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US 2026/0210887 A1Published application
Thermal conductivity probe
AssigneeSeas Geosciences, LLC
InventorJohn Gregg
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to a thermal conductivity probe. In one embodiment, a thermal conductivity probe includes, but is not limited to, at least one heating element, at least one thermal insulator, and at least one thermistor thermally isolated from the at least one heating element by the at least one thermal insulator.
Claims20
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A computer process performed using a thermal conductivity probe, the process comprising:
- controlling a heating element of the thermal conductivity probe to emit heat;
- measuring temperatures at one or more times with a first sensor and a second sensor of the thermal conductivity probe in response to the heating element emitting heat, the first sensor and the second sensor being thermally isolated from the heating element in the thermal conductivity probe;
- determining thermal conductivity of geological material based on an average of the temperatures measured with the first sensor and the second sensor.
A method of using a thermal conductivity probe, the process comprising:
- pushing the thermal conductivity probe into a subsurface;
- heating the subsurface for a given time using a heating element of the thermal conductivity probe;
- measuring temperatures at one or more times with a first sensor and a second sensor of the thermal conductivity probe, the first sensor and the second sensor being thermally isolated from the heating element in the thermal conductivity probe;
- determining a heat loss factor for the subsurface based on an average of the temperatures measured with the first sensor and the second sensor.
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A thermal conductivity probe comprising:
- at least one heating element;
- at least one thermal insulator;
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- at least two temperature sensors equidistant from the at least one heating element and thermally isolated from the at least one heating element by the at least one thermal insulator;
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- at least one processor is configured to determine heat loss or thermal conductivity based on an average of temperatures sampled from the at least two temperature sensors following energizing of the at least one heating element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.