Vacuum protection system using an interlocked fast-closing valve for a high-power wiggler beam line

The finite-element method was used to calculate a rise in temperature at a fast-closing valve (FCV) blade during exposure to intense synchrotron radiation from a 53-pole wiggler at the 2.5-GeV Photon Factory storage ring. The results indicate a possible meltdown of the titanium-alloy blade within 0.1 s at a maximum beam current of 500 mA, making the vacuum protection function of the FCV ineffective for an instantaneous vacuum failure downstream of the wiggler beam line. In order to prevent the blade from melting, the FCV control system has been interlocked with RF klystrons so as to initiate blade closure after dumping the electron beam by turning off the RF power. Performance tests have shown that the system could dump the electron beam within 95 mu s and then close the blade within 12.4 ms after being triggered.<
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