1. M. POJER, ON BEHALF OF THE USUAL BUNCH OF SUSPECTS… S UPERCONDUCTING CIRCUITS RE - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK

2. 1/24/2012 2 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK C RYOGENICS MASTER PLAN N & w-e 7/24

3. 1/24/2012 3 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK F UNDAMENTAL DATES Starting from w.6 (Feb.6) the machine shall be patrolled From Feb.6, start of ElQA on sector 67 (the day after on S23) From Feb.8, start of powering tests (Phase II directly), after cable connection and PC unlocking Shifts proposal (experts in CCC [EPC-QPS-MP3]/OP) – A shift (17:00-23:00) for the first two weeks (till Feb.19), w-e excluded / A – 2 shifts (M+A – 7:00-15:00-23:00) for the first 2 w-e / M+A – 2 shifts starting from w.8 (Feb.23) / 7/24 – PIC on call A M+AM+A A M+AM+A A+NA+N 7/24 Chamonix

4. 1/24/2012 4 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK P OWERING PARAMETERS

5. 1/24/2012 5 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK S TRATEGY FOR E L QA

6. 1/24/2012 6 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK S TRATEGY FOR E L QA No specific ElQA test will be done in the tunnel as the boards will be singularly tested and transported in a safe envelope. Coherency check done by CRYO during cool-down!

7. 1/24/2012 7 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK T HE BASELINE ( T. B. C. IN C HAMONIX ) IS 4 T E V Reconfiguration of PCs (HW and SW limits) Main circuits (6770 A required for RB; commissioned up to 6850 A) – No extra powering tests / no pyramids – No need for reconfiguration of energy extraction – needed for 5 TeV – Inductance coefficients recalculation (1 ramp at least) – No quench issue till ~5 TeV (RB.A78 had a training quench below!) – RB.A78 - ElQA tested up to 1.6 kV instead of 1.9 kV due to bad insulation on magnet B30.R7 (NC 1060444) --> ok for 4 TeV, veto to be lifted for higher energies 2011 baseline

8. 1/24/2012 8 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK T HE BASELINE ( T. B. C. IN C HAMONIX ) IS 4 T E V IPQ/Ds – No extra powering tests (change of I_nom) – No issue to go to 4 TeV (weakest magnet is RD2.R8, which is limited to 6.8 TeV) IT – Normally commissioned to 5 TeV – IT.R1 - weak electrical insulation of QH YT1121 to coil and/or ground (NC 1017174 ) --> performance of a new high capacitance PS under evaluation; verification if the energy deposited by the new DQHDS is also enough for 4 TeV ongoing (K.Dahlerup-Petersen) Correctors – All yearly commissioned to at least 5 TeV – Some limitations on a few 120 A correctors (not for 4 TeV) – Cooling problems on the 120 A correctors of ITs (agreement with ABP to commission them for use in MDs, but not needed even below 1 m  *) EDMS doc. No1113965

9. 1/24/2012 9 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK P ROPOSED PARAMETERS

10. 1/24/2012 10 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK P ROPOSED PARAMETERS

11. 1/24/2012 11 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK M AIN CHANGES

12. 1/24/2012 12 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK S OFTWARE AND TOOLS Kajetan and Michael are working on a new GUI for follow-up, but also execution of tests. Debugging ongoing…

13. 1/24/2012 13 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK E XOTIC STUFF : QPS ACTIONS RQTD/F threshold increase done RQ9/10 threshold has been changed but a controller upgrade still has to be done R2E related upgrade: – Automatic power cycle option in 8 units in the machine not yet done – Splice detection firmware upgrade (in units located in high radiation areas) is still an option – New IPQ cards for radiation upgrade to be done once we have the cards (maybe on the first technical stop) – no specific test more than the normal campaign is needed to validate the change – Crate controller upgrade in cell 8/9 still to be done (Reiner commented that it’s anyway possible to run without it) A procedure on the heaters firing at 200 V is being prepared (Knud). Markus underlined that the java program to fire the heaters will have to be tested as soon as possible. No IPQs IPDs and ITs heater will be fired during IST (it’s done during the commissioning step of PIC2) During the PIC2 tests, for most circuits the QPS trip signal is given by the sequencer, for some circuits this is being done by a QPS expert. Can this be done by an operator or MP3 member? F3/F4 circuit breaker: half of the machine done, still to be decided whether the other half will also be done (Reiner and Knud think we better do it) Installation of new signal cabling for the magnet and busbar voltage to the DQQDI detectors on all RQ8/9/10 circuits: a meeting will be held this afternoon to discuss it Undulator test will be organized on the spare in SM18. Special tests of the undulator in LHC: not clear, check with A.Siemko EE system of 4-5 600 A circuits has been changed (PNO.b1 has to be done) – list will be provided by Knud The campaign to change the switches of the QHPS will be finished before the HW commissioning campaign, then Knud stressed that heaters discharge procedure is important

14. 1/24/2012 14 R E - COMMISSIONING AFTER THE 2011 C HRISTMAS BREAK P OSSIBLE IMPACT OF RF RE - COMMISSIONING ( FROM P. B AUDRENGHIEN ) Planning: – The RF should have a first sector cold on Feb 20, and the second on Feb 22-23 – P. Maesen would start conditioning around Feb 22 – By Feb 27 th we would have a few cavities conditioned and we start the setting-up of the RF loops. This will last till March 7 th Modifications during shutdown: – Replacement of 8 drivers (out of 16) – Replacement of 4 klystrons (out of 16) – Replacement of ALL SMC cables in the UX45 faraday cage Consequences: – We will find problems when we start setting-up the RF between Feb 27 th and March 7 th. That will call for access in UX45 (not tunnel). Access is possible only if the magnets are at injection energy. So we will need to share time between powering tests and RF access