<html><body><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #009900"><div>thanks brian.<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Brian Eng" <beng@jlab.org><br><b>To: </b>"Amrit Yegneswaran" <yeg@jlab.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"dsg-hallb magnets" <dsg-hallb_magnets@jlab.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, November 27, 2018 11:25:04 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Dsg-hallb_magnets] Solenoid trip - comments/questions<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">Amrit,<br><br>Here's the logbook entry on the recent work that was done with the hoses on the solenoid power supply.<br><br>https://logbooks.jlab.org/entry/3632113<br><br>Now that the flow is above the recommended values and the pressure drop differential before the trip points is higher hopefully that gets rid of the trips.<br><br>We'll find out next time the makeup flow kicks on and the solenoid is powered ...<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Brian Eng" <beng@jlab.org><br>> To: "Amrit Yegneswaran" <yeg@jlab.org><br>> Cc: "dsg-hallb magnets" <dsg-hallb_magnets@jlab.org><br>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 7:14:47 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [Dsg-hallb_magnets] Solenoid trip - comments/questions<br><br>> Attached is the schematic that Carroll Jones provided.<br>> <br>> There's no indication as to what the PVs are for some of the readouts, but at<br>> least it's something ...<br>> <br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>>> From: "Amrit Yegneswaran" <yeg@jlab.org><br>>> To: "dsg-hallb magnets" <dsg-hallb_magnets@jlab.org><br>>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 6:48:36 PM<br>>> Subject: Re: [Dsg-hallb_magnets] Solenoid trip - comments/questions<br>> <br>>> hello pablo,<br>>> very good questions and conjectures.<br>>> i appreciate the fact that dsg is trying to understand the issue along with msg.<br>>> with regards to your e-mail: my answers and comments are, in-line in blue.<br>>> <br>>> Have we heard anything about the lcw:92_Flow_Makeup signal?<br>>> i guess it is not a state secret, so i can't understand that in the lab which is<br>>> at the frontier of nuclear science , no one know what this signal about.<br>>> i think that this signal as the name suggests, indicates flow makeup , i.e. if<br>>> for some reason the flow is reduced, say for instance due to back pressure,<br>>> flow is increased to maintain the steady state rate.<br>>> <br>>> Does anyone know what are the units for this signal?<br>>> now this is embarrassing, really and truly.<br>>> i am basically dead against plots with no units along the axes and no<br>>> grid-lines, but i guess if one knows the units one could suppress it, to save<br>>> cyber ink!<br>>> bottom line, in a third world country like india, where i hail from, the school<br>>> system would not let a third grader get away with this.<br>>> <br>>> It seems like during normal operation of the Solenoid at 2416 A, the recent<br>>> pressure transducers installed on 11/12/2018, displayed a normal water return<br>>> pressure (B_LCW_Level1_Ret) into 42-50 psi range, and water supply pressure<br>>> (B_LCW_Level1_Sup) into 115 - 117 psi. When the Solenoid tripped<br>>> B_LCW_Level1_Ret increased to ~ 60 psi, and B_LCW_Level1_Sup was mostly stable.<br>>> (See attached myplot)<br>>> very well observed.<br>>> does an increase of 20% in the return pressure, trigger some unknown interlock<br>>> or reduce the flow below threshold, that the trip occurs?<br>>> i thought brian, you , et.al did some adjusting of the flow-meters fs1-fs4 (i<br>>> think).<br>>> i recall, i asked in a previous e-mail whether the flow was calibtrated, to<br>>> which brian responded " no".<br>>> so what if we are flowing a trickle and the back pressure increases and the flow<br>>> stops?<br>>> we should know how much we are flowing, isn't plant services the keeper of the<br>>> books?<br>>> <br>>> Maybe this lcw:92_Flow_Makeup signal is showing the amount of water flow to make<br>>> up and keep the supply water flow stable.<br>>> Since the water return is greater than the max increment (~5 xxx units) of<br>>> lcw:92_Flow_Makeup, this water flow compensation can only handle the enough<br>>> supply water flow for ~ 10 min and then just give up.<br>>> Could be some valve being opened (right at that time), which is part of the same<br>>> Solenoid water return loop?<br>>> excellent, see my earlier responses.<br>>> <br>>> now, dear dsg illuminati (brian, peter, amanda, tyler, pablo, george, marc) who<br>>> are deeply involved in in assisting the magnet operations endeavor, i would<br>>> very much like you to contact plant services, (yes, yet again and again and<br>>> again), try and get a diagram/schematic of the lcw-92 sensor and location (<br>>> george/marc could do this); i was informed that doug tilles knew where such<br>>> drawings were hoarded, so that we can have a reasonable discussion on<br>>> wednesday!<br>>> <br>>> something about this saying "a blind man chasing a black cat, in a dark room"<br>>> seems to reflect our current situation, but then again we can be the masters of<br>>> our fate.<br>>> yeah yeah ignorance is bliss and all that, but i hate it.<br>>> we should get on this issue and figure it out, i know we can.<br>>> memorare: morte prima di disonore<br>>> <br>>> goodnight and god bless<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> From: "Pablo Campero" <campero@jlab.org><br>>> To: "dsg-hallb magnets" <dsg-hallb_magnets@jlab.org><br>>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 5:22:31 PM<br>>> Subject: [Dsg-hallb_magnets] Solenoid trip - comments/questions<br>>> <br>>> Hello,<br>>> <br>>> DSG has been discussing the last solenoid trip occurred on 11/25/2018. We have<br>>> the following comments/questions:<br>>> <br>>> Have we heard anything about the lcw:92_Flow_Makeup signal? Does anyone know<br>>> what are the units for this signal?<br>>> <br>>> It seems like during normal operation of the Solenoid at 2416 A, the recent<br>>> pressure transducers installed on 11/12/2018, displayed a normal water return<br>>> pressure (B_LCW_Level1_Ret) into 42-50 psi range, and water supply pressure<br>>> (B_LCW_Level1_Sup) into 115 - 117 psi. When the Solenoid tripped<br>>> B_LCW_Level1_Ret increased to ~ 60 psi, and B_LCW_Level1_Sup was mostly stable.<br>>> (See attached myplot)<br>>> <br>>> Maybe this lcw:92_Flow_Makeup signal is showing the amount of water flow to make<br>>> up and keep the supply water flow stable.<br>>> Since the water return is greater than the max increment (~5 xxx units) of<br>>> lcw:92_Flow_Makeup, this water flow compensation can only handle the enough<br>>> supply water flow for ~ 10 min and then just give up.<br>>> Could be some valve being opened (right at that time), which is part of the same<br>>> Solenoid water return loop?<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> Best Regards,<br>>> Pablo<br></div></div></body></html>