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TY - CONF AU - Lanaia, D. AU - Muñoz Horta, R. AU - Pérez, F. ED - McIntosh, Peter ED - Burt, Graeme ED - Apsimon, Robert ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Status and Reliability Enhancements of the ALBA Linac J2 - Proc. of LINAC2022, Liverpool, UK, 28 August-02 September 2022 CY - Liverpool, UK T2 - International Linear Accelerator Conference T3 - 31 LA - english AB - Along the years, efforts to enhance the ALBA Linac performances and reliability have been devoted, resulting in an improvement of the Linac to Booster beam transmission efficiency, and of its mean time between failures. The performance enhancement has been based on the use of optimization and control routines of the beam parameters, but also by the application of regular preventive hardware maintenance procedures. Besides, the Linac reliability has been improved also by the implementation of alternative working modes in case of hardware failures, like operating at 67 MeV, with only one klystron and one accelerating section. In this respect, a new upgrade of the RF waveguide system is being implemented, with the aim to produce 80 MeV electron beam using only one klystron that will feed both accelerating sections. Furthermore, the possibility to install a thermionic RF-gun to inject directly into the first accelerating section is under study, ensuring the Linac’s reliability even in case of a major event. Details of the Linac performance during the past years and a description of the new hardware upgrades are presented in this work. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 703 EP - 706 KW - linac KW - klystron KW - operation KW - booster KW - gun DA - 2022/09 PY - 2022 SN - 2226-0366 SN - 978-3-95450-215-8 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-THPOJO07 UR - https://jacow.org/linac2022/papers/thpojo07.pdf ER -