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Method for reducing noise effects in acoustic signals transmitted along a pipe structure
Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Co
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Filing: 1991-08-14
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Granted: 1992-07-14
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Expires: 2011-08-14
Abstract
Abstract A method of analyzing vibrations transmitted along a structure such as a drill string is disclosed. The detected vibrations include both axial and torsional vibrations generated from the same location, so that the time delay between the two, due to the difference in axial and torsional velocities, can be determined. After deconvolution to take into account the non-ideal frequency response of the structure, such deconvolution preferably retaining the values of the transmission time for each component, one of the time series is shifted by the amount of the time delay, so that the vibrations generated from the same location coincide. A weighted sum of the two representations will provide reinforcement of the desired signal. The method may be used in determining a seismic source signature in prospecting where a drill bit is the source, in analyzing drilling parameters from drill string vibrations, and in stress wave telemetry.
Inventors
- 👤 John E. E. Kingman
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 20:20
CPC Classifications
E; E21; E21B; E21B44/00; E21B47/00; E21B47/12; E21B47/14; E21B47/16; G; G01; G01M; G01M3/00; G01M3/02; G01M3/04; G01M3/24; G01M3/243; G01V; G01V1/00; G01V1/28; G01V1/36; G01V1/364; G01V1/366; G01V1/40; G01V1/42; G01V2210/00; G01V2210/10; G01V2210/16; G01V2210/161; G01V2210/30; G01V2210/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A method for reducing the effects of noise on vibrations transmitted along a structure from a first location and detected over time at a second location, the distance between said first and second locations being known, said method comprising: measuring axial vibrations along said structure and representing the measured axial vibrations as a first time series; measuring torsional vibrations along said structure and representing the measured torsional vibrations as a second time series; combining said first time series with a function corresponding to the response of said structure to axial vibrations; combining said second time series with a function corresponding to the response of said structure to torsional vibrations; calculating a delay time corresponding to the known distance between said first and second locations multiplied by the difference between the velocities of axial and torsional vibrations in said structure; and adding said combined first time series and said combined second time series after shifting one of said combined first and second time series by said calculated delay time, so that the detected axial and torsional vibrations reinforce one another; wherein said combining steps each comprise deconvolution.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
186 words
A method for reducing the effects of noise on vibrations transmitted along a structure from a first location and detected over time at a second location, the distance between said first and second locations being known, said method comprising: measuring axial vibrations along said structure and representing the measured axial vibrations as a first time series; measuring torsional vibrations along said structure and representing the measured torsional vibrations as a second time series; combining said first time series with a function corresponding to the response of said structure to axial vibrations; combining said second time series with a function corresponding to the response of said structure to torsional vibrations; calculating a delay time corresponding to the known distance between said first and second locations multiplied by the difference between the velocities of axial and torsional vibrations in said structure; and adding said combined first time series and said combined second time series after shifting one of said combined first and second time series by said calculated delay time, so that the detected axial and torsional vibrations reinforce one another; wherein said combining steps each comprise deconvolution.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising: multiplying one of said first and second time series by a constant, prior to the adding step, said constant corresponding to the relative amplitude of noise vibrations in said first and second time series.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said structure is a drill string; wherein said first location is near a drill bit beneath the surface of the earth and attached to said drill string; and wherein said second location is near the surface of the earth.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 3, wherein said first location corresponds to the location of a transmitter of acoustic vibrations.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 4, wherein said transmitter is the drill bit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 5, further comprising: correlating the result of said adding step with vibrations detected at the surface of the earth remote from said second location, said vibrations corresponding to vibrations generated by said drill bit and transmitted through the earth.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising: calculating a plurality of delay times corresponding to known distances between a plurality of locations along said structure and said second location; for each of said delay times, repeating said adding step in order to determine the location along said structure from which certain vibrations are generated.
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