Apparatus and method for detecting a magnetic anomaly contiguous to remote location by SQUID gradiometer and magnetometer systems

Patent · Fri May 22 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6386208

Overton, Jr, W C; Steyert, Jr, W A

A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetic detection apparatus detects magnetic fields, signals, and anomalies at remote locations. Two remotely rotatable SQUID gradiometers may be housed in a cryogenic environment to search for and locate unambiguously magnetic anomalies. The SQUID magnetic detection apparatus can be used to determine the azimuth of a hydrofracture by first flooding the hydrofracture with a ferrofluid to create an artificial magnetic anomaly therein.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: EDB-83-077515
• Patent Number(s): None
• Application Number: ON: DE83010465
• OSTI ID: 6386208
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

420201* -- Engineering-- Cryogenic Equipment & Devices
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BOREHOLES
CAVITIES
DESIGN
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FLUXMETERS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
MAGNETIC SURVEYS
MAGNETOMETERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
REMOTE AREAS
SQUID DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SURVEYS