Procedure to characterize sound sources with experiments removing the influence from an experimental acoustic apparatus

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions that when executed by one or more processors that cause the one or more processors to:

• initiate an acoustic transmitter deployed in a test fixture to emit a of pulse of acoustic energy, wherein:
• at least a portion of the pulse of acoustic energy is received by an acoustic receiver deployed in the test fixture,
• the receipt of the at least portion of the pulse acoustic energy by the acoustic receiver results in a received signal being generated by the acoustic receiver, and
• the received signal is converted into a set of digital data indicative of a test fixture response;
• identify the test fixture response based on an analysis on the set of digital data;
• generate resultant data associated with one or more characteristics of a real wellbore based on a comparison between data sensed at the real wellbore with the set of digital data indicative of the test fixture response;
• and
• identify the one or more characteristics of the real wellbore based on an analysis of the resultant data.

An apparatus comprising:

• a test fixture that includes a set of structural elements that correspond to a group of structural elements of a real wellbore;
• an acoustic transmitter deployed in the test fixture that emits a pulse of acoustic energy, wherein:
• an acoustic receiver deployed in the test fixture that receives at least a portion of the pulse of acoustic energy, wherein:
• the receipt of the at least portion of the pulse acoustic energy by the acoustic receiver results in a received signal being generated by the acoustic receiver, and
• the received signal is converted into a set of digital data indicative of a test fixture response;
• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors that execute instructions out of the memory to:
• identify the test fixture response based on an analysis on the set of digital data,
• generate resultant data associated with one or more characteristics of a real wellbore based on a comparison between data sensed at the real wellbore with the set of digital data indicative of the test fixture response, and
• identify the one or more characteristics of the real wellbore based on an analysis of the resultant data.