http://isac.triumf.ca/m9sol/
Chris has set up the M9 solenoid e-log at the above web address. Play with 
it and let me know if it breaks. 

Got pager call at 16:20 this afternoon. Solenoid had tripped on PL 
temperature. Arrived at about 17:00. Did a print screen of the striptool 
graph and solenoid screen. See files Prtscrn1_april25_2004.doc and
Prtscrn2_april25_2004.doc. System was in idle running mode. LHE heater at 
about 30%, buffer tank press at21.5 psig, shield heater at 37.5%. The
jumper is still on the back of the vacuum guage PIC901. The compressor 
building backup air compressor was tripped again, I reset it. HIC 141 was 
set to 0.46 , I set it to 1.1 (closed position). Set solenoid inlet and 
outlet HIC's to valve closed positions. Energized warm return HIC's then 
slowly opened warm return valves to vent pressure in solenoid. Cracked open 
solenoid inlet valves to get abot 1.5 barA pressure on PI143 and PI146. LHe 
level started to drop. Contiued slowly until all LHe boiled away. PI143 and 
PI146 at about 5 barA. Had to adjust turbine speeds and shield heat. Opened 
cold returns then closed warm returns. Gradually increased solenoid inlet 
valves until wide open. Adjust turbine speeds and shiled heater. At about 
21:00 stable // cold return cooling. Temperatures dropping gradually. See 
files april25_2004_2113.BMP and april25_2004_2114.BMP 

Have powerlead supply valve HIC142 open to 0.46 during cooling just to see 
what happens. Time now about 21:42. Leaving system in // cold return 
cooling. Should be ready for series switch over in the morning.

Switching over to series mode.

Throttled back the LHe in until the power leads started to warm. My goal is 
to flow "warm" gas (hopefully 80K) through the leads to drive any frozen 
impurities out.

Solenoid quenched due to power leads at 9:00 tonight. Restarted flow in 
parallel warm mode. 

Solenoid quenched on power lead temp. I ran down and managed to recover it 
with minimal temp rise in the solenoid. Coil temps are falling, liquid is 
building. No flow to the power leads yet.

Started flow to power leads.
TIC121 into auto mode

Got a page from Don Flemming at about 18:50 wondering why the power
lead temperatures were rising. See attachment may5_04_1800.BMP It looked as
though the monitoring signals flat lined for about 2 hours for some reason.
Anyway the powerlead temps were definitely rising. When I arrived HIC142
was wide open but both power lead flows were down to 65 (on the scale) and
the flowmeter float was vibrating rapidly. LHe heater at 33 %. Buffer 
pressure at 10 psig. LIC108 at 54 %. CV147 at 0.45 (HIC141). CV141 at 0.6
TCI121 in auto mode.

Closed HIC142 then opened again. Powerlead temps dropped. Opened CV147
from 0.45 to 0.35 (HIC141) Played with setting of set point of TIC121 and
HIC141 to try to increase excess liquefaction. Reduced shield heat to about 
16%. Difficult to say what is going on with powerleads. Temps had dropped to
good levels but now gradually rising, but very slowly. Hopefully they peak 
and level off. Energized solenoid. Cycled HIC142 a few times but temps
would not trend downwards. Leaving it overnight. Doug, please check and 
adjust the system as required in the morning.

When performing last nights refrigerator adjustments I also increased the 
compressor discharge pressure to 11.25 barA. Also the backup air compressor 
was tripped off again and I reset it. Finally I opened the city water flow 
to the compressor water package chiller. PI110-1 reads 9.25 barA and PI120-1
reads just over 4 barA. Both power lead flowmeters pegged to top of scale.
Reset the "first trip" device that Don Dale had loaned us.

This morning the power leads had crept up slightly but still well below 
trip settings. Oscillations have not appeared yet. LHe vessel heater at 
about 14 to 15 %. Shield heat at about 16 %. Saved screen shots of 
m9_solenoid.dl and striptool windows to files may6_04_0900.BMP and 
may6_04_0905.BMP. TE106 is 81.6 Kelvin. Solenoid Current is stable at 404 
Amps. (DVM meter reads 20.2) Both power lead flowmeters still pegged to top 
of scale.

Closed HIC142 for 1 second then opened it wide open again to see effect on 
power lead flows. Other than the initial blip they just fall back to their 
previous value, no improvement. See file may6_04_0915.BMP. Adjusting 
turbine speeds slightly. Going to take a check in the compressor building 
then going on to other work.

At about 09:30 this morning I noticed the sound coming from the compressor 
building seemed louder than usual. After entering the building I noted that 
the compressor was unloaded to about 50% and the compressor suction was 
running at about 15 psig. Down at the SULZER panel the solenoid vacuum 
system was tripped off, the flow was still in series mode but no LHe level,
solenoid temps at over 40 K. Contacted Doug. Cannot figure out why the 
compressor was unloaded to 50 %. Solenoid had not tripped on bad vacuum 
because jumper was still on PIC901. Doug mentioned there was a power bump 
yesterday at about 15:00. May be when the vacuum system tripped but does 
not explain the compressor unloading.

Doug restarted vacuum system. I stopped flow to solenoid. Stabilized 
pressures. We checked the compressor to try to see what would cause the 
Unloaded state. Could not see any oil leaks. 

Back at Sulzer panel loaded compressor to 100 %. Stabilize pressures. STart
cooling flow to solenoid, // warm return. Adjusting turbine speeds and 
shield heat as required. Switched to // cold return flow after solenoid 
temps down to TIC 121 temp of about 20 K.

At about 14:00 solenoid temps dipping below 8 K. Trace of LHe level (dense 
gas) starting to show. Switching to series cooling mode.

I was phoned at about 9:30 tonight with a solenoid alarm. After looking at 
the display I found the system to be tripped off. When I came in I found 
the compressor off and the solenoid quenched. There was no real indication 
of the problem other than a cold box fault. I restarted the compressor and 
started flow to the cold box.
Just a reminder: This elog is now at: https://elog.triumf.ca/M9sol

Solenoid temps were: C1 & C12 about 30K. C6 &C7 about 11K. Started flow to 
solenoid in parallel cold return. Jumpered out the vacuum gauge for the 
solenoid vacuum.

Switching to series mode. Jumper on vacuum gauge removed.

Two power bumps tonight. Everything tripped of. Restarted cooling water 
pump, diff. pump under solenoid etc. Computer stayed on! Starting 
compressor.

c1 28, c12 29, c6 11.6, c7 12.5 TI121 22.5

cooling rates for the solenoid are good. In parallel cold return.