LHC HARDWARE COMMISSIONING SAFETY TRAINING DAY S. Claudet (AT-ACR-OP) With great help from G. Lindell (Safety commission) CRYOGENICS

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Content Introduction LHC Cryogenics - What are the risks ? LHC strategy for oxygen deficiency hazards (ODH) Specification, procedures, Level 4 safety course Cold surfaces and adapted behavior Access restrictions during between 300 K - 80 K Interventions on helium circuits (cryo work permit) Summary

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics LHC cryogenics architecture 1.9 K - Helium - Modularity - Single cryo line along the machine

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Warm Recovery Line Helium Ring Line - Pressure vessels (code D2) with appropriate materials and safety devices - No Nitrogen in underground areas - QRL header D as large acceptance discharge line to avoid local discharges - No circulator underground

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Major hazards associated with cryogenics (IS47) Asphyxia:Oxygen is replaced by another gas (floor or ceiling depending on density) Burns:Contact with cold surfaces could burn, (cold burns) as if it was hot surfaces Explosion:After heating to ambient temperature, 1l of liquid will be at 700 atm or more Materials:Material properties change radically with temperature: shrinkage, fragility Risk during operation Adapted design Risk during Interventions + Interventions on part of the helium circuit: Could be under pressure, cold or about to be pressurised

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Content Introduction LHC Cryogenics - What are the risks ? LHC strategy for oxygen deficiency hazards (ODH) Specification, procedures, Level 4 safety course Cold surfaces and adapted behavior Access restrictions during between 300 K - 80 K Interventions on helium circuits (cryo work permit) Summary

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Oxygen Deficiency Hazards (ODH): risks LHC Project Report 523: Oxygen deficiency hazard (ODH) monitoring system in the LHC tunnel Tunnel ventilation, curvature, alcoves Worst case scenario analysis Experimental studies, validation Recommendations: detection + training

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Oxygen Deficiency Hazards (ODH): Engineering specification LHC-SG-ES-0001 rev 4.0 EDMS

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Oxygen Deficiency Hazards (ODH): Complement for specific cases

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Oxygen Deficiency Hazards (ODH): Cryogenic safety level 4 course Required for LHC HWC activities underground Web based course available (incl. movie): SC’s home page / safety training / level 1, 2, 3 &4 and FAQ for help ODH = Oxygen Deficiency Hazard (Lack of oxygen) 21 % O 2 18 % O 2 0 % O 2

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Oxygen Deficiency Hazards (ODH): Cryogenic safety level 4 course

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Content Introduction LHC Cryogenics - What are the risks ? LHC strategy for oxygen deficiency hazards (ODH) Specification, procedures, Level 4 safety course Cold surfaces and adapted behavior Access restrictions during between 300 K - 80 K Interventions on helium circuits (cryo work permit) Summary

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Cold burns Surfaces could become cold How to detect it could be dangerous: This also applies to “cold vapour clouds” and your lungs !!! Condensation of air Simply avoid contact with cold « white » surfaces wet Skin do not detach ! Cold burns WHITE COLOUR Condensation of water Ice T 0 C

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics 1st Cool-down to 80K or Warm-up: Engineering specification LHC-S-ES-0003 rev 2.0 EDMS Limit at 80 K due to characteristics of thermal contraction of materials

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics 1st Cool-down to 80K or Warm-up If required and validated by HWC coordinator as a must, blue token for doors could be granted from local cryo control rooms Otherwise,access defined by HWC Engineering Specifications such as LHC-S-EC rev 1.2 (EDMS ) for S4-5

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Content Introduction LHC Cryogenics - What are the risks ? LHC strategy for oxygen deficiency hazards (ODH) Specification, procedures, Level 4 safety course Cold surfaces and adapted behavior Access restrictions during between 300 K - 80 K Interventions on helium circuits (cryo work permit) Summary

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Cryogenic work-permit: When/ What for ? After the pressure test, interventions (opening, cut, welding) on helium circuits have to be secured by the cryogenic operation team. For this, a cryogenic work permit with corresponding consignation has to be issued For purge, evacuation and pressurization of circuits which are not consigned, work permit is not required. (they are self protected) The cryogenic work permit covers only risks related to pressure, cold burn and oxygen deficiency after the pressure test, when the initial circuit configuration is complete and the tunnel circuits are connected to the interconnection box. For other risks (electrical, fire, …), relevant authorizations or consignations are required (a cryogenic work permit is necessary but not sufficient to safely weld on helium circuits of a DFB which has also electrical and fire hazard) + Interventions on part of the helium circuit: Could be under pressure, cold or about to be pressurised

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Cryogenic work-permit: stakeholders The requester: Project Engineer (PE) or Installation Supervisor (IS) (according to the A9 safety code) is responsible for: –documentation and information supply (P&ID, drawings…) –Communication of the intervention completion. The Intervention Team Leader (ITL) in charge of: –the work execution (CERN or sub-contractor). The Operation Engineer (OE) (one per cryogenic island). Responsible for: –Definition and validation of the consignation procedure. –Execution of the consignation of the circuits –Communication of the consignation and deconsignation completion.

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Cryogenic work-permit: how/where ? EDMS To be updated and finalised Point 2 (2007) Udo wagner + Jean-Paul Lamboy + SdC 79240/79241 Point 4 Udo wagner + Jean-Paul Lamboy + SdC 79440/79441 Point 6 Gérard Ferlin + Steffen Junker + SdC 79640/79641 Point 8 François Millet + Lionel Herblin + SdC 79840/79841

SC - 18 Oct'07LHC HWC safety training: Cryogenics Summary For LHC underground areas, be sure you have followed « cryogenic safety” level 4 course and that you know what to do in case ! Never touch a cold « white » surface Access is not systematic between 300 K and 80 K Get a valid « Cryo work permit » prior to any intervention on a helium circuit Once you have applied the required procedures Safety is often a matter of initiative and common-sense