Speaker
Jan Uythoven
(CERN)
Description
Before first beam is injected into LHC, the large part of the protection systems
that does not require beam for commissioning will already have been formally
validated. Some systems require to be commissioned with beam at the start of beam
operation. With increasing stored energy, increased performance of some protection
systems is required, and also additional systems must be commissioned. It is
proposed to define operational stages with limits on the stored beam energy. An
increase of the stored energy, either by filling more beam, or by increasing the
maximum energy, requires formal validation of the protection systems that are
required for the next stage of operation, and an agreement between operation and
machine protection experts to go on. This presentation discusses the general
strategy. The detailed requirements are discussed in the following presentations.
Author
Jan Uythoven
(CERN)
