Use of the TACL system at CEBAF for control of the cryogenic test facility

Author

Navarro, Edwin ; Keesee, Marie ; Bork, Rolf ; Grubb, Caroline ; Lahti, George ; Sage, Joan

Author_Institution

CEBAF, Newport News, VA, USA

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1730

Lastpage

1733

Abstract

A description is given of a logic-based control software system called Thaumaturgic Automated Control Logic (TACL), which is under development at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility. The first version of the software was placed in service in November 1987 for control of cryogenics during the first superconducting RF cavity tests at CEBAF. In August 1988 the control system was installed at the cryogenic test facility (CTF) at CEBAF. CTF generated liquid helium in September 1988 and is now in full operation for the current round of cavity tests. TACL is providing a powerful and flexible control environment for the operation of CTF. A description of the TACL control system covers the logic editor, the display editor, run-time processes, the graph-plotting program, the PID (proportional-integral-deviation) control algorithm, and fault protection

Keywords

computerised control; physics computing; test facilities; three-term control; CEBAF; Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility; PID control algorithm; TACL system; Thaumaturgic Automated Control Logic; control; cryogenic test facility; display editor; fault protection; graph-plotting program; logic editor; proportional-integral-deviation control algorithm; run-time processes; Automatic control; Control systems; Cryogenics; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Logic; Pi control; Proportional control; Software systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.41139

Filename

41139