Wireless Geophone Sensing System for Real-Time Seismic Data Acquisition

Hussein Attia; Sagiru Gaya; Abdullah Alamoudi; Fahad M. Alshehri; Abdulrahman Al-Suhaimi; Nawaf Alsulaim; Ahmad M. Al Naser; Mohamad Aghyad Jamal Eddin; Abdullah M. Alqahtani; Jhonathan Prieto Rojas; Suhail Al-Dharrab; Feras Al-Dirini

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2989280

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

Wireless Geophone Sensing System for Real-Time Seismic Data Acquisition

Hussein Attia,
Sagiru Gaya,
Abdullah Alamoudi,
Fahad M. Alshehri,
Abdulrahman Al-Suhaimi,
Nawaf Alsulaim,
Ahmad M. Al Naser,
Mohamad Aghyad Jamal Eddin,
Abdullah M. Alqahtani,
Jhonathan Prieto Rojas,
Suhail Al-Dharrab,
Feras Al-Dirini

Affiliations

Hussein Attia: ORCiD; Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Sagiru Gaya: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Alamoudi: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Fahad M. Alshehri: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Al-Suhaimi: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Nawaf Alsulaim: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad M. Al Naser: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Mohamad Aghyad Jamal Eddin: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah M. Alqahtani: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Jhonathan Prieto Rojas: ORCiD; Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Suhail Al-Dharrab: ORCiD; Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Feras Al-Dirini: ORCiD; Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2989280
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 81116 – 81128

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Active seismic surveys, for the exploration of oil and gas reservoirs, are conducted using a huge network of geophone sensors (>10,000) covering a very large area and interconnected using seismic cables. Such cables enable reliable operation and fast data transfer, but account for a major percentage of the survey cost and limit its flexibility. In this paper, a wireless seismic data acquisition system that provides real-time data transmission for active seismic surveys is designed and implemented. A system that comprises a smart wireless sensor node and a gateway unit is demonstrated as a proof-of-concept. The smart wireless node comprises a geophone sensor, a high-resolution data acquisition system and a smart reconfigurable wireless communication module. The data acquisition system includes an electronic circuit for amplification and filtering, a single-board computer and a 24-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The wireless communication module comprises a 2.4 GHz radio frequency (RF) transceiver connected to a pattern reconfigurable antenna. A microcontroller is employed to reconfigure the Yagi-Uda antenna to scan its radiation pattern in different directions and focus the radiated power in the direction of the nearest gateway. This high-gain directional antenna would allow communication between the sensor node and the gateway over a longer distance as compared with the monopole antenna conventionally employed in commercial wireless seismic systems. The proposed system, employing a reconfigurable antenna in the sensor node, has been implemented and tested and was able to successfully capture seismic data from the geophone sensor and transmit it wirelessly in real-time to the gateway unit, achieving a notable 25% enhancement in the communication range between the sensor node and the gateway. This communication range enhancement results in a significant 56% enhancement in the gateway's communication area coverage, when compared to similar systems that use conventional monopole antennas in their sensor nodes.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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