neutral pH salt solutions without any acid. Results will be summarized for both cavity and coupon electropolishing for bulk and final polishing steps. With minimal optimization of pulse reverse waveform parameters we have demonstrated the ability to electropolish single-cell niobium SRF cavities and achieve at least equivalent performance compared to conventionally processed cavities. Cavities are electropolished in a vertical orientation filled with electrolyte and without rotation, offering numerous advantages from an industrial processing perspective. Shielding, external cooling and high surface area cathodes are adaptable to the bipolar EP process.
Work supported by DOE Grant Nos. DE-SC0011235 and DE-SC0011342 and DOE Purchase Order No. 594128.

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