1. HWC with nQPS Splice Monitoring Zinur Charifoulline & Bob Flora 07.04.2009 Real Time (~10 sec) BUS Voltage Energy Extraction Trip 300 µV threshold on Un-bypassed BUS Splice (Resistance) Monitor (>1 hour) Continuous Advice Un-bypassed BUS Splices (Hi-Res < nΩ) able to measure even good splices Provide Calibration Data for Real Time Bus Inductance Cancelation Bypassed MAGNET Splices (Low-Res ?) able to detect bad splice Legacy Snapshot MAGNET Splice (Resistance) Display Old slightly invasive technique used only during special measurement campaigns Warm BUS Resistance Tunnel Measurements (ELQA) Must be completed prior to cool down Real Time (~10 sec) BUS Voltage Energy Extraction Trip 300 µV threshold on Un-bypassed BUS Splice (Resistance) Monitor (>1 hour) Continuous Advice Un-bypassed BUS Splices (Hi-Res < nΩ) able to measure even good splices Provide Calibration Data for Real Time Bus Inductance Cancelation Bypassed MAGNET Splices (Low-Res ?) able to detect bad splice Legacy Snapshot MAGNET Splice (Resistance) Display Old slightly invasive technique used only during special measurement campaigns Warm BUS Resistance Tunnel Measurements (ELQA) Must be completed prior to cool down

2. Purpose: To continuously monitor, display, and track all splice resistances in the LHC main 13 kA circuits. (PVSS should display live bus segment voltages in a manor similar to what is now done for the quench signals.) SM Function: Fully automated data acquisition, analysis, and visual displays. Main Circuit Splice Resistance Monitor

3. Space Summary View Sector -> Circuit -> Element(Bus/Mag) Mean, Standard Deviation, Extrema Alarms and Limits Sector Views (8) Circuit -> Element(Bus/Mag) -> Arc Position Distribution (along Arc and Density) Alarms and Limits Time Automatic One hour before Powering to Now (until One hour after Powering) Elective Any time Window Change from Past Powering (Now- Past) Time Evolution: 3D water fall plot Space Summary View Sector -> Circuit -> Element(Bus/Mag) Mean, Standard Deviation, Extrema Alarms and Limits Sector Views (8) Circuit -> Element(Bus/Mag) -> Arc Position Distribution (along Arc and Density) Alarms and Limits Time Automatic One hour before Powering to Now (until One hour after Powering) Elective Any time Window Change from Past Powering (Now- Past) Time Evolution: 3D water fall plot Splice Monitor Scope

4. Splice Monitor Data Reference Parameters # of Splices / Segment Segment Names (Int /Ext) Current & Voltage Signals Only One Point every 10 seconds Fully Resolved Floating Point No Dead Band No Missing Bits Event Detection Auto Poll Current Analysis Auto Plateau Extraction All Point LLSFIT (Fall Back) dI/dt term, useful for calibration Normalization ∑R (none) ∑R/N (average) ∑R-(N-1) (preferred) Resistance Archive Storage for History Tracking

5. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 15h35, I=2000A(up) B32R6: R=48±88nΩ, R 2 =0.980 BAD? 4 hours

6. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 15h40, I=3000A(up) B32R6: R=46±15nΩ, R 2 =0.989 BAD? 4 hours

7. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 15h50, I=4000A(up) B32R6: R=46±6nΩ, R 2 =0.995 BAD? 4 hours

8. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 16h00, I=5000A(up) B32R6: R=46±4nΩ, R 2 =0.997 BAD! BAD? 4 hours

9. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 16h20, I=5000A(up) B32R6: R=47±3nΩ, R 2 =0.997 BAD! BAD? 4 hours

10. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 17h05, I=5000A(up) B32R6: R=47±3nΩ, R 2 =0.997 BAD! BAD? 4 hours

11. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 17h15, I=6000A(up) B32R6: R=49±4nΩ, R 2 =0.991 BAD! BAD? 4 hours

12. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 17h20, I=7000A(up) B32R6: R=49±3nΩ, R 2 =0.993 BAD! BAD? 4 hours

13. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 17h50, I=7000A(up) B32R6: R=48±3nΩ, R 2 =0.993 BAD! OK? 4 hours

14. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 18h05, I=7000A(up) B32R6: R=49±3nΩ, R 2 =0.993 BAD! 4 hours

15. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 18h20, I=7000A(up) B32R6: R=49±3nΩ, R 2 =0.993 BAD! 4 hours

16. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 18h30, I=6000A(down) B32R6: R=49±3nΩ, R 2 =0.993 BAD! 4 hours

17. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 18h40, I=5000A(down) B32R6: R=49±4nΩ, R 2 =0.986 BAD! 4 hours

18. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 18h45, I=4000A(down) B32R6: R=49±3nΩ, R 2 =0.985 BAD! 4 hours

19. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 18h50, I=3000A(down) B32R6: R=48±3nΩ, R 2 =0.985 BAD! 4 hours

20. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 19h00, I=2000A(down) B32R6: R=49±3nΩ, R 2 =0.985 BAD! 4 hours

21. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 19h10, I=1000A(down) B32R6: R=49±3nΩ, R 2 =0.986 BAD! 4 hours

22. RB.A67, 14/11/2008, 19h30, I=0A(down) B32R6: R=49±3nΩ, R 2 =0.988 BAD! 4 hours

23. 23 The nQPS Splice Monitor will feature Histogram dirtributions of the splice resistances over the full arc. This will allow us to distinguish between “normal variations” and a significantly compromised splice.

24. Data Flow? (required for Splice Monito r) nQPS 4200 (voltage, time) points every 10 seconds PC 24 (current, time) points every 10 seconds splice SRM monitor latency < 5 minutes (any time window)

25. Legacy Snapshot SD Magnet Splice Display ❖ Driven by the Sequencer for each Main Circuit ❖ Invoked by the Sequencer ❖ Starting at zero current & after ramping to each new plateau ❖ Snapshot Pairs Provoked by the Sequencer ❖ Board B ❖ Board A ❖ Each New Snapshot Pair Data Set Delivered to the SD by Sequencer ❖ Current (I) & All Snapshot Data for Each Magnet from both A & B ❖ SD Display Updated for Each New Snapshot Pair Data Set ❖ Driven by the Sequencer for each Main Circuit ❖ Invoked by the Sequencer ❖ Starting at zero current & after ramping to each new plateau ❖ Snapshot Pairs Provoked by the Sequencer ❖ Board B ❖ Board A ❖ Each New Snapshot Pair Data Set Delivered to the SD by Sequencer ❖ Current (I) & All Snapshot Data for Each Magnet from both A & B ❖ SD Display Updated for Each New Snapshot Pair Data Set

26. Legacy Snapshot SD Magnet Splice Display ❖ Summary View ❖ Based on Best Archived Measurements to Date ❖ Sector -> Circuit -> (Body / Center) ❖ (A + B)/ 2 = Magnet Body Splices (Center) ± identifies which half ❖ (A - B)/ 2 = Center Splice ❖ Possibility to Show A and B separately ❖ Extrema, Mean and Standard Deviation ❖ Sector View ❖ Circuit -> (Body / Center) -> Arc Position ❖ Distribution (along Arc and Density) ❖ Alarms and Limits ❖ Summary View ❖ Based on Best Archived Measurements to Date ❖ Sector -> Circuit -> (Body / Center) ❖ (A + B)/ 2 = Magnet Body Splices (Center) ± identifies which half ❖ (A - B)/ 2 = Center Splice ❖ Possibility to Show A and B separately ❖ Extrema, Mean and Standard Deviation ❖ Sector View ❖ Circuit -> (Body / Center) -> Arc Position ❖ Distribution (along Arc and Density) ❖ Alarms and Limits

27. A. Verweij, TE-MPE. 24 Feb 2009, QPS Review Good joint of about < 2 n Bad electrical contact between wedge and U-profile with the bus on at least 1 side of the joint Bad contact at joint with the U- profile and the wedge = 13 kA, external trigger An electrical fuse is a current interrupting device which protects an electrical circuit in which it is installed by creating an open circuit condition in response to excessive current. The current is interrupted when the element which carries the current is melted by heat generated by the current. Most types of fuses are designed to minimize damage to conductors and insulation from excessive current. Thanks to: Warm BUS Resistance Tunnel MeasurementsWarm BUS Resistance Tunnel Measurements

28. Warm BUS Resistance Tunnel Measurements Measurement must be done on a Warm sector Currently Sectors: 12 34 56 67 A 2 cm Stabilizer Defect will increase the Resistance by 1% But so will a 1% variation in Temperature (currently 1-3%) Compensate for Temperature and possibly length Variations Measure the Resistance of each Bus segment Manually with Biddle (Microhmeter) to explore Feasibility and Sensitivity or with DVM in Tunnel Small bench top 250 V supply Drive 3 A through the Bus and Diodes With new Automated QPS system in the Future