The radio frequency (RF) excitation pulse of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging tool can realize slice measurement by designing shaped pulses. In the case of a certain main magnetic field, the accuracy of the shaped pulse design has a very important impact on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the NMR signal and the measurement of the short relaxation signal. Hard pulse excitation will produce an undesirable infinite number of side lobes that may perturb the spins in unwanted regions. Soft pulse can achieve selective excitation and has a better slice profile and shorter energy release time while it is not conducive to the measurement of short relaxation signals. This article focuses on the design of shaped pulses in extreme downhole environments and analyzes the characteristics of the three shaped pulses in the two cases of equivalent bandwidth and equivalent pulse duration. At the same time, a kind of RF-shaped pulse transmitting circuit with phase difference control is realized. According to the pulse type optimization strategy, the appropriate shaped pulse is selected. When echo spacing (TE) >0.6 ms, the SNR can be increased to more than 12%. When TE is small, it will automatically switch to the hard pulse mode, which is good for short relaxation measurement.
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements are performed with the pulse sequence and acquisition parameters set by the operator, which cannot be adjusted in real time according to sample characteristics. In one acquisition cycle, usually thousands of high-power pulses are transmitted and thousands of echo points are acquired. The power consumption cause the RF amplifier to overheat, and large amounts of acquired data may be invalid. Therefore, the optimization of excitation and acquisition processes is necessary to improve measurement efficiency. We explore a scheme for the real-time measurement of the samples by adaptively regulating the pulse sequence, which adapts the variable TE pulse sequence as the reconnaissance mode. The appropriate pulse sequence and reasonable parameters (NE, TE) can be selected according to the relaxation characteristics of the samples.This adaptive control strategy has great significance in guiding both dynamic and static measurements, and it is especially suitable for occasions where low magnetic field gradients and diffusion terms can be ignored. We also design a test circuit for adaptive control, which has the function of automatic parameter adjustment. By adjusting parameters such as the number of refocusing pulses, echo spacing, etc., the effective measurement of the samples can be achieved in practice.
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