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ID Date Author Operational Mode Subject
  106   Mon Jul 18 15:51:17 2005 Doug PreddyQuench RecoveryCompressor restarted, flow to solenoid
Recovered the vacuum in the solenoid, then started the compressor.
Started flow to solenoid in parallel warm return.
  105   Mon Jul 18 11:18:40 2005 Doug PreddyQuench RecoverySolenoid Quenched over the weekend
The solenoid was found to be warm on Monday morning. M9Q3 had a bad water 
leak over the weekend. The water header serving Q3 was turned off and the 
leak confirmed. Q3 was isolated and the header was turned back on. My 
supposition is that while the main header was turned off, the diff. pump 
under the solenoid tripped. When I looked at it this morning the 
compressor was off and the vesssel vacuum was very bad. The PLC connection 
to EPICs is down, so I can not restart the vacuum system yet. Mike Leross 
is looking at the problem. 
There was no trip signal to the main control room. It looks as though the 
control room signal was bypassed downstairs. 
The power supply fault light was on on the QRL panel, but I okayed Bob 
Hilton locking out the power supply in order that Q3's water leak can be 
repired. Shutting of the main breaker may have turned on this light. The 
other possibility is that the power supply was not ramped down and shut 
off properly.
  104   Tue Jun 14 23:01:22 2005 Doug PreddyQuench Recoveryswitched to parallel cold return
  103   Tue Jun 14 20:53:19 2005 Doug PreddyQuench Recoveryrestarted refrigerator after power bump
see bitmap for temps/pressures after presurrizing coldbox. Preparing to 
start flow to turbines, then will start flow to solenoid in parallel warm 
return.
  102   Tue Jun 14 18:48:14 2005 ExperimentorNormal RunningPower bump at 18:40
Solenoid tripped on a power bump at 18:40 Tuesday
-- Donald Arseneau
  101   Thu Jun 9 21:41:25 2005 Willy AnderssonQuench RecoveryTrying to achieve stable cooling.
From about 08:00 to 15:00

See Doug's previous entry for quench recovery details.
First the system had been set to // cold return mode because the solenoid 
temps seemed low enough. Temps started to rise instead of cooling so system 
was eventually set back to // warm return mode. With the system in // warm 
return mode the solenoid was still warming instead of cooling. Solenoid 
temps were rising to almost 50K and T1 shield heater was about 90%. T1 
inlet temp was below 75K and falling even with shield heat set so high. 
CV155 kept closed and // warm return flows were full flow. T1 brake valve 
seemed way too open at about 0.8 (compared to previous runs).

15:00 to 19:00

Tried opening CV155, didn't seem to help much. Temps still trending 
upwards. Decided to reduce flow to solenoid to see if the cold box would 
cool down. Started reducing the // warm return outlet valves. TI121 began 
to drop slowly. On graph plotting solenoid temps they started to trend 
downwards. Weird. A reduced flow seemed to produce more cooling ? Don't 
understand this but will continue. Flow temps returning from solenoid were 
about the same temp as TI121, about 35 K. Switching to // cold return mode 
to try to reduce TI121. Keeping CV155 as open as possible, just keeping 
CV204 from closing completely. After switching to // cold return TI121 
starts to slowly fall, T1 inlet temp rises over time so start to drop 
shield heater setting. Solenoid temps now trending downwards. Cracked open 
CV142 to get some flow going through powerleads. Raised compressor 
discharge press to about 11.2 barA. Shield heater down over time to about 
10%. Reduced CV155 down to the point where temps almost stop falling then 
open cv155 just enogh to keep temps falling.

19:30 Solenoid temps down to about 28K. Letting system continue cooling 
overnight.

Guessing the cause of the turbine overspeed quench was caused by 
contamination entering the spinning turbine, causing rapid speed changes or 
possibly the continued saga of the water damaged Jaquet turbine speed 
tachometer giving random false trips.
  100   Thu Jun 9 08:56:10 2005 Doug PreddyQuench Recoverysystem back on
The compressor was restarted and the solenoid is cooling (sort of) in 
parallel cold return.
  99   Thu Jun 9 06:53:40 2005 ExperimentorOtherTrip at 6:45 Today.
Solenoid quenched at 6:45.  All temperature monitors were flat until trip.  
Hearing compressor stop was first warning.  Lights are:
Turbine T1 overspeed,  Compresor alarm, cryostat quench.

--Donald Arseneau
  98   Thu Jun 2 09:16:40 2005 Doug PreddyQuench Recoverycontinuing to cool
See screen grab
  97   Thu Jun 2 01:38:25 2005 Doug PreddyQuench Recoverystrip tool plot
This is a strip tool  plot of the cooldown
  96   Thu Jun 2 01:26:30 2005 Doug PreddyQuench Recoverystarted flow to solenoid
See attached file for a screen grab of temps.
  95   Wed Jun 1 23:48:02 2005 Doug PreddyQuench Recoverythe first quench
I recieved a call from ops at 22:00 tonight that the solenoid had alarmed. 
I came in and found a cold box fault, with the compressor tripped off. I 
was unable to restart the compressor. I cleared the cryostat quench and 
compressor trips. The system looked as though it was ready to start. I 
pushed the compressor "ON" button, but as soon as the main contactor 
closed, the compressor tripped again. After a few trys and a bit of 
searching, I tried resetting the compressor over-pressure switch. That 
allowed me to restart the compressor. Once the high pressure comes up I'll 
start flow to the turbines.
  94   Wed Jun 1 08:23:19 2005 Doug PreddyStart Upstart up notes
The solenoid was pumped out Monday and yesterday after the quads just 
downstream of the solenoid were put back in place. The quad just 
downstream of the solenoid was remove to replace two coils on it. 
The cold box vacuum had tripped off some time in the last little while. 
Started it pumping on Monday also. The compressor was started Tuesday 
afternoon and flow was started to the solenoid. The purifier was 
regenerated and put on line in it's total buffer tank flow mode. The cold 
box was pressurized and the turbines were briefly spun up to check the 
operation of the new turbine speed indicator. It seems to be working 
properly. 
Flow to the turbines was started this morning and all went well. The speed 
indicator works properly. 
M9BIG1 started ot 6.6 x 10-6 before flow was started. One hour later it 
reads 4.8 x 10-6
  93   Thu May 19 15:05:31 2005 Doug PreddyMaintenanceSTA 120 replaced
The turbine 2 speed indicator control box STA 120 has been replaced with a 
newer style Jaquet controller. This is similar to the ones used in the 
ISAC helium liquifier. See attached photos for set up parameters. These 
were taken from the old controller, Sulzer documentation, and the ISAC 2 
controllers.
  92   Mon Apr 18 09:52:11 2005 Doug PreddyMaintenanceRelays replaced
The following relays have been replaced in the Sulzer control panel:
K341, K379, K132, K324A, K314, K125, K127, K133, K252, K227, K233, K238, 
K239, K245, K246.
These were the one that had indications of sever rusting inside the case.
There are five more spare relays in the gray cupboard.
  91   Fri Mar 11 09:18:30 2005 Doug PreddyMaintenanceservices on system
The cold box was isolated and pumped out after it warmed up. It has been 
refilled with helium.
Turbine 2 speed indicator failed at some time during the last run. After 
the turbine inlet vavle was closed the turbine continued to read full 
speed. I am removing the controller to look at it. The main power has been 
turned of for this procedure.
  90   Sun Dec 5 11:15:24 2004 Doug PreddyNormal Runningmore ripples
I loked at the power lead temps this morning. LHe_in 10.4-12.0  PL-Neg 8.0-
9.0  PL-Pos 9.8-10.4. Flows down to 160mm. Called Ops and got Danica to 
cycle CV142. Ripples and flow improved on the second try.
  89   Thu Dec 2 10:51:16 2004 Doug PreddyNormal Runningpower lead ripple
Ripples got worse overnight.LHe in 10.3-11.7, PL Neg 8.0-8.7. Flows <200mm.
cycled CV142. Flows 240mm. LHe in 10.3-11.3  PL Neg 7.9-8.1
  88   Wed Dec 1 12:55:56 2004 Doug PreddyNormal Runningadded one bottle helium gas
buffer tank pressure is up to 6.5 psi.
  87   Mon Nov 29 09:28:16 2004 Doug PreddyNormal RunningBuffer tank empty
Came down to check on system. CV211 was fully open, trying to charge the 
system. Ripples on LHe in and PL neg. CV141 fully closed. I closed CV147 to 
0.45 to try and move CV141 open. Checked the buffer tank pressure, it was 
almost at zero. Lowering the liquid level to 40%.
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