发明名称 |
Method and apparatus for acoustic downhole telemetry and power delivery system using transverse or torsional waves |
摘要 |
Methods and apparatus for transmitting power and data along a metal pipe using wideband acoustic waves. Arrangements use shear-horizontal waves, transmitting narrowband signals for power applications and wideband signals for communications having a bandwidth greater than the coherence bandwidth of the acoustic-electric channel. Chirp wave signals, direct sequence spread signals, and on-off keying are used. Acoustic-electric channels include wedges fixed to a pipe or other substrate, transducers fixed to the wedges, and electronics linked to each transducer for sending and receiving power and signals. Matching networks, rectification circuits, and non-coherent signal reception methods may be used. |
申请公布号 |
US9556727(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.01.31 |
申请号 |
US201515030690 |
申请日期 |
2015.03.24 |
申请人 |
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE |
发明人 |
Saulnier Gary J.;Wilt Kyle R.;Litman R. Benjamin;Scarton Henry A.;Chakraborty Soumya |
分类号 |
E21B47/16;H04L25/02;H04L25/49;H04B1/69;H04B11/00;H04L27/10;H04L27/148 |
主分类号 |
E21B47/16 |
代理机构 |
Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria P.C. |
代理人 |
Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria P.C. |
主权项 |
1. A method of transmitting binary data axially along a length of metal pipe, the method comprising:
providing an acoustic-electric channel, the acoustic-electric channel comprising:
a metal pipe, the pipe being a substrate;a first assembly coupled to the pipe, and a second assembly coupled to the pipe and axially spaced apart from the first assembly;wherein the first assembly comprises: a first transition piece coupled to the pipe, a first transducer coupled to the first transition piece, and first electronics communicatively linked to the first transducer;wherein the second assembly comprises: a second transition piece coupled to the pipe, a second transducer coupled to the second transition piece, and second electronics communicatively linked to the second transducer;wherein the acoustic-electric channel has a coherence bandwidth (CB); the method further comprising: the first transducer generating wideband shear-horizontal waves, the shear-horizontal waves being modulated to form a series of Chirp signals comprising binary data, wherein each Chirp signal has a varied frequency over the course of the Chirp signal, each Chirp signal has an initial frequency fi, and each Chirp signal has a value fΔmax which is a maximum frequency deviation from the starting frequency fi; wherein fΔmax is greater than the coherence bandwidth (CB) of the acoustic-electric channel; said shear horizontal waves generated by the first transducer propagating through the first transition piece, into the pipe, thence into the second transition piece and the second transducer; the second transducer turning received shear horizontal wave energy into received electrical energy; and demodulating the received electrical energy as binary data, wherein the presence and absence of Chirp signals over time are interpreted as binary data by the second electronics. |
地址 |
Troy NY US |