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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-WEPWI002
Title Installation and Operation of Replacement 201 MHz High Power RF System at LANSCE
Authors
  • J.T.M. Lyles, W.C. Barkley, J. Davis, D. Rees, G. M. Sandoval, Jr.
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
  • R.E. Bratton, R.D. Summers
    Compa Industries, Inc., Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Abstract The LANSCE RM project has restored the linac to high power capability after the power tube manufacturer could no longer provide triodes that consistently met our high average power requirement. Diacrodes® now supply RF power to two of the four DTL tanks. These tetrodes reuse the existing infrastructure including water-cooling systems, coaxial transmission lines, high voltage power supplies and capacitor banks. The power amplifier system uses a combined pair of LANL-designed cavity amplifiers using the TH628L Diacrode® to produce up to 3.5 MW peak and 420 kW of mean power. Design and prototype testing was completed in 2012, with commercialization following in 2013. The first installation was completed in 2014 and a second installed system is ready to test. The remaining replacement will follow in 2016. Meanwhile, there is a hybrid of old/new amplifiers until the changeover is complete. Operating results of the replacement system are summarized, along with observations from the rapid-­-paced installation project.
Funding Work supported by the United States Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, under contract DE-­-AC52-­-06NA25396.
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Conference IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA
Series International Particle Accelerator Conference (6th)
Proceedings Link to full IPAC2015 Proccedings
Session Wednesday Posters (Wilson)
Date 06-May-15   16:00–18:00
Main Classification 7: Accelerator Technology
Sub Classification T08 - RF Power Sources
Keywords DTL, linac, cavity, controls, electronics
Publisher JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Stuart Henderson (ANL, Argonne, IL, USA); Evelyn Akers (Jlab, Newport News, VA, USA); Todd Satogata (JLab, Newport News, VA, USA); Volker R.W. Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
ISBN 978-3-95450-168-7
Published June 2015
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