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Operations aspects of the Fermilab Central Helium Liquefier Facility

Conference ·
OSTI ID:134967
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
The Fermilab Central Helium Liquefier (CHL) facility consists of helium and nitrogen reliquefier plants operated 24 hours-a-day to supply LHe at 4.6{degrees}K and LN{sub 2} for the Fermilab Tevatron superconducting proton-antiproton collider ring and to recover warm return gases. Operating aspects of CHL, including different equipment and systems reliability, availability, maintenance experience, safety concerns, and economics aspects are discussed.
OSTI ID:
134967
Report Number(s):
CONF-950350--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English