Fonte de corrente para aplicação em magnetos de aceleradores de partículas

Abstract

This work consists in the evaluation and improvement of a current source for a particle accelerator. The output current presents a DC sinusoidal waveform in low frequecy which flows through the windings of high inductance electromagnets. The methodology consists in separating the analysis and project of the control into two parts: a voltage regulator stage,followedbyacurrentsynthesisstage. Testswereperformedonacurrentsourceunder construction at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) and on a prototype developed at UFJF. The work main contributions are: i) Attenuation of the low frequency disturbances on the electrical grid; ii) Use of a controlled rectifier to regulate the voltage of the DC bus, improvement in power factor and reduction of harmonic components. The experimental results show that the proposed changes have potential in improving the performace of the current source in terms of its electric power quality and synthesis of sinusoidal current in the particule accelerator.