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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2007.23.4.15

A Study on the Comparison between an Optical Fiber and a Thermal Sensor Cable for Temperature Monitoring  

Kim, Jung-Yul (Soam Consultant Co., Ltd.)
Song, Yoon-Ho (Groundwater & Geothermal Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Kim, Yoo-Sung (Soam Consultant Co., Ltd.)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.23, no.4, 2007 , pp. 15-24 More about this Journal
Abstract
Two kinds of temperature monitoring technology have been introduced in this study, which can measure coincidently temperatures at many points along a single length of cable. One is to use a thermal sensor cable comprizing of addressable thermal sensors. The other is to use an optic fiber sensor with Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) system. The differences between two technologies can be summarized as follows: A thermal sensor cable has a concept of "point sensing" that can measure temperature only at a predefined position. The accuracy and resolution of temperature measurement are up to the capability of the individual thermal sensor. On the other hand, an optic fiber sensor has a concept of "distributed sensing" because temperature is measured practically at all points along the fiber optic cable by analysing the intensity of Raman back-scattering when a laser pulse travels along the fiber. Thus, the temperature resolution depends on the measuring distance, measuring time and spatial resolution. The purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of two different temperature monitoring techniques in technical and economical sense. To this end, diverse experiments with two techniques were performed and two techniques are applied under the same condition. Considering the results, the thermal sensor cable will be well applicable to the assessment of groundwater flow, geothermal distribution and grouting efficiency within about loom distance, and the optic fiber sensor will be suitable for long distance such as pipe line inspection, tunnel fire detection and power line monitoring etc.
Keywords
Optic fiber sensor; Thermal sensor cable; DTS; Temperature monitoring;
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