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Detector Cooling System — Thermal Studies
Overview
The timing detector's electronics rely on a high-pressure, two-phase evaporative CO2 cooling system to stay within safe operating temperatures. A dedicated test stand has been designed for defining optimal coolant parameters and testing the system under the full range of detector operational scenarios.
My Role
- Responsible for thermal studies of the detector's evaporative CO2-based cooling system.
- Designed, assembled, and commissioned test setups to study the thermal performance of the high-pressure two-phase cooling system and detector electronics.
- Coordinated and executed thermal tests under all detector operational scenarios, running optimization studies to increase the heat-transfer performance of the cooling system.
- Supervised students and technicians during the assembly and component installation phase.
- Designed and commissioned a SCADA system for a complete overview of the system, ensuring safety integrity and real-time monitoring and control of vital parameters.
Project Gallery
Experimental test setup with installed instrumentation.
Main SCADA panel for real-time monitoring of vital parameters during test.
Example of one of the trending panels for real-time monitoring and analysis of CO2 parameters.
Summary of test results presented to the collaboration for making final decisions.
Overview of the test stand's control and safety system.