Focusing System With Permanent Magnets for Klystrons
Applying permanent magnet technology to beam focusing in klystrons can reduce power consumption and increase reliability. These features benefit a variety of applications especially for large facilities that use a large number of klystrons such as the International Linear Collider. The low magnetic field needed for the purpose allows us to use inexpensive ferrite magnets instead of rare earth magnets. In order to evaluate the feasibility of such a focusing system with ferrite magnets, a test model for 750 kW L-band klystron was constructed. As a result of the power test, we attained 94% of the output power compared to an electromagnet.
Computing 3D magnetic fields from insertion devices
A 3D magnetostatics computer code optimized for Undulators and Wigglers is described. The code uses a boundary integral method and makes extensive use of analytical expressions for the field and field integrals along a straight line. The code outperforms currently available finite element packages in the area of simple data input, CPU time of the solver and accuracy reached for the estimation of field integrals. It is written in C++ and takes advantage of object-oriented programming. The code is interfaced to Mathematica. Pre- and post-processing of the field data is done in the Mathematica Language. It has been extensively benchmarked with respect to a commercial finite element code. All ESRF Insertion Devices built during the last 4 years have been designed using this code or an older version.
Substation automation based on IEC 61850 with new process-close technologies
New technologies in primary equipment like nonconventional instrument transformers require new interfaces to the substation automation system. The future standard IEC 61850 perfectly supports this requirement. With the introduction of the new technologies and the use of IEC 61850, a more decentralized architecture of the substation automation system will be possible. This provides several benefits but a careful system design is required to maintain the overall reliability of the system.