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AssigneeWellSonic LC
InventorWalter Franklin Guion
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In the oil industry, the acoustic sounding method is a well-known technique for taking the depth measurements of particular attributes of an oil well or borehole. The method involves sending a short, sharp, clear, loud bang sound down a borehole and recording the echoes generated. One device for generating the sound needed in the acoustic sounding method is an air or gas pressurized chamber which is discharged at or near the wellhead. The sound being generated by this device, commonly known as an acoustic generator, comes from the energy released by the equilibration of the different gas pressures. The current invention is an acoustic generator and its control unit that uses several new and novel features to improve the quality of the sound generated and echoes detected in the acoustic sounding method including a unique and novel design and configuration of the portal between the pressurized chamber and the borehole.
An acoustic generator, a device that makes a sound into a void for the purpose of generating echo frequencies, comprising, a chamber with a first valve opening a straight fluid connection to a void and a second valve opening to a pressure source, and the valves actuatedly linked so that the second valve opens after the first valve closes and the second valve closes fluid connection between the pressure source and the void before the first valve opens.
An acoustic generator, a device that makes a sound into a void for the purpose of generating echo frequencies, comprising,
An acoustic generator, a device that makes a sound into a void for the purpose of generating echo frequencies, comprising,
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