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Siam Photon Source (SPS) machine in Thailand has been operating for more than two decades with limited diagnostic systems. It is very challenging to efficiently tune and operate the machine. With online optimization, only variables and objectives are required to tune for better solutions. It this work, a flexible optimizer was developed. Objectives and variables can be freely defined based on available hardware in the form of Process Variables (PVs). Several multi-objective and Robust Conjugated Direction Search (RCDS) algorithms are provided. The online optimizer was tested on the SPS machine to improved the injection efficiency. Due to its flexibility, the optimizer can also be used for other systems., Proceedings of the 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC2022, Bangkok, Thailand

At the Siam Photon Source (SPS) beam loss monitors based on PIN diode have been used. The existing system allow beam loss detection very locally at the monitor position close to the vacuum chamber. For optical fiber, Cherenkov radiation can be detected when a lost particle travel in the fiber. Thus optical fiber based loss monitor with sufficient length can cover parts of the machine conveniently. Fast beam loss event can be detected with more accurate position. In this paper, the design and result of the optical fiber based beam loss monitor system at SPS machine are discussed. The system will be a prototype for the new 3 GeV machine SPS-II., Proceedings of the 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC2022, Bangkok, Thailand

A new insertion device, Superconducting Multipole Wiggler (SMPW) with the peak field strength of 3.5 T, was installed in the storage ring of Siam Photon Source as a radiation source for a new hard X-ray beamline. Cool-down process, as well as magnet training, was performed with careful tuning of liquid helium filling procedure for efficient management of liquid helium supply. The filling procedure was also optimized for safe operation of the magnet. The SMPW commission-ing was successfully carried out with electron beam and the effect of SMPW on electron beam dynamics was observed. It can be minimized using quadrupole magnets and horizontal/vertical correctors., Proceedings of the 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC2021, Campinas, SP, Brazil

In recent years the beam diagnostics and instrumenta-tion of Siam Photon Source (SPS), Thailand synchro-tron radiation facility, have been significantly improved for both the booster synchrotron and the 1.2 GeV stor-age ring. Additional diagnostics have been designed, fabricated, and installed, and the existing systems have been upgraded. This paper describes the current status of the beam diagnostics at SPS, as well as their respec-tive performances. These systems include beam posi-tion monitors (BPMs), a diagnostics beamline, beam loss monitors (BLMs), real-time tune measurement setups, and others. Apart from the instrument hardware, the acquisition electronics along with the processing software have been improved as well. The details of these upgrades are reported herewith., Proceedings of the 5th Int. Beam Instrumentation Conf., IBIC2016, Barcelona, Spain

Siam Photon Source, the Thailand synchrotron light source, has received several upgrades in recent years. Most important of which are the improvement of the positional stability of the stored electron beam, and the installation of 2 IDs, i.e. a 2.2 T hybrid multipole wiggler and a 6.5 T superconducting wavelength shifter, to extend the available SR spectrum into hard x-ray region. The beam stability improvement was achieved through several activities, including improving the BPM system, upgrading the existing corrector power supplies, and implementing global orbit feedback. The two new IDs provide higher-intensity and higher-energy (up to 25 keV) synchrotron light, which will be utilized for MX, high-energy SAXS, WAXS, XAS, and microtomography. Ongoing machine upgrades include increasing the energy of the booster and transport line to 1.2 GeV for full-energy injection and eventual top-up operation. Utilization of the electron beam is also being explored. A beam test facility, which extracts electron beam in the booster for characterizing high-energy particle sensors, as well as calibrating other beam diagnostic instruments, has been constructed and is now in operation., Proceedings of the 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

The new RF cavity system has been installed in the storage ring of SIAM Photon Source (SPS) since August 2016. The RF cavity was designed base on the MAX-IV laboratory capacitive loaded type cavity. The solid-state technology was implemented in the RF high power transmitter. The low-level RF system utilized the digital technology. The system has been successfully commissioned and run with a capability to compensate an energy lost from a full capacity run of insertion devices since August 2016. This paper summarizes the problems and actions of the new RF system and presents an overview of six months of operation of the new RF system in the storage ring of SPS., Proceedings of the 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

The old RF cavity in the storage ring of SIAM Photon Source (SPS), the 1.2 GeV second generation synchrotron light source in Thailand, has been pushed to its maximum capability to compensate electron energy lost in the storage ring. This energy lost is the effect from two additional insertion devices, which have been installed in SPS storage ring during June to August 2013. The new RF system has been planned since 2012, but with some technical and procurement difficulty the new system was successfully commissioning and running in August 2016. The installation, acceptance testing, conditioning and commissioning results of the new RF cavity, RF high power transmitter, and the low level RF system will be presented, Proceedings of the 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

Limitation of beam lifetime was systematically investigated and studied for Siam Photon Source (SPS) storage ring. The objective was to identify the main cause of the observed reduction of beam lifetime. The simulations of momentum acceptance and Touschek lifetime were performed, incorporating non-linear effects generated by the installed high-field insertion devices. The Touschek lifetime was measured as a function of RF voltage and compared with the values obtained from simulation. The measurements were performed for a variety of different operation conditions of the insertion devices and different chromaticities., Proceedings of the 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

A description of the newly re-built beam loss monitor (BLM) system at the Siam Photon Source (SPS) is presented. The original BLM system was designed and installed in the 1.2 GeV SPS storage ring in 2005. The main problems of this system were poor performance due to RF electromagnetic interference and the use of now obsolete data acquisition electronics. The beam loss detector used is a PIN-diode type from Bergoz. The new BLM system has been implemented using low-noise coaxial cable and an acquisition system based on NI-PXI. The hardware and software modifications incorporated into the new BLM system are presented., Proceedings of the 4th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC2015, Melbourne, Australia

Beam Loss Monitoring (BLM) system is an essential tool for observing beam instabilities and hence for machine protection. At the Siam Photon Source (SPS) storage ring, the BLM system is used to check the beam behavior due to optics perturbation, ion trapping, and vacuum leakage. A network of 50 PIN-diode detectors from Bergoz has been installed around the ring at the positions of high particle density. These positions are at the values of large betatron and dispersion functions in the machine lattice. The operational results of tune scanning verses loss rate in the resonance diagram are described. These results will be useful for improving the beam performance in terms of lifetime and beam stability., Proceedings of the 4th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC2015, Melbourne, Australia

A 2.4 T hybrid multipole wiggler (MPW) and a 6.5 T superconducting wavelength shifter (SWLS) have been successfully installed and commissioned at Siam Photon Source (SPS). The influence of the two insertion devices on the electron beam dynamic at different operating points have been studied in order to determine the optimal lattice configuration for operation. In this paper, the compensation of the linear optics will be presented, and the commissioning scheme will also be described. In addition, the investigation of the difference between the model and the actual observed machine parameters will be reported in details., Proceedings of the 5th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2014, Dresden, Germany