OMEGA EP Power Conditioning

  • Power conditioning cables being installed in beamline 4
    Power Conditioning Cables
    Power conditioning cables being installed in beamline 4

    Power Conditioning Cables

    Power conditioning cables being installed in beamline 4.

  • Beamline 4 with power conditioning activity.
    Beamline Four
    Beamline 4 with power conditioning activity.

    Beamline Four

    Beamline 4 with power conditioning activity.

  • Installing the cables from the PCUs
    Cable Installtion
    Installing the cables from the PCUs

    Cable Installtion

    Installling th e cables for the power conditioning units.

  • The power conditioning group in the power conditioning room.
    Power Conditioning Group
    The power conditioning group in the power conditioning room.

    Power Conditioning Group

    The power conditioning group in the power conditioning room.

  • Cables for the PCUs
    Power Conditioning Cables
    Cables for the PCUs

    Power Conditioning Cables

    Cables for the power conditioning units.

  • Power conditioning units in the power conditioning room.
    Power Conditioning Room
    Power conditioning units in the power conditioning room.

    Power Conditioning Room

    Power conditioning units in the power conditioning room.

  • Power conditioning unit in the power conditioning room.
    Power Conditioning Room
    Power conditioning unit in the power conditioning room.

    Power Conditioning Room

    Power conditioning unit in the power conditioning room.

  • Schematic plan view of a 40-cm disk amplifier module containing a laser disk with the 19-mm-bore flash lamps.
    Amplifier Module
    Schematic plan view of a 40-cm disk amplifier module containing a laser disk with the 19-mm-bore flash lamps.

    Amplifier Module

    Schematic plan view of a 40-cm disk amplifier module containing a laser disk with the 19-mm-bore flash lamps. The path of the laser beam is also shown. All the flash lamps on each side of each laser disk are housed within a single pump module. A blast window in front of the flash lamps protects the laser glass in case of lamp failure.

  • PCUs are designed as mirror images pairs of each other to facilitate back-to-back placement in the Capacitor Bays.
    Power Conditioning Units
    PCUs are designed as mirror images pairs of each other to facilitate back-to-back placement in the Capacitor Bays.

    Power Conditioning Units

    Power conditioning units are designed as mirror image pairs of each other to facilitate back-to-back placement in the Capacitor Bays. This design enhances serviceability. HV-discharge cables to the flash lamps in the amplifiers exit the top of each module (not shown).

  • A quad-fold front door affords unrestricted access to repair the power conditioning unit.
    Labeled Power Conditioning Unit
    A quad-fold front door affords unrestricted access to repair the power conditioning unit.

    Labeled Power Conditioning Unit

    A quad-fold front door affords unrestricted access to repair the power conditioning unit.

  • Power conditioning control module block diagram.
    Power Conditioning Control Module
    Power conditioning control module block diagram.

    Power Conditioning Control Module

    The power conditioning control module (PCM) interfaces with the main and PILC trigger generator modules (TGM), the main and PILC charger control modules (CCM), the waveform digitizer module (WDM), and the hardware control module (HCM). LLE's ethernet provides communications with the power conditioning executive (PCE) and the synchronous triggers are provided by the master timing generator (MTG).

  • Waveform digitizer module (WDM) block diagram.
    Waveform Digitizer Module
    Waveform digitizer module (WDM) block diagram.

    Waveform Digitizer Module

    Waveform digitizer module (WDM) block diagram. The primary purpose of the WDM is to digitize and store PFN current waveforms during the shot sequence. Each PFN's current waveform contains two pulses: a PILC pulse followed immediately by a larger main pulse. After a shot, the PCM will upload this information from the WDM for transmission to the Power Conditioning Executive. Each WDM can handle up to 16 pendent channels of on-shot data collection.

  • The OMEGA EP Power Conditioning Executive (PCE) graphical user interface (GUI) is similar to the OMEGA PCE GUI. With 66% fewer PCUs in OMEGA EP, the user interface and status screen could be combined.
    Power Conditioning Executive GUI
    The OMEGA EP Power Conditioning Executive (PCE) graphical user interface (GUI) is similar to the OMEGA PCE GUI. With 66% fewer PCUs in OMEGA EP, the user interface and status screen could be combined.

    Power Conditioning Executive GUI

    The OMEGA EP Power Conditioning Executive (PCE) graphical user interface (GUI) is similar to the OMEGA PCE GUI. With 66% fewer PCUs in OMEGA EP, the user interface and status screen could be combined.

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