Multipoint Pressure and Temperature Sensing Fiber Optic Cable for Monitoring CO2 Sequestration
- General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (United States)
This report describes the work completed on contract DE-FE0010116. The goal of this two year project was to develop and demonstrate in the laboratory a highly accurate multi-point pressure measurement fiber optic cable based on MEMS pressure sensors suitable for downhole deployment in a CO2 sequestration well. The sensor interrogator was also to be demonstrated in a remote monitoring system and environmental testing was to be completed to indicate its downhole survivability over a lengthy period of time (e.g., 20 years). An interrogator system based on a pulsed laser excitation was shown to be capable of multiple (potentially 100+) simultaneous sensor measurements. Two sensors packages were completed and spliced in a cable onto the same fiber and measured. One sensor package was subsequently measured at high temperatures and pressures in supercritical CO2, while the other package was measured prior and after being subjected to high torque stresses to mimic downhole deployment. The environmental and stress tests indicated areas in which the package design should be further improved.
- Research Organization:
- GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FE0010116
- OSTI ID:
- 1170208
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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