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August 5: Tested SunCells on two stations yesterday and three today.
August 5: Tested SunCells on two stations yesterday and three today. Worked on injectors and conditions. Acquired valuable engineering data and extended the duration and light output.
August 1: Tested New Instrumentation on Station 1.
August 1: Tested new instrumentation on Station 1.
July 31: Tested New SunCell Features
July 31: Tested some new SunCell features on Station 1. Worked on vendor coating errors.
July 30: Tested non-disclosable technology
July 30: Tested non-disclosable technology related to the electromagnetic pumps, injectors, and vacuum pumping system. Of the four new innovations tested, three worked and the other provided useful data. Yesterday was spent improving the infrastructure.
July 28: SunCell Reaction Conditions Tests Performed on Stations 1 and 3.
July 28: Reaction conditions tests were performed on Stations 1 and 3 SunCells.Station 1Station 3
July 25: SunCell Pump Modifications on Stations 2 and 3
July 25: Tests were performed on electromagnetic pump modifications of Stations 2 and 3 SunCells. For other stations, vendor electron beam weld errors were worked. The blackbody temperature of the run on 07.24.25 was determined to be 5210K based on the pixel...
July 24: Working on Instrumentation on Station 1.
July 24: Working on instrumentation on Station 1. Inverted black body spectra in pixels by Mightex CCD camera on low input power run. The plasma operated under conditions that are unknown to convectional plasma physis. Worked on changing out SunCells at other...
July 23: Ran Reaction Conditions Tests on Stations 1and 2.
July 23: Ran reaction conditions tests on stations 1and 2.Station 1Station 2
July 22: A five-times start-stop-pause-start cycle
July 22: A five-times start-stop-pause-start cycle was performed and the Suncell was observed to start on demand.
July 21: Video Excerpt of Test Performed on Station 2
July 21: A test was performed on Station 1 and Station 2 in duplicate and gave similar results. This is a video excerpt of the test performed on Station 2.