Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN’s proton synchrotron booster

A new beam dump has been designed, built, installed and operated to withstand the future proton beam extracted from the proton synchrotron booster (PSB) in the framework of the LHC Injector Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN. The future proton beam consists of up to 1×10^{14} protons per pulse at 2 GeV a...

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Main Authors: A. Perillo-Marcone, M. Calviani, N. Solieri, A. Ciccotelli, P. Kaiser, A. Sarrio, V. Venturi, V. Vlachoudis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-06-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.063001
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author A. Perillo-Marcone
M. Calviani
N. Solieri
A. Ciccotelli
P. Kaiser
A. Sarrio
V. Venturi
V. Vlachoudis
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M. Calviani
N. Solieri
A. Ciccotelli
P. Kaiser
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description A new beam dump has been designed, built, installed and operated to withstand the future proton beam extracted from the proton synchrotron booster (PSB) in the framework of the LHC Injector Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN. The future proton beam consists of up to 1×10^{14} protons per pulse at 2 GeV and is foreseen after the machine upgrades planned for CERN’s Long Shutdown 2 (2019-2020). In order to be able to efficiently dissipate the heat deposited by the primary beam, the new dump was designed as a cylindrical block assembly, made out of a copper alloy and cooled by forced airflow. In order to determine the energy density distribution deposited by the beam in the dump, Monte Carlo simulations were performed using the fluka code, and thermomechanical analyses were carried out by importing the energy density into ANSYS®. In addition, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of the airflow were performed in order to accurately estimate the heat transfer convection coefficient on the surface of the dump. This paper describes the design process, highlights the constraints and challenges of integrating a new dump for increased beam power into the existing facility and provides data on the operation of the dump.
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spelling doaj.art-64775d6628ea4d07bcbc4758204978fa2022-12-21T18:57:20ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Accelerators and Beams2469-98882020-06-0123606300110.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.063001Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN’s proton synchrotron boosterA. Perillo-MarconeM. CalvianiN. SolieriA. CiccotelliP. KaiserA. SarrioV. VenturiV. VlachoudisA new beam dump has been designed, built, installed and operated to withstand the future proton beam extracted from the proton synchrotron booster (PSB) in the framework of the LHC Injector Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN. The future proton beam consists of up to 1×10^{14} protons per pulse at 2 GeV and is foreseen after the machine upgrades planned for CERN’s Long Shutdown 2 (2019-2020). In order to be able to efficiently dissipate the heat deposited by the primary beam, the new dump was designed as a cylindrical block assembly, made out of a copper alloy and cooled by forced airflow. In order to determine the energy density distribution deposited by the beam in the dump, Monte Carlo simulations were performed using the fluka code, and thermomechanical analyses were carried out by importing the energy density into ANSYS®. In addition, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of the airflow were performed in order to accurately estimate the heat transfer convection coefficient on the surface of the dump. This paper describes the design process, highlights the constraints and challenges of integrating a new dump for increased beam power into the existing facility and provides data on the operation of the dump.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.063001
spellingShingle A. Perillo-Marcone
M. Calviani
N. Solieri
A. Ciccotelli
P. Kaiser
A. Sarrio
V. Venturi
V. Vlachoudis
Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN’s proton synchrotron booster
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
title Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN’s proton synchrotron booster
title_full Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN’s proton synchrotron booster
title_fullStr Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN’s proton synchrotron booster
title_full_unstemmed Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN’s proton synchrotron booster
title_short Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN’s proton synchrotron booster
title_sort design and operation of the air cooled beam dump for the extraction line of cern s proton synchrotron booster
url http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.063001
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