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Tringali, Lagabbe, Melo, Soldani, Spinicelli - 17:19 Tuesday 19 May 2026 (69112) Print this report
Selective switch-on test of Laser system chillers

A selective switch-on test of the Laser system chillers was performed to identify their individual noise contribution to the laser benches.

The test involved the NEOVAN head chiller (Termotec), the main chiller (OMI), and the NEOVAN electronics chiller.

During the test, the AHU used for venting the NI tower remained ON, while the CEB hall and Laser lab AHUs were temporarily switched off and the supply/return air distribution valves together with the outdoor air valves were closed.

The detailed test sequence is reported in the attached file.

The test was completed with all chillers left OFF.

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fiori, tringali - 18:27 Thursday 21 May 2026 (69122) Print this report

Some results:

  • Figure 1 shows and overview of microphones and accelerometers on the LB and EIB benches during the test period. A significant reduction of vibration noise on the LB occurs in correspondence of the switch off of the NEOVAN head chiller at 13:09. There is also a correspondent reduction of acoustic noise on LB. No effect is seen on the nearby EIB.
  • Figure 2 is the same but up to 10kHz, showing that both the NEOVAN chiller and the HVAC also contribute noise up to some kHz. At 14:50 about the Neovan chiller has been turned back on (as confirmed by the INJ team).
  • Figure 3 zooms on the region around 50Hz which shows a noise associated to the Neovan electronics chiller (on-off sequence 13:39-13:52)
  • Figure 4 zooms on a drifting vibro-acoustic noise line starting at approx  500Hz, which never disappeared during the test. Its frequency drift visually correlates, with some delay, with the temperature inside the Lab and the EIB (Figure 5).
  • Figure 6 is the same set of spectrograms in the low frequency (below 5Hz): acoustic spectra are "polluted" by some burst noise which might also be associated to people who was working on the platform at that time (nobody was entering the Lab instead) 
  • Follows a set of spectra comparing the noise associated to single devices which were swithed off:
    • HVAC noise - Figure 7 (the off time corrsponds to also the CEB HVAC off): we remind that during this test the Towers HVAC in CEB was on and its noise was sensed inside the laser lab.
    • Neovan head chiller (Termotec) - Figure 8: the noise contribution is evident between 100 Hz and  1kHz. It could be the noise noticed in https://logbook.virgo-gw.eu/virgo/?r=68639.
    • Neovan electronics chiller - Figure 9: it contributes with a line at about 47 Hz (also in Figure 3). This noise is sensed louder by NN geophones on the EEroom floor (look at the red colored spectra which are in units of acceleration - m/s2). 
    • Main chiller (OMI) - Figure 10 - no noise evidence from this chiller.
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