Name: European Pulsed Power Conference 2009 Incorporating the CERN Klystron Modulator Workshop
Start: 2009-09-21T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2009-09-25T16:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

European Pulsed Power Conference 2009 Incorporating the CERN Klystron Modulator Workshop

from Monday 21 September 2009 (14:00) to Friday 25 September 2009 (16:00)

Monday 21 September 2009

14:00

14:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine

19:00 Welcome reception
Welcome reception
19:00 - 21:00
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine
Tuesday 22 September 2009

08:00 Coffee and registration
Coffee and registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

09:00

09:00 - 09:10
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

09:15 Welcome from Rolf-Dieter HEUER, Director-General of CERN
Welcome from Rolf-Dieter HEUER, Director-General of CERN
09:15 - 09:20
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

09:30 The Large Hadron Collider by Dr. Steve MYERS, Director for Accelerators and Technology, CERN
The Large Hadron Collider by Dr. Steve MYERS, Director for Accelerators and Technology, CERN
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
10:00 Invited Talk I : Overview of HPM and Pulsed Power related work at FOI - Sten Nyholm (Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defence Agency (FOI))
Invited Talk I : Overview of HPM and Pulsed Power related work at FOI
- Sten Nyholm (Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defence Agency (FOI))
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
10:30 Invited Talk II : Recent pulsed-power experiments for controlled plasma fusion at VNIIEF - Victor Selemir (VNIEEF)
Invited Talk II : Recent pulsed-power experiments for controlled plasma fusion at VNIIEF
- Victor Selemir (VNIEEF)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
11:30
11:30 - 13:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

11:30 1.1 - High Power Reverse Conducting Solid State Closing Switch for Environmental Applications - A. Welleman R. LEUTWYLER S. Gekenidis (ABB Switzerland Ltd, Semiconductors)

11:50 1.2 - SLIM, Short-pulse Technology for High Gradient Induction Accelerators - A. Floyd (DTI, Bedford, United States) A. Kardo-Sysoev (Ioffe PTI, St. Petersburg, Russia) A. Krasnykh (SLAC National Accelerator Lab, USA)

12:10 1.3 - Generation of a High Pulsed Magnetic Field in a Single Turn Coil using a Low Inductance Surface Switch - J. Larour (LPP CNRS Ecole Polytechnique, France) P. Auvray (LPP CNRS Ecole Polytechnique, France) S.D. Moustaizis (Technical University of Crete, Greece)

12:30 1.4 - A miniature, GW-power, Plasma Opening Switch - B. NOVAC (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) C. Greenwood (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) I.R. Smith (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) P. Sarkar (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) R. Kumar (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

12:50 1.5 - A Novel High Voltage Topology Based on a Switch-Capacitor Unit Configuration for Pulsed Power Systems - F. Zare (QUT, Australia) S. Zabihi (QUT, Australia)
13:30 Lunch & Poster Session 1 : Pulsed Power Technology
Lunch & Poster Session 1 : Pulsed Power Technology
13:30 - 14:40
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
14:40
14:40 - 17:45
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

14:40 2.1 : Precision High Energy Liner Implosion Experiments - PHELIX - C.L. Rousculp (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) J.R. Griego (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) P.J. Turchi (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) R.E. Reinovsky (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) W. Reass (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)

15:00 2.2 - An Industrial Scale Corona Plasma for Flue Gas De-SO2/NOx Technique by High Frequency AC+DC Power Supply with a Semi-wet flow - A.J. Pemen (Beijing Jiaotong University, China) X. DJiang (Beijing Jiaotong University, China) Z. Liu (Beijing Jiaotong University, China)

15:20 2.3 - Performance of a Hexagonal, Segmented Railgun - G. Vincent (French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, France) S. Hundertmark (French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, France)

15:40 2.4 - Solid-State Tetrode Test Stand - D. Robinson (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States) K. Schrock (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States) M.A. Kempkes (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States) M.P.J Gaudreau (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States) R. Phillips (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States)

16:30 2.5 - Transportable Pulsed-Power Source for High-Energy Experimentation - B.M. Novac (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) C. Greenwood (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) G. Louverdis (DSTL, United Kingdom) I.R. Smith (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) P. Senior (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

16:50 2.6 - H-bridge Modules as Box-level Pulsed Power Components - J. Gilbrech (Applied Energetics, United States) M. Hope (Applied Energetics, United States) R.J. Adler (Applied Energetics, United States) V. Weeks (Applied Energetics, United States)

17:10 2.7 - Solid-State Marx Type Circuit for the ISOLDE Voltage Target Modulator - C. Mendes (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) H. Canacsinh (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) J. Schipper (PS Kicker Magnets Section, TE Department, CERN, Switzerland) J.F. Silva (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) L.M. Redondo (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) N. Ferrão (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) R. SOARES (PS Kicker Magnets Section, TE Department, CERN, Switzerland) Tony FOWLER (PS Kicker Magnets Section, TE Department, CERN, Switzerland)
Wednesday 23 September 2009
08:30 Invited Talk III : High-Energy-Density Science Research on the Upgraded Z Facility - John PORTER (Z Facility Director, Sandia National Laboratories,United States)
Invited Talk III : High-Energy-Density Science Research on the Upgraded Z Facility
- John PORTER (Z Facility Director, Sandia National Laboratories,United States)
08:30 - 09:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
09:00 Invited Talk IV : Pulsed Power Supplies for Driving High Power Microwave Sources - A. Phelps (Physics Department, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
Invited Talk IV : Pulsed Power Supplies for Driving High Power Microwave Sources
- A. Phelps (Physics Department, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
09:30 Invited Talk V : Status of Pulsed Power in the UK - M. Sinclair (AWE, United Kingdom)
Invited Talk V : Status of Pulsed Power in the UK
- M. Sinclair (AWE, United Kingdom)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:20
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine
10:20
10:20 - 12:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

10:20 3.1 - Recent Pulsed-Power Technology Advances in the Pulsed Power Sciences Center at Sandia National Laboratories - J.L. Porter (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)

10:40 3.2 - A Novel and Non-Invasive Pulsed Electric Field technique for industrial food processing - I.R. Smith (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

11:00 3.3 - Wire Explosion Fed by a 32-kJ XRAM Generator Switched By Semiconductor Elements

11:20 3.4 - Improvement of Impedance Matching between ns Pulsed Generator and Discharge Reactor

11:40 3.5 - Experiments of a 30 GW, 100 ns Compact E-beam Accelerator
12:00 Lunch & Poster Session 2 : Pulsed Power Applications
Lunch & Poster Session 2 : Pulsed Power Applications
12:00 - 13:30
Room: Rest 1
13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

13:30 4.1 - A Compact High Power Microwave (HPM) Source

13:50 4.2 - Theoretical Design and Particle Simulation of a Novel Compact P-Band Magnetically Insulated Transmission Line Oscillator

14:10 4.3 - High Voltage Subnanosecond Pulse Former Based On High Performance Energy Compression Unit With Low Impedance Forming Line
14:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:30 - 14:45
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine

14:45 Pre-Technical Tour Presentation
Pre-Technical Tour Presentation
14:45 - 15:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

15:00 Technical Tours - ATLAS visit Group 1 and CLIC visit Group 2
Technical Tours - ATLAS visit Group 1 and CLIC visit Group 2
15:00 - 16:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

16:00 Technical Tours - ATLAS visit Group 2 and CLIC visit Group 1
Technical Tours - ATLAS visit Group 2 and CLIC visit Group 1
16:00 - 16:20
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

19:30 Banquet
Banquet
19:30 - 22:30
Room: GLOBE
Thursday 24 September 2009

08:58

08:58 - 09:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
09:00 Invited Talk VI : Development and power device reliability assessment of a long pulse resonant converter modulator - Fabio CARASTRO (University of Nottingham)
Invited Talk VI : Development and power device reliability assessment of a long pulse resonant converter modulator
- Fabio CARASTRO (University of Nottingham)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
09:30 Invited Talk VII : Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) - Roberto Corsini (CERN)
Invited Talk VII : Compact Linear Collider (CLIC)
- Roberto Corsini (CERN)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine
10:30
10:30 - 12:10
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

10:30 5.1 - A Klystron Power System for the ISIS Front End Test Stand

10:50 5.2 - A Solid State High Voltage Klystron Anode Modulator Design – An Alternative to Tetrode Solutions

11:10 12 GHz RF Test Stand

11:30 5.4 - The Bouncer Modulators at DESY

11:50 5.5 - Test of a Bouncer Modulator with Pulse Cable at FLASH
12:10 Lunch & Poster Session 3 : Klystrons Modulator Technology
Lunch & Poster Session 3 : Klystrons Modulator Technology
12:10 - 13:40
Room: Rest 1
13:40
13:40 - 16:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

13:40 6.1 - Pulsed Klystrons With Feedback Controlled Mod-Anode Modulators

14:00 Future Klystron Modulator Requirements at CERN

14:20 6.3 - Development and Test of XFEL Modulator Prototypes

14:40 6.4 - New Generation Polyphase Resonant Converter-Modulators for the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute

15:20 6.5 -

15:40 6.6 -
Friday 25 September 2009

09:30

09:30 - 10:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:50
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine

10:50

10:50 - 12:15
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

12:15

12:15 - 12:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

12:30 Exhibitor Buffet Lunch & "Thank you !" Session
Exhibitor Buffet Lunch & "Thank you !" Session
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine

14:00

14:00 - 14:01
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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