[Dsg-rich] Proposed back up for the RICH air compressor

[Marc McMullen]

Thanks Doug.


On 11/1/2017 9:40 AM, Douglas Tilles wrote:
> There is no Utility Back up at this time for the Torus or SOL. It will need to be funded and installed at a later time
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc McMullen" <mcmullen at jlab.org>
> To: "Bob Miller" <rmiller at jlab.org>
> Cc: "dsg-rich" <dsg-rich at jlab.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 9:24:49 AM
> Subject: [Dsg-rich] Proposed back up for the RICH air compressor
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> The RICH detector group is considering using dry air from the RICH
> compressors to mitigate humidity instead of sharing the N2 boil-off with
> the other detectors. After testing this week with the air supply, the
> internal humidity seemed quite reasonable. To consider this, the RICH
> group, DSG, and Hall B would need to consider long power failures from
> unexpected events and have an emergency back up plan.
>
> Do you know if the current back up generator can handle the load of 24KW
> (plus in-rush) in addition to the equipment it currently supports?
>
> Regards,
>

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