Design and implementation of control system for IPM e-LINAC

Authors

• Mahyar Shirshekan * ¹
• Oveis Hasanpour ¹
• Shahin Sanaye Hajari ²
• Farshad Ghasemi ²
• Mohammad Lamehi Rashti ^{1, 2}

1. Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, School of Particles and Accelerators, Tehran, Iran.
2. Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Physics and Accelerators Research School, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The construction of a LINAC facility to provide hands-on experience has been under way at Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM). The LINAC, which accelerates an electron beam of 1mA current to 4.5MeV energy, is mostly regarded as a facility for research and development and educational purposes in the field of beam physics and accelerator engineering. A unified control system is required to supervise all subsystems and make LINAC parameters controllable for the user. As the purpose of the facility is for beam studies, the control system was designed to make all key operational parameters and beam characteristic available in a user-friendly presentation. This paper describes the requirements of the control system and presents the design of a LabVIEWPLC-based control system of the IPM LINAC.

Keywords

• Beam Physics
• Electron beam
• Linac
• LabVIEW-PLC-based control system