Design and high-power test of 800-kW UHF klystron for CEPC

To reduce the energy demand and operation cost for circular electron positron collider(CEPC), the high efficiency klystrons are being developed at Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. A 800-k W continuous wave(CW) klystron operating at frequency of 650-MHz has been designed. The results of beam–wave interaction simulation with several different codes are presented. The efficiency is optimized to be 65% with a second harmonic cavity in three-dimensional(3D) particle-in-cell code CST. The effect of cavity frequency error and mismatch load on efficiency of klystron have been investigated. The design and cold test of reentrant cavities are described, which meet the requirements of RF section design. So far, the manufacturing and high-power test of the first klystron prototype have been completed.When the gun operated at DC voltage of 80 k V and current of 15.4 A, the klystron peak power reached 804 k W with output efficiency of about 65.3% at 40% duty cycle. The 1-d B bandwidth is ±0.8 MHZ. Due to the crack of ceramic window, the CW power achieved about 700 kW. The high-power test results are in good agreement with 3D simulation.

Erratum:Design Consideration of 650-MHz Circular Electron-Positron Collider Klystron and Simulation of Its Beam Tester[Chin.Phys.Lett.34(2017)012902]

We found an error in our previous report [Chin. Phys. Lett. 34 （2017） 012902] concerning about the value of voltage on the modulating anode （MA）. This mistake occurs when we shifted calculating positive scale to actual negative voltage scale in the DGUN simulation. The value of voltage on the MA is VMA = -33.5 kV as displayed in Table 1. Also Figs. 2（a）, 2（b） and 4（a） should be as follows. We note that the error does not affect the conclusion of our report at all, and we apologize for inconvenience of readers brought by our oversight.

Design Consideration of 650-MHz Circular Electron-Positron Collider Klystron and Simulation of Its Beam Tester

We present the first phase R&D for the 800 kW cw, 650MHz klystron for the future circular electron-positron collider (CEPC) project in China. The CEPC requires 192 klystrons and it is desired to be designed in the Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, and manufactured domestically. Therefore, we present the manufacturing schedule of this project; the three-stage development from the beam test tube to the klystron having a high efficiency structure. Design of the beam test tube that comprises electron gun and collector is presented. First, gun simulation having a modulating anode is performed using DGUN software. The uniform beam trajectories with a beam perveance of 0.64 mu A/V-3/2 are simulated. We employ a Ba-dispenser cathode of radius 35mm with phi 10 hole at the center and obtain a current density on cathode less than 0.45 A/cm(2). The beam trajectories are also simulated over beam test tube of length about 2m with a magnetic field of 213 Gauss. Thermal analysis of the collector is performed using the ANSIS-CFX code and hence the cooling structure is determined. Mechanical design is almost carried out and it is in manufacturing stage.