Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 2, Issue 2, 233(2009)

FBG sensing temperature characteristic and application in oil/gas down-hole measurement

Shaomin LI1, Xiaoying LIU1、*, You LI2, Shenlong YANG1, and Chong LIU1
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  • 1College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2School of Foreign Languages, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430079, China
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    Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) have been used to sense numerous parameters such as strain, temperature, and pressure. Cost-effective multipoint measurements have been achieved by connecting FBGs in parallel, serial, and other topologies as well as by using spatial, wavelength, and time-domain multiplexing techniques. This paper presents a method of measuring temperature of the oil/gas down-hole. Detailed contents include the basic theory and characteristics of fiber gratings, analysis of the sensing mechanism of fiber-optic gratings, and the crosssensitivity effect between temperature and strain; the method of making the light-source of the fiber-optic gratings and the technology of measuring wavelength shift, building an experimental system of the temperature measurement, and dealing with the experimental data. The paper makes a comparison of several kinds of FBG sensing systems used in oil/gas down-hole to measure temperature and the analysis of the experimental results of building the temperature measurement experimental system. It demonstrates that the fiber-optic grating sensing method is the best choice in all methods of measuring temperature in oil/gas down-hole, which has a brilliant applied prospect.

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    Shaomin LI, Xiaoying LIU, You LI, Shenlong YANG, Chong LIU. FBG sensing temperature characteristic and application in oil/gas down-hole measurement[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2009, 2(2): 233

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    Paper Information

    Received: Nov. 20, 2008

    Accepted: Dec. 29, 2008

    Published Online: Oct. 8, 2012

    The Author Email: LIU Xiaoying (liuxy@mail.hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-009-0042-8

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