摘要:
One embodiment includes a method comprising receiving an acoustic signal that is propagated along a drill string. The method also includes correlating the acoustic signal to a first stored acoustic signal representing a first symbol, wherein the first stored acoustic signal is acquired from a propagation along the drill string in an approximately noise free environment.
摘要:
One embodiment includes a method comprising receiving an acoustic signal that is propagated along a drill string. The method also includes correlating the acoustic signal to a first stored acoustic signal representing a first symbol, wherein the first stored acoustic signal is acquired from a propagation along the drill string in an approximately noise free environment.
摘要:
An apparatus for wireless communications in a drilling operations environment can include an instrument hub that is inline with drill pipe of a drill string. The instrument hub includes a sensor to receive downhole communications from downhole. The instrument hub also includes a transmitter to wireless transmit data representative of the downhole communications to a data processor unit.
摘要:
One embodiment includes an apparatus that includes a piezoelectric transducer to generate an acoustic signal that is to modulate along a mandrel, wherein the piezoelectric transducer includes at least one piezoelectric element and at least one electrode that is without non-permanent joints.
摘要:
One embodiment includes an apparatus that includes a piezoelectric transducer to generate an acoustic signal that is to modulate along a mandrel, wherein the piezoelectric transducer includes at least one piezoelectric element and at least one electrode that is without non-permanent joints.
摘要:
In a subterranean well completion a bi-directional signal transmission system includes an in-line acoustic transceiver mounted in a tubing string extending through the wellbore, the transceiver being disposed beneath a hanger structure engaging the tubing string. Via the tubing string the transceiver receives acoustic signals from well parameter sensing apparatus further downhole and converts the received acoustic signals to non-acoustic signals. The resulting non-acoustic signals are then transmitted upwardly through the hanger structure, to a signal receiving location, via cabling. In this manner, the hanger structure does not adversely affect the strength of either upwardly or downwardly transmitted signals traversing it. Alternatively, the acoustic well parameter signals received by the transceiver are converted to electromagnetic signals which pass through the earth, are picked up by a receiver external to the well completion, and then relayed to the receiving location.
摘要:
A drill pipe forms an acoustic transmission channel for data to be transmitted from a downhole transceiver to a surface transceiver. By positioning a first low frequency acoustic attenuator between a drill bit and the downhole transceiver, acoustic noise generated by the drill bit is attenuated. Similarly, by positioning the surface transceiver between the top of the drill pipe and a second low frequency acoustic attenuator, acoustic noise generated by surface equipment is attenuated. In this manner, the first and second low frequency acoustic attenuators serve as terminators for the acoustic transmission channel. Finally, by combining a third low frequency acoustic attenuator positioned between first and second sections of the drill pipe with first and second acoustic transceivers acoustically isolated from one another by the third low frequency acoustic attenuator and non-acoustically coupled to one another for bi-directional exchanges of signals, an acoustic repeater is provided for the transmission channel.
摘要:
Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving a discrete multi-tone (DMT) modulated signal in a fluid. Some illustrative embodiments may be a method comprising transforming an input data series into an information-carrying signal (the information-carrying signal carrying input data from the input data series as modulations of at least one of a plurality of evenly spaced frequency bins), and applying the information-carrying signal to a transducer that converts the information-carrying signal into pressure variations within a fluid.
摘要:
The present disclosure provides several methods for selecting and transmitting information from downhole using more than one channel of communication wherein data streams transmitted up each communications channel are each independently interpretable without reference to data provided up the other of the communications channels. Preferred embodiments incorporate the use of a combination of at least two of mud-based telemetry, tubular-based telemetry, and electromagnetic telemetry to achieve improved results and take advantage of opportunities presented by the differences between the different channels of communication.