Power Converter Characteristics Design & Operation Responsibles Power Converter Architecture Power Part Control Part

Magnet Protection Power Converter Components Magnet Types Machine Installation Production Contract & Contact History

Power Converter Characteristics

Design & Operation Responsibles

1st Intervention	Piquet SY-EPC Injector
Responsibles:	Serge PITTET
	Benoit FAVRE
	CERN SY-EPC-LPC

Power Converter Architecture

This Power Converter is used in Injector Machines to power warm magnets, for DC or pulse applications.

Different parts were designed and produced separately, Power Converter being finally integrated in a housing rack, with 3 main parts:

• High Precision Current sensors (DCCTs), able to measure DC or pulse current at the required precision.
• Power Part: Power Rack and its removable Power Module
• A Digital Controller (FGC) using Ethernet bus in charge of:
  • The high level control from and to the Cern Control Room
  • The high precision digital current loop
  • Collecting and reporting all status, faults, and measurements from all the different parts to the remote services, for diagnostic and operation purposes.

Power Converter simplified Architecture .ppt or .vsdx

Power Part

Voltage Source is based on a full bridge phase shifted topology followed by a 4 quadrant switching stage to allow the 4 quadrant operation.

One DCCT is used for the high precision current loop (FGC), and is located directly in the voltage source, even if not used by it to operate as a pure voltage source.

Converter is compatible with 19'' standard dimensions.

Power Part simplified Architecture / Topology .vsd

Typical Curves

Control Part

Control & regulation principles are summarized in a detailled schematics representating only the part involved in the output current regulation scheme. FGC3 control can adapt quite easily with different possible scenarios.

I.Loop, I.sensor = power I.Loop, I.sensor = power    -    I.Loop=fgc, I.sensor=power I.Loop=fgc, I.sensor=power    -    I.Loop=fgc, I.sensor=external I.Loop=fgc, I.sensor=external

Regulation Control simplified schematic .vsd

High precision current control loop is managed by the digital controller called FGC (Function Generator Controller). This unit includes a high precision Sigma Delta Analog to Digital Converter which digitalize the analog current measurement coming from 1 or 2 Current sensors (DCCTs: DC current Transducer). Precision is then directly relying on sensor precision: current sensors, the ADCs, and the algorithm being used for the regulation loop. Voltage source is then used as a power amplifier, powering the load through a high bandwidth voltage loop.

Magnet Protection

Power Converter is part of magnet protection scheme, even if not directly fully responsible of the monitoring and diagnostic of the magnet status. WIC (Warm Interlock Controller) can interlock Power Converter if magnet safety requires it.

Power Converter is then expected to:

• Always ensure that external protection system can stop the Power Converter through a safe signal called Fast Abort.
• Stop powering the load in safe way (handling the magnet energy even when stopping, through dedicated system called crowbar). This active system provides a safe resistive discharge path for magnet current (energy).
• Monitor Earth current of the total circuit: converter + load (magnet and its DC cables), and take the right action if threshold reached.

• Crowbar

  The system is based on a 200 mOhms power resistance connected to two mosfet which are closed when the converter is off or standby.

  

  Crowbar System simplified schematic .vsd

• Earth System

  Detection system is an active / passive system, since relying on a converter state-controlled 100mA current source powering a 100Ohms resistor connected between earth and negative polarity of the Power Converter. A common mode voltage is then created, (100mA x 100Ohms) making possible to detect an earth fault even with converter being OFF only. (OFF, not condamned). Active system is disabled when Power Converter is set ON, with a 10 Ohms resistance series a fuse only being connected between negative polarity and earth.

  

  Earthing System simplified schematic .vsd

Power Converter Components

A power converter is actually a sum of different equipments under several different sections in the SY-EPC group. The modularity is a key factor for easier maintenance with regards to MTTR reduction.

• Power Module
  • 1x Current sensor: 100A DCCT
  • Digital Controller: FGC3 + FGC3-dongle
  • FGC3 Fan unit

Magnet Types

Machine Installation

Production Contract & Contact History

Developped	CERN SY-EPC-LPC
	2008-2009
	Serge PITTET
	Benoit FAVRE
Manufactured	Greece
	2009-2011
	PRISMA
Production	122 Pc

Converter Circuit Names