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The New Modular Control System for Power Converters at CERN

The CERN Accelerator Complex consists of several generations of particle accelerators, having around 5000 power converters supplying regulated current and voltage to normal and superconducting magnets. Today around 12 generations of legacy control system types are in operation in the accelerator com...

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Autores principales: Di Cosmo, Matteo, Todd, Benjamin
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2015-WEPGF005
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2213493
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Todd, Benjamin
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Todd, Benjamin
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description The CERN Accelerator Complex consists of several generations of particle accelerators, having around 5000 power converters supplying regulated current and voltage to normal and superconducting magnets. Today around 12 generations of legacy control system types are in operation in the accelerator complex, having significant impact on operability, support and flexibility for the converter controls electronics. Over the past years a new generation of modular controls called RegFGC3 has been developed by CERN's power conversion group. The goal is to provide a new standardised and cost effective control solution, supporting the largest number of converter topologies in a single platform. This will reduce the maintenance cost by decreasing the variety and diversity of control systems whilst simultaneously improving the operability of power converters. This paper describes Thyristor-based power converter controls as well as the on-going design and realization, focusing on functional requirements and first implementation.
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spelling oai-inspirehep.net-14816392019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2015-WEPGF005http://cds.cern.ch/record/2213493engDi Cosmo, MatteoTodd, BenjaminThe New Modular Control System for Power Converters at CERNAccelerators and Storage RingsThe CERN Accelerator Complex consists of several generations of particle accelerators, having around 5000 power converters supplying regulated current and voltage to normal and superconducting magnets. Today around 12 generations of legacy control system types are in operation in the accelerator complex, having significant impact on operability, support and flexibility for the converter controls electronics. Over the past years a new generation of modular controls called RegFGC3 has been developed by CERN's power conversion group. The goal is to provide a new standardised and cost effective control solution, supporting the largest number of converter topologies in a single platform. This will reduce the maintenance cost by decreasing the variety and diversity of control systems whilst simultaneously improving the operability of power converters. This paper describes Thyristor-based power converter controls as well as the on-going design and realization, focusing on functional requirements and first implementation.oai:inspirehep.net:14816392015
spellingShingle Accelerators and Storage Rings
Di Cosmo, Matteo
Todd, Benjamin
The New Modular Control System for Power Converters at CERN
title The New Modular Control System for Power Converters at CERN
title_full The New Modular Control System for Power Converters at CERN
title_fullStr The New Modular Control System for Power Converters at CERN
title_full_unstemmed The New Modular Control System for Power Converters at CERN
title_short The New Modular Control System for Power Converters at CERN
title_sort new modular control system for power converters at cern
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url https://dx.doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2015-WEPGF005
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