We present a distributed fiber optic sensing scheme to study 3D temperature fields inside concrete containers submitted to fire. High spatial resolution (3cm to 13cm), temperature uncertainty better than 3°C and rapid measurements (in the minute range) were required. We thus compared advantages and drawbacks of three sensing chains, based on Rayleigh, Brillouin and Raman scatterings; such distributed measurements were also compared with thermocouples (up to 250 measuring points). Practical field implementation limits are also underlined. Fire tests are a promising application for distributed optical fiber sensors.
Radiation effects on the performances of TW-COTDR (Tunable Wavelength - Coherent Optical Time Domain Reflectometry) optical fiber sensors based on Rayleigh scattering have been studied online for Ge-doped and F-doped fibers. We confirm that the Rayleigh response is not affected by low radiation (dose ∼55 kGy). However we observed using the TW-COTDR technology, a radiation induced frequency shift increasing at higher radiation (dose ∼ 10MGy): up to 96 GHz for Ge-doped fiber and up to 25.5 GHz for F-doped fiber.
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