Cold Start (procedures)

Cold Starting is a term used to refer to the act of using the Fuel cell or Battery to heat up the Reactor so that it may be able to start reactions to produce energy. The steps to cold starting in the software are below.

Conditions

Cold start should be initiated under the following conditions:

• During Preflight

Procedure

Open the Engineering Software
Select Cold Start	c + Enter

Habitat

1. Turn on fuel cell injector
2. Open up secondary bus
3. Connect fuel cell to bus
4. Connect containment to bus
5. Charge containment to 2000As
6. Disconnect containment from bus
7. Connect reactor heater (TEMP)
8. Let the reactor heat up till the fuel cell temperature is 110 centigrade
9. Connect battery to bus (The battery will aid the fuel cell and let the fuel cell cool)
10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 till reactor temperature is 80 centigrade (Glowing)
11. Turn on reactor injectors
12. Disconnect fuel cell and battery
13. Turn off fuel cell injector

AYSE

1. Connect battery to bus
2. Connect reactor heater (TEMP) to bus
3. Heat reactor to 80 centigrade (Glowing)
4. Turn on reactor injectors
5. Turn off battery

Physics

Nuclear fusion is a high temperature process, and the reactor must be warmed before nuclear reactions can commence. As the reactions begin, it is essential that the reactors are shielded to prevent the astronauts from being irradiated. During the heating process, the reactor is unable to supply any power, so we must use the fuel cell to power both the reactor's shields and the heater.