New EM Transmitter with Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ Based Magnetic Feeders Potentially Used for Seabed Logging Application

Abstract:

Sea bed logging (SBL) is a new technique for detection of deep target hydrocarbon reservoir. Powerful electromagnetic (EM) transmitter is required for the transmission of EM signal underneath the seabed. New aluminum transmitter with yttrium iron garnet (Y₃Fe₅O₁₂) based magnetic feeders was used in a scale tank to increase the magnitude of the magnetic field. Yttrium iron garnet samples were prepared using self combustion technique at different sintering temperatures of 750°C, 950°C and 1150°C. Characterizations of Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ samples were done by using XRD, RAMAN, FESEM and Impedence network analyser. X-ray diffraction results revealed that yttrium iron garnet phase with good crystallinity appeared at sintering temperature of 1150°C. Nanoparticles size ranging from 60 to 110 nm was investigated. Raman results also confirmed garnet structure of yttrium iron garnet at sintering temperature of 1150°C. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) was used to image the morphology of the Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ nanoparticles. Magnetic properties of Y3Fe5O12 magnetic feeders illustrates that Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ has high Initial permeability (58.054), high Q-factor (59.842) and low loss factor (0.0003) at sintering temperature of 1150°C. Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ magnetic feeders with high Q factor were chosen for new aluminum EM transmitter. Experiments with a scale factor of 2000 were carried out in scaled tank. It was found that Al transmitter with Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ magnetic feeders increased magnitude of magnetic field strength up to 180%.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 667)
• Pages: 10-23
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.667.10
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir
• Keywords: EM Transmitter, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, Nanoparticle, Q-Factor, Self-Combustion, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)

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