Cryomodule Test Facility (CMTF)
Cryogenic System:
CMTF cryogenic system is supplied by a state of the art Superfluid Cryogenic Plant to supply 40K, 5K, and 2K helium up to 500 W. 2K operations achievable through cold or warm compression systems.
Currently Supports:
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- Cryo Module Test Stand 1 (CMTS1) used to test 1.3 GHz & 3.9 GHz cryomodules for the LCLS-II project.
- PIP-II Injection Test Stand (PIP-II IT) program to test the front end of the future PIP-II Linac.
Left: Superfluid Cryogenic Plant, Right: Cryomodule Test Stand 1
New Muon Lab (NML)
Cryogenic System:
Two Tevatron satellite refrigerators capable of 125 L/hr 4.5K liquefaction rate. Kinney Vacuum Pump enables 2 K operations with maximum 2K capacity of ~60W.
Currently Supports:
- NML Cryogenic System cools a cryomodule and two capture cavities to support the Integrable Optics Test Accelerator (IOTA) ring to support accelerator R\ D through 150 MeV electrons from RF linear accelerator.
Left: NML Cryomodule, Right: Kinney Vacuum Pump
Industrial Building 1 (IB-1)
Cryogenic System:
A CTI-1500 Cold Box and an Air Liquide Helial LL Cold Box can provide a combined 640 L/hr of liquid helium.
The system includes 4 Kinney vacuum pumps to enable 2 K operation with a combined capacity of ~15 g/s
Currently Supports:
- Test Stand 3 – magnet tests including LCLS-II SPQA, Mu2e HTS lead and splice.
- Test Stand 4 – being modified to support HI-LUMI horizontal magnet testing.
- LTCF – low temperature calibration of instrumentation including RTDs.
- Vertical Test Stands (VTS) – 3 test stands for SRF cavity R&D and qualification tests for LCLS-II and other projects.
- Vertical Magnet Test Facility (VMTF) – Magnet R&D and tests.
Left: NML Cryomodule, Right: Kinney Vacuum Pump
Meson Cryogenic Test Facility
Cryogenic System:
Three Tevatron style satellite refrigerators capable of ~1000W at 4.5K. A Kinney vacuum pump enables 2K operations to support single cavity loads of 10-20W.
Currently Supports:
- Horizontal Test Stand (HTS) – Integrated cavity tests with fundamental power couplers and tuner, supporting LCLS-II 1.3 GHz and 3.9 GHz testing.
- Spoke Test Cryostat (STC) – PIP-II 325 MHz Single Spoke Resonator integrated cavity tests, and being upgraded to test 650 MHz cavities for PIP-II.
- Rapid Cycling Magnet Test Stand – International Advanced Accelerator R&D Fast-Cycling SC Magnets Tests.
Left: Horizontal Test Stand, right: Spoke Test Cryostat
Heavy Assembly Building (HAB)
Cryogenic System:
The helium cryogenic system consists of two Mycom screw compressors (60 g/s) supporting a 600 Watt at 4.5 K cryogenic plant previously used for the Tevatron Collider Detector Facility (CDF).
Currently Supports:
- Testing of superconducting transport solenoids (14) for the future Mu2e experiment at Muon Campus. The test stand in the CDF pit consists of a cryostat with two removable top heads where solenoids are mounted and then inserted into the cryostat.
HAB Cryostat
Muon Campus 1 (MC-1)
Cryogenic System:
Consists of four Mycom compressors at A0 supporting four refurbished Tevatron 600 Watt @4.5 K cryogenic plants at MC-1.
Currently Supports:
- Provides cooling to the g-2 experiment’s superconducting magnet (from Brookhaven) and future Mu2e transport solenoids.
