MULTIPLE SPECTRUM CHANNEL, MULTIPLE SENSOR FIBER OPTIC MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring at least one parameter in a region of interest, comprising:
- an optical fiber having a plurality of first fiber optic sensors and a plurality of second fiber optic sensors disposed along its length to deploy in the region of interest; and
an interrogating system coupled to the optical fiber to launch an optical pulse to interrogate the first and second fiber optic sensors and to detect reflected signals generated by the first and second fiber optic sensors in response to the optical pulse, wherein each of the first fiber optic sensors generate a first reflected signal in a first optical spectrum window and each of the second fiber optic sensors generate a second reflected signal in a second optical spectrum window, the first optical spectrum window being different than the second optical spectrum window,the interrogating system including a first optical spectrum channel to measure a first reflected signal and a second optical spectrum channel to measure a second reflected signal, the measured first and second reflected signals providing simultaneous indications of at least one parameter in the region of interest.
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Abstract
A multiple sensor fiber optic sensing system includes an optical fiber having at least first fiber optic sensors and second fiber optic sensors deployed along its length. In response to an interrogating pulse, the first fiber optic sensors generate responses in a first optical spectrum window, and the second fiber optic sensors generate responses in a second, different optical spectrum window. The responses in the first optical spectrum window are measured in a first optical spectrum channel, and the responses in the second optical spectrum window are measure in a second, different optical spectrum channel and provide simultaneous indications of one or more parameters, such as temperature and pressure, in the environment in which the sensors are deployed.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring at least one parameter in a region of interest, comprising:
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an optical fiber having a plurality of first fiber optic sensors and a plurality of second fiber optic sensors disposed along its length to deploy in the region of interest; and an interrogating system coupled to the optical fiber to launch an optical pulse to interrogate the first and second fiber optic sensors and to detect reflected signals generated by the first and second fiber optic sensors in response to the optical pulse, wherein each of the first fiber optic sensors generate a first reflected signal in a first optical spectrum window and each of the second fiber optic sensors generate a second reflected signal in a second optical spectrum window, the first optical spectrum window being different than the second optical spectrum window, the interrogating system including a first optical spectrum channel to measure a first reflected signal and a second optical spectrum channel to measure a second reflected signal, the measured first and second reflected signals providing simultaneous indications of at least one parameter in the region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of measuring at least one parameter in a region of interest, comprising:
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launching an optical pulse into an optical fiber deployed in a wellbore formed in the region of interest, the optical fiber having a plurality of first fiber optic sensors and a plurality of second fiber optic sensors disposed along its length, wherein each of the first fiber optic sensors generates a first spectral response to the optical pulse in a first optical spectrum window, and wherein each of the second fiber optic sensors generates a second spectral response to the optical pulse in a second optical spectrum window different than the first optical spectrum window; measuring the first spectral responses in a first optical spectrum channel having a first optical bandwidth sufficient for the first optical spectrum window; and measuring the second spectral responses in a second optical spectrum channel having a second optical bandwidth sufficient for the second optical spectrum window, the measured first and second spectral responses providing simultaneous indications of at least one parameter in the region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for detecting a parameter in a region of interest, comprising:
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an optical source to launch an optical pulse into an optical fiber deployed in a wellbore formed in the region of interest, the optical fiber having first sensors and second sensors deployed along its length, each of the first sensors generating a first response to the optical pulse in a first optical spectrum range, and each of the second sensors generating a second response to the optical pulse in a second optical spectrum range; a first optical spectrum channel to receive the first responses generated by the first sensors; a second optical spectrum channel to receive the second responses generated by the second sensors; an amplifier to amplify the first responses received in the first optical spectrum channel separately from the second responses received in the second optical spectrum channel; and an optical spectrum analyzer to detect spectral components in the amplified first responses and the amplified second responses, the detected spectral components indicative of at least one parameter in the region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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