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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-THAR004
TitleIntegration of new cryogenic plants into an existing control system: a scalable and standardized approach
Authors
  • J. Fernandez Cortes, E. Blanco Vinuela, J. Beckers, O. Kozinski, P. Durand
    European Organization for Nuclear Research
AbstractThe High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) requires integrating new cryogenic plants while ensuring uninterrupted operation of the existing infrastructure. This paper presents a scalable and standardized approach to upgrading the control system, ensuring flexibility, interoperability, and long-term maintainability. The approach utilizes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components, including PLCs and standard programming languages compliant with IEC-1131, to enable modular deployment and minimize development complexity. Additionally, the use of a control framework (UNICOS) streamlines implementation, enhances system coherence, and ensures efficient interaction between new and legacy subsystems. We provide an overview of the control system architecture, highlighting design decisions that enhance scalability and adaptability. Challenges such as maintaining a seamless integration with the operational constraints, reliability assurance, and automation consistency were addressed through structured methodologies. This work serves as a reference for large-scale cryogenic system upgrades, demonstrating how industry standards and COTS solutions facilitate integration while ensuring long-term sustainability.
Paperdownload: THAR004.pdf
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Conference20th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Exp. Phys. Control Syst. (ICALEPCS'25)
Series
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Date20-26 Sep 2025
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardKent Wootton (ANL), Jeffery Biss (FNAL), Gustavo Bruno (ANL), Jeff Kirchman (ANL), Kelly Jaje (ANL), Denise Skiadopoulos (ANL), SuYin Grass Wang (ANL)
Online ISBN978-3-95450-255-4
Online ISSN2226-0358
Received04 September 2025
Revised24 September 2025
Accepted28 October 2025
Issued25 November 2025
DOI10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-THAR004
Pages1331-1336