Title :
Overview of the RHIC insertion region, sextupole, and snake power supply systems
Author :
Bruno, D. ; Eng, W. ; Ganetis, G. ; Lambiase, R.F. ; Sandberg, J.
Author_Institution :
Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Brookhaven Sci. Associates, Inc, Upton, NY, USA
Abstract :
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) was commissioned in 1999 and 2000. RHIC requires power supplies to supply currents to highly inductive superconducting magnets. The RHIC Insertion Region (IR) contains many shunt power supplies to trim the current of different magnet elements in a large superconducting magnet circuit. There are a total of 237 Insertion Region power supplies in both RHIC rings. RHIC also requires sextupole power supplies. One sextupole power supply is connected across 12 sextupole magnets. There are a total of 24 sextupole power supplies in both rings. Snake magnets are also a part of the RHIC ring, and these snake magnets also require power supplies. There shall be a total of 24 snake power supplies in both rings. Power supply technology, connections, control systems and interfacing with the Quench Protection System are presented
Keywords :
accelerator magnets; colliding beam accelerators; ion accelerators; power supplies to apparatus; storage rings; superconducting magnets; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; highly inductive superconducting magnets; large superconducting magnet circuit; power supply technology; quench protection system; sextupole power supplies; shunt power supplies; snake power supplies; Circuit testing; Current supplies; MONOS devices; MOSFET circuits; Power MOSFET; Power supplies; Regulators; Superconducting magnets; Tracking loops; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.988212
