Fri Jul 21 17:18:19 2006, Willy Andersson, Quench Recovery, Opened HIC142 fully open
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Power leads have flatlined but still building LHe level. |
Fri Jul 21 14:08:04 2006, Doug Preddy, Quench Recovery, switch to series mode
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Coils temps <10K.Switching to series mode. |
Fri Jul 21 07:39:37 2006, Doug Preddy, Quench Recovery, Cool down continues
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Raised PIC229 to 11Bar. Started to close HIC155. Cooling rates improve. |
Thu Jul 20 13:34:26 2006, Willy Andersson, Quench Recovery, cold return mode continues...
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Even though cr_c1 and cr_c12 have begun to tick down, cr_c7 and cr_c6 are
actually ticking up. This is probably a wave of warming propagating through
the solenoid. As long as the two inlets are falling in temperature then
things are going in the right direction. Once the warm wave travels through
the outlets will begin to cool as well. |
Thu Jul 20 13:27:21 2006, Willy Andersson, Quench Recovery, cold return mode continues...
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cr_c1 and cr_12 are both at about 45K and heading slowly down, so the
gamble of going to // cold return worked. Maximum opening of CV155 is
limited by CV204 goes fully closed and suction pressure begins to rise
above set point. Adjust cv155 to keep cv204 just at the closed point. Keep
tweaking cv155 and turbine speeds as things get cooler. |
Thu Jul 20 13:21:57 2006, Willy Andersson, Quench Recovery, started // warm return flow.
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TIC121 was down to 27K
warm return valves were wide open
opened supply valves CV143 and CV146.
TIC121 went up to about 37K
Mu1 return temperature went down to about same temp as TIC121 so set Mu1 to
cold return. Open CV145 then close CV151. Mu2 return was still > TIC121 so
kept it in warm return mode. Adjust turbines as required.
After about 20 minutes Mu2 return temp dropped down to about equal to Mu1
return temp of about 38K. Then set Mu2 to cold return. Open CV147 then
close CV143. TIC 121 drops to 30 K. Even though Mu1 and Mu2 return temps
greater than TIC121 I will keep it in //cold return mode to see if the core
solenoid temperatures will start to fall. To maximize the use of the
cooling from T2 outlet temperature CV155 is tweaked open to its maximum
stable opening. This helps cool the lower heat exchangers. If this works
then cr_c1 and cr_c12 should start to tick downwards. If they keep rising
then have to switch back to //warm return. |
Thu Jul 20 11:01:09 2006, Willy Andersson, Quench Recovery, Opened up warm return valves CV151 and CV153
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Mu2 pressure was just about at trip point due to trapped volume of helium
warming. So opened up warm returns to bleed off pressure and prevent it
from rising. |
Thu Jul 20 08:18:31 2006, Doug Preddy, Quench Recovery, T1 started
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Started flow to turbines. Both started. T1 seems a bit slow. HIC110 at 0.85
SI110 = 4100.
Cool down started. |
Thu Jul 20 02:59:06 2006, Doug Preddy, Quench Recovery, T1 still not starting
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I will leave the cold box to warm overnight and try it again in the morning. |
Thu Jul 20 00:52:13 2006, Doug Preddy, Quench Recovery, T1 frozen
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T1 will not spin up. Warming up cold box. |
Thu Jul 20 00:25:16 2006, Doug Preddy, Quench Recovery, Solenoid quenched @ 11:15
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Solenoid Quenched on C1 temp. It went above 5K. Shut off compressor.
Restarting system @ 12:15 |
Thu Jul 6 15:04:17 2006, Doug Preddy, Normal Running, test
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test |
Thu Jul 6 15:00:15 2006, Doug Preddy, Normal Running, test
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Mon Jul 3 23:01:34 2006, Doug Preddy, Quench Recovery, power lead warming/ripples caused quench
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power lead warming/ripples caused quench at 18:45 today. Compressor stayed
on, but flow to solenoid stopped.
I started flow to solenoid at 22:40. |
Fri Jun 30 11:17:57 2006, Doug Preddy, Normal Running, Solenoid recovered
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Tuesday night. June 27, 2006, the solenoid quenched for no apparent
reason. It was restarted Wednesday morning. The vacuum in the solenoid
went away (up to 8 Torr). This was found to be a result of a leaking
isolation valve between the solenoid and T2. T2 was vented, which caused
the solenoid to slowly vet. When T2 was pumped out again, the solenoid
vacuum recovered. This caused a delay in recovering the solenoid. As of
Friday morning 7:15 the solenoid power supply was ramped up. |
Fri Jun 30 11:13:00 2006, Doug Preddy, Normal Running, E-log is back up and running
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I would have made an entry when it died, but----- |
Fri Jun 16 08:12:04 2006, Doug Preddy, Normal Running, LI108 indicates high on EPICS screen
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LI108 indicates high on EPICS screen (150%) Controller shows ~64% |
Wed Jun 14 16:27:01 2006, Willy Andersson, Quench Recovery, Energized solenoid
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Powerleads appear stable. |
Wed Jun 14 10:35:30 2006, Willy Andersson, Quench Recovery, Switched to series cooling.
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Had system in //return cooling overnight with small flow to keep power
leads cool. Switched to series mode about 30 minutes ago. Building LHe
level. |
Tue Jun 13 16:04:33 2006, Willy Andersson, Quench Recovery, TIC 121 set to auto mode
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