Author: Crofford, M.T.
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WEPAB299 Spallation Neutron Source Proton Power Upgrade Low-Level RF Control System Development 3363
 
  • M.T. Crofford, J.A. Ball, J.E. Breeding, M.P. Martinez, J.S. Moss, M. Musrock
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • L.R. Doolittle, C. Serrano, V.K. Vytla
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • J. Graham, C.K. Roberts, J.W. Sinclair, Z. Sorrell, S. Whaley
    ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  
  Funding: * This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.
The Proton Power Upgrade (PPU) Project is approved for the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and will double the proton beam power capability from 1.4 MW to 2.8 MW with 2 MW beam power available to the first target station. A second target station is planned and will utilize the remaining beam power in the future. The proton power increase will be supported with the addition of twenty-eight new superconducting cavities powered by 700 kW peak power klystrons to increase beam energy while increases to the beam current will be done with a combination of existing RF margin, and DTL HPRF upgrades. The original low-level RF control system has proven to be reliable over the past 15 years of operations, but obsolescence issues mandate a replacement system be developed for the PPU project. The replacement system is realized in a µTCA.4 platform using a combination of commercial off-the-shelf boards and custom hardware to support the requirements of PPU. This paper presents the prototype hardware, firmware, and software development activities along with preliminary testing results of the new system. 		 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB299  
About • paper received ※ 18 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 21 June 2021       issue date ※ 11 August 2021  
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THPAB296 The Spallation Neutron Source Normal Conducting Linac RF System Design for the Proton Power Upgrade Project 4383
 
  • J.S. Moss, M.T. Crofford, S.W. Lee, G.D. Toby
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • M.E. Middendorf
    ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  
  Funding: This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.
The Proton Power Upgrade (PPU) project at the Spallation Neutron Source will double the available proton beam power from 1.4 to 2.8 MW by increasing the beam energy from 1.0 to 1.3 GeV and the beam current from 26 to 38 mA. The increase in beam current resulted in the need to redesign the existing normal conducting linac (NCL) RF Systems. High-power testing of the existing NCL RF Systems configured to accelerate PPU-level beam provided the data used to make the final design decisions. This paper describes the development and execution of those in-situ tests and the subsequent results. 		 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-THPAB296  
About • paper received ※ 17 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 22 July 2021       issue date ※ 20 August 2021  
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