Speaker
Description
Particle accelerators have become essential instruments for fundamental research and also to improve our health, high-tech abilities or safety. Accelerating particles to high energies require a large amount of energy and energy sustainability is an unavoidable challenge for future accelerators. Among several solutions developed to minimize energy consumption, the project Innovate for Sustainable Accelerator Systems (iSAS) focuses on energy-efficient SRF R&D. It aims to develop core SRF technologies with the largest leverage for energy savings. This european-funded project (HORIZON-INFRA-2023-TECH-01-01) aims to develop, prototype and validate SRF technologies so that accelerators can operate with the same or improved performance while using significantly less energy.
iSAS is devoted to three main technology areas, aiming to save energy
• from the RF power with fast reactive tuners, smart LLRF system, optimized fundamental and HOM couplers,
• from the cryogenics, with Nb3Sn on Cu cavity operating at 4.5 K,
• from the beam, with energy-recovery linacs.
The project envisages three activities to introduce these technologies into the design of a sustainable LINAC cryomodule, into existing research facilities and into industrial solutions.
Funding Agency
HORIZON-INFRA-2023-TECH-01-01
