Tong-Ming Huang

A tuning system for BEPC II

The tuning system plays a very important role when a superconducting cavity is in operation. It cooperates with other control loops to adjust the cavity frequency with high precision, reduce the reflection power, guarantee the stability of beam, and ensure the safety of the superconducting cavity. This paper focuses mainly on the tuning system working principle, the working state and problems that Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC II) has encountered during operation.

Some experiences with BEPCII SRF system operation

The Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) system of the upgrade project of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPCII) has been in operation for almost 8 years. During operation, many problems have been encountered, such as excessive heating of the power couplers, frequent beam trips during high intensity colliding, false arc interlock trigger and so on. Among them, some has been solved successfully, some have been alleviated. This paper will describe some experiences with BEPCII SRF system operation, including the symptoms, causes and solutions of problems.

Study and design of RF coupler for Chinese ADS HWR superconducting cavity

An RF power coupler is a key component of the superconducting accelerating system in Chinese ADS proton linac injector I, which is used to transmit 15 kW RF power from the power source to the superconducting HWR cavity. According to the requirement of working frequency, power level, transmission capability and cooling condition, the physics design of coupler has been finished, which includes RF structure optimization, thermal simulation, thermal stress analysis and so on. Based on this design, the prototype of HWR coupler has been fabricated, and it has successfully passed the high power test.

Development of fundamental power coupler for C-ADS superconducting elliptical cavities

5-cell elliptical cavities have been selected for the main linac of the China Accelerator Driven sub-critical System (C-ADS) in the medium energy section. According to the design, each cavity should be driven with radio frequency (RF) energy up to 150 kW by a fundamental power coupler (FPC). As the cavities work with high quality factor and high accelerating gradient, the coupler should keep the cavity from contamination in the assembly procedure. To fulfil the requirements, a single-window coaxial type coupler was designed with the capabilities of handling high RF power, class 10 clean room assembly, and heat load control. This paper presents the coupler design and gives details of RF design, heat load optimization and thermal analysis as well as multipacting simulations. In addition, a primary high power test has been performed and is described in this paper.

1.3 GHz SRF Technology R&D Progress of IHEP

IHEP started the 1.3 GHz SRF technology R&D in 2006 and recently enters the stage of integration and industrialization. After successfully making several single cell and 9-cell cavities of different shape and material, we designed and assembled a short cryomodule containing one large grain low-loss shape 9-cell cavity with an input coupler and a tuner etc. This module will perform horizontal test in 2016 with the newly commissioned 1.3 GHz 5 MW klystron and the 2 K cryogenic system. Beam test with a DC photocathode gun is also foreseen in the near future. We report here the problems, key findings and improvements in cavity dressing, clean room assembly, cryomodule assembly and the liquid nitrogen cool down test. A fine grain TESLA 9-cell cavity is also under fabrication in a company as the industrialization study.

Horizontal test for BEPC 500 MHz spare cavity

The horizontal test for the BEPC II 500 MHz spare cavity has been completed at IHEP. The maximum voltage of the cavity reached 2.17 MV, while Q(0) was 5.78x10(8). The process and results of the high power horizontal test are presented and discussed in this paper.