Diamond Light Source Proceedings

Table of Contents - 31 October 2011 - Volume 1, Issue MEDSI-6  

Contributed paper

SRF cryostat dynamics at the Canadian Light Source

C. Regiera1 c1, E. Matiasa1 and J. Piepera2

a1 Canadian Light Source, 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X4, Canada

a2 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

Abstract

This work includes the creation of a computer model of the superconducting radio frequency cryostat located at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon, Canada. This cryostat requires careful pressure and level modulation to ensure proper radio frequency control. A detailed mathematical model of the cryostat is generated based on gas and liquid mass balances for a boiling vessel, along with pressure–volume–temperature relations. Model results are compared with experimental data taken from the actual cryostat at the CLS to determine the accuracy of the simulation. Finally, cryostat performance is explored using the model, and it is demonstrated that there are no significant advantages in pressure modulation when reducing the level operating point, and in fact a reduction in operating level slightly increases the maximum value of pressure spikes due to heat loading.

(Received June 17 2010)

(Accepted August 26 2010)

Correspondence:

c1 Email address for correspondence: chris.regier@lightsource.ca