Adaptive vibration control system of mechanical cryocooler

Vibration disturbances generated by mechanical cryocooler, representing in a series of harmonics, are critical issue in practical application. A control system including electronic circuit and mechanical actuator has been developed to attenuate the vibration. The control algorithm executes as a series of adaptive narrowband notch filters to reduce corresponding harmonics. The algorithm does not require actuator transfer function, thus ensure it more adaptive. Using this algorithm, all the vibration harmonics of Cryocooler were attenuated by a factor of more than 36 dB, i.e., the residual vibration force was reduced from 3.44Nrms to 0.05Nrms over the 300 Hz control bandwidth, the converging time is only less than 20 seconds, and the power consumption of mechanical actuator is less than half a watt. The control system has achieved the general vibration requirement of Infrared application.