LHC Performance Workshop - Chamonix 2009

Session

Session 08 - What we will do for beam preparation in 2009

S08

5 Feb 2009, 17:00

Le Majestic (Chamonix)

Presentation materials

Discussion summary

rg_8_07.pdf

Proceedings

ga_8_00.pdf

71. Magnet Circuits

Antonio Vergara Fernandez

05/02/2009, 17:00

The LHC has 1572 superconducting circuits. Most of the time and resources during the Hardware Commissioning were consumed by tests of each circuit of the collider, the so-called powering tests. The tests consisted in carrying out several powering cycles at different current levels for each superconducting circuit. The number of tests needed for each sector was around 1500, thus more than 12000...

61. Powering Interlocks

Markus Zerlauth

05/02/2009, 17:40

Abstract

The powering interlock systems for sc and nc magnets have been fully validated during HWC 2008. The presentation will summarise the changes and new functionalities that will be applied to the two interlock systems during the shut down and their impact on future re-commissioning. Improvements expected for the commissioning tools will be summarised, including time estimates and scheduling issues...

4. Beam Interlocks

Jorg Wenninger

05/02/2009, 18:10

A large fraction of the MPS was commissioned in 2008 in view of the first LHC run, and first attempts to automate test sequences were implemented. This presentation will present the commissioning plans for the MPS system in 2009 based on the 2008 experience. A possible planning of the tests will be presented, including time estimates, scheduling issues and compatibility with HWC. Controls...

57. Injection and Beam Dump

Jan Uythoven

05/02/2009, 18:40

Abstract

The hardware changes and maintenance actions on the LHC injection and beam dumping systems will be presented. The requirements for equipment tests, hardware commissioning and machine check-out will be given, highlighting the dependence and the impact on other interfaced LHC equipment.

96. RF Preparation for Beam in 2009

Edmond Ciapala (CERN)

05/02/2009, 19:10

Modifications to the ACS cavity tuning systems should be completed early in 2009. First tests on the power and low level RF systems will be done with waveguide shorts, as the cavities will be warm and the RUX45 tunnel roof blocks will still be open to allow transport of quadrupoles into sector 3-4. Any co-activity with magnet transport will need to be avoided till the installation of sector...

100. SC Magnet (re)training

Ezio Todesco

05/02/2009, 19:40

We will give an overview of the training of all the LHC superconducting magnets based on the experience acquired diring the hardware commissioning. Using this information and the data relative to the test of individual magnets during manufacturing, we will give a view on the expected requirements for the training at 5 and 7 TeV.