[04 / LAB]
Calorimetry first.
Heat is the primary observable, measured by two calorimeters on every cell. Neutrons, charged particles and helium are cross-checks, and every threshold is fixed before the run.
Photo: a villa room converted into a laboratory, a steel vacuum chamber on an optical table under a tall window.
[04.1 · FOUR DESIGN RULES]
Four design rules. Every run accountable from day one.
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01
Calorimetry first.
Every cell sits inside a thermal envelope whose heat balance is logged continuously. Neutrons, charged particles and helium are cross-checks; heat is the primary observable.
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02
Radiologically quiet by construction.
Detector positions, moderator blocks and shielding are fixed features of the room, never per-run improvisation.
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03
Hydrogen discipline everywhere.
Deuterium and hydrogen never mix with air outside a flare line. Every hydrogen space is monitored and interlocked.
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04
Isolated signal wiring.
Fiber-optic triggers, a single-point ground and blind acquisition windows during pulsed discharge keep drive power and detector signals on separate paths.
[04.2 · THE VILLA]
Gas, power and radiation each own a room.
Six rooms and an outdoor cylinder store. They were chosen so that gas, high voltage and radiation each have a dedicated space with a dedicated wall to the outside. One hydrogen stub line crosses into the Cell Room, signals leave on coax, triggers arrive on glass fiber.
[01/07 · GROUND FLOOR, NORTH]
Cell Room
Test cells, calorimeter envelopes, neutron and charged-particle detectors
[KEY FEATURES]
- 1 m detector standoff marked on floor
- borated polyethylene shielding wall
- blast shields
- fiber feedthroughs to Control Room
§2 Test cells §3 Calorimetry §4 Radiation and particle diagnostics BOM A BOM B BOM C
[02/07 · GROUND FLOOR, EAST]
Drive Room
Ultrasound generators, RF amplifier, pulsed-discharge capacitor bank, DC supplies
[KEY FEATURES]
- Reinforced bench
- short heavy bus to cells
- locked cabinet for bank charger
- separate air gap
[03/07 · GROUND FLOOR, WEST, EXTERNAL WALL]
Gas Room
D2/H2 manifold, vacuum pump chain, gas analysis
[KEY FEATURES]
- External-wall ventilation louvers low and high
- hydrogen transmitters at ceiling and bench level
- flare line to roof vent
- door opens outward
§5 Gas handling §8.1 Hydrogen detection and interlocks BOM D
[04/07 · GROUND FLOOR, SOUTH]
Wet Lab and Hood
Fume hood, powder handling, CR-39 etching bath, chemical storage
[KEY FEATURES]
- Protector-class ducted fume hood
- glovebox
- etching sink with spent-etch capture
§4.4 CR-39 etching §8.5 Protective equipment and isotope rules BOM G
[05/07 · UPPER FLOOR]
Control Room
Data acquisition racks, operator stations, detector electronics crates
[KEY FEATURES]
- Fiber and copper feedthrough plate down to Cell and Drive Rooms
- UPS-fed
- air conditioned
[06/07 · GROUND FLOOR, GARAGE]
Workshop and Loading
Cell assembly, press fitting, deuteride loading furnace, incoming inspection
[KEY FEATURES]
- Tube furnace
- vacuum bench
- scale
- sealed waste drums
§2.4 Containment and pressure ratings §8.2 Pressure records BOM A BOM G
[07/07 · OUTSIDE THE GAS ROOM WALL]
Outdoor cylinder store
Hydrogen and deuterium cylinder cage
[KEY FEATURES]
- Grounded cage
- signage
- no electrical sources
- 5 m from any ignition source
[ROOM-TO-ROOM RULES]
- No hydrogen-bearing line enters the Control Room or Cell Room. Gas delivery to cells is through a single Swagelok stub line with excess-flow check valve, entering at the Gas Room/Cell Room wall.
- Detector signals travel Cell Room to Control Room on RG-223 coax through a bulkhead plate; all triggers traveling the other way are fiber optic.
- The Cell Room floor carries painted standoff rings at 1.0 m and 2.0 m radius from the primary cell position. Fixed detector mounts anchor at the 1.0 m ring: the moderated helium-3 counter north, the two liquid-scintillator tubes east and west at 1.0 m separation (time-of-flight baseline), the NaI(Tl) gamma detector south behind a shadow bar.
- The Drive Room and Cell Room share a single star ground point on the Cell Room wall: one 6 mm2 copper strap from each room's equipment racks to one grounded bus bar. Nothing else grounds to building steel through a second path.
[04.3 · THE FOUR-CELL TEST MATRIX]
Four cells. One of them is the control.
Two cell families match the two carriers of the device. All share ports, sensors and mounts, so calorimetry and diagnostics never need re-rigging between variants. No cell runs without a certified pressure boundary and a relief path into the flare line. §2.4 containment
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[01]
Stainless suspension
316L · 2 L · DN100 CF
- Sonotrode dips to 10 mm above the bottom; 24 kHz drive
- Two sapphire viewports for sonoluminescence and suspension state
- Working 0 to 8 bar absolute, tested to 12, burst margin beyond 24
3 built · 6,500 each USD est.
Lab build §2.1 → -
[02]
Quartz suspension
Fused quartz · 1 L · 5 mm wall
- Optical access around 300 degrees of circumference
- Rated 0 to 4 bar gauge at room temperature; liquid runs near ambient
- Mounted inside the Parr containment vessel: a quartz failure is a containment event, not a room event
2 built · 3,800 each USD est.
Lab build §2.2 → -
[03]
Dry bed
316L · 1 L · quick-open clamp
- Powder cartridge lifts out closed inside the glovebox
- 50 % deuteride, 10 % piezo by volume
- Driven by the pulsed-discharge bank and a clamp-mounted piezo stack; 10 bar relief
2 built · 4,900 each USD est.
Lab build §2.3 → -
[04]
Hydrogen analog
Same cells · H in place of D
- Identical rig, instruments and drive, with ordinary hydrogen
- Runs on a mirror gas branch that never shares wetted volume with deuterium
- Exercises every channel first and measures each false-positive mode
Commissioning and every 48 h block
Lab build §5 →
Every run is a matrix entry, bracketed by controls.
Within any 48-hour block an experiment run is bracketed by control runs in randomized order, and the analysis threshold is fixed before the block starts.
[Illustrative image]
[04.4 · TWO CALORIMETERS ON EVERY CELL]
Two ways to weigh heat. Both, all the time.
One calorimeter is built for sensitivity, the other for absolute power. Both run continuously, and both are calibrated with a known electrical power, so the lab never relies on a single thermal number.
[THE WEEKLY RULE]
No same-week calibration, no reportable run.
Joule-only calibration runs happen weekly and after any cell rebuild.
Pthermal = U · Vtp + Cth · dTin/dt- Sensitivity
- Highest of the two. The thermopile reads microvolts on a nanovolt-class channel, electrically floating from the cell so excitation current cannot leak into the heat signal.
- Calibration
- A precision resistor dissipates a known power at six setpoints from 0.1 to 20 W; U and Cth are fitted by least squares.
Pflow = ṁ · cp · (Tout − Tin) + Ceff · dTmean/dt- Strength
- Absolute steady-state power. The Coriolis meter weighs the flow directly, independent of water properties; the Pt100 pair is matched to 0.03 K.
- No hidden losses
- A condenser returns vapor to the cell, so no latent heat leaves through the vent; that correction is bounded below 10 mW.
[HOW SMALL A SIGNAL] Power, watts, log scale
The 50 mW floor is a design target after 1000 s of averaging, to be demonstrated in commissioning. The flow span is arithmetic on the documented circuit: 20 to 60 g/min of water at 0.2 to 3 K rise. Excess heat is always reported as Pthermal − Pinput, with input power measured at the cell feedthrough, not read off a supply display.
[§3.3] Every channel the calorimetry logs, every second, per cell
- Thermopile voltage
- Enclosure setpoint and current
- Inlet and outlet temperature
- Coriolis flow
- Cell bulk and wall temperature
- Headspace pressure
- Cell voltage and current (input power)
- Excitation flags: ultrasound on, discharge armed or fired
- Room temperature
- Barometric pressure
Lab build §3.1 isoperibolic §3.2 flow §3.3 logging BOM B calorimetry
[04.5 · DIAGNOSTICS]
A ring of detectors that must agree.
Fixed mounts on painted 1.0 m and 2.0 m rings around the primary cell. Neutron time of flight and CR-39 plastic in the cell are always live as a cross-checked pair; every other channel adds specificity.
[Illustrative image]
[HOW THE DIAGNOSTICS COUNT]
- 4independent readouts: heat, neutron coincidences, CR-39 track density and helium-4. Each has its own five-sigma threshold, fixed before the run.
- 2detector classes must agree before a signal enters a report: neutron time of flight (electronic) and CR-39 in the cell (passive plastic).
- 7instruments in the ring feed those readouts. Tap any of them in the drawing below.
- 2calorimeters on every cell measure the heat: sensitivity from one, absolute power from the other.
[01/07 · CROSS-CHECKED PAIR]
Neutron time of flight
- Instrument
- Two Eljen EJ-309 liquid scintillators (2 in × 2 in, pulse-shape grade) on ET 9821B photomultipliers, read by a CAEN DT5730S digitizer (8 channels, 14 bit, 500 MS/s).
- Where
- East and west of the cell on the 1.0 m ring, 2.0 m apart: the time-of-flight baseline.
- What it sees
- Neutron and gamma events, separated by pulse shape. Coincidences must fit 2.45 MeV neutrons crossing the 2.0 m baseline, about 105 ns.
- Strength
- The electronic half of the cross-checked pair. During discharge the digitizer is trigger-inhibited or runs double-blind.
- Capital
- USD EJ-309 cells 7,000 · photomultipliers 5,600 · digitizer 22,000 est.
[02/07 · CROSS-CHECKED PAIR]
CR-39 track foils
- Instrument
- TASTRAK PADC (CR-39) foils from Track Analysis Systems, in open-and-masked pairs plus spacer stacks inside every cell. Etched in 6 M sodium hydroxide at 70 C and counted under the microscope.
- Where
- Inside each cell, next to the powder.
- What it sees
- Charged-particle tracks, integrated over the whole run; the masked twin admits only selected angles and energies.
- Strength
- Passive plastic, immune to electromagnetic noise, integrating over the whole run. Paired with time of flight: both must agree before a signal enters a report.
- Capital
- USD First batch of foils and etch consumables 1,200 est.
[03/07]
Moderated helium-3 counter
- Instrument
- Ludlum Model 15 neutron counter with a polyethylene-moderated helium-3 detector (42-14H or 44-7 class).
- Where
- Fixed mount on the 1.0 m ring, north of the cell, moderator side toward the cell.
- What it sees
- Total neutron rate. It integrates; it does not resolve energy, and it ignores gammas.
- Strength
- An independent tie-breaker when the spectroscopy pair saturates or is offline.
- Capital
- USD Counter and detector 12,000 (helium-3 supply moves this price) est.
[04/07]
NaI(Tl) gamma spectrometer
- Instrument
- Scionix 2 in × 2 in thallium-doped sodium iodide detector with integrated photomultiplier, on an Ortec digiBASE multichannel analyzer.
- Where
- South of the cell, behind a borated-polyethylene shadow bar.
- What it sees
- Gamma lines over background during and after excitation.
- Strength
- Also screens every loaded powder batch for radionuclides before it enters a cell.
- Capital
- USD Detector 3,200 · digiBASE 9,500 est.
[05/07]
Silicon charged-particle detector
- Instrument
- Mirion (Canberra) PIPS A-300 class silicon detector behind a thin polyimide or beryllium window on a DN40 CF port, with a 2018EB-class preamplifier into the digitizer.
- Where
- Outside the primary boundary, looking in through the thin window.
- What it sees
- The 3.02 MeV proton branch of D-D fusion. A sharp line would point to field-accelerated deuterons; a smooth continuum to heat-driven rates.
- Strength
- Detection efficiency is calibrated for each cell geometry.
- Capital
- USD Detector and preamplifier 4,300 est.
[06/07]
Headspace helium mass spectrometry
- Instrument
- Hiden Analytical HPR-20 QIC quadrupole mass spectrometer sampling the headspace through a getter; Pfeiffer PrismaPlus residual gas analyzer on the manifold.
- Where
- Fed from each cell’s filtered headspace port, through a SAES non-evaporable getter.
- What it sees
- Helium-4, which sits at mass 4 next to D2. The getter strips deuterium but lets helium through untouched.
- Strength
- Calibrated by a known helium dose into an identical cell; the mass-4 signal must persist after extra gettering. False-positive modes are measured in commissioning with hydrogen cells.
- Capital
- USD HPR-20 55,000 · PrismaPlus 26,000 est.
[07/07]
Bubble neutron detectors
- Instrument
- Twelve Bubble Technology Industries BD-PND detectors.
- Where
- At the 1.0 m and 2.0 m rings and at the operator station; read by bubble count after each run.
- What it sees
- A room-averaged neutron dose.
- Strength
- Immune to electromagnetic interference: a check on every electronic counter.
- Capital
- USD 12 units 7,200 est.
Blind windows during discharge.
During pulsed discharge, a randomized subset of post-fire windows is recorded but kept out of unblinding. Events count when they reproduce across blind and open windows with physically consistent timing, so the measurement is independent of the drive electronics by design.
shot open window blind window · illustrative
5σ
Five sigma above the simultaneous control distribution, pre-registered in the run file, applied to each of four readouts independently. A result is a result when it survives the same threshold in the same file that generated it. No threshold moves after the fact.
[04.6 · GAS HANDLING AND SAFETY]
Hydrogen is a flammable gas first, an isotope second.
One deuterium line, one hydrogen line, one vacuum line, one flare line. The two hydrogen branches share only the flare, never a volume. Three catalytic sensors watch the air.
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[STEP TWO · 50 % LEL]
- All cell gas solenoids close (normally closed)
- Flare-line solenoid opens
- Heaters and the discharge-bank charger drop out through the safety relay chain
- Room lights switch to the hazardous-area circuit
- 30-minute purge; re-entry by two people with a portable detector
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[STEP ONE · 25 % LEL]
- Local alarm
- Ventilation to maximum
- Cell gas flows to minimum
- Operator acknowledges
[EMERGENCY STOP · DROP ORDER]
- Cell gas solenoids
- Heater relays
- RF amplifier and ultrasound mains
- Bank charger contactor
Stay powered vacuum pumps and ventilation: they are the safe state for hydrogen. Reset only from the Control Room, with a key.
[NEVER ALONE]
- Cylinder change
- Bank arming
- Hydrogen recovery from a cell
- Any run with a discharge program
[§5, §8] More safety rules, and the training matrix: who is trained for what, and how often
- Oil-sealed pumps are banned in the Gas Room: backstreaming would poison getters and the mass spectra.
- The flare rises above the roof with a flame arrestor; its solenoid opens only when ventilation is proven.
- The Cell Room is registered as a radiation area before first excitation; badges are exchanged quarterly.
| Module | Who | Renewal |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen and gas-cylinder safety, flare and interlock walk-through | Everyone | Annual |
| Pressure vessels, relief devices, cell mounting | Cell operators | Annual |
| Radiation basics, detectors, badge and survey procedures | Everyone | Annual |
| Deuteride powder and heavy-water handling, glovebox operation | Cell operators | Annual |
| Electrical: RF, pulsed power, lockout of the bank | Drive Room operators | Annual plus practical sign-off |
| Emergency response: leak, fire, quartz cell failure, injury | Everyone | Semi-annual drill |
No person performs a procedure alone that appears in the two-person list (cylinder change, bank arming, hydrogen recovery from a cell, any run with discharge program active).
§5 gas handling §8.1 interlocks §8.2 pressure §8.3 radiation §8.4 emergency stop §8.5 PPE and isotopes BOM D gas · G safety
[04.7 · THE 90-DAY COMMISSIONING ORDER]
Prove the instrument before the experiment.
The first 90 days of occupancy test the lab, not the device. Deuterium enters only after hydrogen has been through every channel cleanly.
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01
Gas-room leak-back and purity
Prove the gas system holds and the deuterium is clean, before any cell sees gas.
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02
Calorimeter Joule calibration and noise floor
Calibrate both calorimeters with known electrical power and demonstrate the noise floor.
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03
Two-week detector background campaigns at run geometry
Two weeks with every detector in place and excitation off, to fix the room's baseline.
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04
Pickup census
Fire every excitation into a dummy load while detectors count. Pickup above twice the quiet-room baseline means a wiring investigation.
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05
First hydrogen-analog suspension runs end-to-end
Hydrogen cells through every channel, end to end, exactly like an experiment.
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GATE
First deuterium
Only after a clean hydrogen-analog cycle does the first deuterated dry-bed run enter the calendar.
[05 PLAN] The lab's year, months 1 to 12: orders, fit-out, commissioning, first deuterium, steady state
[THE LAB'S YEAR] Months 1 to 12, from the 12-month plan
- Orders M1 to M3
- Long-lead items ordered M1 (digitizer, mass spectrometers, glovebox, Parr reactor, helium-3 counter, furnace); medium-lead items M2 (pumps, gauges, VCR kit, flow controllers, Coriolis meter, circulator, gas transmitters); short-lead items M3 with the contractor on site (sensors, NI modules, bench instruments, protective equipment)
- Fit-out M1 to M3
- Gas Room first (ventilation, flare line, interlocks), then electrical and Cell Room structures, then Workshop (furnace, glovebox)
- Commissioning M3 to M5
- The 90-day sequence: gas-room leak-back and purity; calorimeter Joule calibration and noise floor; two-week detector background campaigns at run geometry; pickup census; first hydrogen-analog suspension runs end-to-end
- First deuterium M6
- First deuterated dry-bed run enters the calendar only after a clean hydrogen-analog cycle, per the commissioning order
- Steady state M7 to M12
- Weekly Joule calibrations, quarterly badge exchanges, annual inspections; two calorimeters and the full detector panel live for every run
Lab build §9 commissioning order 12-month plan BOM lead times
[04.8 · CAPITAL]
The largest block buys the measurement.
Radiation and particle diagnostics are the largest block of the lab budget; safety and facility fit-out the second. Open any block to see every line item.
[GRAND TOTAL, CAPITAL] est.
USD601,527
Equipment 546,843 plus 10 % contingency 54,684. Every line is a planning estimate against vendor quotes; mass spectrometers, glovebox and reactor vessel carry ±30 %.
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A Test cells and cell hardware 13.2 % 79,560
Item Vendor · model class Qty Subtotal, USD est. Stainless suspension cell, 316L, 2 L, DN100 CF, jacketed, window ports Custom fabricator (vacuum vessel shop) · 316L conflat-flanged cell to VHP drawing 3 19,500 Quartz suspension cell, 1 L, dual optical ports Heraeus Conamic class quartz fabricator · Fused quartz, 5 mm wall, pressure-certified 2 7,600 Dry-bed cell, 316L, 1 L, quick-open clamp, powder basket Custom fabricator (vacuum vessel shop) · Clamp-closure cell with cartridge basket 2 9,800 Bench-top reactor vessel, 1 L, outer containment and calibration reference Parr Instrument · Series 4520 class, rated 1900 psi (131 bar) 1 24,000 Cartridge heater, 500 W, 316L sheath Omega · 316L sheath cartridge, 230 V 8 1,440 Type K thermocouple, PTFE insulated Omega · Type K, 1.5 mm sheath class 20 900 Pt100 Class A probe, 4-wire Omega · Pt100 Class A, stainless stem 16 1,920 Sapphire viewport, DN40 CF, 25 mm aperture, with flange set Vacuum components distributor · DN40 CF sapphire viewport 4 8,800 Thin charged-particle window (polyimide or beryllium) with mount Specialty window supplier · 25 to 50 micrometer window on CF half-flange 2 3,000 Relief valve plus rupture disc, 10 bar, vented to flare Swagelok class · Stainless relief valve and disc holder 4 2,600 -
B Calorimetry 4.8 % 28,800
Item Vendor · model class Qty Subtotal, USD est. Seebeck-envelope thermopile, 400-junction type E, glass-insulated wire Custom build (project workshop) · Envelope thermopile per LAB-BUILD 3.1 1 4,500 Isothermal enclosure, aluminum double can, heater zones, lagging Custom build (project workshop) · Enclosure with PID heater zones 1 3,500 Flow-calorimetry water-jacket cell insert Custom fabricator · Jacketed insert for stainless cell 2 5,000 mini CORI-FLOW M15 Coriolis mass-flow meter Bronkhorst · mini CORI-FLOW M15 1 8,500 F25-ME refrigerated and heating circulator with Pt100 external sensor input Julabo · F25-ME 1 5,500 Matched Pt100 pair, 0.03 K match at 25 C Omega · Matched Class A pair, stirred thimble 4 1,000 Joule calibration kit: precision shunt, standard resistor, four-terminal wiring Precision components distributor · Vishay-class foil resistors 1 800 -
C Radiation and particle diagnostics 25.9 % 155,500
Item Vendor · model class Qty Subtotal, USD est. Neutron counter with moderated helium-3 proportional detector Ludlum Measurements · Model 15 with Model 42-14H / 44-7 class detector 1 12,000 EJ-309 liquid scintillator cell, 2 in x 2 in, PSD grade Eljen Technology · EJ-309 in glass cell 2 7,000 Photomultiplier tube, 78 mm, with HV base and light-tight housing ET Enterprises · 9821B series 2 5,600 Digitizer, 8 ch, 14 bit, 500 MS/s, on-board PSD firmware CAEN · DT5730S 1 22,000 Bubble neutron detector, personal dosimetry type Bubble Technology Industries · BD-PND 12 7,200 NaI(Tl) scintillation detector, 2 in x 2 in, integrated PMT Scionix Holland · 51B51-class assembly 1 3,200 Digital multichannel analyzer PMT base for NaI spectrometry Ortec (AMETEK) · digiBASE 1 9,500 Gamma survey meter with NaI scintillation detector Ludlum Measurements · Model 3 with Model 44-2 1 1,600 Charged-particle silicon detector plus preamplifier Mirion (Canberra) · PIPS A-300 class with 2018EB preamplifier 1 4,300 PADC (CR-39) track-etch foils, pouches, etch consumables, first batch Track Analysis Systems · TASTRAK PADC 1 1,200 Neutron dosimetry service, area and personnel badges, annual Landauer · Neutrak 1 900 Gas-analysis quadrupole mass spectrometer, heated inlet, headspace helium Hiden Analytical · HPR-20 QIC 1 55,000 Compact residual gas analyzer, 1 to 200 u, vacuum manifold Pfeiffer · PrismaPlus QMG 220 class 1 26,000 -
D Gas handling 13.6 % 81,720
Item Vendor · model class Qty Subtotal, USD est. Turbomolecular pumping station, 80 l/s class, with diaphragm backing and control unit Pfeiffer · HiCube 80 Eco (HiPace 80, MVP 015-4, DCU 002) 1 14,500 Oil-free dry scroll pump, 3.6 m3/h Agilent · IDP-3 1 4,800 Dry scroll pump, 6.7 cfm class, loading station Edwards · nXDS10i 1 6,800 Dual-channel vacuum gauge controller Pfeiffer · TPG 362 1 1,800 Full-range Pirani plus cold-cathode gauge Pfeiffer · PKR 361 2 2,600 Ceramic capacitance diaphragm gauge, 100 hPa full scale Pfeiffer · CMR 362 1 2,900 VCR metal gasket face-seal fitting kit: tees, reducers, caps, gaskets Swagelok · 1/4 in VCR, 316L, silver-nickel gaskets 1 6,000 Bellows-sealed diaphragm valve, VCR ends Swagelok · 1/4 in diaphragm valve 6 10,800 Two-stage stainless regulator for D2/H2 cylinders Swagelok class · High-purity two-stage regulator 2 3,000 Non-evaporable getter cartridge pump with activation controller SAES Getters · SORB-AC MK5 cartridge class 1 4,200 Low-flow mass-flow controller, hydrogen-calibrated Alicat · MWB series 4 10,400 Gas mass-flow meter, flare and purge legs Omega · FMA-1600A 2 5,800 Stainless pressure transmitter, 4 to 20 mA Omega · PX309 series 6 1,920 Vent and flare manifold: check valves, arrestor, solenoid, roof line Swagelok class · Stainless flare kit per LAB-BUILD 5 1 2,400 First gas fill: D2 cylinder plus H2 cylinder, specialty grade Specialty gas supplier (Linde class) · Deuterium 99.8 percent, hydrogen 99.999 percent 1 3,800 -
E Power drive 8.8 % 52,934
Item Vendor · model class Qty Subtotal, USD est. Ultrasonic processor, 400 W, 24 kHz, remote-programmable, with sonotrodes Hielscher · UP400St 1 6,300 RF power amplifier, 40 W linear, 10 kHz to 12 MHz, class A E&I (Electronics and Innovation) · 240L 1 9,800 Function/arbitrary waveform generator, dual channel, 120 MHz Siglent · SDG2122X 1 1,034 Vector network analyzer, 1 Hz to 40 MHz, for matching network tuning OMICRON Lab · Bode 100 1 12,500 Fast high-voltage MOSFET switch, 3.1 kV class, discharge bank Behlke · HTS 31-06 class 1 3,200 Film capacitor bank, 10 mF, 1.5 kV, per-can fusing, dump resistor, shorting bar Pulsed-power components distributor · Film capacitor bank kit 1 4,800 Programmable DC supply, 0 to 60 V, 0 to 18 A, 1 kW (heaters, bank charging) AMETEK Sorensen · XHR 60-18 1 6,200 Precision dual-output DC supply, low-noise analog and bias Aim-TTi · PL303 1 1,900 PID temperature controller, 1/32 DIN, with retransmitted output Omega · CN7500 4 1,200 Solid-state relays, contactors, fusing, enclosure hardware Components distributor · Panel kit 1 1,500 EMI kit: feedthrough filters, ferrites, shielded twisted pair, fiber-optic trigger links, copper enclosure stock Components distributor · Isolation hardware kit 1 4,500 -
F Data acquisition 3.6 % 21,429
Item Vendor · model class Qty Subtotal, USD est. CompactDAQ chassis, 8-slot USB National Instruments (NI) · cDAQ-9178 1 4,000 Thermocouple input module, 16 ch National Instruments (NI) · NI-9213 2 4,840 Pt100 RTD input module, 4 ch National Instruments (NI) · NI-9217 3 3,489 Analog input module, 32 ch National Instruments (NI) · NI-9205 1 1,300 Counter input module, 8 ch National Instruments (NI) · NI-9361 1 1,400 Digital I/O module National Instruments (NI) · NI-9401 1 700 Acquisition workstation, redundant storage, logging software runtime Workstation vendor (Dell class) · Tower, 32 GB, mirrored disks 1 3,500 Online double-conversion UPS, rack, 2 kVA Power-quality vendor (APC class) · 2 kVA UPS 2 2,200 -
G Safety and facility fit-out 21.1 % 126,900
Item Vendor · model class Qty Subtotal, USD est. Flammable gas transmitter, catalytic sensor, 0 to 100 percent LEL Draeger · Polytron 5200 CAT 3 9,600 Safety relay for emergency-stop and interlock chain Pilz · PNOZ s4 4 1,600 Emergency-stop pushbuttons, pull cords, stack lights Components distributor · E-stop hardware kit 1 600 Polycarbonate blast shield, 10 mm, framed, on casters Laboratory furniture supplier · Bench blast shield 4 3,600 Ducted fume hood, 1.8 m, with airflow switch and roof fan tie-in Labconco · Protector XL benchtop class 1 14,000 Borated polyethylene neutron shielding blocks, 50 mm Plastics supplier · 5 percent borated PE 1 3,500 PPE: face shields, lab coats, alkali gloves, hearing protection, antistatic gear Safety supplier · PPE set 1 1,800 Outdoor hydrogen cylinder cage, grounding kit, signage Safety supplier · Two-cylinder cage 1 1,500 Inert-gas glovebox with purifier and oxygen/moisture analyzer MBraun · LABstar class 1 45,000 Split tube furnace, 1200 C, for deuteride loading Carbolite Gero · TS 12/65 class 1 9,500 Villa adaptation package: gas-room ventilation, dedicated electrical circuits, gas piping, interlock wiring, sensor installation labor Contractor · Fit-out package per LAB-BUILD 1 1 35,000 Radiation area signage, door contacts, badge logistics, survey records Safety supplier · Radiation area kit 1 1,200 -
+ Contingency, 10 percent 9.1 % 54,684
Shares are arithmetic on the bill-of-materials subtotals. Long-lead items (digitizer, mass spectrometers, glovebox, reactor vessel, helium-3 counter, furnace) are ordered in month 1.
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