DNB Startup


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Pre-Startup:


The beam is usually left powered on, but with the high voltage contactor open and the capacitor banks dumped and shorted. This means that the following are typically already on:
The PC located in the upper level blue controls rack should be powered up and the Java interface program should be open. If the main beam power is shut off for any reason, the DNB camac crate will lose power.  In this case, the PC Java interface should be re-started by double clicking on the "traffic light" icon labelled "DNB4PSFC" on the PC desktop.


Startup:

  1. On the Java screen, turn on the 50 V power by pushing the "50V PS On" button. You should see the voltage increase to near 50 volts in the upper right "U(50V PS)" voltage readout.   
  2. Go down to the lower level. On Rack two lowest level, push the large black button "ON" to close the high voltage contactor and open the capacitor bank dump switches. 
  3. On the Java screen, start the charging power supplies by pushing the "Cha PS On" button. The voltage readouts, "U(C1)" and "U(C2)" should start to increase. If the voltage stays near zero, make sure that in the lower right of the screen (the "llocks:" section) the door interlocks are all closed (indicator is green). If this is red, there is a door switch that is not closed on one of the cabinets. Also make sure that all latched faults are reset (push the "reset" button).   The 50V supply must be on (see step 1) or the interlocks will not clear. 
  4. Check the gas pressures at the gas distribution panel at the rear of the beam. The Anode pressure should be set to 1.35 Bar abs. The cathode pressure should be set to 0.3 Bar abs.


Shutdown:

  1. Push the "Cha PS On" button to stop charging the capacitor banks. 
  2. Push the "50V PS On" button to turn off the 50 volt power supply.
  3. Go down to the lower level. On Rack two, lowest level, push the large red button "OFF" to dump and short the capacitor banks.