Buffer tank pressure is down to about 6 psig. Too low to keep up
with liquefaction requirements to build LHe level. Doug Preddy
requested that I help Curtis Ballard top up system with new
bottle of UHP helium Through purifier. As of 09:45 not yet able
to find Curtis.
PI229 discharge pressure dropped slightly to 10.45 barA. Set point
is 11 barA. Turbine speeds OK. CV211 is wide open. Energized HIC142
and set to 0.7 to start flow to powerleads. Up in compressor room
checked purifier. LN2 system running OK. In purifier package flowmeter
looks like oil or brownish spots on inside of rotameter glass. Possible
migration of trapped contaminants after correcting flow arrangement
through purifier. Initially buffer tank circulation flow entered
through AV3 but was corrected to enter through AV5.
Have 10:00 meeting, system seems stable and should be OK until I can
contact Curtis to top up system with UHP helium through purifier. |