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IDdown Date Author Operational Mode Subject
  146   Fri Jul 21 23:36:21 2006 Doug PreddyQuench RecoveryFinal cooldown problems
80K shield is down to <60K Liquid level not building. Power leads rippling 
and warming. T1 inlet 85K with 10%heater load.
Lowered the set point of TI121 to 17K. Shut off flow to the 80K shield to 
try and warm them. Turbine 1 inlet temp dropping (83K)
Power leads cooled and stablized, coil temps came down. Leaving it for 1/2 
hour to evaluate.
  145   Fri Jul 21 17:18:19 2006 Willy AnderssonQuench RecoveryOpened HIC142 fully open
Power leads have flatlined but still building LHe level.
  144   Fri Jul 21 14:08:04 2006 Doug PreddyQuench Recoveryswitch to series mode
Coils temps <10K.Switching to series mode.
  143   Fri Jul 21 07:39:37 2006 Doug PreddyQuench RecoveryCool down continues
Raised PIC229 to 11Bar. Started to close HIC155. Cooling rates improve.
  142   Thu Jul 20 13:34:26 2006 Willy AnderssonQuench Recoverycold return mode continues...
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.
  141   Thu Jul 20 13:27:21 2006 Willy AnderssonQuench Recoverycold return mode continues...
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.
  140   Thu Jul 20 13:21:57 2006 Willy AnderssonQuench Recoverystarted // warm return flow.
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.
  139   Thu Jul 20 11:01:09 2006 Willy AnderssonQuench RecoveryOpened up warm return valves CV151 and CV153
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.
  138   Thu Jul 20 08:18:31 2006 Doug PreddyQuench RecoveryT1 started
Started flow to turbines. Both started. T1 seems a bit slow. HIC110 at 0.85 
SI110 = 4100.
Cool down started.
  137   Thu Jul 20 02:59:06 2006 Doug PreddyQuench RecoveryT1 still not starting
I will leave the cold box to warm overnight and try it again in the morning.
  136   Thu Jul 20 00:52:13 2006 Doug PreddyQuench RecoveryT1 frozen
T1 will not spin up. Warming up cold box.
  135   Thu Jul 20 00:25:16 2006 Doug PreddyQuench RecoverySolenoid quenched @ 11:15
Solenoid Quenched on C1 temp. It went above 5K. Shut off compressor. 
Restarting system @ 12:15
  134   Thu Jul 6 15:04:17 2006 Doug PreddyNormal Runningtest
test
Attachment 1: M9daily log070306.XLS
  133   Thu Jul 6 15:00:15 2006 Doug PreddyNormal Runningtest
  132   Mon Jul 3 23:01:34 2006 Doug PreddyQuench Recoverypower lead warming/ripples caused quench
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.
  131   Fri Jun 30 11:17:57 2006 Doug PreddyNormal RunningSolenoid recovered
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.
  130   Fri Jun 30 11:13:00 2006 Doug PreddyNormal RunningE-log is back up and running
I would have made an entry when it died, but-----
  129   Fri Jun 16 08:12:04 2006 Doug PreddyNormal RunningLI108 indicates high on EPICS screen
LI108 indicates high on EPICS screen (150%)  Controller shows ~64%
  128   Wed Jun 14 16:27:01 2006 Willy AnderssonQuench RecoveryEnergized solenoid
Powerleads appear stable.
  127   Wed Jun 14 10:35:30 2006 Willy AnderssonQuench RecoverySwitched to series cooling.
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.
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