Tag: WP9 – Cryogenics
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Cryogenic system of the IT String validated, offering confidence for next stages
The High-Luminosity LHC (HiLumi LHC) IT String’s cryogenic system has been successfully validated during the IT String’s cooldown and cryogenic commissioning campaign.
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Cryogenics equipment arrives in the HiLumi underground | home.cern
By Corinne Pralavorio (CERN) on home.cern Two enormous cold boxes have been transported down into the HiLumi LHC underground. Read the article on home.cern Read more news
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First phase of installation complete for the new HiLumi LHC Cryogenic Distribution Line
The first phase of the installation of the new HiLumi LHC Cryogenic Distribution Line (QXL) in the underground galleries at Point 1 was completed at the beginning of February.
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A cryogenic winter for tomorrow’s accelerator
The first large refrigerators for the High-Luminosity LHC have been installed. Read this article on CERN News.
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The cold sets in: cryogenic installations | CERN News
The delivery of two huge compressors kicks off the installation of the new helium refrigerators for the High-Luminosity LHC. As manufacturing of the components for the HL-LHC reaches its final stages, installation activities are gaining pace. Six impressive compression units have just been delivered by Linde Kryotechnik and installed in the new HL-LHC surface buildings…
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Test installation of the new HL-LHC cryogenic distribution line in the HL underground
An important step for the installation of the new HL-LHC cryogenic distribution line (QXL) was achieved during the last week of July and the first two weeks of August: the test installation of two pipe elements of QXL in the HL-LHC UR15 gallery at Point 1, carried out by the QXL contractor, Kriosystem, in collaboration…
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HL-LHC Helium cryogenic plants enters installation phase
As of early June, the HL-LHC Cryogenics project reached a new important milestone with the launch of installation activities for the helium refrigeration plants.
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Important milestones achieved in the HL-LHC IT String 27 November, 2024
Following the installation of the superconducting link, significant progress has been made on the IT String test facility, part of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC)
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SQXL commissioning phase 1C successfully completed
The SQXL cryogenic line, an essential component of the HL-LHC IT String, has recently undergone an additional series of commissioning tests in standalone mode without the magnets.
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Large helium tanks delivered for the HL-LHC
Exceptional machines call for exceptional operations. Two large helium tanks for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) were installed at Point 1 in June, and two more at Point 5 in July.