January 14, 2004
Another day with lots of snow. Already 3 inches on the ground and more expected. To about 6 inches till night. Spent the complete morning in a chem lab. Was helping out in static pressure testing of our reactor. Unfortunately after 3 hours we found a small leak and sicne we cant do anything, we left it. Kuch to karenge hi. One para of what we are trying to is here.LTT Research Group
Its interesting, to find a leak, you hook everything up, put pressure inside the reactor and then put a leak finder liquid on all the joints. Where there is a leak, small bubbles start forming, just like finding a puncture. Good point is that the leak leaks only at high pressures, not on low ones, so we should be ok. Bad news is that we will be operating at high pressures. Good news is that we can tighten it more so that its ok at high pressures. Bad news is that it is leaking from a port that is disconnected. So there is crosstalk in the two stream channels inside. Really not good.
Made veggie noodles yesterday and oh yes, tomato soup. Surprisingly, I have managed to survive here without eating non-veg for more than 2 weeks now. religiously pack myself a lunch box and get here and eat it. You can blame the cafeteria for increasing their price for the stupid food that they serve there. Now they even serve sushi. Well, I want food, not fish.
Its interesting, to find a leak, you hook everything up, put pressure inside the reactor and then put a leak finder liquid on all the joints. Where there is a leak, small bubbles start forming, just like finding a puncture. Good point is that the leak leaks only at high pressures, not on low ones, so we should be ok. Bad news is that we will be operating at high pressures. Good news is that we can tighten it more so that its ok at high pressures. Bad news is that it is leaking from a port that is disconnected. So there is crosstalk in the two stream channels inside. Really not good.
Made veggie noodles yesterday and oh yes, tomato soup. Surprisingly, I have managed to survive here without eating non-veg for more than 2 weeks now. religiously pack myself a lunch box and get here and eat it. You can blame the cafeteria for increasing their price for the stupid food that they serve there. Now they even serve sushi. Well, I want food, not fish.
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