Progress on the construction of the 100 MeV/100 kW electron linac for the NSC KIPT neutron source

IHEP, China is constructing a 100 MeV/100 kW electron Linac for NSC KIPT, Ukraine. This linac will be used as the driver of a neutron source based on a subcritical assembly. In 2012, the injector part of the accelerator was pre-installed as a testing facility in the experimental hall #2 of IHEP. The injector beam and key hardware testing results met the design goal. Recently, the injector testing facility was disassembled and all of the components for the whole accelerator have been shipped to Ukraine from China by the ocean shipping. The installation of the whole machine in KIPT will be started in June, 2013. The construction progress, the design and testing results of the injector beam and key hardware are presented.     

RF-thermal-structural-RF coupled analysis on atravelling wave disk-loaded a ccelerating structure

The travelling wave (TW) disk-loaded accelerating structure is one of the key components in normal conducting (NC) linear accelerators, and has been studied for many years. In the design process, usually after the dimensions of each cell and the two couplers are finalized, the structure is fabricated and tuned, and then the whole structure RF characteristics are measured by using a vector network analyzer. Before fabrication, the whole structure characteristics (including RF, thermal and structural ones) are less simulated due to the limited capability of currently available computers. In this paper, we described a method for performing RF-thermal-structural-RF coupled analysis on a TW disk-loaded structure using only one PC. In order to validate our method, we first analyzed and compared our RF simulation results on the 3 m long BEPCⅡ structure with the corresponding experimental results, which shows very good consistency. Finally, the RF-thermal-structure-RF coupled analysis results on the 1.35 m long NSC KIPT linac accelerating structure are presented.     

BEPCⅡ正电子源

BEPCⅡ是一粒子工厂型的正负电子对撞机,为北京正负电子对撞机(BEPC)的改造、升级工程. 它对直线注入器的基本要求是40mA,1.89GeV的正电子束流,发射度1.6μm,能散度好于±0.5%, 保证储存环的注入速率≥50mA/min, 实现TOP OFF注入方式. 因为正电子流强与打靶电子束流功率成正比,采用一把新的10A电子枪来提高打靶电流, 采用新加速结构和65MW速调管SLAC5045把目前140MeV的打靶能量提高到240MeV. 正电子源本身也是一非常关键、极其复杂的系统, 它包括正电子转换靶室、12kA``磁号'脉冲电源、7m长聚焦节、大功率直流电源和支架等. 目前,正电子产生加速器,从电子枪直到正电子源,已经安装到了BEPC直线加速器隧道. 本文将着重介绍正电子源系统的设计、加工和测试.     

BEPCⅡ直线加速器的束流调试和稳定运行

BEPCⅡ重大改造工程要求将对撞机的峰值亮度提高近百倍,并具有高积分亮度,为此必须对作为注入器的直线加速器进行重大改造,提供高能、强流、小发射度和小能散度的正负电子束,达到高注入速率(正电子50mA/min.)的要求.这对直线加速器各系统和束流调试是一个挑战.在成功建造了新电子源、新正电子源、新微波功率源、相位控制系统和束流轨道测量系统等的基础上,着重叙述了束流参数的调试结果,束流能量、能散度、发射度、传输效率均达到(或优于)设计指标.描述了束流参数稳定性的研究、改进和成功地达到稳定运行.最后简述了新建中的次谐波聚束系统,以进一步提高束流性能和注入速率.     

全固态Marx脉冲调制器设计

固态Marx脉冲调制器是基于IGBT固态器件根据Marx发生器的原理设计的脉冲调制器,即阵列堆叠的多个单元模块把并联充电的电容串联起来向负载放电.固态Marx脉冲调制器的设计摒弃了传统高压脉冲调制器中的脉冲变压器、脉冲形成线和重氢闸流管,基于IGBT固态器件的模块化设计和冗余设计,提高运行可靠性和效率,降低建造成本和系统体积.介绍固态Marx脉冲调制器的设计和关键技术的解决方法,并给出仿真结果.     

CSNS H^- ion source test stand

The Penning surface plasma source is adopted as the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) H^- ion source. The designed energy and beam current of the source are 50 keV and 20 mA, respectively, with a normalized root mean square (norm. rms.) emittance of 0.2 πmm·mrad. The construction of a H^- ion source test stand has been completed, and the commissioning of the source is in progress. Stable H^- ion beams with energy of 50 keV and current up to 50 mA are attained. Emittance measurement for the H^- beam is being prepared.     

BEPCⅡ直线加速器的束流调试和稳定运行

BEPCⅡ重大改造工程要求将对撞机的峰值亮度提高近百倍, 并具有高积分亮度, 为此必须对作为注入器的直线加速器进行重大改造, 提供高能、强流、小发射度和小能散度的正负电子束, 达到高注入速率(正电子50mA/min.)的要求. 这对直线加速器各系统和束流调试是一个挑战. 在成功建造了新电子源、新正电子源、新微波功率源、相位控制系统和束流轨道测量系统等的基础上, 着重叙述了束流参数的调试结果, 束流能量、能散度、发射度、传输效率均达到(或优于)设计指标. 描述了束流参数稳定性的研究、改进和成功地达到稳定运行. 最后简述了新建中的次谐波聚束系统, 以进一步提高束流性能和注入速率.     

乌克兰强流加速器条带靶截面探测器研制

乌克兰哈尔科夫物理技术研究所(KIPT)在建的100 MeV电子直线加速器,束流功率高达100kW,给拦截式条带靶束流截面探测器的电极选材带来巨大的困难。通过ANSYS有限元分析程序对探头与束流的相互作用进行模拟,得到了探头材料在1.2kW束流功率条件下的真空温升和受力、变形结果;通过初步的束流实验,观测了T300碳纤维束在束流作用下的信号情况,最终锁定用T300碳纤维束作为电极材料。这是国际上首次采用碳纤维束作为靶面电极。     

200 MW S-band traveling wave resonant ring development at IHEP

The resonant-ring is a traveling wave circuit, which is used to produce high peak power with comparatively smaller stored energy. The application to be considered is its use as a high power simulator mainly for testing the klystron ceramic output window, as well as for high power microwave transmission devices. This paper describes the principle of a resonant ring and introduces the structure and property of the newly constructed traveling wave resonant ring at IHEP. Our goal is to produce a 200 MW class resonant ring at 2.856 GHz with a pulse length of 2μs and repetition rate of 25 Hz. The installation, commissioning and testing of the ring have been completed and a peak power of 200 MW at 3 μs has been achieved. The conditioning results show that all the parameters of the resonant ring reach the design goals.     

Marx固态调制器单元研制

Marx固态脉冲调制器是根据Marx发生器的原理并以绝缘栅双极晶体管(IGBT)固态开关作为开关元件而设计的脉冲调制器。其低成本、高可靠性、小体积等优点可以很好地满足国际直线对撞机(ILC)对脉冲调制器提出的要求。介绍了Marx调制器单元样机主要部件包括IGBT串联高压开关组件、储能电容器、串联高压充电电源以及控制系统样机的研制。Marx调制器单元完成了12 kV高压试验,各部件达到设计指标,为单元的模块化生产和多单元的叠加试验提供可靠的数据和保障。