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DOE OSTI2015

Alternate Lattice Design for Advanced Photon Source Multi-Bend Achromat Upgrade

A 67-pm hybrid-seven-bend achromat (H7BA) lattice is proposed for a futureAdvanced Photon Source (APS)multibend- achromat (MBA) upgrade. This lattice requires use of a swap-out (on-axis) injection scheme. Alternate lattice design work has also been performed to achieve better beam dynamics performance than the nominal APS MBA lattice, in order to allow beam accumulation. One of such alternate H7BA lattice designs, which still targets a very low emittance of 76 pm, is discussed in this paper. With these lattices, existing APS injector complex can be employed without the requirement of a very high charge operation. Studies show that an emittance below 76 pm can be achieved with the employment of reverse bends in an alternate lattice. We discuss the predicted performance and requirements for these lattices and compare them to the nominal lattice.

Sun, Yipeng↗
DOE OSTI2015

Evaluation of Power Supply and Alignment Tolerances for the Advanced Photons Source Upgrade

A hybrid seven-bend-achromat lattice that features very strong focusing elements and provides an electron beam with very low emittance has been proposed for the Advanced Photon Source upgrade [1,2]. In order to be able to maintain stable operation, tight tolerances are required for various types of errors. Here we describe evaluation of the effects of various errors including magnet power supplies, alignment, and vibration.

Sajaev, V.↗
DOE OSTI2015

Commissioning Simulations for the APS Upgrade Lattice

A hybrid seven-bend-achromat lattice that features very strong focusing elements and a relatively small vacuum chamber has been proposed for the APS upgrade. Achieving design lattice parameters during commissioning will need to be accomplished quickly in order to minimize dark time for APS users. The paper will describe start-to-end simulation of the machine commissioning beginning from first-turn trajectory correction, progressing to orbit and lattice correction, and culminating in evaluation of the nonlinear performance of the corrected lattice

Sajaev, V.↗
DOE OSTI2015

Simulation Study of Injection Performance for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade

A vertical on-axis injection scheme has been proposed for the hybrid seven-bend-achromat (H7BA) [1] Advanced Photon Source upgrade (APSU) lattice. In order to evaluate the injection performance, various errors, such as injection beam jitter, optical mismatch and errors, and injection element errors have been investigated and their significance has been discovered. Injection efficiency is then simulated under different error levels. Based on these simulation results, specifications and an error-budget for individual systems have been defined.

Xiao, A.↗
DOE OSTI2015

FAST INJECTION SYSTEM R&D FOR THE APS UPGRADE

The MBA upgrade for the APS will operate with bunch swap out and on axis injection. The planned 324 bunch fill pattern places difficult demands on the injection and extraction kickers. The present concept uses dual stripline kickers driven by high Voltage pulsers. Minimizing perturbation on adjacent bunches requires very fast rise and fall times with relatively narrow ~20 nsec, 15 kV pulses. To achieve these requirements we have initiated a multifaceted R&D program. The R&D includes the HV pulser, stripline kicker and HV feedthrough. We have purchased a commercial dual channel HV pulser and are evaluating its performance and reliability. In addition, we are investigating the feasibility of using nonlinear ferrite loaded coaxial cables (shockwave transmission line) to sharpen the leading and trailing edges of high voltage pulses. We are also developing a prototype kicker and high voltage feedthrough. The requirements for injection and extraction, progress on prototype development and results of our HV pulser investigations will be reported.

Lenkszus, F.↗
DOE OSTI2016

Performance of the first short model 150 mm aperture Nb$_3$Sn Quadrupole MQXFS for the High- Luminosity LHC upgrade

The US LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) and CERN combined their efforts in developing Nb3Sn magnets for the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade. The ultimate goal of this collaboration is to fabricate large aperture Nb3Sn quadrupoles for the LHC interaction regions (IR). These magnets will replace the present 70 mm aperture NbTi quadrupole triplets for expected increase of the LHC peak luminosity by a factor of 5. Over the past decade LARP successfully fabricated and tested short and long models of 90 mm and 120 mm aperture Nb3Sn quadrupoles. Recently the first short model of 150 mm diameter quadrupole MQXFS was built with coils fabricated both by the LARP and CERN. The magnet performance was tested at Fermilab’s vertical magnet test facility. This paper reports the test results, including the quench training at 1.9 K, ramp rate and temperature dependence studies.

Chlachidze, G.↗
DOE OSTI2015

Multi-Bunch Stability Analysis of the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade Including the Higher-Harmonic Cavity

Multi-bunch stability simulations were done for the very-low-emittance hybrid seven-bend-achromat (H7BA) lattice proposed for the Advanced Photon Source (APS) upgrade. The simulations, performed using tracking code elegant, were meant to determine whether the long-term wakefields of the higher-order modes (HOMs) of the main 352-MHz cavities will produce an instability. The multi-particle simulations include the important effects of the Higher-Harmonic Cavity (HHC) and the longitudinal impedance of the new vacuum chamber. These realistic simulations show that the HHC provides additional damping in the form of the Landau damping. Still, the HOMs may likely produce a multi-bunch instability which can be cured with more effective HOM damping or a longitudinal feedback system.

Emery, L.↗
DOE OSTI2017

Progress on the Design of the Storage Ring Vacuum System for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade Project

Recent work on the design of the storage ring vacuum system for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade project (APS-U) includes: revising the vacuum system design to accommodate a new lattice with reverse bend magnets, modifying the designs of vacuum chambers in the FODO sections for more intense incident synchrotron radiation power, modifying the design of rf-shielding bellows liners for better performance and reliability, modifying photon absorber designs to make better use of available space, and integrated planning of components needed in the injection, extraction and rf cavity straight sections. An overview of progress in these areas is presented.

Stillwell, B.↗
DOE OSTI2016

Mu2e upgrade physics reach optimization studies for the PIP-II era

The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab is being designed to study the coherent neutrino-less conversion of a negative muon into an electron in the field of a nucleus. This process has an extremely low probability in the Standard Model and its observation would provide unambiguous evidence for BSM physics. The Mu2e design aims to reach a single-event-sensitivity of about 2.5 x 10 -17 and will probe effective new physics mass scales in the 10 3 -10 4 TeV range, well beyond the reach of the LHC. This work examines the maximum beam power that can be tolerated for beam energies in the 0.5-8 GeV range exploring variations in the geometry in the region of the production target using the MARS15 code. Lastly, this has implications for how the sensitivity might be further improved with a second generation experiment using an upgraded proton beam from the PIP-II project, which will be capable of providing MW beams to Fermilab experiments later in the next decade.

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ↗
DOE OSTI2017

Overview of Lattice Design and Evaluation for the APS Upgrade

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a 7-GeV synchrotron light source that has been in operation since 1996. Since that time, the effective emittance has been decreased from 8 nm to 3.1 nm, which is very competitive for a 3rd-generation light source. However, newer facilities such as PETRA-III, NSLS-II, and MAX-IV are pushing the emittance to significantly smaller values. MAX-IV in particular has set the current benchmark with an emittance of about 300 pm at 3 GeV. This was accomplished by use of a multi-bend achromat lattice, which takes advantage of the 1/M3 scaling of the emittance with respect to the number of dipoles M. In order to ensure that our facility remains competitive, APS is pursuing a major upgrade, which involves replacement of the existing double-bend lattice with a seven-bend achromat lattice, promising a 40-fold reduction in emittance. This paper describes the process of developing and evaluating candidate lattice designs. Two candidate 6-GeV lattices are described: one providing a natural emittance of 67 pm and the other providing 41 pm. Our analysis includes single-particle dynamics as well as single- and multi-bunch collective effects.

07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES↗
DOE OSTI2017

Diagnostics Upgrades for Investigations of HOM Effects in TESLA-type SCRF Cavities

We describe the upgrades to diagnostic capabilities on the Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology (FAST) electron linear accelerator that will allow investigations of the effects of high-order modes (HOMs) in SCRF cavities on macropulse-average beam quality. We examine the dipole modes in the first pass-band generally observed in the 1.6-1.9 GHz regime for TESLA-type SCRF cavities due to uniform transverse beam offsets of the electron beam. Such cavities are the basis of the accelerators such as the European XFEL and the proposed MaRIE XFEL facility. Preliminary HOM detector data, prototype BPM test data, and first framing camera OTR data with ~20- micron spatial resolution at 250 pC per bunch will be presented.

Lumpkin, A. H.↗
DOE OSTI2018

Beyond Hosting Capacity: Using Shortest Path Methods to Minimize Upgrade Cost Pathways: Preprint

We present in this paper a graph based forwardlooking algorithm applied to distribution planning in the context of distributed PV penetration. We study the target hosting capacity (THC) problem where the objective is to find the cheapest sequence of system upgrades to reach a predefined hosting capacity target value. We show in this paper that commonly used short-term cost minimization approaches lead most of the time to suboptimal solutions. By comparing our method against such myopic techniques on real distribution systems, we show that our algorithm is able to reduce the overall integration costs by looking at future decisions. Because hosting capacity is hard to compute, this problem requires efficient methods to search the space. We demonstrate here that heuristics using domain specific knowledge can be efficiently used to improve the algorithm performance such that real distribution systems can be studied.

14 SOLAR ENERGY↗
DOE OSTI2017

Biochar Collection Overview and Design Upgrades in Biomass Pyrolysis Pilot Plant

The Thermochemical Process Development Unit (TCPDU) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory conducts research on a pilot plant that may be configured for biomass fast pyrolysis or gasification with the ultimate objective of creating renewable transportation fuels. Current research is focused on optimizing pyrolysis conditions for low-cost feedstock blends that are widely available and relevant on an industrial scale. Future research (2018) will focus on ex-situ catalytic upgrading of pyrolysis vapors using a riser reactor and regenerator system, similar to a fluid catalytic cracking system. The TCPDU is capable of feeding 1/2 ton of biomass per day and commonly operates at a feed rate of ~33 lb/h biomass while configured for fast pyrolysis. At this feed rate, the TCPDU generates ~2.2 gal/h of raw bio-oil and ~4.5lb/h of solid bio-char.

09 BIOMASS FUELS↗
DOE OSTI2019

FERMILAB PIP-II BOOSTER LLRF UPGRADE

A proposed upgrade to the Fermilab Booster synchrotron is presented. A new LLRF system is required for interfac-ing to the PIP-II Linac that is currently under construction. The present feedback system has legacy analog hardware interleaved with updated digital components for control. A prototype of a new digital system using an FPGA controller is presented along with the RF hardware to handle up and down conversion of RF signals. A prototype FPGA con-troller is implemented using an Altera Cyclone V System on Chip, with 14-bit ADC’s and DAC’s running at 66 MHz. The controller theory and implementation are described in this paper, along with a description of the RF signal processing scheme.

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗
DOE OSTI2019

Optimal Thermal Gradient for Flux Expulsion in 600°C Heat-treated CEBAF 12 GeV Upgrade Cavities

We will present results on measurement of flux expulsion in CEBAF 12 GeV upgrade cavities and original CEBAF cavities and the search for optimal thermal gradient for reducing the trapped flux in cavities installed in CEBAF linacs. Preliminary measurements of one C100 cavities has shown that a nearly perfect flux expulsion can be achieved at an optimal thermal gradient - a surprising result contrary to the expectation of zero flux expulsion for 600°C heat treated niobium cavities. These results could lead to a cost-effective path for improving the quality factor of cavities installed in CEBAF and ultimately saving accelerator operation cost.

Geng, R.↗