Abstract

This paper presents a dynamic simulator for large scale cryogenic systems using helium refrigerators and controlled by Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The process is modeled by a set of linear differential and algebraic equations and the control policy is based on a hierarchical multilevel and multilayer framework control. First simulation results carried out on the refrigerator used in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment are presented. It is worth to mention that CMS is a particle detector used in the future CERN accelerator (the LHC) where a superconducting magnet of 225 tons, the largest ever built, must be maintained at 4.5K (-268.7°C). The model of this cryogenic plant is composed of 4126 equations whereof 287 differential-algebraic equations. The work objectives of this simulator are threefold: first, to provide a tool to train the operators, second to validate new control strategies before their implementation and, third, to improve our knowledge about large scale complex cryogenic systems. In order to respect the real system architecture, the simulator is composed of different modules sharing data.

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