摘要:
An air gun for generating seismic waves in a marine environment includes a cylindrical body configured to hold compressed air and having plural air ports for releasing the compressed air from inside the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body extending along a longitudinal axis X, and an extension member attached externally to the body and extending along a radial axis R, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X. The extension member promotes ambient water flowing inside an air bubble generated when the compressed air is released outside the body.
摘要:
A marine seismic data acquisition system, comprising: a seismic source arrangement comprising: a first seismic source adapted to be towed at a first predetermined depth and a second seismic source adapted to be towed at a second predetermined depth, which is deeper than the first predetermined depth, wherein, in use, the first seismic source transmits pulses, each pulse comprising an upwardly-travelling pressure wavefield, which is reflected at the sea/air interface to become a downwardly-travelling ghost pressure wavefield, and a downwardly-travelling primary pressure wavefield, and the second seismic source transmits pulses, each pulse comprising an upwardly-travelling pressure wavefield, which is reflected at the sea/air interface to become a downwardly-travelling ghost pressure wavefield, and a downwardly-travelling primary pressure wavefield, and wherein the first predetermined depth and the magnitude of the peak pressure of the upwardly-travelling pressure wavefield produced by the first seismic source are selected to create an anelastic region at the sea surface having a reflection coefficient of between −0.45 and 0, the system further comprising a receiver for receiving the pulses transmitted from the seismic source arrangement and for extracting data from within a predetermined frequency band of interest.
摘要:
Disclosed is a seismic source device, known in the industry as an air gun, having internal sleeve and shuttle control for allowing a predetermined discharge of compressed air into water for purposes of seismic exploration. The shuttle engages an internal sleeve having ports that momentarily align with exhaust ports and then moves past, sealing off the exhaust ports before all of the compressed air in the firing chamber of the air gun is exhausted. By preventing further discharge of air with little or no loss in acoustic output, pulses are greatly reduced, thereby enhancing the operation of the entire system. Further by preventing all the air in the firing chamber from being discharged, the system becomes more efficient and more cost effective.
摘要:
The improvement in the method and apparatus of producing a seismic source in water by a combustive explosion by reducing the oscillation of the explosive exhaust gas bubble in the water thereby reducing extraneous seismic impulses. Injecting an air/fuel mixture of less than the stoichiometric quantity into the chamber to provide an excess of air, and after the mixture has been exploded and released into the water, injecting additional fuel into the free air in the exhaust gases which provides additional combustion to increase the pressure in the exhaust gases to dampen the oscillation of the pressure in the gases. Injecting additional fuel into the hot exhaust gases and excess air for maintaining the exhaust gas bubble pressure at or above the water pressure surrounding the exhaust gases.
摘要:
The acoustic wave associated with an underwater gas bubble pulse is optimized by permitting the gas bubble to expand as freely as possible during its initial expansion. After the initial expansion, or primary pulsation, the energy of the oscillatory system in the form potential energy is prevented from being transformed into the kinetic energy of water rushing in to fill a collapsing cavity. The potential energy of the oscillatory system is dissipated gradually to permit the device used to be made ready for the generation of a subsequent gas bubble. The method of the present invention is embodied, for example, in a structure having a surface which is covered with strips of a flexible material whose acoustic properties are close to the acoustic properties of water, e.g. a material for which rho-c, the product of the density of the material times the speed at which sound travels in the material, is close to the rho-c of water. The material is attached to the structure at selected points on the surface thereof. When a gas bubble is generated as a result of the creation of an acoustic wave, the acoustic wave is transmitted through the material and into the surrounding water without significant reflection or alteration. As the bubble expands, the water forced ahead of the expanding bubble is allowed to flow through the structure by the flexing of the covering material at the locations at which the material is not attached to the mesh structure. When the gas bubble has reached its maximum radius and the water surrounding the perimeter of the bubble begins to rush in to fill the cavity of the bubble, the covering material which has flexed to allow the water to flow out of the structure is forced into place around the exterior of the structure by the pressure of the water filling the bubble cavity. The covering material prevents water from rapidly filling the cavity so that the oscillation of the bubble is essentially stopped. The surface of the material may contain perforations to permit water to gradually return into the cavity to provide a reasonably short recycling period of the acoustic wave generation device.
摘要:
Seismic energy wave-shape control apparatus and method in which the waveshape of the acoustical waves generated in the water by the use of submerged airgun seismic sources can be controlled and selected by the survey crew to provide the waveshape which is most desirable for use under the conditions being encountered as the survey is being carried out. The pressurized gas holding charge container is provided with a plurality of chambers such that an initial abrupt flow of pressurized gas as shown at 50 in FIG. 2 occurs from a primary chamber and passes out through the discharge ports into the surrounding water with explosive-like abruptness. Delayed after-flow of pressurized gas as shown at 52 in FIG. 2 then occurs from a secondary chamber for reducing the relative magnitude and changing the waveform of the second pressure peak P2. The relative volumes of the primary and secondary chambers are conveniently changeable by detaching the casing and shifting the position of a removable barrier, thus obtaining differing waveshapes as seen by comparing FIGS. 6; 7, and 8 with FIG. 5. If desired a tertiary chamber may be utilized to provide further changes in the waveshape.
摘要:
Apparatus and method for suppressing the initial and subsequent contractions of an air bubble used to generate a seismic signal, wherein the preferred embodiment a source of suppressor air is located immediately adjacent to the air valve source which creates the bubble, whereby the source of suppressor air is located within the expanded bubble when it approaches its largest diameter to allow the sudden and rapid release of suppressor air into the bubble to retard the contraction of the bubble. In a second embodiment, the air valve source itself defines the source of suppressor air.
摘要:
Seismic airgun arrangement for attenuating unwanted oscillations in the emitted signal. The airgun has one or more outlet ports (9) for exhausting air in a generally radial direction from a central axis of the airgun (10), and a perforated screen (20) of plate material is provided around the airgun for the attenuation mentioned. The volume generally delimited within the screen (20) is significantly smaller than the maximum bubble size which is normally generated by the airgun (10). The screen (20) has an open side or end (20A) at a part of the screen that is adapted to face at least partially downward in the normal operative position of the airgun (10). At least edge portions of the screen along the open side or end (20A) are located substantially directed opposite the outlet port or ports (9).
摘要:
A compact, marine acoustical source is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a marine acoustical source capable of producing a strong primary pulse while substantially suppressing or eliminating undesired secondary pulses derivative from said primary pulse.