LINAC2014 - List of Authors (Montis, M.)

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TUPP093	The Couplers for the IFMIF-EVEDA RFQ High Power Test Stand at LNL: Design, Construction and Operation	643
	E. Fagotti, L. Antoniazzi, M.G. Giacchini, F. Grespan, M. Montis, A. Palmieri, A. Pisent, C. R. Roncolato INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
	In order to assess the critical aspects of the IFMIF-EVEDA RFQ construction procedure and operation, it was decided to perform a High Power Test of a subset of the RFQ consisting in its last 550 mm three modules (out of 18) plus a Prototype Module, 390 mm long, used as RF plug. These modules are going to be tested at full power in CW of INFN LNL Labs, in the so-called RFQ High Power Test Stand. For such a purpose, a RF tube-based amplifier capable of 220 kW CW output power at the operational frequency of 175 MHz was purchased from an Italian company. A critical component of this test is the RF power coupler. Therefore INFN-LNL developed a design of two identical water-cooled loop antenna couplers, built with OFE copper and vacuum sealed with a commercially available 6”1/8 Alumina planar window. These couplers were tested separately on an aluminium coupling cavity. In particular one of them acts as a power feeder, while the other one, connected with a 200 kW water-cooled load, acts as a receiver. In this paper, the main aspects of the design, construction and tests performed on the couplers and coupling cavity will be described.

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The Couplers for the IFMIF-EVEDA RFQ High Power Test Stand at LNL: Design, Construction and Operation

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E. Fagotti, L. Antoniazzi, M.G. Giacchini, F. Grespan, M. Montis, A. Palmieri, A. Pisent, C. R. Roncolato
INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy

In order to assess the critical aspects of the IFMIF-EVEDA RFQ construction procedure and operation, it was decided to perform a High Power Test of a subset of the RFQ consisting in its last 550 mm three modules (out of 18) plus a Prototype Module, 390 mm long, used as RF plug. These modules are going to be tested at full power in CW of INFN LNL Labs, in the so-called RFQ High Power Test Stand. For such a purpose, a RF tube-based amplifier capable of 220 kW CW output power at the operational frequency of 175 MHz was purchased from an Italian company. A critical component of this test is the RF power coupler. Therefore INFN-LNL developed a design of two identical water-cooled loop antenna couplers, built with OFE copper and vacuum sealed with a commercially available 6”1/8 Alumina planar window. These couplers were tested separately on an aluminium coupling cavity. In particular one of them acts as a power feeder, while the other one, connected with a 200 kW water-cooled load, acts as a receiver. In this paper, the main aspects of the design, construction and tests performed on the couplers and coupling cavity will be described.