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kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:39, Wednesday 07 March 2018 - last comment - 21:42, Wednesday 07 March 2018(40888)
Weird pressure trends (CP4 bake-out)
Attached are the pressure trends related to the CP4 from the past two days.  Keep in mind that much experimenting was taking place during this time frame as we sought to understand our bake-out system so PT245's erratic behavior isn't surprising.  Rather, the correlation to PT210 absent a correlation with PT246B is what has me scratching my head.  

I didn't make any changes to the regeneration parameters but did notice when standing outside by the flow meter and exhaust outlet that there was some cyclical surging of flow between 25-40 SCFH which could be heard in the exiting exhaust that I hadn't noticed before.  Also, that more of the radiator sections of the ambient-air vaporizer were frosted than had been earlier.  I am surprised that CP4's exhaust pressure indicates 0.0 PSIG with so much flow.  

Note the increase in LN2 consumption (see attached graph) as the result of regenerating CP4
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chandra.romel@LIGO.ORG - 21:42, Wednesday 07 March 2018 (40893)

Y2 side of beam tube is not affected by the bake because it is bone dry compared to Y1 side (spool that replaced BSC). PT-245 and PT-210 are sensitive to bake temperature which has been nonlinear the past couple of days with new variables - heated GN2 and heat transfer from bake enclosure to GN2 pipes.

Unfortunately we don't have the luxury of measuring the exhaust pressure because the pressure transducers are out of commission.

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