Thirteenth CW and High Average Power RF Workshop

from Monday, 9 September 2024 (07:30) to Thursday, 12 September 2024 (19:00)
Crowne Plaza Downtown, Knoxville, TN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
9 Sept 2024
10 Sept 2024
11 Sept 2024
12 Sept 2024
AM
07:30
Registration (until 08:30)
08:30
Welcome (until 08:45)
08:45
Session 1a - John Moss (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) (until 10:10)
08:45 What's new with the last 10 years of operation with the CERN SPS tetrode amplifiers? - Sebastien Jerome Calvo (CERN) Eric Montesinos (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 ---
10:40
Session 1b - Markus Schneider (until 12:00)
10:40 130 kW - 500 MHz Amplifiers Commissioning and Operation in Elettra - Dr 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) - Dr Dragos Dancila  
08:15
Session 3a - Alessandro Fabris (until 09:55)
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 ---
10:25
Session 3b -Dr Sam Pitman (CERN) (until 12:05)
10:25 Current Status and Future Plans of TPS High Power RF System - Dr 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 - Mr 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)  
08:15
Session 5a - James Rose (until 09:55)
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 ---
10:25
Session 5b - Ming-Chyuan Lin (until 12:05)
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 - Dr 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 - Joseph Bradley, III (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Aditya Waghmare (los alamos national laboratory) John Lyles  
08:15 --- Travel to ORNL ---
09:00 SNS tour - tour guide (SNS)  
09:45 --- Travel to main campus ---
10:00 Graphite reactor - tour guide (SNS)  
10:45 Super computer - tour guide (SNS)  
11:30 --- Lunch ---
PM
12:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Session 2a - Douglas Horan (Argonne National Laboratory) (until 15:40)
14:00 Spallation Neutron Source RF - Past, Present, and Future - Mr 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 ---
16:10
Session 2b - morten jensen (European Spallation Source ERIC) (until 17:30)
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 (until 18:00)
17:30 Challenges and breakthroughs in recent RF Solid State PA design by Radian Combiner design with Initiatives for SDGs - Mr Riichiro Kobana (R&K Company Limited)  
18:00 --- Reception ---
12:05 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Session 4a -Prof. Daniel Valuch (CERN) (until 15:40)
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 - Dr Patrick Krämer (European Spallation Source ERIC)  
15:15 Direct Cavity Combiner - Kathleen Quinlan (Diversified Technologies, Inc.)  
15:40 --- Break ---
16:10
Session 4b - Patrick Krämer (European Spallation Source ERIC) (until 17:25)
16:10 Status update and operational experience of the 200 MHz SSPA system for the CERN SPS. - Dr 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 (until 18:00)
17:30 Circulator Compensation & New Developments of IR Based Compensation - Jacob Sturgis (Microwave Techniques)  
12:05 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Session 6a - Chiara Marrelli (CERN) (until 15:40)
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)  
2024 Presentation
15:10 CWRF Workshop BNL Abstract – Solid State Amplifier Two Design and Implementation - Roger Borger  
15:40 --- Break ---
16:10
Session 6b - John Moss (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) (until 17:30)
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 - Dr Haitao Ren (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)  
17:00 High Power RF Test Facilities at FNAL - Victor Grzelak (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)  
18:00
Banquet (until 21:00)