Name: Thirteenth CW and High Average Power RF Workshop
Start: 2024-09-09T07:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-12T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Crowne Plaza Downtown, Knoxville, TN

Thirteenth CW and High Average Power RF Workshop

from Monday, 9 September 2024 (07:30) to Thursday, 12 September 2024 (19:00)

Monday, 9 September 2024

07:30 Registration: Registration
Registration
07:30 - 08:30

08:30 Welcome: Welcome
Welcome
08:30 - 08:45
08:45 Session 1a
08:45 - 10:10
Contributions

08:45 What's new with the last 10 years of operation with the CERN SPS tetrode amplifiers? - Eric Montesinos (CERN) Sebastien Jerome Calvo (CERN)

09:10 NSLS-II Klystron Transmitters - Michael Monteleone

09:35 Overview of the SNS Ring RF Systems and Recent Work - Chip Piller (ORNL)
10:10 Break
Break
10:10 - 10:40
10:40 Session 1b
10:40 - 12:00
Contributions

10:40 130 kW - 500 MHz Amplifiers Commissioning and Operation in Elettra - Cristina Pasotti (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.)

11:05 Overview of Tetrode-Based RF System for High-Power Plasma Heating Operation in the 4-9 MHz Range for the MPEX Project at ORNL - Bodo Fritsche

11:30 Status of the 400 kW Solid-State Power Amplifier Station at 352 MHz for the European Spallation Source (ESS) - Dragos Dancila
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00 Session 2a
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Spallation Neutron Source RF - Past, Present, and Future - John Moss (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

14:25 Ten Years of RF Operation with the TH628L Diacrode at LANSCE - John Lyles

14:50 Development of new solid-state RF amplifiers at SIRIUS - Vitor Freire (CNPEM)

15:15 Status and operational readiness of the ESS RF Systems - morten jensen (European Spallation Source ERIC)
15:40 Break
Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Session 2b
16:10 - 17:30
Contributions

16:15 Modifications of the Storage Ring RF systems to support APS-U - Aditya Goel (Argonne National Lab)

16:40 Testing and Improvements on the 27 MHz RF System for plasma generation at the Spallation Neutron Source - Amith Hulikal Narayan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

17:05 Vertical test on a 2-cell 1.5-GHz SRF cavity - Ming-Chyuan Lin
17:30 Industry session 1
17:30 - 18:00
Contributions

17:30 Challenges and breakthroughs in recent RF Solid State PA design by Radian Combiner design with Initiatives for SDGs - Riichiro Kobana (R&K Company Limited)
18:00 Reception
Reception
18:00 - 19:30
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
08:15 Session 3a
08:15 - 09:55
Contributions

08:15 Status and upgrade plan of SPring-8 RF system - takashi ohshima (RIKEN)

08:40 Calibration of the analog beam-signal hardware for the beam power limit system at the Proton Power Upgrade Project at the Spallation Neutron Source - Craig Deibele (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

09:05 Enhanced RF Window Monitoring and Protection at the Spallation Neutron Source* - George Toby (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

09:30 NSLS-II Operations Experiences with our 310 kW Solid State Amplifier - Brian Holub (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
09:55 Break
Break
09:55 - 10:25
10:25 Session 3b
10:25 - 12:05
Contributions

10:25 Current Status and Future Plans of TPS High Power RF System - Chao-Hui Huang (National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center)

10:50 New GaN driver amplifier for RHIC 197 MHz rf system - Mark Hoffmann Wallner (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

11:15 A High Power 805 MHz RF Amplifier for LANSCE using GaN Devices - John T. M. Lyles (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

11:40 PRESENT DAY RF GROUP POWER SYSTEMS AT THE ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE - Gian Trento (Argonne National Laboratory)
12:05 Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 14:00
14:00 Session 4a
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Progress Report -- Transition from Klystrons to Solid State RF at the Advanced Photon Source - Douglas Horan (Argonne National Laboratory)

14:25 Klystrons at CERN: operational experience and plans for the future - Chiara Marrelli (CERN)

14:50 Klystron Commissioning Experience at ESS - Patrick Krämer (European Spallation Source ERIC)

15:15 Direct Cavity Combiner - Kathleen Quinlan (Diversified Technologies, Inc.)
15:40 Break
Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Session 4b
16:10 - 17:25
Contributions

16:10 Status update and operational experience of the 200 MHz SSPA system for the CERN SPS. - Sam Pitman (CERN)

16:35 Plan for 8kW and 13 kW Klystron Tests and Commissioning at CEBAF - Xavier Gomez (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)

17:00 RF Conditioning Operations and System Updates of the High-Power RF Test Facility in the Spallation Neutron Source - Sung-Woo Lee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
17:30 Industry session 2
17:30 - 18:00
Contributions

17:30 Circulator Compensation & New Developments of IR Based Compensation - Jacob Sturgis (Microwave Techniques)
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
08:15 Session 5a
08:15 - 09:55
Contributions

08:15 Development of a 120kW CWRF Solid State Power Amplifier System at 500MHz - Jens Weber (TRUMPF)

08:40 Installation Of New Solid-State Amplifiers For CEBAF’s Pass 5 Extraction Cavities - Mark Wissmann

09:05 Status of the HIPA Injector 2 upgrade at PSI - Markus Schneider

09:30 Recent Experience with the SNS Ion Source 2 MHz Tube and Solid State RF Systems - Chip Piller (ORNL)
09:55 Break
Break
09:55 - 10:25
10:25 Session 5b
10:25 - 12:05
Contributions

10:25 High Power RF Load Challenges at ESS - Walther Borg (European Spallation Source)

10:50 S-Band Power Variator for Dual Energy LINACs based on Fast Ferrite Tuners - Carsten Weil (AFT microwave GmbH)

11:15 THE INTERLOCK SYSTEMS FOR HIGH POWER RF SSA SYSTEMS AT ARGONNE APS AND ATLAS - Yong Luo

11:40 LANSCE CCL klystron reliability, evaluation, and path forward - Aditya Waghmare (los alamos national laboratory) John Lyles Joseph Bradley, III (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
12:05 Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 14:00
14:00 Session 6a
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 AR RF HPA 60 kW CW Factory Acceptance Test results and installation activities status at LBNL, USA - Shree Subhasish Basak (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA)

14:25 Commissioning of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator High-power CW RF system - Kouki Hirosawa (QST)

14:45 Design and Testing of Solid State Amplifier for the FRIB RFQ - Eleazar T Gutierrez (Radio Frequency Engineer)

15:10 CWRF Workshop BNL Abstract – Solid State Amplifier Two Design and Implementation - Roger Borger
15:40 Break
Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Session 6b
16:10 - 17:30
Contributions

16:10 A Protection Method for Solid State Amplifiers from High Voltage Transients - Daniel Lukach (Brookhaven National Lab)

16:35 Bead-Pull Measurement and Re-tuning of SNS RFQ02 - Haitao Ren (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

17:00 High Power RF Test Facilities at FNAL - Victor Grzelak (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
18:00 Banquet: Banquet and CWRF closing
Banquet and CWRF closing
18:00 - 21:00
Thursday, 12 September 2024

08:15 Travel to ORNL
Travel to ORNL
08:15 - 09:00
09:00 SNS tour - tour guide (SNS)
SNS tour
- tour guide (SNS)
09:00 - 09:45
09:45 Travel to main campus
Travel to main campus
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 Graphite reactor - tour guide (SNS)
Graphite reactor
- tour guide (SNS)
10:00 - 10:45
10:45 Super computer - tour guide (SNS)
Super computer
- tour guide (SNS)
10:45 - 11:30
11:30 Lunch
Lunch
11:30 - 12:30