Combined Optical Pressure and Temperature Sensor
Over the last decade or so oil has become an increasingly scarce non-renewable source of energy, thus production has necessarily moved towards deeper wells and more unconventional recovery methods.The Combined Optical Pressure and Temperature Sensor, developed at the University of Strathclyde, is a low-cost sensor system capable of operating in high-temperature, high-pressure downhole environments and offering a superior accuracy and measurement range relative to the existing electronic and optical gauges. The new technology will overcome the issue of poor temperature and pressure sensitivities and the mutual contamination of the spectral patterns generated by the existing sensors, thus, the new device will offer greater accuracy. Additionally, within this technology’s development, a low-cost sensor interrogation system will be constructed. This system is extremely resilient to external temperature changes and can be manufactured in high volumes, helping reduce costs. Key Benefits
- Cost Effective
- Accurate and permanent temperature and pressure measurement
- Allows oil recovery from currently unmanageable oil wells
- Capable of operating in high-temperature, high-pressure downhole environments
Applications
- Oil and gas production
- Chemical industries – for example in high temperature processing plants
- Energy generation – for example in geothermal power plants and gas turbine monitoring
- Automotive – for example in combustion engine monitoring
- Aerospace industry – for example in aero-engine monitoring
IP Status
This technology is protected by a patent application filed by the University of Strathclyde. Contact is welcomed from organisations interested in developing, licensing or exploiting this technology.
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