Title :
The protection system for the superconducting elements of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
Author :
Dahlerup-Petersen, K. ; Denz, R. ; Gomez-Costa, J.L. ; Hagedorn, D. ; Proudlock, P. ; Rodrinuez-Mateos, F. ; Schmidt, R. ; Sonnemann, F.
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
The protection system for the superconducting elements of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), and its associated equipment are presented: quench detectors, cold diodes, quench heaters and related power supplies, extraction resistors and associated current breakers. Features such as radiation resistance, redundancy and required reliability are discussed
Keywords :
accelerator magnets; diodes; overcurrent protection; power supplies to apparatus; proton accelerators; redundancy; reliability; resistors; storage rings; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; LHC; Large Hadron Collider; cold diodes; current breakers; extraction resistors; power supplies; protection system; quench detectors; quench heaters; radiation resistance; redundancy; reliability; superconducting elements; Diodes; Flexible printed circuits; Large Hadron Collider; Magnetic switching; Magnets; Power system protection; Resistors; Strips; Switches; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.792249
