TPU engineers delivered first hutch frames for SKIF

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TPU engineers delivered first hutch frames for SKIF

The Yurga branch of Tomsk Polytechnic University has operationalized the first hutch frames for the Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF). These are protective structures that will ensure radiation safety of scientists during experiments. The expert committee rated the work of the university engineers highly.

Hutches are protective structures that ensure radiation safety of scientists during experiments. They also function as a frame of the station, carrying all engineering networks such as pipe networks for water cooling, gas supply, power supply cabling, alarm and security systems, ventilation and air conditioning ducts, and many others. All of these require a certain level of load-bearing capacity.

In total, TPU engineers are to deliver 12 hutches and six control booths for five experimental stations of the first phase of SKIF construction.

"At the moment, skeletons, frames and radiation shielding for the Electronic Structure and Structural Diagnostics stations have been manufactured and are ready to be assembled. By the end of August, we will have structures ready for the Microfocus and Fast Processes stations. The finishing frames for the XAFS-Spectroscopy and Magnetic Dichroism station will be delivered by early November. In total, the completion rate for various systems manufactured by TPU engineers and scientists ranges from 65 to 100%. We will complete all the work in November 2024 as planned," says Alexey Gogolev, Vice-Rector for Research and Strategic Projects at TPU.

After the technical acceptance procedure, the hutch frame structures will be dismantled, painted and transported to the SKIF site in Novosibirsk. The frames will be additionally plated with lead on site. TPU scientists estimate that it may take up to four months to install the equipment, depending on its complexity and the station. The installation of protective structures and engineering networks also may take up to two months.

Each hutch varies in size and can be up to 18 meters long, 4.5 meters high and up to 5 meters deep. On average, one hutch with all the installed equipment weighs up to 40 tons.

Tomsk Polytechnic University, in collaboration with its partners, is engaged in the construction of two SKIF stations - the Microfocus and the Electronic Structure - as well as protective structures (hutches) for other stations.

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The Collective Use Center "Siberian Ring Photon Source" of the Institute of Catalysis SB RAS is a megascience-class project with a generation 4+ synchrotron.

The Center is a facility consisting of 34 buildings and structures, as well as engineering and process equipment to support research on synchrotron radiation beams.

The unique parameters of the new synchrotron are a framework for advanced research with bright and intense X-ray beams in a variety of fields, such as chemistry, physics, materials science, biology, geology, and the humanities. SKIF will also facilitate solving current challenges of innovative and industrial enterprises.

The Siberian Ring Photon Source is being created as part of the National Project Science and Universities with the aim to develop a modern network of next-generation synchrotron radiation sources in Russia.