hardware commissioning
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Hardware Commissioning. … a quick look at last year. Powering Tests Consolidation. Powering Tests. Installation Cool down. Installation. Installation. Installation. Installation. Installation. Reconnection of the inner triplet left of Point 8 Exchange of a dipole - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Hardware Commissioning
LEMIC, January 29, 2008 - Roberto Saban
… a quick look at last year
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Interconnection of the continuous cryostat
Leak tests of the last sub-sectors
Global pressure test & consolidation
Cool down
Powering tests
Warm up
Reconnection of the inner triplet left of Point 8Exchange of a dipoleShortening of main bus bars in some short straight sectionsRepair of a few known cold mass to insulation vacuum leaksRepair of two short circuitsRepair of line Y in the heat exchanger tubeReplacement of some plug in modules
LEMIC, January 29, 2008 - Roberto Saban
Quinto workshop italiano sulla fisica p-p ad LHC 3
Powering Tests
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Perugia, January 30, 2008 - Roberto Saban
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First cool down of Sector 45
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Stops required to repair the flexibles: one one side of the sector, then on the side
… about 9 weeks + the time required to stabilize
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The superconducting circuits
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LEMIC, January 29, 2008 - Roberto Saban
Quinto workshop italiano sulla fisica p-p ad LHC 7
The superconducting circuits
Circuit TypeSector
LHC1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-1
13 kA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 24
Indipendently Powered Dipoles 3 2 2 3 1 0 2 3 16
Indipendently Powered Quadrupoles 14 7 6 13 12 5 7 14 78
600A with Energy Extraction 23 27 28 24 23 27 27 23 202
600A Energy Extraction in Converter 14 20 20 14 14 20 20 14 136
600A no Energy Extraction 16 9 2 9 9 2 9 16 72
80-120A Correctors 50 37 22 33 33 22 37 50 284
TOTAL 123 105 83 99 95 79 105 123 812
Circuit TypeSector
LHC1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-1
60A Closed Orbit Correctors 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 752
Perugia, January 30, 2008 - Roberto Saban
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RF cavities in Point 4
1. Continuing the conditioning of the cavities & the main couplers
2. Setting up of 1. the Tuner Loop2. the RF feedback3. the Klystron Polar Loop4. the one-turn feedback
Goal: set-up of the first three loops on one cavity before warm-up
Already achieved is the parallel conditioning of eight cavities up to:
• ~150kW (1MV/cavity) with QL = 20’000Started on four cavities:
• ~200kW intermediate position of movable Main Coupler nominal field (2MV/cavity with QL = 60’000)
Courtesy O.BrunnerLEMIC, January 29, 2008 - Roberto Saban
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Test of the Access Control System
• The LHC access system was nearly completely commissioned during the first week of January 2008 by a joint AB-TS team in collaboration with the supplier's team.
• Access is presently (from Monday 14/1) possible again with the CERN access card. No major issues encountered during the 7 days of intense tests.
• From early April access to the LHC will be made with dosimeter and biometric control.
1. Test the Access System when doing a patrol of all the LHC points 2. In « Access Mode », test the correct system behaviour when one
or more EIS-beam becomes unsafe 3. In « Beam Mode », test the triggering of all the « EIS-BEAM» and
external interfaces (BI, LBDS) in case of intrusion, door opening inside the LHC or Emergency stop.
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LEMIC, January 29, 2008 - Roberto Saban
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Status of the sectors
Sector Temperature Status
12 warm Leak test
23 warm Preparation for cool down
34 warm Preparation for cool down
45 cold Powering tests
56 cold Stand by
67 warm Preparation for cool down
78 warm Cool down next week
81 warm Cool down to start in week 6
LEMIC, January 29, 2008 - Roberto Saban
– short to ground
Quinto workshop italiano sulla fisica p-p ad LHC 11
Provoked and Natural quenches in RB circuit
Perugia, January 31, 2008 - Roberto Saban
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Quinto workshop italiano sulla fisica p-p ad LHC 12
Progress chart
Perugia, January 31, 2008 - Roberto Saban
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92 circuits commissionable if :-If Stand alone of LL5 released (level gauges) (4 IPQD + 10 DOC)-If good conditions for the DOC circuits are met (~120 circuits)-No major contingencies for QPS/Interlocks (last ISTs before powering)
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LHC General schedule
• The engineering run originally foreseen at end 2007 is precluded by delays in installation and equipment commissioning.
• 450 GeV operation is part of normal setting up procedure for beam commissioning to high-energy
• The general schedule being reassessed, accounting for inner triplet repairs and their impact on sector commissioning– Machine closed April 2008
– Beam commissioning starts May 2008
– First collisions at 14 TeV c.m. July 2008
– Pilot run pushed to 156 bunches for reaching 1032cm-2·s-1as soon as possible
• No provision for major mishaps, e.g. additional warm-up/cooldown of sector: a success-oriented schedule !
Courtesy R.AymarLEMIC, January 29, 2008 - Roberto Saban