# Presentation: 536285

## SNuMI:  WBS 1.1 Booster Upgrades

**SNuMI:  **WBS 1.1 Booster Upgrades

- Eric Prebys $642K  FY06$(no contingency, no G&A) xx% contingency

**Main Injector & Recycler**

**BNB**

**NuMI Tunnel**

**Booster Ring**

**Accumulator Ring (phase II)**

**Pond Expansion (phase II)**

## Overview

- Introduction/Proton Plan
- Scope of system & WBS interfaces
- Performance Specifications
- Design Issues, Progress & Plans
- Value Engineering & Risk Management
- Costs
- Schedule & Milestones
- Summary

## The Booster

- The Booster is a rapid cycling synchrotron which takes beam from the 400 MeV Linac and accelerates it to 8 GeV for injection into the Main Injector.
- It has not changed significantly since it was built ~35 years ago.
- The magnets are run in an offset 15 Hz resonant circuit, which sets a fundamental clock for the entire accelerator complex.

- The Booster delivers beam at an instantaneous rate of 15 Hz, but pulsed elements limit the average rate, but pulsed elements in the RF system currently limit the average rate to about 9 Hz.

**Notes:**
Cartoon of the detector: walk through from inside

## Proton Plan

- The Proton Plan is the current campaign to maximize proton delivery to NuMI and MiniBooNE during the collider era:
- Hardware projects complete in 2008 shutdown
- Plan complete in 2009
*SNuMI assumes success of Proton Plan*
- The Main Goals of the Proton Plan are:
- Increase overall reliability of Linac/Booster
- Increase Booster efficiency to reduce uncontrolled beam loss in Booster tunnel (currently the limiting factor in beam delivery)
- Achieve Booster beam quality necessary for slip stacking in the Main Injector
- Increase average Booster repetition rate to at least 9 Hz
- If the first three goals are met, they will satisfy the needs of SNuMI
- Repetition rate remains an issue

## WBS Interfaces

- Within the scope of the SNuMI plan, there are no predecessors to the Booster task.
- The Booster section does depend on the success of the Proton Plan, and scope will need to be added if the Proton Plan does not meet its goals.
- The Booster also depends on the 400 MeV Linac.
- Possible issues would be beam stability and beam loss
- If new scope is necessary, it can be added under this section
- The Booster will deliver beam to the Recycler (1.2)
- Must verify beam quality sufficient for slip stacking

**Notes:**
Cartoon of the detector: walk through from inside

## Performance Specifications

| Parameter | Proton Plan | SNuMI I | SNuMI II | Unit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Extracted Batch Intensity | 4.3E+12 | 4.3E+12 | 4.7E+12 | protons |
| Average Pulse Rate | 5.9 | 10.5 | 15.0 | Hz |
| Average Beam Rate | 5.0 | 9.0 | 13.5 | Hz |
| Norm. Trans. Emittance at Extr. | 15 | 15 | 15 | mm·mrad @ 95% |
| Long. Emittance per Bunch at Extr. | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.10 | eV·sec @ 95% |
| p (After Bunch Rotation) | 8 | 8 | 8 | (±) MeV/c @ 95% |

**Notes:**
Cartoon of the detector: walk through from inside

## Repetition Rate (1.1.1)

- After the Proton Plan, the Booster should be able to run at 9 Hz.
- It’s possible it could run at the 10.5 Hz needed by SNuMI, although there might be reliability issues.
- In general, if we determine that we need upgrades to run reliably 10.5 Hz, we will do what is necessary to get to 15 Hz.
- Also good to start on 15 Hz upgrades needed for phase II
- We have budgeted the things we feel are the most important:
- RF tuner cooling (1.1.1.1)
- RF Anode supplies (1.1.1.2)
- RF Bias supplies (1.1.1.3)
- We are evaluating other things that might be issues:
- Feeder capacity (1.1.1.5)
- 480V distribution system (1.1.1.6)

## RF Bias Supplies (1.1.1.1)

- Each of the 19 RF cavities in the Booster has three biased ferrite tuners which sweep the frequency from 37 to 53 MHz as the Booster accelerates.
- The end cones of these tuners could overheat at high repetition rates and become damaged.
- There is a cooling channel in these end cones, which is not currently used.
- We will inspect these and repair if necessary
- $???K M&S
- $???L Labor

- Tuner (1 of 3)

## Anode Power Supplies (1.1.1.2)

- Supply power to the anodes of the power amplifier tubes in the Booster
- Pulsed power of 30 kV @ 50 A
- Original to the lab.
- Probably OK to 10.5 Hz
- Problematic at 15 Hz
- A full replacement would cost $2-3M
- Plan to refurbish with new transformers
- $???K M&S
- $???K Labor

## RF Bias Supplies (1.1.1.3)

- These supplies provide the current to the ferrite loaded tuners described in 1.1.1.1
- Half of these were built with transformers capable of continuous 15 Hz operations.
- The other half weren’t
- Probably OK to 10.5 Hz.
- To go to 15 Hz, need to replace internal transformer, which requires some minor rework of the chassis
- $???K M&S
- $???K Labor

- Modulator

- Bias Supply

## Other Elements (not related to repetition rate)

- Must verify that Booster has met its Proton Plan goals in terms of batch size and efficiency
- These currently appear as milestones
- 1.1.2.1.1 Verify Booster meets beam loss requirements
- 1.1.2.2.1 Verify Beam quality requirements
- These sections provide a place for scope increase, if goals are not met
- Need to address radiation safety (1.1.3)
- Booster shielding assessment limits beam to 1.35E17 protons/hour
- Enough for phase II w/o 8 GeV program
- Booster protected by interlocked radiation monitors, so increasing shielding assessment primarily paperwork

## Value Engineering

- The bulk of the elements in the Booster section of SNuMI involve increasing the repetition rate of pulsed elements and power supplies.
- In all cases, we currently believe this can be achieved with straightforward refurbishments of existing systems.

## Risk Management

- In the matter of the repetition rate, the biggest risks are
- Refurbishment of the anode supply determined to be inadequate
- Would require $2-3M anode supply replacement
- 480V network and/or feeder determined to be inadequate
- Not costed out yet, but on the order of hundreds of $K.
- If the Proton Plan does not meet its goals, it will result in increase of scope
- Proton Plan carefully tracked and reviewed to establish that it *is *meeting its goals
- At the end of the plan, the Booster will have a very sophisticated correction system, so further improvements will likely come from addressing beam physics problems through study and understanding, rather than major hardware projects
- i.e. time not money

## Cost Overview(no G&A or contingency)

## Cost Drivers

- The cost is driven by the upgrades that are required to increase the average repetition rate of the Booster RF system
- Tuner cooling
- Bias supply improvement
- Anode supply refurbishment
- For the moment, there are no M&S requesitions planned in the next six months.

## Booster Upgrades Schedule Overview

## Booster UpgradesMilestones

- Very important to establish beam power requirements (1.1.3.1)
- At what level will we continue to run 8 GeV program, if at all?
- This will drive the 15Hz vs. 10.5 Hz decision
- If we decide the 480V system and/or the feeder are inadequate for 15 Hz operation (1.1.1.5, 1.1.1.6), any resulting increase in scope might be put off until Phase II.
- If we determine that the Booster has not bet the Proton Plan goals (1.1.2.1.1, 1.1.2.2.1), it will increase the scope of Phase I

## Conclusions

- SNuMI benefits greatly from the existing Proton Plan
- At the end of the Plan, the Booster should meet the SNuMI needs in terms of beam quality and total proton rate
- Majority of Booster activities aimed at increasing repetition rate, to full 15 Hz where possible
- RF cooling
- Anode power supplies
- Cavity bias supplies
- Overall Cost (base cost of $642 K)
- Total contingency for system xx%
- Cost driven by the repetition rate items
- Currently based on engineering estimates
- Schedule
- Driven design and the delivery of tranformers to refurbish anode supplies
- Not a critical path item in the overall project