Author: Stengler, T.
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TUPOTK014 Refurbishment of SRF Cavities and HOM Antenna Coating Studies for the Mainz Energy-Recovering Superconducting Accelerator (MESA) 1226
 
  • P.S. Plattner, F. Hug, T. Stengler
    KPH, Mainz, Germany
 
  Funding: The work received funding by BMBF through 05H21UMRB1.
The Mainz Energy-Recovering Superconducting Accelerator (MESA) will be a new recirculating accelerator, which can operate in an external beam mode and an energy recovering mode. In the ERL-mode the electrons cross an internal gas-target at MAGIX and give their kinetic energy into the Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) system back after experimental use. The MESA cryomodules are based on ELBE-type cryomodules, which contain two 9-cell TESLA/XFEL-type cavities. For any maintenance the clean room infrastructure at the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) can be used. Currently, a cryomodule from the decommissioned ALICE ERL at Daresbury, UK is in the process of refurbishment. The refurbishment includes an HPR rinse of the cavities suffering from field emission at present and various adjustments of the module for a future use in MESA, which includes adding piezo tuners and new HOM antennas. For the new antennas, different superconducting coatings (Nb3Sn and NbTiN) will be tested to reach higher critical temperatures in the future for giving the possibility to couple out more HOM power without quenching as the prospected cw beamload lays above 4 mA in MESA ERL operation. Using a superconducting 3 GHz six-cell injector cavity for the S-DALINAC the successful refurbishment of a SRF cavity by applying a high pressure rinse in the clean room infrastructure at HIM was demonstrated the first time.
* The authors acknowledge the transfer of one cryomodule to Mainz by STFC Daresbury.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOTK014  
About • Received ※ 07 June 2022 — Revised ※ 15 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 18 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 23 June 2022
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THPOTK022 Cryogenic Infrastructure for the Mainz Energy-Recovering Superconducting Accelerator (MESA) 2813
 
  • T. Stengler, K. Aulenbacher, F. Hug, P.S. Plattner, D. Simon
    KPH, Mainz, Germany
 
  Funding: Work supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the Cluster of Excellence "PRISMA+" EXC 2118/2019
The "Mainz Energy-Recovering Superconducting Accelerator" (MESA), currently under construction at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, requires a cryogenic infrastructure for its superconducting components. Prior to the start of the project, a helium liquefier was purchased that is capable of supplying the existing infrastructure of the Institute for Nuclear Physics, as well as the SRF test facility of the Helmholtz Institute. The liquefier has already been purchased in such a way that nitrogen pre-cooling can be integrated and can be upgraded for the operation of MESA. In addition to the superconducting accelerator modules, all components of the P2 experiment, i.e. solenoid, target and polarimeter (hydromoller), must also be supplied with liquid helium. Therefore, besides the upgrade of the liquefier, it is necessary to extend the system with a dedicated cryogenic supply for the P2 target. This paper presents the current status of the cryogenic supply of the MESA accelerator, the future modifications and additions.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-THPOTK022  
About • Received ※ 07 June 2022 — Revised ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 06 July 2022
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