DocumentCode
829483
Title
Reliability and Maintenance Analysis of the CERN PS Booster
Author
The PSB Staff ; Nassibian, G. ; Reich, K. H.
Volume
24
Issue
3
fYear
1977
fDate
6/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1551
Lastpage
1553
Abstract
The PS Booster Synchrotron (PSB) being a complex accelerator with four superposed rings and substantial additional equipment for beam splitting and recombination), doubts were expressed at the time of project authorization as to its likely operational reliability. For 1975 and 1976, the average down time was 3.2% (at least one ring off) or 1.5% (all four rings off). The items analysed are: operational record, design features, maintenance, spare parts policy, operating temperature, effects of thunderstorms, fault diagnostics, role of operations staff and action by experts.
Keywords
Electric breakdown; Magnets; Maintenance; Particle beams; Protection; Protons; Pulsed power supplies; Statistics; Thermal stresses; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1977.4329007
Filename
4329007
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