The KN-3000 particle accelerator control expert system (PACES)

Author

Lind, P.C. ; Poehlman, W.F.S. ; Start, J.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. Syst., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Volume

40

Issue

6

fYear

1993

fDate

12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2030

Lastpage

2036

Abstract

The features and utility of the PACES (particle accelerator control expert system) artificial intelligence accelerator controller are demonstrated. PACES is a computer-based operator aid retrofitted to a model KN-3000 Van de Graaff accelerator, that is used during the start-up, steady state, and shut-down phases of the accelerator. Using PACES, the operator can control the accelerator through a graphical control panel, or call upon an expert system to perform automatic start-up or shut-down. PACES automatically stabilizes and optimizes particle beam parameters. PACES is also able to detect, diagnose, and respond to operating faults, such as high-voltage sparks, vacuum system failure, or loss of source gas

Keywords

physical instrumentation control; physics computing; van de Graaff accelerators; KN-3000 Van de Graaff accelerator; PACES; artificial intelligence accelerator controller; computer-based operator aid; graphical control panel; high-voltage sparks; particle accelerator control expert system; shut-down phases; start-up; steady state; vacuum system failure; Artificial intelligence; Automatic control; Control systems; Diagnostic expert systems; Expert systems; Fault detection; Linear particle accelerator; Particle accelerators; Particle beams; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.273566

Filename

273566