IPAC2021 - List of Authors (Romera, I.)

Paper	Title	Page
WEPAB282	The Consolidation of the CERN Beam Interlock System	3309
	R.L. Johnson, C. Martin, T. Podzorny, I. Romera, R. Secondo, J.A. Uythoven CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The Beam Interlock System (BIS) is a machine protection system that provides essential interlock control throughout the CERN accelerator complex. The current BIS has been in service since 2006; as such, it is approaching the end of its operational lifetime, with most components being obsolete. A second version of the Beam Interlock System, "BIS2", is currently under development and will replace the current system. BIS2 aims to be more flexible by supplying additional on-board diagnostic tools, while also improving the overall safety by adding more redundancy. Crucially, BIS2 increases the number of critical paths that can be interlocked by almost 50%, providing an important flexibility for future additional interlocking requests. BIS2 will come into operation for the LHC in run 4 (2027) and will remain in operation until the end of the planned lifetime of HL-LHC. In this paper, we will focus on the Beam Interlock Controller Manager board (CIBM), which is at the heart of BIS2. Since this module works closely with many other systems that are similar in design to those in BIS1, we will compare how BIS2 improves upon BIS1, and justify the reasons why these changes were made.
	Poster WEPAB282 [0.378 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB282
About •	paper received ※ 18 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 14 July 2021 issue date ※ 23 August 2021
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WEPAB284	Interlock System Upgrades at the CERN Accelerator Complex During Long Shutdown 2	3316
	J.A. Uythoven, A. Antoine, C. Martin, A. Mirana Fontan, R. Mompo, I. Romera, R. Secondo CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The CERN accelerator complex stopped operation at the end of 2018 for the Long Shutdown 2 (LS2), allowing for the LHC Injector Upgrade program (LIU) and consolidation work to be accomplished. A gradual restart of the different accelerators is ongoing in 2021, culminating with the LHC foreseen to be back in operation early 2022. During LS2 a very large range of systems was modified throughout the accelerator complex. This includes the so-called Machine Interlock systems, which are at the heart of the overall machine protection system. This paper gives an overview of the Machine Interlock systems changes during LS2. It includes the installation of a Beam Interlock System (BIS) at the new linear accelerator LINAC4, at the PS-Booster and the installation of a new Injection BIS for the SPS synchrotron. New Safe Machine Parameter flags to protect the SPS transfer line mobile beam dumps against high intensity beams were put in place. The new Warm Magnet Controller (WIC) installations at LINAC4 the PS Booster and the different transfer lines and experimental areas are presented together with the modifications to the Power Interlock Controller protecting the LHC superconducting magnets.
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB284
About •	paper received ※ 17 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 02 July 2021 issue date ※ 17 August 2021
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The Consolidation of the CERN Beam Interlock System

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R.L. Johnson, C. Martin, T. Podzorny, I. Romera, R. Secondo, J.A. Uythoven
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The Beam Interlock System (BIS) is a machine protection system that provides essential interlock control throughout the CERN accelerator complex. The current BIS has been in service since 2006; as such, it is approaching the end of its operational lifetime, with most components being obsolete. A second version of the Beam Interlock System, "BIS2", is currently under development and will replace the current system. BIS2 aims to be more flexible by supplying additional on-board diagnostic tools, while also improving the overall safety by adding more redundancy. Crucially, BIS2 increases the number of critical paths that can be interlocked by almost 50%, providing an important flexibility for future additional interlocking requests. BIS2 will come into operation for the LHC in run 4 (2027) and will remain in operation until the end of the planned lifetime of HL-LHC. In this paper, we will focus on the Beam Interlock Controller Manager board (CIBM), which is at the heart of BIS2. Since this module works closely with many other systems that are similar in design to those in BIS1, we will compare how BIS2 improves upon BIS1, and justify the reasons why these changes were made.

Poster WEPAB282 [0.378 MB]

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB282

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paper received ※ 18 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 14 July 2021 issue date ※ 23 August 2021

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WEPAB284

Interlock System Upgrades at the CERN Accelerator Complex During Long Shutdown 2

3316

J.A. Uythoven, A. Antoine, C. Martin, A. Mirana Fontan, R. Mompo, I. Romera, R. Secondo
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The CERN accelerator complex stopped operation at the end of 2018 for the Long Shutdown 2 (LS2), allowing for the LHC Injector Upgrade program (LIU) and consolidation work to be accomplished. A gradual restart of the different accelerators is ongoing in 2021, culminating with the LHC foreseen to be back in operation early 2022. During LS2 a very large range of systems was modified throughout the accelerator complex. This includes the so-called Machine Interlock systems, which are at the heart of the overall machine protection system. This paper gives an overview of the Machine Interlock systems changes during LS2. It includes the installation of a Beam Interlock System (BIS) at the new linear accelerator LINAC4, at the PS-Booster and the installation of a new Injection BIS for the SPS synchrotron. New Safe Machine Parameter flags to protect the SPS transfer line mobile beam dumps against high intensity beams were put in place. The new Warm Magnet Controller (WIC) installations at LINAC4 the PS Booster and the different transfer lines and experimental areas are presented together with the modifications to the Power Interlock Controller protecting the LHC superconducting magnets.

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB284

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paper received ※ 17 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 02 July 2021 issue date ※ 17 August 2021

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