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First assessment of reliability data for the LHC accelerator and detector cryogenic system components
Author(s) -
G. Perinić,
S. Claudet,
Irene Alonso-Canella,
Christoph Balle,
K. Barth,
Jean-François Bel,
V. Benda,
Johan Bremer,
K. Brodzinski,
J. Casas-Cubillos,
Giovanni Cuccuru,
Michel Cugnet,
D. Delikaris,
N. Delruelle,
Laetitia Dufay-Chanat,
Caroline Fabre,
G. Ferlin,
C. Fluder,
Emmauelle Gavard,
Roger Girardot,
F. Haug,
L. Herblin,
S. Tobias Junker,
Tahar Klabi,
S. Knoops,
Jean-Paul Lamboy,
Dominique Legrand,
J. Metselaar,
Adam Park,
A. Perin,
M. Pezzetti,
Gonzalo Penacoba Fernandez,
O. Pirotte,
Edouard Rogez,
A. Suraci,
Laura A. M. Stewart,
L. Tavian,
Antonio Tovar-Gonzales,
R. van Weelderen,
N. Vauthier,
B. Vullierme,
U. Wagner
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4707066
Subject(s) - large hadron collider , reliability (semiconductor) , refrigeration , reliability engineering , computer science , cryogenics , engineering , particle physics , physics , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) cryogenic system comprises eight independent refrigeration and distribution systems that supply the eight 3.3 km long accelerator sectors with cryogenic refrigeration power as well as four refrigeration systems for the needs of the detectors ATLAS and CMS. In order to ensure the highest possible reliability of the installations, it is important to apply a reliability centred approach for the maintenance. Even though large scale cryogenic refrigeration exists since the mid 20th century, very little third party reliability data is available today. CERN has started to collect data with its computer aided maintenance management system (CAMMS) in 2009, when the accelerator has gone into normal operation. This paper presents the reliability observations from the operation and the maintenance side, as well as statistical data collected by the means of the CAMMS system.

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