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公开(公告)号：US11828172B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-28
申请号：US15665931
申请日：2017-08-01
Inventor： Yibing Zhang , Limin Song , Mark M. Disko
IPC: E21B47/16 , H04B11/00 , E21B47/005 , E21B47/007 , E21B41/00 , E21B47/18 , E21B47/017
CPC classification number: E21B47/16 , E21B41/0085 , E21B47/005 , E21B47/007 , E21B47/18 , H04B11/00 , E21B47/017 , Y02D30/70
Abstract: Communication networks, relay nodes for communication networks, and methods of transmitting data among a plurality of relay nodes utilizing non-dispersive guided acoustic waves are disclosed herein. The communication networks include an elongate tubular body and a wireless data transmission network including a plurality of relay nodes. The relay nodes include an electro-acoustic transmitter array and an electro-acoustic receiver. The methods include inducing a first acoustic wave within the elongate tubular body with a first relay node, conveying the first acoustic wave along the elongate tubular body to a second relay node, and receiving the first acoustic wave with the second relay node. The methods further include inducing a second acoustic wave within the elongate tubular body with the second relay node, conveying the second acoustic wave along the elongate tubular body to a third relay node, and receiving the second acoustic wave with the third relay node.
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公开(公告)号：US12130399B2
公开(公告)日：2024-10-29
申请号：US18045656
申请日：2022-10-11
Inventor： Brent D. Wheelock , Peter A. Gordon , Limin Song , Kenneth W. Desmond , Yibing Zhang
CPC classification number: G01V1/50 , E21B47/26 , E21B49/00 , G01V1/137 , G01V1/46 , E21B43/26 , G01V2210/646
Abstract: Methods and systems for measuring cluster efficiency for stages of wellbores are provided herein. One method includes selecting a frequency band for generating broadband tube waves within the fluid column of the wellbore and generating the broadband tube waves within the fluid column of the wellbore using a pressure pulse generator that is hydraulically coupled to the wellbore. The method also includes recording data corresponding to the broadband tube waves and reflected broadband tube waves using pressure receivers that are hydraulically coupled to the wellbore. The pressure receivers are arranged into arrays with two or more pressure receivers in each array. The data recorded by the pressure receivers relate to characteristics of reflectors (including perforation cluster/fracture interfaces) within the wellbore. The method further includes processing the recorded data using interferometry and performing full waveform inversion(s) on the processed data to determine frequency-dependent, complex-valued reflection coefficients at each perforation cluster/fracture interface.
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公开(公告)号：US11828667B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-28
申请号：US17370450
申请日：2021-07-08
Inventor： Yibing Zhang , Limin Song , Henry Alan Wolf , Mark M. Disko , Brian C. Seabrook
CPC classification number: G01L9/001 , G01F1/66 , G01F1/667 , G01F1/74 , G01F23/296 , G01N29/02 , G01N29/222 , G01N2291/024 , G01N2291/02836 , G01N2291/2634
Abstract: Methods and systems for measuring pipe parameters using guided acoustic wave modes are provided. The method includes receiving data corresponding to an acoustic signal, wherein the data are obtained by transmitting an excitation pulse at a specified frequency and detecting the resulting acoustic signal using an acoustic transducer attached to the outer surface of the pipe wall. The method includes analyzing the data to identify guided acoustic wave modes including at least two of: a C-SH acoustic wave mode that travels within the pipe wall; a C-LT acoustic wave mode that travels within the near-surface region of the pipe wall; and/or a CA acoustic wave mode that travels within the pipe cavity. The method includes calibrating the parameter measurement using the C-SH acoustic wave mode and determining the parameter measurement based on the phase velocity and/or the amplitude of the C-LT acoustic wave mode and/or the CA acoustic wave mode.
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公开(公告)号：US12013303B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-18
申请号：US17370414
申请日：2021-07-08
Inventor： Yibing Zhang , Limin Song , Henry Alan Wolf , Mark M. Disko , Ted A. Long , Brian C. Seabrook
CPC classification number: G01L9/001 , G01F1/66 , G01F1/667 , G01F1/74 , G01F23/296 , G01N29/02 , G01N29/222 , G01N2291/024 , G01N2291/02836 , G01N2291/2634
Abstract: A method of measuring a pressure of a fluid adjacent a wall of a pipe or vessel. A transducer is attached to the wall of the pipe or vessel. A signal is transmitted by the transducer at a characteristic frequency via a plurality of guided wave modes. The characteristic frequency is a frequency at which the guided wave modes are separated in time from each other when received. The signal is received after the plurality of guided wave modes travel in or through the wall a predetermined number of times. The signal has a signal receipt time after the predetermined number of times. The pressure of the fluid is calculated using the signal receipt time.
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公开(公告)号：US11725507B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-15
申请号：US17181007
申请日：2021-02-22
Inventor： Peter A. Gordon , Yibing Zhang , Limin Song
CPC classification number: E21B49/008 , E21B43/26 , G01V1/46
Abstract: A method for collecting data relating to characteristics of a wellbore by generating tube waves within the wellbore using an electro-hydraulic discharge (EHD) source includes generating tube waves that propagate within a fluid column of a wellbore using an EHD source, where the fluid column is defined by a casing string within the wellbore. The method also includes allowing at least a portion of the generated tube waves to interact with acoustic impedance boundaries that act as reflectors within the wellbore, creating reflected tube waves that propagate within the fluid column. The method further includes recording data corresponding to the generated tube waves and the reflected tube waves using a receiver, where the recorded data relate to characteristics of the reflectors within the wellbore.
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公开(公告)号：US11428551B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-30
申请号：US16785828
申请日：2020-02-10
Inventor： Limin Song , Yibing Zhang , Mark M. Disko
Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an acoustic telemetry system for use with an apparatus configured to rotate. The acoustic telemetry system includes one or more sensor nodes and at least one receiver node. In at least one embodiment, the telemetry system also includes at least one hub node positioned on the apparatus. Each sensor node is attached to or embedded in the apparatus. Each sensor node obtains data related to one or more operating conditions of the apparatus and the environment surrounding the apparatus. The one or more sensor nodes encode and transmit the data to the hub node or the receiver node using ultrasonic acoustic waves. In at least one embodiment, the hub node transmits the data to the receiver node. The receiver node decodes the data and monitors the one or more operating conditions of the apparatus.
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