A new main control room for the AGS complex

Author

Ingrassia, P.F. ; Zaharatos, R.M. ; Dyling, O.H.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

6-9 May 1991

Firstpage

1026

Abstract

A new main control room has been built to control the accelerators of the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) complex. A new physical environment was produced to better control light, sound, temperature, and traffic. Five control consoles were built and installed to increase the number of machine physicists, operators, and development personnel that could be supported simultaneously. The consoles were all designed and implemented as general-purpose consoles so that a user would be able to control any facet of the accelerator operation from any of the control consoles. Equipment placement within consoles and console placement within the room reflect attention to the human factors needs of the operator.<>

Keywords

physical instrumentation control; proton accelerators; synchrotrons; AGS complex; Alternating Gradient Synchrotron; accelerators; control consoles; development personnel; general-purpose consoles; human factors; machine physicists; main control room; operators; Acoustic noise; Fixtures; Fluorescent lamps; Foot; Laboratories; Lighting control; Power cables; Temperature control; Ventilation; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0135-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1991.164499

Filename

164499