公开(公告)号：US20180031726A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15727157

申请日：2017-10-06

申请人： NXT Energy Solutions, Inc.

发明人： George LISZICASZ ,  Xiang GUI ,  Roes A. BUDIMAN

IPC分类号： G01V7/00 ,  G01V7/16 ,  G01V7/06

CPC分类号： G01V7/005 ,  G01V7/06 ,  G01V7/16

摘要： An airborne gravity-based transducer is disclosed as two embodiments with similar physical structures but different operating principles. The first design includes a particle acting as an active interface characterized by internal vibrations relating to its de Broglie wave, a resonant cavity for trapping the particle, and a phonon-wave source wherein the de Broglie and phonon waves interact over a junction area. In the second design, mechanical displacements between the transducer elements can be monitored through electromechanical transduction. Both designs include a power source and a biasing circuit for producing an electrical current across the junction, and a sensing system for measuring voltage. Both designs are capable of cancelling slowly-varying gravitational acceleration due to dynamic interaction in motion with the gravitational field and responding to small-scale gravity anomalies. Furthermore, a number of cascade design configurations based on the basic design are also disclosed in order to enhance the transducer performance. The transducer can be utilized in hydrocarbon exploration to provide information on areas conducive to fluid entrapment in the sedimentary column.