Development of a CO2 Cooling Test Facility from the Vertex Locator Thermal Control System
| dc.contributor.advisor | Boje, Edward | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lunt, Stuart | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-25T13:29:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-25T13:29:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2025-02-25T13:24:44Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Vertex Locator Thermal Control System (VTCS) was a mechanically pumped, evaporative CO2 cooling system developed for silicon strip detectors in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment at the European Organisation for Nuclear Physics (CERN). This type of cooling has become increasingly common in high-energy physics experiments, making their design and testing increasingly more important. The Detector Technologies (DT) group chose to reuse the hard ware from the VTCS after it was retired and convert it into a test facility for future detectors. This dissertation describes the analysis and redesign of the electrical, fluid and control systems which was undertaken to optimise the design for its new role and to bring it into line with current standards in the field. Alongside the hardware design, a model of the system was developed in Simulink, enabling the performance to be simulated with different hardware configurations and to assess its suitability for different applications. Delays in travel and procurement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic did not allow final construction and commissioning to be fully completed by the end of the project. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Lunt, S. (2024). <i>Development of a CO2 Cooling Test Facility from the Vertex Locator Thermal Control System</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41022 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Lunt, Stuart. <i>"Development of a CO2 Cooling Test Facility from the Vertex Locator Thermal Control System."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41022 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lunt, S. 2024. Development of a CO2 Cooling Test Facility from the Vertex Locator Thermal Control System. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41022 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lunt, Stuart AB - The Vertex Locator Thermal Control System (VTCS) was a mechanically pumped, evaporative CO2 cooling system developed for silicon strip detectors in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment at the European Organisation for Nuclear Physics (CERN). This type of cooling has become increasingly common in high-energy physics experiments, making their design and testing increasingly more important. The Detector Technologies (DT) group chose to reuse the hard ware from the VTCS after it was retired and convert it into a test facility for future detectors. This dissertation describes the analysis and redesign of the electrical, fluid and control systems which was undertaken to optimise the design for its new role and to bring it into line with current standards in the field. Alongside the hardware design, a model of the system was developed in Simulink, enabling the performance to be simulated with different hardware configurations and to assess its suitability for different applications. Delays in travel and procurement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic did not allow final construction and commissioning to be fully completed by the end of the project. DA - 2024 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Engineering LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2024 T1 - Development of a CO2 Cooling Test Facility from the Vertex Locator Thermal Control System TI - Development of a CO2 Cooling Test Facility from the Vertex Locator Thermal Control System UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41022 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41022 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Lunt S. Development of a CO2 Cooling Test Facility from the Vertex Locator Thermal Control System. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2024 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41022 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Electrical Engineering | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Engineering | |
| dc.title | Development of a CO2 Cooling Test Facility from the Vertex Locator Thermal Control System | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MSc |