RRB Plenary Meeting, CERN 22 October 2007
LHC Status Report Lyn Evans
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Q1.R8
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Q3-Q2.8L interconnect after in situ repair
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Descent of the last magnet, 26 April 2007
30’000 km underground at 2 km/h!
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Magnet interconnections
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Cooldown of Sector 7-8
From RT to 80K precooling with LN2. 1200 tons of LN2 (64 trucks of 20 tons). Three weeks for the first sector.
From 80K to 4.5K. Cooldown with refrigerator. Three weeks for the first sector. 4700 tons of material to be cooled.
From 4.5K to 1.9K. Cold compressors at 15 mbar. Four days for the first sector.
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Sector 7-8 cooldown
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Courtesy F.Bordry
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Tracking between the three main circuits of sector 78
Courtesy F.Bordry
2ppm
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Cooldown until Saturday 14-7-7 - Cooldown speed
Avg. Cold Mass Temperature
140
160
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7/5/076:00
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K]
planned [K] measured [K] data S7-8 [K]
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Sector 4-5 cooldown
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RF cavities
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Two 300 kW klystrons with circulators and loads
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Updated General Schedule – 08.10.07
Pressure test Cool-down Powering tests
Sector 12 wk. 49 (2007) wk. 07 (2008) wk. 12 (2008) wk. 13 (2008) wk. 25 (2008)
Sector 23 wk. 44 (2007) wk. 05 (2007) wk. 10 (2008) wk. 11 (2008) wk. 22 (2008)
Sector 34 Done wk. 11(2008) wk. 16 (2008) wk. 17 (2008) wk. 25 (2008)
Sector 45 DoneStarted wk. 46 (2007) wk. 47 (2007) wk. 03 (2008)
wk. 16 (2008) wk. 19 (2008) wk. 20 (2008) wk. 26 (2008)
Sector 56 Done wk. 46 (2007) wk. 07 (2008) wk. 08 (2008) wk. 19 (2008)
Sector 67 Done wk. 48 (2007) wk. 08 (2008) wk. 09 (2008) wk. 17 (2008)
Sector 78Done Done Done Done Done
Done wk. 48 (2007) wk. 04 (2007) wk. 05 (2007) wk. 16 (2008)
Sector 81 Done wk. 50 (2007) wk. 06 (2008) wk. 07 (2008) wk. 19 (2008)
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Updated General Schedule – 08.10.07
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2007
2008
2007
2008
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Machine Checkout
Beam Commissioning to 7 TeV
Consolidation
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1918
2021222324252627
2928
3031323334353637
3938
4041424344454647
4948
5051520102030405
0706
08091011121314151617
1918
2021222324252627
2928
3031323334353637
3938
4041424344454647
4948
505152
1011121314151617
1918
2021222324252627
2928
3031323334353637
3938
4041424344454647
4948
5051520102030405
0706
08091011121314151617
1918
2021222324252627
2928
3031323334353637
3938
4041424344454647
4948
505152
Interconnection of the continuous cryostat
Leak tests of the last sub-sectors
Inner Triplets repairs & interconnections
Global pressure test &Consolidation
Flushing
Cool-down
Warm up
Powering Tests
Global pressure test &Consolidation
Cool-down
Powering Tests
General schedule Baseline rev. 4.0
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