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2019/10/28 (Monday)

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Status: IVC pumping over weekend. Mixture cryocleaned 1 time. Beginning 2nd attempt at Run 71 cooldown.
0900 Turbo pump on IVC = 25 nbar. IVC = 1 μbar with turbo valved out for several minutes.
0910 Check warm LN2 Cold Trap 1: 7.1 mbar. Pump out Trap 1.
0925 Start cryocleaning mixture through LN2 Cold Trap 1, V6 = 12.5%
0930 Increase V6 → 12.6% to restart flow
0935 Increase V6 → 12.7% to restart flow
0935 Increase V6 → 12.8% to speed up flow
0950 Pump IVC with leak detector, turbo valved out. IVC = 7.1 pbarL/s.
0950 Increase V6 → 12.9% to speed up flow
1005 Leak check IVC, squirting all joints. No increase in leak signal.
1025 Stop cleaning through Trap 1 after 60 min. G2 flow pressure was 560-740 mbar. Pump mixture to dump.
Removed 11.2 mbar.
1120 Check warm LN2 Cold Trap 1: 11.2 mbar. Pump out Trap 1.
1140 Start cryocleaning mixture through LN2 Cold Trap 1, V6 = 12.8% ← no, too high, pressure rises too high, start over.
1145 Start cryocleaning mixture through LN2 Cold Trap 1, V6 = 12.9%
1155 Increase V6 → 13.0% to restart flow
1200 Increase V6 → 13.1% to restart flow
1225 Increase V6 → 13.2% to speed up flow
1235 Increase V6 → 13.3% to speed up flow
1245 Stop cleaning through Trap 1 after 60 min. G2 flow pressure was 560-880 mbar. Pump mixture to dump.
Removed 8.8 mbar.
1445 Check warm LN2 Cold Trap 1: 8.8 mbar. Pump out Trap 1.
1505 Start cryocleaning mixture through LN2 Cold Trap 1, V6 = 12.8%
1510 Increase V6 → 13.0% to restart flow
1520 Increase V6 → 13.1% to restart flow
1530 Increase V6 → 13.2% to restart flow
1551 Increase V6 → 13.3% to restart flow
1645 Stop cleaning through Trap 1 after 100 min. G2 flow pressure was 565-630 mbar. Pump mixture to dump.
Removed 7.7 mbar.
1540 Check warm LN2 Cold Trap 1: 7.7 mbar. Pump out Trap 1.

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