Borehole Telemetry System
First Claim
1. An acoustic telemetry apparatus for communicating digital data from a down-hole location through a borehole to the surface or between locations within the borehole, said apparatus comprising a receiver and a transmitter separated by an acoustic channel wherein the acoustic channel has a cross-sectional area of 58 cm2 or less and the transmitter comprises an electro-active transducer generating a modulated continuous waveform.
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Abstract
An acoustic telemetry apparatus and methods for communicating digital data from a down-hole location through a borehole to the surface or between locations within the borehole are described including a receiver and a transmitter linked by an acoustic channel wherein acoustic channel has a cross-sectional area of 58 cm2 or less and the transmitter comprises an electro-active transducer generating a modulated continuous waveform.
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- 1. An acoustic telemetry apparatus for communicating digital data from a down-hole location through a borehole to the surface or between locations within the borehole, said apparatus comprising a receiver and a transmitter separated by an acoustic channel wherein the acoustic channel has a cross-sectional area of 58 cm2 or less and the transmitter comprises an electro-active transducer generating a modulated continuous waveform.
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16. A method of communicating digital data from a down-hole location through a borehole to the surface comprising the steps of:
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establishing a column of liquid as acoustic channel through said borehole, said column having a cross-sectional area of 58 cm2 or less;
generating at the down-hole location an acoustic wave carrier signal within said acoustic channel using an electro-active transducer;
modulating amplitude and/or phase of said carrier wave in response to a digital signal; and
detecting at the surface the modulated acoustic waves traveling within said acoustic channel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method of stimulating a wellbore comprising the steps of
performing operations designed to improve the production of said wellbore while simultaneously establishing from the surface to a down-hole location a column of liquid as acoustic channel through said borehole; -
generating at the down-hole location an acoustic wave carrier signal within said acoustic channel using an electro-active transducer;
modulating amplitude and/or phase of said carrier wave in response to a digital signal; and
detecting at the surface the modulated acoustic waves traveling within said acoustic channel. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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- 21. An acoustic telemetry apparatus for digitally communicating from the surface to a down-hole location through a borehole or between locations within the borehole, said apparatus comprising an acoustic source installed at the surface separated by an acoustic channel from a receiver installed at the down-hole location, wherein the acoustic channel has a cross-sectional area of 58 cm2 or less and the acoustic source comprises an electro-active transducer generating a modulated continuous waveform.
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