New supply for liquid cooling loop

The liquid cooling loops that cool the MVD endplate electronics are not pressurized, and have a vent line to remove bubbles from the circuit. Because the MVD is several meters above where the circulation pump etc are located, you still need a pressurized water supply to prime, fill and top off the circuit. In the past this was done by injecting water using a portable pressure vessel (read: bicycle pump and soda bottle).

This is the new system that replaces that. It is located in a pocket of the South-East Central Magnet support : The orange hose feeds water to the white 1-micron water filter. On the back a 1/4 turn shut-off valve is visible. From the front of the filter, two lines go up that feed the East and West cooling loops. Each line has a separate valve. The overflow lines on the right come down into the cream-colored vessel that catches overflows during filling operations.

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we have to label which is east and which is west



Last update 24 Nov 2004 HvH
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