Operational experience with the Fermilab 150 GeV injection kicker
Description
The Fermilab E17 injection kicker has been in operation for more than 12000 filament hours and has logged almost 350,000 pulses since commissioning without major failure. The kicker system uses EEV 1193B and 1193C double-ended thyratrons in the MAIN, CLIP and DUMP configuration. In typical operation, the pulser produces 4800 A, 20 μs pulses at a charging voltage of 60kV and is capable of operating at a 80kV charging voltage. Any failure of the injection process can cause the Tevatron cryogenic magnets to quench. This includes any misfires of the injection kicker. Considerable effort was made to maximize reliability and provide interlocks to limit the problems that could happen from injection kicker misfires. The operating experience and reliability of the EEV thyratron will be discussed. Also, the use of the fiber optics, unique charging power supplies, and unusual digital interlocks and the role they play in improved reliability will be discussed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume NS-32, No. 5. 1985 Particle accelerator conference. Accelerator engineering and technology
- Journal Page Range
- p. 3012-3013.
- Report number
- DOE/ER/40238--1
Conference
- Title
- Particle accelerator conference.
- Dates
- 13-16 May 1985.
- Place
- Vancouver (Canada).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18023585
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAM INJECTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FERMILAB ACCELERATOR; FIBER OPTICS; KICKER MAGNETS; POWER SUPPLIES; SPECIFICATIONS; THYRATRONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELECTRON TUBES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; MAGNETS; OPTICS; SYNCHROTRONS