European Pulsed Power Conference 2009 <br><p><font size=-1><font color=#ffffff> Incorporating the CERN Klystron Modulator Workshop</font>

from Monday 21 September 2009 (14:00) to Friday 25 September 2009 (16:00)
CERN (503/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
21 Sept 2009
22 Sept 2009
23 Sept 2009
24 Sept 2009
25 Sept 2009
AM
08:00 --- Coffee and registration ---
09:00
Opening Ceremony (until 09:10)
09:15 Welcome from Rolf-Dieter HEUER, Director-General of CERN  
09:30 The Large Hadron Collider by Dr. Steve MYERS, Director for Accelerators and Technology, CERN  
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10:00 Invited Talk I : Overview of HPM and Pulsed Power related work at FOI - Dr Sten Nyholm (Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defence Agency (FOI))  
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10:30 Invited Talk II : Recent pulsed-power experiments for controlled plasma fusion at VNIIEF - Prof. Victor Selemir (VNIEEF)  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
SESSION 1 : Pulsed Power Technology (I) (until 13:30)
11:30 1.1 - High Power Reverse Conducting Solid State Closing Switch for Environmental Applications - S. Gekenidis (ABB Switzerland Ltd, Semiconductors) A. Welleman R. LEUTWYLER  
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11:50 1.2 - SLIM, Short-pulse Technology for High Gradient Induction Accelerators - A. Krasnykh (SLAC National Accelerator Lab, USA) A. Kardo-Sysoev (Ioffe PTI, St. Petersburg, Russia) A. Floyd (DTI, Bedford, United States)  
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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)  
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12:30 1.4 - A miniature, GW-power, Plasma Opening Switch - B. NOVAC (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) C. Greenwood (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) P. Sarkar (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) I.R. Smith (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) R. Kumar (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)  
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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)  
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08:30 Invited Talk III : High-Energy-Density Science Research on the Upgraded Z Facility - Mr John PORTER (Z Facility Director, Sandia National Laboratories,United States)  
09:00 Invited Talk IV : Pulsed Power Supplies for Driving High Power Microwave Sources - Prof. A. Phelps (Physics Department, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)  
09:30 Invited Talk V : Status of Pulsed Power in the UK - Dr M. Sinclair (AWE, United Kingdom)  
10:00 --- Coffee Break ---
10:20
SESSION 3 : Pulsed Power Applications (II) (until 12:00)
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  
08:58
Klystron Modulator Workshop (until 09:00)
09:00 Invited Talk VI : Development and power device reliability assessment of a long pulse resonant converter modulator - Mr Fabio CARASTRO (University of Nottingham)  
09:30 Invited Talk VII : Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) - Roberto Corsini (CERN)  
10:00 --- Coffee Break ---
10:30
SESSION 5 : Klystron Modulator Technology (until 12:10)
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  
Slides
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  
09:30
Workshop : Round table discussions (until 10:30)
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
10:50
Workshop : Conclusions (until 12:15)
PM
14:00
Registration and Exhibition Set Up (until 18:00) (500/1-201 - Mezzanine)
14:00 --- Coffee Break ---
19:00 --- Welcome reception ---
13:30 --- Lunch & Poster Session 1 : Pulsed Power Technology ---
14:40
SESSION 2 : Pulsed Power Applications (until 17:45)
14:40 2.1 : Precision High Energy Liner Implosion Experiments - PHELIX - W. Reass (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) J.R. Griego (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) R.E. Reinovsky (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) C.L. Rousculp (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) P.J. Turchi (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)  
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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 - X. DJiang (Beijing Jiaotong University, China) Z. Liu (Beijing Jiaotong University, China) A.J. Pemen (Beijing Jiaotong University, China)  
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15:20 2.3 - Performance of a Hexagonal, Segmented Railgun - S. Hundertmark (French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, France) G. Vincent (French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, France)  
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15:40 2.4 - Solid-State Tetrode Test Stand - M.P.J Gaudreau (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States) D. Robinson (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States) R. Phillips (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States) K. Schrock (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States) M.A. Kempkes (Diversified Technologies, Inc, United States)  
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16:00 --- Coffee Break ---
16:30 2.5 - Transportable Pulsed-Power Source for High-Energy Experimentation - B.M. Novac (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) I.R. Smith (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) C. Greenwood (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) P. Senior (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) G. Louverdis (DSTL, United Kingdom)  
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16:50 2.6 - H-bridge Modules as Box-level Pulsed Power Components - J. Gilbrech (Applied Energetics, United States) R.J. Adler (Applied Energetics, United States) V. Weeks (Applied Energetics, United States) M. Hope (Applied Energetics, United States)  
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17:10 2.7 - Solid-State Marx Type Circuit for the ISOLDE Voltage Target Modulator - N. Ferrão (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) H. Canacsinh (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) J.F. Silva (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) L.M. Redondo (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) C. Mendes (Nuclear Physics Center - Lisbon University, Portugal) J. Schipper (PS Kicker Magnets Section, TE Department, CERN, Switzerland) R. SOARES (PS Kicker Magnets Section, TE Department, CERN, Switzerland) Tony FOWLER (PS Kicker Magnets Section, TE Department, CERN, Switzerland)  
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17:30 --- End of Day 2 ---
12:00 --- Lunch & Poster Session 2 : Pulsed Power Applications ---
13:30
SESSION 4 : Pulsed Power Technology (II) (until 14:30)
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 ---
14:45 Pre-Technical Tour Presentation  
15:00 Technical Tours - ATLAS visit Group 1 and CLIC visit Group 2  
16:00 Technical Tours - ATLAS visit Group 2 and CLIC visit Group 1  
19:30 --- Banquet ---
12:10 --- Lunch & Poster Session 3 : Klystrons Modulator Technology ---
13:40
SESSION 6 : Klystron Modulator Technology (until 16:00)
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 -  
12:15
Chairman’s Final Addresss (until 12:30)
12:30 --- Exhibitor Buffet Lunch & "Thank you !" Session ---
14:00
End of Pulsed Power Conference (until 14:01)