D0 Silicon Upgrade: Overview of the D-Zero Silicon Detector Purge Air System
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
The D-Zero Silicon Detector operates at temperatures well below the maximum ambient dew point maintained by the building's HVAC system. It is critical that moist ambient air be displaced from the detector volume with a dry purge source to prevent the formation of condensate and ice. The purge source is instrument grade compressed air supplied from screw compressors and dried in a desiccant type air dryer. This engineering note documents and describes the design of the fail-safe compressed air system.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1481386
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB--D0-EN-539; 1084898
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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