Fibre Bragg-grating sensor
US6740866B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 25, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01L11/025
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The subject matter of the present invention is a fiber Bragg grating sensor 1, 25 which is suitable, in particular, for measuring differential pressures and flow rates v1 in oil drill holes. The sensor principle according to the invention is based on using a transducer 1 with two pressure chambers 7a, 7b to convert a hydrostatic pressure difference between two liquid or gaseous media 11a, 11b into a longitudinal fiber elongation or fiber compression and measuring it via the displacement of the Bragg wavelength &Dgr;&lgr;B of at least one fiber Bragg grating 3, 4. Exemplary embodiments are specified which have two fiber Bragg gratings 3, 4 which are sensitive to elongation in opposite senses and which have temperature-compensating transducers 1, and which have a plurality of transducers 1 in a wavelength-division-multiplexing configuration. One embodiment relates to measuring a flow rate v1 with the aid of a venturi tube 23.
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