Response of the RF power system to off-normal conditions on APT

Author

McCarthy, M. ; Overett, T. ; Tooker, J. ; Lynch, M. ; Rees, D. ; Regan, A. ; Wangler, T.

Author_Institution

Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1061

Abstract

The Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) plant utilizes a 1700 MeV linear accelerator. The accelerating potential for the 100 mA proton beam is provided by up to (depending on production requirements) 244 one MW klystrons. Control of amplitude and phase at each coupling port provides optimum beam parameters. However, when a fault occurs or operation is required at reduced beam currents (`off-normal conditions´), the Radio Frequency (RF) system must compensate to maintain the cavity field. This paper describes the projected off-normal conditions and the response of the RF system to accommodate these conditions and minimize downtime

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; klystrons; linear accelerators; proton accelerators; 100 mA; 1700 MeV; APT; Accelerator Production of Tritium; RF power system; accelerating potential; cavity field; coupling port; klystrons; linear accelerator; off-normal conditions; optimum beam parameters; proton beam; Acceleration; Klystrons; Linear accelerators; Linear particle accelerator; Optical coupling; Particle beams; Power systems; Production; Radio frequency; Superconducting transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5573-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1999.795448

Filename

795448