US 11,808,639 B2
High-precision temperature demodulation method oriented toward distributed fiber Raman sensor
Mingjiang Zhang, Taiyuan (CN); Jian Li, Taiyuan (CN); Jianzhong Zhang, Taiyuan (CN); Lijun Qiao, Taiyuan (CN); Tao Wang, Taiyuan (CN); Yuncai Wang, Taiyuan (CN); Baoquan Jin, Taiyuan (CN); Yu Wang, Taiyuan (CN); and Dong Wang, Taiyuan (CN)
Assigned to TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Taiyuan (CN)
Appl. No. 17/252,995
Filed by TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Taiyuan (CN)
PCT Filed May 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/000087
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/034558, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201810913070.4 (CN), filed on Aug. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0270682 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G01K 11/324 (2021.01)
CPC G01K 11/324 (2021.01) 2 Claims
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1. A high-precision temperature demodulation method oriented to a distributed fiber Raman sensor, characterized in comprising the following steps: Step 1: constructing a high-precision temperature detection device oriented to a distributed fiber Raman sensing system comprising a pulsed laser, an output end of the pulsed laser being connected to an input end of a Raman wavelength division multiplexer; two output ends of the WDM being respectively connected to input ends of a first Avalanche Photodiode (APD) and a second APD; an output end of the first APD being connected to an input end of a first Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA); an output end of the second APD being connected to an input end of a second LNA; output ends of the first LNA and the second LNA being connected to input ends of a data acquisition card; an output end of the data acquisition card being connected to an input end of a computer; a common end of the WDM being connected to an input end of a sensing fiber to be tested; Step 2: processing Stokes light and anti-Stokes light signals in a calibration stage transmitting laser pulses emitted by the pulsed laser to the sensing fiber to be tested; conducting spontaneous Raman scattering when the laser pulses propagate in a multi-mode sensing fiber, such that Stokes light and anti-Stokes light are generated at each position of the multi-mode sensing fiber; wherein backward Stokes light and anti-Stokes light generated in the fiber firstly respectively arrive at the first APD, the first LNA, and the second APD, the second LNA via the WDM, and are performed a photoelectric conversion and amplification, finally, enter the high-speed acquisition card and computer to acquire data to obtain positional and light intensity information of the Stokes light and anti-Stokes light along the fiber; before temperature measurement, performing a calibration processing for all of the sensing fiber to be tested at a constant temperature, and the calibration process being carried out twice in total in a calibration stage; in a first calibration stage, obtaining, by the data acquisition card, a backscattering light intensity curve of the anti-Stokes light and the Stokes light, whose light intensity ratio is expressed as:

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where Ks, Ka and Kr are coefficients related to a scattering end cross section of the fiber; Vs, Va and Vo are frequencies of the Stokes light, anti-Stokes light and incident light; h and k are Planck Constant and Boltzmann Constant respectively; 4v is a Raman frequency offset of the fiber, which is 13.2 THz; as, aa, ao are attenuation coefficients of the Stokes light, anti-Stokes light and Rayleigh scattering light per unit length of the fiber, respectively; Teo represents a temperature value of the sensing fiber to be tested in the first calibration stage; / represents a distance between the position and a front end of the multi-mode sensing fiber; and Po is intensity of incident light; in a second calibration stage, obtaining, by the data acquisition card, the backscattering light intensity curve of the anti-Stokes light and the Stokes light, whose light intensity ratio is expressed
as:

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where Tai represents the temperature value of the sensing fiber to be tested in the second calibration stage; Step 3: processing the Stokes light and anti-Stokes light signals in a measurement stage in the measurement stage, obtaining, by the data acquisition card, the backscattering light intensity curve of the anti-Stokes light and the Stokes light, whose light intensity ratio is expressed
as:

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where T represents the temperature value at a position 1 of the sensing fiber to be tested in the measurement stage; Step 4: a high-precision temperature demodulation method oriented to a distributed fiber Raman sensing system subtracting formula (1) from formula (3) to obtain:

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subtracting formula (2) from formula (3) to obtain:
ϕas−ϕa1s1=KaVa4/KsVs4exp[(αs−αa)l]custom characterexp(−hΔv/kT)−exp(−hΔv/kTc1)custom character  (5)
making a ratio of formula (4) to formula (5) to
obtain:

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resolving formula (6) to obtain:

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