Field Measurements of Magnets for Modern SR Sources and FEL
Magnets for modern accelerators and storage rings may have a rather complex field distribution and strict quality requirements. The Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (Novosibirsk, Russia) is a well-known producer of magnets for various accelerator projects worldwide. This paper describes our magnet measurement facility with examples of NSLS-II booster magnets, small-aperture X-FEL quadrupoles, and PETRA-III dipoles. NSLS-II booster dipoles have quadrupole and sextupole components with a rather high field quality of 1 · 10-3 in the good field region of ±2 cm, providing booster operation at energy from 170 MeV to 3.15 GeV with a 2-Hz repetition rate. We designed a special bench with a ceramic rotation coil to measure X-FEL quadrupoles. The equipment provided measurements of the magnetic axis with accuracy better than 5 μm. We used the system of three temperature-stabilized Hall sensor arrays distributed vertically to obtain a three-dimensional field map from a single measurement of PETRA-III dipole magnets.
Nsls-II Boster
Abstract The National Synchrotron Light Source II is a third generation light source, which was constructed at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This project includes a highly-optimized 3 GeV electron storage ring, linac preinjector, and full-energy synchrotron injector. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics built and delivered the booster for NSLS-II. The commissioning of the booster was successfully completed. This paper reviews fulfilled work by participants.
Computer-Aided System of Virtual Testing of Gas Turbine Engines
The article describes the concept of a virtual lab that includes subsystem of gas turbine engine simulation, subsystem of experiment planning, subsystem of measurement errors simulation, subsystem of simulator identification and others. The basis for virtual lab development is the computer-aided system of thermogasdynamic research and analysis “ASTRA”. The features of gas turbine engine transient modes simulator are described. The principal difference between the simulators of transient and stationary modes of gas turbine engines is that the energy balance of the compressor and turbine becomes not applicable. The computer-aided system of virtual gas turbine engine testing was created using the developed transient modes simulator. This system solves the tasks of operational (throttling, speed, climatic, altitude) characteristics calculation, analysis of transient dynamics and selection of optimal control laws. Besides, the system of virtual gas turbine engine testing is a clear demonstration of gas turbine engine working process and the regularities of engine elements collaboration. The interface of the system of virtual gas turbine engine testing is described in the article and some screenshots of the interface elements are provided. The developed system of virtual gas turbine engine testing provides means for reducing the laboriousness of gas turbine engines testing. Besides, the implementation of this system in the learning process allows the diversification of lab works and therefore improve the quality of training.