546 results about "Magnetic measurements" patented technology

Disclosed is a system and method for onboard optimal estimation of heading, pitch, and roll through real-time measurement of magnetic field, acceleration and angular motion in three dimensions. Magnetometer information is used to create an initial reference from which movement is measured. Thus, the process does not have to start when the body is in a known position. Further, the device does not have to continually rely on accelerometer data to get roll and pitch. To do this magnetic field data is used to complement gyro information. The magnetic data is used to estimate pitch, roll, and heading.

High-accuracy magnetic measurement is performed by efficiently using nitrogen-vacancy pairs in all orientations. A magnetic measurement apparatus includes a diamond crystal and an image sensor. The diamond crystal has nitrogen-vacancy pairs. The image sensor detects the intensities of fluorescence generated by an exciting light applied to the diamond crystal by using a plurality of pixels. The nitrogen-vacancy pairs of the diamond crystal are made to one-to-one correspond to the pixels. The fluorescence generated by one nitrogen-vacancy pair is received by one pixel made to correspond to the nitrogen-vacancy pair.

The invention discloses a high-sensitivity magnetic measurement device in an environment field based on disturbance compensation and a realization method thereof. In the method, the low-frequency disturbance compensation in an environment magnetic field is realized by a second feedback branch and a second magnetic flux locking loop, wherein the second feedback branch is composed of a second integrator, a low-pass filter, a second feedback resistor and a feedback coil; and the second magnetic flux locking loop is formed based on the second feedback branch. A super-magnetic conduction sensor established based on the method can realize the high-pass response frequency characteristics for the environment field and the low-pass response frequency characteristics for the circuit noise at the same time, ensures the suppression of the influence of environment field disturbance on SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) magnetic measurement without influencing the weak signal measurement, and avoids the overflow phenomenon. Based on the super-magnetic conduction sensor, the method is suitable for the application environment in which the frequency of the magnetic field signal tobe measured is higher than the disturbance frequency band (DC-30Hz) of the environment field.

Measurements made using at least one two-component magnetometers on a rotating bottomhole assembly are processed to correct for disturbance of the magnetic field due to the rotating drillstring and get an estimate of instantaneous toolface angle.

The invention discloses a biaxial atomic spinning magnetometer. The biaxial atomic spinning magnetometer comprises an alkali metal gas chamber, non-magnetic electric heating equipment, a three-dimensional magnetic coil, a magnetic shielding layer, a pumping laser module and a detecting laser module. The alkali metal gas chamber is filled with alkali metal atoms, a quenching gas and a buffering gas; the non-magnetic electric heating equipment and the magnetic shielding layer enable the alkali metal atoms to work in a high-temperature and low-magnetic field environment, and ensure the alkali metal atoms in a non-spinning exchange relaxation state; the pumping laser module is used for polarizing the alkali metal atoms; the detecting laser module comprises two beams of independent detecting laser which are perpendicular to each other, and are used for sensing the magnetic field intensity in two directions which are perpendicular to each other simultaneously; measurement results are demodulated through a phase-locked amplifier. The biaxial atomic spinning magnetometer can acquire biaxial magnetic field information simultaneously through one alkali metal gas chamber, has the characteristics of high sensitivity, high integration degree and low cost, and has a wide application prospect in the fields of brain magnetic measurement, magnetocardiographic measurement and the like.

A method for determining properties of a mixture of fluids includes: (a) acquiring a plurality of nuclear magnetic resonance measurements from the mixture of fluids, each of the plurality of nuclear magnetic resonance measurements having a different value in an acquisition parameter for which at least one relaxation selected from the group consisting of longitudinal relaxation and transverse relaxation affects magnitudes of the nuclear magnetic resonance measurements; (b) generating a model of the mixture of fluids; (c) calculating a synthesized nuclear magnetic data set based on the model; (d) comparing the synthesized nuclear magnetic data set with the nuclear magnetic resonance measurements; and (e) adjusting the model and repeating (c) and (d), if difference between the synthesized nuclear magnetic data set and the nuclear magnetic measurements is greater than a minimum.

The invention discloses a high-altitude permafrost region porphyry type copper polymetallic mine exploration technology combination method which can improve the prospecting success rate. The method includes the following steps: A, determining a metallogenic system as a collision orogenic metallogenic system in cooperation with a collision orogenic regional geological background according to the output spatial-temporal characteristics of a permafrost region porphyry type copper molybdenum mine typical mineral deposit and numerous mineral occurrences; B, measuring stream sediments with the aim of observing geochemical halos on the upper portion of a porphyry body mineral body, defining a magnetic abnormity region through high-accuracy magnetic measurement, and defining a remote sensing predicting region with the aim of forecasting mineral resources such as copper, lead and zinc through high resolution remote sensing; C, conducting 1:1 soil profile or petrochemistry profile, groove and well exploratory exposure on explored abnormal or mineralization clues; D, defining a mineralized region or the mineral body; E, verifying the defined mineralized region or mineral body through drilling; F, determining the mineral body or the mineral deposit. By means of the method, the prospecting working period of a porphyry type copper molybdenum mineral region can be shortened, and meanwhile numerous metal mineral bodies can be explored.

This invention relates to one small magnetic space three dimensional measurement device and its method, which can solve the problem of current magnetic measurement for small magnetic measurement only for column permanent magnetic part without one complete permanent space distribution, wherein, this invention other end of first measurement arm is fixed with one first Hall sensor and the second line supply structure and third line supply structure to form first line supply structure.

A method for determining a property of a flowing fluid by nuclear magnetic resonance includes applying a static magnetic field to the flowing fluid; acquiring a suite of nuclear magnetic resonance measurements on the flowing fluid using a pulse sequence comprising a spoiling pulse, a wait time, and an acquisition pulse sequence, wherein the suite of nuclear magnetic measurements have different values for the wait time; and fitting the suite of nuclear magnetic resonance measurements to a forward model for responses of the flowing fluid to derive a parameter selected from a flow speed, longitudinal relaxation times of the flowing fluid, and a combination thereof.

The invention belongs to the technical field of magnetic measurement, and particularly relates to a movable type location method based on magnetic gradient tensor and geomagnetic vector measurement. The method comprises the following steps: (S1) setting a magnetic sensor array and an inertial navigation system; (S2) in a nonmagnetic abnormal area, acquiring a measured value of a magnetic sensor and calculating a geomagnetic vector value in a geographic coordinate system; (S3) allowing a nonmagnetic moving device to move in a magnetic target area to acquire the measured value of the magnetic sensor and an attitude angle output by the inertial navigation system; (S4) calculating a geomagnetic field component value in an array coordinate system; (S5) calculating the magnetic gradient tensor and a magnetic abnormal component in the array coordinate system; and (S6) calculating the position of a magnetic target in the array coordinate system according to the magnetic gradient tensor and the magnetic abnormal component in the array coordinate system. The method disclosed by the invention can be used for achieving movable type real-time location, overcoming the requirement for immobility of the array in static location and acquiring the projection of a magnetic field in a magnetic sensor coordinate system more accurately by attitude conversion.

The invention discloses a magnetic azimuth measuring system based on a giant magneto-resistance sensor, a measuring method and a perpendicular compensation method so as to realize omnibearing measurement of a magnetic azimuth and reduce measurement error caused by non-orthogonal and zero deviation of a three-axis sensor. The measuring system comprises an earth three-axis magnetic measurement module, a three-axis attitude measurement module, a temperature measurement module, a microprocessor and an upper computer. The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent sensor technologies,digital signal processing and the like. The invention provides an intelligent octant judgment method based on a three-axis acceleration sensor against the multi-valued problem of azimuth measurement caused by a mathematical model when the giant magneto-resistance sensor is used for performing the azimuth measurement so as to realize the omnibearing angle measurement based on the giant magneto-resistance sensor. Simultaneously, the invention provides a three-axis orthogonal and zero compensation method which is completed in the microprocessor against the measurement error caused by the three-axis non-orthogonal and zero deviation of the giant magneto-resistance sensor so as to improve the measurement precision of the measuring system. In addition, the invention further has the characteristics of low development cost, simple hardware circuit and the like.

The invention discloses a transmission line malfunction positioning method based on non-contact magnetic measurement. The method is characterized by comprising step A, confirming a malfunction section; step B, identifying the type of the malfunction; and step C, internally positioning the malfunction section, wherein the malfunction section is confirmed by the following ways: constructing a remote terminal arranged on a transmission steel pylon, wherein the remote terminal consists of a microprocessor CPU (Central Processing Unit), a sensor, a signal regulating module, a data acquisition module DAQ (Data Acquisition), a storing module, a data communication module and a power supply module, wherein the sensor is used for measuring the three-dimensional component of the magnetic field at a three-dimensional space, and the data is transmitted to the DAQ module after passing through the signal regulating module. The invention provides a new transmission line malfunction positioning method based on the non-contact magnetic measurement. The malfunction section is positioned according to the magnetic data near the transmission line measured by a magneto-resistance magnetic field sensor with high sensibility, high band width and low cost.

A multi-station gravity and magnetic survey is carried out in a borehole. The data from the survey are processed to estimate the inclination and azimuth of the borehole. The drill collar relative permeability is estimated, and the estimated drill collar permeability is then used to remove the effects of induced magnetization of the drill collar on the magnetic measurements.

The method electromagnetically measures a pipe inner diameter ID and a pipe ratio of magnetic permeability to electrical conductivity μ₂/σ₂ by means of a measuring arrangement 1 comprising a transmitter coil 2 and a receiver coil 3, both coils being coaxial to and longitudinally spaced from each other, the measuring arrangement 1 being adapted to be positioned into the pipe CS and displaced through the pipe. The method comprises the steps of:

• • a1) exciting the transmitter coil 2 by means of a transmitter current I_i, the transmitter current having a first excitation frequency f₁,
  • a2) measuring a receiver voltage V_i at the receiver coil 3,
  • a3) determining a transimpedance V_i/I_i between the transmitter coil 2 and the receiver coil 3 based on the transmitter current I_i and the receiver voltage V_i, and determining a measurement ratio M_i based on said transimpedance,
  • b) repeating the excitation step a1), the measuring step a2), the transimpedance and the measurement ratio determination step a3) for at least a second excitation frequency f₂ so as to define a measurement ratio vector [M₁, M₂, . . . M_n],
  • c) calculating a prediction function vector [G₁, G₂, . . . G_n] based on the first and at least the second excitation frequency, a plurality of potential pipe ratio of magnetic permeability to electrical conductivity and a plurality of potential pipe inner diameter ID, and
  • d) applying a minimizing algorithm onto the measurement ratio vector [M₁, M₂, . . . M_n] and the prediction function vector [G₁, G₂, . . . G_n] and determining the pipe inner diameter and the pipe ratio of magnetic permeability to electrical conductivity corresponding to a maximum solution of the algorithm.

In a magnetic measurement system for a battery, a magnetic signal generated by electric currents in the battery for charging and discharging can be accurately measured without saturating the output of a magnetic sensor even in an environment having strong magnetic noise, and electric current distribution in the lithium-ion battery is visualized. Generating a antiphase magnetic field having an antiphase magnetic field to a magnetic field measured by each magnetic sensor into the cancel coil disposed around each the magnetic sensor before charging and discharging; thereafter, reducing magnetic noise by subtracting the magnetic data recorded before charging and discharging (the correction-magnetic field data) from the magnetic data for charging and discharging; and accurately measuring the magnetic signal generated from the lithium-ion battery for charging and discharging are included.

Read-out electronics for DC SQUID sensor systems, the read-out electronics incorporating low Johnson noise radio-frequency flux-locked loop circuitry and digital signal processing algorithms in order to improve upon the prior art by a factor of at least ten, thereby alleviating problems caused by magnetic interference when operating DC SQUID sensor systems in magnetically unshielded environments.

Methods and related systems are described for making an electromagnetic induction survey of a formation surrounding a cased section of a borehole. An electromagnetic transmitter and/or receiver are deployed into the cased section of the borehole. One or more additional devices are used to measure the properties of a conductive casing relating to conductivity, thickness and magnetic permeability. A casing coefficient is then calculated that can then be used for the processing of the deep-sensing induction measurements.

The invention relates to an aeromagnetic measuring device and method based on a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle. The aeromagnetic measuring device comprises the fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle, a proton magnetometer and a flight control system. A measuring holder used for installation of the proton magnetometer is fixed to the fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle. The proton magnetometer is used for carrying out magnetic measurement in the flying process of the fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle, and transmitting the magnetic measurement data to the flight control system. The flight control system is used for collecting flight data of the fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle, receiving the magnetic measurement data transmitted by the proton magnetometer, and sending the flight data and the magnetic measurement data to the ground in real time, so that flying control over the fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle is achieved on the ground according to the received flight data. The aeromagnetic measuring device and method solve the problems that manned vehicle aeromagnetic measurement is high in operation cost and personnel risk, and ground magnetic measurement is low in operation efficiency, large in environmental disturbance and the like.

A flux locked loop for providing an electrical feedback signal, the flux locked loop employing radio-frequency components and technology to extend the flux modulation frequency and tracking loop bandwidth. The flux locked loop of the present invention has particularly useful application in read-out electronics for DC SQUID magnetic measurement systems, in which case the electrical signal output by the flux locked loop represents an unknown magnetic flux applied to the DC SQUID.

A method of drilling a well is disclosed. A first estimate is obtained of a location of the well with respect to a reference well at a selected depth. A magnetic measurement is obtained at the selected depth using a sensor. The obtained magnetic measurement is related to a residual magnetic charge distribution in the reference well. An expected value of the magnetic measurement at the selected depth is determined from the residual magnetic charge distribution. A second estimate is obtained of the location of the well using the first estimate of the location, the obtained magnetic measurement and the expected value of the magnetic measurement. A drilling parameter of the well is altered using the second estimate of the location.

Noise compensation in controlled source electromagnetics (CSEM) comprises measuring time-varying magnetic gradients of the marine environment subjected to CSEM. From the measured magnetic gradients, oceanographic electric and magnetic field noise is determined and used for noise compensation of CSEM measurements of electric and magnetic fields. Selection of magnetic gradient measurement provides improved measurement of oceanographic magnetic noise as other electromagnetic noise sources produce negligible magnetic gradients in the marine environment. Electric field noise is then predicted from the magnetic measurements.