Speaker
Antonio Vergara Fernandez
(Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMA)
Description
The commissioning of the warm part of the superconducting
circuits of the LHC started in 2005 with the short-circuit
tests of the power converters where the non-superconducting
elements of the circuits are being commissioned together
with their associated general services.
Once the circuits are at their operation temperature
and before powering them, the interlock system will be
validated (PIC tests).
The overall commissioning of the superconducting
circuits will start in February 2007 with the first powering
up to nominal current of all the magnets in Sector 7-8.
This talk will introduce the sequence of steps and
detailed procedures which lead to the powering of the
different superconducting circuit types, the powering
strategies designed to be ready for 450GeV beam
commissioning on schedule and the needs of the hardware
commissioning team for diagnostics and to ensure the
integrity of the hardware.
