Name: 1st Workshop on POwer Converters for Particle Accelerators (POCPA)
Start: 2008-05-19T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2008-05-21T22:30:00+02:00
Location: ELETTRA - 34012 Basovizza, Trieste Italy -

1st Workshop on POwer Converters for Particle Accelerators (POCPA)

from Monday, 19 May 2008 (08:00) to Wednesday, 21 May 2008 (22:30)

Monday, 19 May 2008
08:00 S1 - MTBF and MTTR
08:00 - 18:00
Contributions

14:00 Opening of the Workshop: Aims and program of the Workshop - Frederick Bordry (CERN)

14:15 Welcome address and Practical information - Roberto Visintini (Sincrotrone Trieste)

14:30 Reliability of the operational power converters at DESY, mainly for HERA operation. Methods of improving reliability with spares, hot spares, switchable spares, built in redundancy etc. PETRA III examples - Hans-Joerg Eckoldt (DESY)

15:15 MTBF and MTTR for the CERN Power Converters. General Operation organisation. Design of the LHC power converters to improve reliability and MTTR - Frederick Bordry (CERN)

16:30 Reliability of the operational power converters of RHIC - Ron Bruno (BNL)

17:00 Reliability of the operational power converters of the SLS (7 years of operation experience). Design considerations to improve MTBF and MTTR - Rene Kuenzi (PSI)

17:30 General discussions
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
09:00 S2 - MTBF and MTTR
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Reliability of the operational power converters of Elettra - Roberto Visintini (Sincrotrone Trieste)

09:30 Reliability of the operational power converters of APS - Ju Wang (ANL)

10:30 High Quality Power Supply (HQPS) experience at ESRF - Jean-Francois Bouteille (ESRF)

11:00 CERN experience in the SVC design, commissioning and operation - Karsten Kahle (CERN)

11:30 General discussion
14:00 S3 - Presentation from Labs
14:00 - 16:45
Contributions

14:00 Current development of the next generation of PSI digital controllers - Martin Emmenegger (PSI)

14:30 Current development of [120kV, 40A, 1.5ms, 2hz] klystron modulators for CERN Linac 4 - Carlos De Almeida Martins (CERN)

15:00 What do we learn with Elettra Booster power converter design? - Roberto Visintini (Sincrotrone Trieste)

15:30 A novel 60 MW Pulsed Power System based on Capacitive Energy Storage for CERN PS machine - Jean-Paul Burnet (CERN)

16:15 Introduction to Elettra and preparation for the visit - Roberto Visintini (Sincrotrone Trieste)
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
08:30 S4 - Presentation from Labs
08:30 - 12:00
Contributions

08:30 FAIR project: power converter status - Heinz Ramakers (GSI-FAIR)

09:00 CELLS power converter design - Miquel Teixido Casas (CELLS)

09:30 Operational Experience with the Diamond Power Supplies - Tony Dobbing (DLS)

10:00 One year of activities at Soleil - Francois Bouvet (Soleil)

10:50 Workshop conclusions