1. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN The East Sicily Node Facilities Giorgio Riccobene INFN-LNS, Catania riccobene@lns.infn.it WG discussion on Mediterranean Sites All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN

2. East-Sicily: KM3NeT and ESONET/EMSO Three sites of common interest for the KM3NeT and ESONET / EMSO Consortia

3. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Catania and Capo Passero Infrastructures realised by INFN within the NEMO Project aiming at the construction of a deep sea underwater neutrino telescope. Fundings also by EU, Regione Sicilia, MIUR Catania Test Site: 25 km East offshore the port of Catania, 2000 m depth Capo Passero Site: 85 km South East offshore Capo Passero, 3500 m depth Infrastructures realised by INFN within the NEMO Project aiming at the construction of a deep sea underwater neutrino telescope. Fundings also by EU, Regione Sicilia, MIUR Catania Test Site: 25 km East offshore the port of Catania, 2000 m depth Capo Passero Site: 85 km South East offshore Capo Passero, 3500 m depth

4. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Catania Test Site infrastructure LNS Test Site Laboratory at the port of Catania LNS-INFN Catania Internet Radio Link NEMO JB Test Site South 5 km Installation at 2000 m depth 20 km INGV Test Site North 5 km

5. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Catania TS shore facilities The Catania Test Site shore laboratory has: Large structures construction hall Data acquisition hall Power suppliers (under UPS) Electronics workshops Conference room 20’’ pressure test chamber (400 bar) 32 Mbps radio link to LNS-INFN. The port of Catania is the logistic base of Elettra- Tlc, member of MECMA and owner of the Teliri and Certamen C/L vessels. LNS is one of the four laboratories of INFN. LNS is connected (now at 1 Gbps) to the Italian Internet Infrastructure for Scientific Research (GARR) LNS hosts the main Storage Units and Servers (e.g. For LIDO-DM) and it is a node of the European GRID The Catania Test Site shore laboratory has: Large structures construction hall Data acquisition hall Power suppliers (under UPS) Electronics workshops Conference room 20’’ pressure test chamber (400 bar) 32 Mbps radio link to LNS-INFN. The port of Catania is the logistic base of Elettra- Tlc, member of MECMA and owner of the Teliri and Certamen C/L vessels. LNS is one of the four laboratories of INFN. LNS is connected (now at 1 Gbps) to the Italian Internet Infrastructure for Scientific Research (GARR) LNS hosts the main Storage Units and Servers (e.g. For LIDO-DM) and it is a node of the European GRID

6. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: TS cable and terminations

7. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Catania TS North SN-1 (2005-2008) Sensors 3-component seismometer; Hydrophone (geophysics); Gravity meter; Scalar magnetometer; 3-axes current meter; CTD SN-1 (2005-2008) Sensors 3-component seismometer; Hydrophone (geophysics); Gravity meter; Scalar magnetometer; 3-axes current meter; CTD 2005TSN Frame and SN-1 Installation 2008SN-1 recovery for refurbishment 2010LIDO East Sicily Installation (TSN) SN-1 connection SN1- recovery Frame deployment

8. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Catania TS South 2005TSS Frame and O DE installation 2006Junction Box and NEMO Phase 1 deployment 2007Junction Box recovery for maintenance 2008JB re-deployment. O DE recovery for refurbishment 2010LIDO East Sicily Installation (TSS) 2005TSS Frame and O DE installation 2006Junction Box and NEMO Phase 1 deployment 2007Junction Box recovery for maintenance 2008JB re-deployment. O DE recovery for refurbishment 2010LIDO East Sicily Installation (TSS) ExperimentsSensors O DE 4 hydrophones (bioacoustics, environmental monitoring) NEMO Phase 116 optical modules, CTD, ADCP (neutrino telescope demonstrator) ExperimentsSensors O DE 4 hydrophones (bioacoustics, environmental monitoring) NEMO Phase 116 optical modules, CTD, ADCP (neutrino telescope demonstrator) Frame with O DE Junction Box NEMO Phase-1 tower

9. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Catania TS South

10. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: the JB at Catania TS South 700 VAC (3-phase) 10 kVA power supply is installed on-shore Two output e.o. ROV mateable connectors available Power load per outup connector: 1.5 kVA - 380 VAC (3-phase) Optical fibre link: DWDM (optional CWDM) Two output e.o. ROV mateable connectors available Power load per outup connector: 1.5 kVA - 380 VAC (3-phase) Optical fibre link: DWDM (optional CWDM)

11. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: LIDO at the Catania Test Site LNS Test Site Laboratory at the port of Catania: shore data acquisition system; local storage unit LNS-INFN Catania: main storage unit; servers; 1 Gbps connection to internet Radio Link (32 Mbps) NEMO JB Test Site South Test Site North 5 km Installation at 2000 m depth 20 km LIDO TS North New ! CREEP of UCL LIDO TS South

12. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: CREEP undersea deformation lab Study of accelerations preceeding crustal failure 10 -6 10 -9 10 -22 10 -25 CREEP

13. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN Shore Laboratory in Capo Passero Harbour East-Sicily: Capo Passero infrastructure Capo Passero is an infrastructure suitable for km 3 -scale neutrino telescope installation (KM3NeT) Shore laboratory Power supplier 10 kV - 50 kW Construction Hall Data Acquisition Room Optical fiber to LNS (requested) Submarine cable 100 km - 20 fibres, DC-sea return Submarine Infrastrcture DC/DC Converter 10 kV-375 V Neptune’s-like design ROV connectors to end users The site selected for the km 3 detector lies on a flat and wide plateau CP Site

14. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Capo Passero infrastructure The cable: 20 fibres, 1 conductor 100 kW (tested upto 80 kW), sea return Deployed on July 2007 by the Elettra Tlc – Certamen C/L. The cable fibres were continuoisly monitored from shore during the installation. Monitoring continues. The cable is suitable for the km 3 telescope The cable: 20 fibres, 1 conductor 100 kW (tested upto 80 kW), sea return Deployed on July 2007 by the Elettra Tlc – Certamen C/L. The cable fibres were continuoisly monitored from shore during the installation. Monitoring continues. The cable is suitable for the km 3 telescope Capo Passero village Capo Passero Site Cable route INFN has also applied to GARR, within the new GARR-X network, for an optical fibre connection (land) from the Capo Passero shore lab to the LNS.

15. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN Alcatel shore power supply (50 kW, 10 kV max) and line power converter installed in the Capo Passero shore Lab East-Sicily: the CP power supply system Antares Mini Line (2009) KM3NeT Tower Prototype (2010) future km 3 Towers 100 km cable Medium Voltage Converter Cable Termination Assembly 1.5 m Deployment foreseen in the end of 2009 Underwater Frame

16. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: the CP power supply system The Medium Voltage Converter: fully tested and ready for deployment 10 kV-DC from shore (10 kW at full work load) to 375 VDC  6 MVC required for the km 3 Max output current 25 A, Operational with no load, Output Voltage ripple 1.5 V Voltage Overshoot and Undershoot on boot/stop: 8% Safety switch off at 100 A output for t > 30 µs The Medium Voltage Converter: fully tested and ready for deployment 10 kV-DC from shore (10 kW at full work load) to 375 VDC  6 MVC required for the km 3 Max output current 25 A, Operational with no load, Output Voltage ripple 1.5 V Voltage Overshoot and Undershoot on boot/stop: 8% Safety switch off at 100 A output for t > 30 µs 48 sub converters: 200Vin - 50Vout divided in to 6 stacks each with a control unit. The 48 sub converters have: Inputs in series Outputs in series/parallel matrix Large number of Sub Converters can fail without loss of output current, (50%). Cooling system in Fluorinert. Topology by JPL NASA, designed for NEPTUNE 48 sub converters: 200Vin - 50Vout divided in to 6 stacks each with a control unit. The 48 sub converters have: Inputs in series Outputs in series/parallel matrix Large number of Sub Converters can fail without loss of output current, (50%). Cooling system in Fluorinert. Topology by JPL NASA, designed for NEPTUNE

17. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: the PEGASO ROV - DSS Cougar Seaeye ROV upgraded to 4000 m The ROV moves horizontally (200 m tether cable) The DSS holds ROV garage or heavy structures Cougar Seaeye ROV upgraded to 4000 m The ROV moves horizontally (200 m tether cable) The DSS holds ROV garage or heavy structures INGV 4000 m 30 Tons 200m 3500 m dive test at the end of 2009

18. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Summary The Catania Test Site at 2000 m depth is a ready-to-use infrastructure: electro-optical wet-mateable connections, through junction box (380 VAC – 3 kW) or directly from shore fully equipped shore lab connection to LNS-INFN The Capo Passero Site infrastructure at 3500 m depth is going to be completed this year: to be used within KM3NeT... ESONET / EMSO The PEGASO ROV – DSS will carry out deployment / connect ion / recovery operations of underwater structures, in deep sea sites, densely instrumented

19. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: Summary

20. All Regions Workshop #2, 5-7 Oct.. 2009, Paris, France G. Riccobene – LNS / INFN East-Sicily: MVC tests @ Alcatel