Field-testing of water pipeline flow monitoring based on SMS fiber optic acoustic sensor

Nageswara Lalam; Brandon Grainger; Paul Ohodnicki; Michael P. Buric; Ruishu Wright

doi:10.1117/12.2663289

13 June 2023 Field-testing of water pipeline flow monitoring based on SMS fiber optic acoustic sensor

Nageswara Lalam, Brandon Grainger, Paul Ohodnicki, Michael P. Buric, Ruishu Wright

Proceedings Volume 12532, Optical Waveguide and Laser Sensors II; 125320Q (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2663289
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2023, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we field demonstrate a water pipeline flow detection based on a simple, low-cost, and highly sensitive fiber optic acoustic sensor. The fiber acoustic sensor consists of a multimode interference effect in a single-mode-multimode-single-mode (SMS) fiber structure. In the field test, we mounted an SMS fiber sensor on a 6” diameter water pipeline, where water flow is precisely controlled by a variable frequency driver (ABB-ACQ580 sensor-less drive). The experimental results indicate that the proposed SMS fiber acoustic sensor can be effectively applied for practical applications of pipeline flow monitoring and identify leak detection with high sensitivity and accuracy.

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Nageswara Lalam, Brandon Grainger, Paul Ohodnicki, Michael P. Buric, and Ruishu Wright "Field-testing of water pipeline flow monitoring based on SMS fiber optic acoustic sensor", Proc. SPIE 12532, Optical Waveguide and Laser Sensors II, 125320Q (13 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2663289

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