Cryostat Filling Limitations for Proposed Ar Dewar Pressure Increase
In order to significantly decrease the amount of time required to fill the cryostats, it is desired to raise the setpoint of the 'operating' relief valve on the argon storage dewar to 20 psig from its existing 16 psig setting. This additional pressure increases the flow to the cryostats and will overwhelm the relief capacity if the temperature of the modules within these vessels is warm enough. Using some conservative assumptions and simple calculations within this note, the maximum average temperature that the modules within each cryostat can be at prior to filling from the storage dewar with liquid argon is at least 290 K.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE Office of Science
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1031759
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-D0-EN-321
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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