Accelerator Reliability Workshop

10 Apr 2011, 08:00 → 15 Apr 2011, 14:00 Africa/Johannesburg

Auditorium (iThemba LABS)

The aim of this workshop is to provide a constructive platform for the effective sharing of specialist and expert information for the purpose of improving the reliability of particle accelerators and associated systems

Call for abstracts Call_for_abstracts.pdf

Deadlines Web_Deadlines_3_November_2010.pdf

First Announcement Final_ARW2011_First_Announcement.pdf

Poster Final_Poster2_7_April.jpg

Programme This is the Timetable for ARW

Sunday, 10 April

19:00 → 22:00 Registration and Welcome function

Monday, 11 April

08:00 → 09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome

09:00 Welcome and opening

Speaker: Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi (iThemba LABS)

09:10 → 09:50 Basic Theory of reliability

09:50 → 10:30 History of accelerator reliability

10:30 → 11:00 Tea break

11:00 → 12:30 Statistics

Tools and methods

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Design for reliability

15:30 → 17:30 Design for reliability continued

Control and software

Tuesday, 12 April

09:00 → 10:30 Medical accelerators

10:30 → 11:00 Tea break

11:00 → 12:30 Software tools for reliability

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 14:30 RF system

14:30 → 15:00 Sources

15:00 → 15:30 Vacuum

15:30 → 16:00 Tea break

16:00 → 21:00 Tour of iThemba LABS followed by Barbeque

Wednesday, 13 April

09:00 → 10:30 Colliders, light sources and spallation sources

10:30 → 11:00 Tea break

11:00 → 12:30 HPPA and neutron sources

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 23:00 Excursion to Cape Town followed by Workshop Dinner

Thursday, 14 April

09:00 → 10:30 Cyclotron and Linear accelerators

Convener: Ms Audrey Sauls (iThemba LABS)

10:30 → 11:00 Tea break

11:00 → 12:30 Making reliable commissioning

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Utilities

15:30 → 16:00 Tea break

16:00 → 17:30 Magnets and interlock

16:00 LHC Machine Interlocks and Beam Operation

The correct functioning of the Machine Interlocks (MI) is vital for safe operation throughout all operational phases of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The two main components composing the MI are the LHC Beam Interlock System and the LHC Powering interlock systems, both for super conducting and normal conducting magnets, The first one is highly reliable and fast. It relays Permit signals from the connected subsystems in case of failure for emergency extraction of beam to the LHC beam dump block. The second one is reliable as well and is essential for safe commissioning and operation of the magnet system. It protects about 1700 electrical circuits powering almost 10000 magnets. The presentation reports on the operational experience with the MI systems, and details the tests and the diagnostic tools deployed to validate correct functionality. It also reports on the automated software tools, used on a regular basis to assess the readiness for beam operation. It demonstrates that MI systems have been not only designed to be reliable but to be also helpful and valuable for having efficient machine operation.

Speaker: Mr Bruno PUCCIO (CERN)

Friday, 15 April

09:00 → 10:30 Open discussions on selected topics

10:30 → 11:00 Tea break

11:00 → 12:30 Discussions

12:30 → 13:30 Closing remarks and Closure of Workshop