Performance and results of the LBNE 35 ton membrane cryostat prototype

Montanari, David; Adamowski, Mark; Hahn, Alan; Norris, Barry; Reichenbacher, Juergen; Rucinski, Russell; Stewart, Jim; Tope, Terry

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2015.06.092

Title: Performance and results of the LBNE 35 ton membrane cryostat prototype

Abstract

We report on the performance and commissioning of the first membrane cryostat to be used for scientific application. The Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) has designed and fabricated a membrane cryostat prototype in collaboration with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (IHI). LBNE has designed and fabricated the supporting cryogenic system infrastructure and successfully commissioned and operated the first membrane cryostat. Original goals of the prototype are: to demonstrate the membrane cryostat technology in terms of thermal performance, feasibility for liquid argon and leak tightness; to demonstrate that we can remove all the impurities from the vessel and achieve the purity requirements in a membrane cryostat without evacuation; to demonstrate that we can achieve and maintain the purity requirements of the liquid argon using mol sieve and copper filters. The purity requirements of a large liquid argon detector such as LBNE are contaminants below 200 parts per trillion (ppt) oxygen equivalent. LBNE is planning the design and construction of a large liquid argon detector. This presentation will present requirements, design and construction of the LBNE 35 ton membrane cryostat prototype, and detail the commissioning and performance. The experience and results of this prototype are extremely important for the development of themore » LBNE detector.« less

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Montanari, David ^[1]; Adamowski, Mark ^[1]; Hahn, Alan ^[1]; Norris, Barry ^[1]; Reichenbacher, Juergen ^[2]; Rucinski, Russell ^[1]; Stewart, Jim ^[3]; Tope, Terry ^[1]

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL (United States)
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1209113

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1210165

Report Number(s):: BNL-108147-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1875-3892; PII: S1875389215004733

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; SC00112704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics Procedia

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 67; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1875-3892

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; liquid argon; purity; LBNE; electron lifetime; contaminants

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                    Montanari, David, Adamowski, Mark, Hahn, Alan, Norris, Barry, Reichenbacher, Juergen, Rucinski, Russell, Stewart, Jim, and Tope, Terry. Performance and results of the LBNE 35 ton membrane cryostat prototype.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Montanari, David, Adamowski, Mark, Hahn, Alan, Norris, Barry, Reichenbacher, Juergen, Rucinski, Russell, Stewart, Jim, & Tope, Terry. Performance and results of the LBNE 35 ton membrane cryostat prototype.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.06.092

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                    Montanari, David, Adamowski, Mark, Hahn, Alan, Norris, Barry, Reichenbacher, Juergen, Rucinski, Russell, Stewart, Jim, and Tope, Terry. Wed .  
"Performance and results of the LBNE 35 ton membrane cryostat prototype".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.06.092.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1209113.

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  title        = {Performance and results of the LBNE 35 ton membrane cryostat prototype},

  author       = {Montanari, David and Adamowski, Mark and Hahn, Alan and Norris, Barry and Reichenbacher, Juergen and Rucinski, Russell and Stewart, Jim and Tope, Terry},

  abstractNote = {We report on the performance and commissioning of the first membrane cryostat to be used for scientific application. The Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) has designed and fabricated a membrane cryostat prototype in collaboration with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (IHI). LBNE has designed and fabricated the supporting cryogenic system infrastructure and successfully commissioned and operated the first membrane cryostat. Original goals of the prototype are: to demonstrate the membrane cryostat technology in terms of thermal performance, feasibility for liquid argon and leak tightness; to demonstrate that we can remove all the impurities from the vessel and achieve the purity requirements in a membrane cryostat without evacuation; to demonstrate that we can achieve and maintain the purity requirements of the liquid argon using mol sieve and copper filters. The purity requirements of a large liquid argon detector such as LBNE are contaminants below 200 parts per trillion (ppt) oxygen equivalent. LBNE is planning the design and construction of a large liquid argon detector. This presentation will present requirements, design and construction of the LBNE 35 ton membrane cryostat prototype, and detail the commissioning and performance. The experience and results of this prototype are extremely important for the development of the LBNE detector.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.phpro.2015.06.092},

  journal      = {Physics Procedia},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 67,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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