The conventional facilities requirements for the SNS linac

Author

Tallerico, P. ; Crow, M. ; Guthrie, A. ; Johnson, G. ; Schubert, J.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3377

Abstract

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) linac has a high gradient and 2 MW of beam power, and it therefore requires substantial RF power and cooling. There are 94 klystrons in its RF system, a large number for a proton linac. The optimization process and logic that lead to the klystron, transmitter, and power supply sizes is discussed. We also describe the requirements for building and tunnel area, electrical power, and water for this system. The trade-off decisions between low capital cost, low operating cost, and good maintainability are described

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; beam handling equipment; cooling; klystrons; linear accelerators; proton accelerators; proton beams; 2 MW; RF cooling; SNS linear accelerator; Spallation Neutron Source; beam power; high acclerator gradient; high-power accelerator; klystrons; maintainability; optimization process; power supply; proton linac; radiofrequency power; transmitter; Cooling; Costs; Klystrons; Linear particle accelerator; Logic; Neutrons; Power supplies; Protons; Radio frequency; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.988116

Filename

988116