Strain monitoring of drilling riser in deepwater based on fiber Bragg gratings

Yajun Jiang, Dexing Yang, Jun Wang, Jian Xu, Chuan Qin, Wei Liao, Jianlin Zhao, Haiyan Wang, Shiquan Jiang

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Abstract

It is very important to monitor the lateral and axial strains of drilling riser for evaluation its health in deepwater. An optical fiber strain sensing system based on optical fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) used for monitoring the strain of drilling riser is presented. The optical fiber strain sensors are made by embedding FBGs into thin columned fiber reinforced polymer which protect FBGs from seawater corrosion. Four optical fiber strain sensors are installed parallel to the riser axis and arranged at 90° angles around the riser by a home-made metal belt, at the same time, twelve resistance strain gauges are pasted near the sensors around the drilling riser at 30° angles as reference sensors. A scaled drilling riser about 1 meter long and 0.245m diameter is pressed in the lateral and axial direction in the range of 0-400KN, the experimental results show that the relative error between optical fiber strain sensors and resistance strain gauges is less than 6%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology
Subtitle of host publicationOptical Sensors and Applications
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optical Sensors and Applications - Beijing, China
Duration: 6 Nov 20119 Nov 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8199
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optical Sensors and Applications
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period6/11/119/11/11

Keywords

  • Deepwater
  • Drilling riser
  • Optical fiber bragg gratings
  • Optical fiber strain sensing

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