Sheng-Hu Zhang

R&D of an LLRF control system for a 162.5 MHz radio frequency system

This paper describes a low level radio frequency control system that was developed by the Institute of Modern Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, and will be used in Injector II of the China-ADS project. The LLRF control system consists of an RF modulated front end, fast analog-to-digital converter (ADC) modules, and a digital signal processing board based on a field programmable gate array. The system has been tested on a room temperature cavity with 12-hr, and the results illustrate that the stability of amplitude and phase achieved ±0.32% and ±0.35 degrees, respectively.

Study on transient beam loading compensation for China ADS proton linac injector II

Significant transient beam loading effects were observed during beam commissioning tests of prototype II of the injector for the accelerator driven sub-critical(ADS) system, which took place at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, between October and December 2014. During these tests experiments were performed with continuous wave(CW) operation of the cavities with pulsed beam current, and the system was configured to make use of a prototype digital low level radio frequency(LLRF) controller. The system was originally operated in pulsed mode with a simple proportional plus integral and deviation(PID) feedback control algorithm,which was not able to maintain the desired gradient regulation during pulsed 10 m A beam operations. A unique simple transient beam loading compensation method which made use of a combination of proportional and integral(PI) feedback and feedforward control algorithm was implemented in order to significantly reduce the beam induced transient effect in the cavity gradients. The superconducting cavity field variation was reduced to less than 1.7% after turning on this control algorithm. The design and experimental results of this system are presented in this paper.

Mechanical design and analysis of a low beta squeezed half-wave resonator

A superconducting squeezed type half-wave resonator (HWR) of β=0.09 has been developed at the Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou. In this paper, a basic design is presented for the stiffening structure for the detuning effect caused by helium pressure and Lorentz force. The mechanical modal analysis has been investigated the with finite element method (FEM). Based on these considerations, a new stiffening structure is proposed for the HWR cavity. The computation results concerning the frequency shift show that the low beta HWR cavity with new stiffening structure has low frequency sensitivity coefficient df/dp and Lorentz force detuning coefficient KL, and stable mechanical properties.

Simulation of vertical wind profile under neutral conditions

After analysing formulations of the horizontal wind velocity above a non‐uniform underlying surface, it is found that the mean height of roughness elements, fractional vegetation cover and leaf area index are the most essential parameters of vertical wind profile under neutral conditions. By using Landsat‐5 data, every‐10‐days observed data in the field, the every‐10‐days Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data from NOAA‐14 meteorological satellite, 1 : 10 000 land‐use data, and 1 : 10 000 topographical data, the mean height, leaf area index and fractional vegetation cover of wheat at Yucheng Integrated Agricultural Experiment Station are simulated as functions of NDVI. Then, hourly horizontal wind velocity at a height of 4 m during the period from 21:05 on 5 March 2000 to 7:05 on 24 May 2000 is calculated, for which hourly observed horizontal wind velocity at a height of 2 m is first used to simulate the wheat parameter of the dimensionless constant. The results show that the simulated velocity is almost identical to the observation velocity at a height of 4 m.

Development of a Superconducting Double-Spoke Cavity at IMP

Superconducting multi-spoke cavities are well-known optional choice for acceleration of heavy ions in medium energy. This paper describes the RF design, mechanical design, and test results of the superconducting double-spoke cavity developed at IMP. After Buffered Chemical Polishing and High Pressure Rinsing, one cavity has gone through high gradient RF testing at 4.2 K in the Vertical Test Stand. We present measurements of the quality factor as a function of accelerating field and maximum field on the surface. Accelerating gradient of more than 15 MV/m is reached with peak electric field of 61 MV/m, and peak magnetic field of 118 mT.

Study of medium beta elliptical cavities for CADS

The China Accelerator-Driven Sub-critical System (CADS) is a high intensity proton facility to dispose of nuclear waste and generate electric power. CADS is based on a 1.5 GeV, 10 mA CW superconducting (SC) linac as a driver. The high energy section of the linac is composed of two families of SC elliptical cavities which are designed with geometrical beta 0.63 and 0.82. In this paper, the 650 MHz β=0.63 SC elliptical cavity is studied, including cavity optimization, multipacting, high order modes (HOMs) and generator RF power calculation.The China Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System (CADS) is a high intensity proton facility to dispose of nuclear waste and generate electric power. CADS is based on 1.5GeV, 10mA CW superconducting (SC) linac as a driver. The high-energy section of the linac is compose of two families of SC elliptical cavities which are designed for the geometrical beta 0.63 and 0.82. In this paper, the 650 MHz \b{eta}=0.63 SC elliptical cavity was studied including cavity optimization, multipacting, high order modes (HOMs) and generator RF power calculation. Keywords: high current, medium beta, ADS, superconducting cavity, HOMsThe China Accelerator-Driven Sub-critical System(CADS) is a high intensity proton facility to dispose of nuclear waste and generate electric power.CADS is based on a 1.5 GeV,10 mA CW superconducting(SC) linac as a driver.The high energy section of the linac is composed of two families of SC elliptical cavities which are designed with geometrical beta 0.63 and 0.82.In this paper,the 650 MHz β=0.63 SC elliptical cavity is studied,including cavity optimization,multipacting,high order modes(HOMs) and generator RF power calculation.

Electromagnetic characteristics of the CH cavity

In this paper, we present the RF simulation, the fabrication and the normal RF test of a six-cell copper model cross bar H mode (CH) cavity. The CH cavity was researched and developed at the Institute of Modern Physics for Injector II of the superconducting linac of the accelerator driven system of China, operating at a frequency 162.5 MHz, beta=0.065. The deep drawing and electron beam welding were employed to fabricate this cavity, which would be used to develop the superconducting CH cavity in the future. The results of the normal RF test agree with the simulation of the electromagnetic properties, such as the electric field distribution on the cavity axis, frequency and Q factor.

Multipacting analysis for half wave resonators in the China ADS

In the China ADS (CIADS) proton accelerator, multipacting is an issue of concern for the superconducting cavities. The parallel codes Omega3P and Track3P, developed at SLAC under the support of the DOE SciDAC program, have been used to calculate the electromagnetic field distribution and to analyze the multipacting barriers of such cavities. In this paper, two types of 162.5 MHz half wave resonator cavities, HWR-010 (cylinder type with β of 0.10) and HWR-015 (taper type with β of 0.15) have been analyzed, and the results of the multipacting analyses show that the resonant electrons occur at different regions with different accelerating gradients. The two-point 1st order multipacting on the short plate has also been researched and discussed.

Adjusting the accelerating field distribution of a superconducting CH cavity

In a superconducting CH (cross bar H mode) cavity, the method of regulating the length of a drift tube is employed to adjust the distribution of the accelerating field. In this article, we simulate the electromagnetic field of a CH structure to illustrate the reason for adjusting the field distribution by varying drift tube length. Meanwhile, that the presence of the drift tube will cause a sharp rise in the maximum electric field is also shown. This phenomenon is contrary to superconducting cavity design principles in which the cavity geometry needs to be optimized to reduce the maximum electric field to avoid field emission. We propose a variable diameter superconducting CH cavity design to solve this conflict. The simulation of the variable diameter superconducting CH cavity shows that this method is feasible.

Study on the frequency tuning of the half-wave resonator at IMP

The RF and mechanical coupled analyses are essential in superconducting cavity design in order to predict the deformation of the cavity walls and the frequency shift caused by the deformation. In this paper, the detuning caused by both bath helium pressure and Lorentz force is analysed and a tuning system has been investigated and designed to compensate the detuning by deforming the half-wave resonator along the beam axis. The simulations performed with ANSYS code show that the tuning system can adjust and compensate the frequency drift due to external vibrations and helium pressure fluctuation during operation.