K Anastasopoulos

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  Conference Proceeding: LHC cryogenics hardware commissioning

  R.M. Avramidou, K. Anastasopoulos, J. Casas-Cubillos, M. Ciechanowski, X. Fampris, W.M. Gaj, G. Fernandez-Penacoba, C. Fluder, P. Gomes, E. Gousiou, N. Jeanmonod, F. Karagiannis, A. Koumparos, P. Macuda, A. Patsouli, A. Suraci, N. Vauthier, C. Vottis
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  ABSTRACT: The installation of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is being completed. The magnets are installed and the emphasis is now given to the commissioning, with the cool down of each of the 8 sectors to superfluid helium temperature in progress. This work describes the cryogenic instrumentation and control system and their commissioning.
  Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE; 12/2007
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  Article: The Control System for the Cryogenics in the LHC Tunnel

  P Gomes, K Anastasopoulos, F Antoniotti, R. Avramidou, Ch Balle, E Blanco-Viñuela, Ch Carminati, J Casas-Cubillos, M Ciechanowski, A Dragoneas, [......], S Paiva, A Patsouli, G Penacoba, M Sosin, M Soubiran, A Suraci, A Tovar, N Vauthier, T Wolak, L Zwalinski
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  ABSTRACT: The Large Hadron Collider makes extensive use of superconductors, in magnets for bending and focusing the particles, and in RF cavities for accelerating them, which are operated at 1.9 K and 4.5 K. The process automation for the cryogenic distribution around the accelerator circumference is based on 16 Programmable Logic Controllers, each running 250 control loops, 500 alarms and interlocks, and a phase sequencer. Spread along 27 km and under ionizing radiation, 15 000 cryogenic sensors and actuators are accessed through industrial field networks. We describe the main hardware and software components of the control system, their deployment and commissioning, together with the project organization, challenges faced, and solutions found.
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  Article: The commissioning of the instrumentation for the LHC tunnel cryogenics

  R. Avramidou, K Anastasopoulos, C Bamis, J Casas-Cubillos, A Dragoneas, X Fampris, G Fernandez-Penacoba, P Gomes, E Gousiou, N Jeanmonod, F Karagiannis, A Koumparos, S Leontsinis, A Lopez Lorente, A Patsouli, I Polychroniadis, A Suraci, G Theodoropoulos, N Vauthier, C Vottis
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  ABSTRACT: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is a superconducting accelerator and proton-proton collider of circumference of 27 km, lying about 100 m underground. Its operation relies on 1232 superconducting dipoles with a field of 8.3 T and 392 superconducting quadrupoles with a field gradient of 223 T/m powered at 11.8 kA and operating in superfluid helium at 1.9 K. This paper describes the cryogenic instrumentation commissioning, the challenges and the project organization based on our 2.5 years experience.