Monopole Acoustic Logging While Drilling Acoustic Insulator Based on Labyrinthine Grooved Structure

In acoustic logging while drilling (ALWD), the presence of a thick-walled drill collar inspires significant amplitude drill collar waves, which will interfere with the measurement and acquisition of formation information. To address this issue, a novel acoustic isolator based on a labyrinthine groov...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: DOU Yifan, ZHANG Chao, GUAN Wei
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Editorial Office of Well Logging Technology 2025-04-01
Series:Cejing jishu
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.cnpcwlt.com/en/#/digest?ArticleID=5719
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850153183430574080
author DOU Yifan
ZHANG Chao
GUAN Wei
author_facet DOU Yifan
ZHANG Chao
GUAN Wei
author_sort DOU Yifan
collection DOAJ
description In acoustic logging while drilling (ALWD), the presence of a thick-walled drill collar inspires significant amplitude drill collar waves, which will interfere with the measurement and acquisition of formation information. To address this issue, a novel acoustic isolator based on a labyrinthine grooved structure is proposed to effectively attenuate drill collar waves propagating along the drill string. The sound insulation performance of the proposed insulator is analyzed through both frequency-domain and time-domain responses. After parameter optimization, the labyrinthine grooved structure insulator consists of 10 grooved sections, each containing 20 random grooves along the circumferential direction. The results show that, within the sound source's central frequency range of 10~16 kHz, the structure presented in this paper has a good suppression effect on drill collar waves. Moreover, by using the proposed structure, formation P-wave and S-wave velocities can be derived by analyzing the array-received waveform data. Calculations demonstrate that the proposed structure meets the mechanical performance requirements under complex wellbore conditions. The findings of this study are expected to provide new insights for the design of sound insulators in ALWD and further enhance the accuracy of formation property acquisition in monopole ALWD.
format Article
id doaj-art-ac86f0dde7234e839edbe6b79b3f795c
institution OA Journals
issn 1004-1338
language zho
publishDate 2025-04-01
publisher Editorial Office of Well Logging Technology
record_format Article
series Cejing jishu
spelling doaj-art-ac86f0dde7234e839edbe6b79b3f795c2025-08-20T02:25:47ZzhoEditorial Office of Well Logging TechnologyCejing jishu1004-13382025-04-0149216417010.16489/j.issn.1004-1338.2025.02.0031004-1338(2025)02-0164-07Monopole Acoustic Logging While Drilling Acoustic Insulator Based on Labyrinthine Grooved StructureDOU Yifan0ZHANG Chao1GUAN Wei2School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, ChinaSchool of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, ChinaSchool of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, ChinaIn acoustic logging while drilling (ALWD), the presence of a thick-walled drill collar inspires significant amplitude drill collar waves, which will interfere with the measurement and acquisition of formation information. To address this issue, a novel acoustic isolator based on a labyrinthine grooved structure is proposed to effectively attenuate drill collar waves propagating along the drill string. The sound insulation performance of the proposed insulator is analyzed through both frequency-domain and time-domain responses. After parameter optimization, the labyrinthine grooved structure insulator consists of 10 grooved sections, each containing 20 random grooves along the circumferential direction. The results show that, within the sound source's central frequency range of 10~16 kHz, the structure presented in this paper has a good suppression effect on drill collar waves. Moreover, by using the proposed structure, formation P-wave and S-wave velocities can be derived by analyzing the array-received waveform data. Calculations demonstrate that the proposed structure meets the mechanical performance requirements under complex wellbore conditions. The findings of this study are expected to provide new insights for the design of sound insulators in ALWD and further enhance the accuracy of formation property acquisition in monopole ALWD.https://www.cnpcwlt.com/en/#/digest?ArticleID=5719acoustic logging while drillingisolatorcollar wavelabyrinthine grooved structure
spellingShingle DOU Yifan
ZHANG Chao
GUAN Wei
Monopole Acoustic Logging While Drilling Acoustic Insulator Based on Labyrinthine Grooved Structure
Cejing jishu
acoustic logging while drilling
isolator
collar wave
labyrinthine grooved structure
title Monopole Acoustic Logging While Drilling Acoustic Insulator Based on Labyrinthine Grooved Structure
title_full Monopole Acoustic Logging While Drilling Acoustic Insulator Based on Labyrinthine Grooved Structure
title_fullStr Monopole Acoustic Logging While Drilling Acoustic Insulator Based on Labyrinthine Grooved Structure
title_full_unstemmed Monopole Acoustic Logging While Drilling Acoustic Insulator Based on Labyrinthine Grooved Structure
title_short Monopole Acoustic Logging While Drilling Acoustic Insulator Based on Labyrinthine Grooved Structure
title_sort monopole acoustic logging while drilling acoustic insulator based on labyrinthine grooved structure
topic acoustic logging while drilling
isolator
collar wave
labyrinthine grooved structure
url https://www.cnpcwlt.com/en/#/digest?ArticleID=5719
work_keys_str_mv AT douyifan monopoleacousticloggingwhiledrillingacousticinsulatorbasedonlabyrinthinegroovedstructure
AT zhangchao monopoleacousticloggingwhiledrillingacousticinsulatorbasedonlabyrinthinegroovedstructure
AT guanwei monopoleacousticloggingwhiledrillingacousticinsulatorbasedonlabyrinthinegroovedstructure