Method and device for measuring formation elemental capture gamma ray spectra

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10401311-B2
Application number	US-201815888809-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2018
Priority date	Aug 6, 2015
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a device for measuring a formation elemental capture gamma ray spectrum, pertaining to the field of oil-gas exploration and well logging technologies. The method comprises: performing moderation on neutrons emitted from a neutron source according to a neutron capture cross section of a test sample; and adjusting a relative location of the test sample with respect to the neutron source, so that a standard capture gamma ray spectrum of the test sample is measured and obtained at a location where a thermal neutron flux reacting with atomic nucleuses of the test sample reaches a first predetermined value. The present invention performs moderation on a neutron source according to neutron capture cross sections of different test samples to measure and obtain elemental capture gamma ray spectra of the test samples, thereby obtaining various formation elemental capture gamma ray spectra with higher accuracy.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for measuring a formation elemental capture gamma ray spectrum, comprising:
performing moderation on neutrons emitted from a neutron source according to a neutron capture cross section of a test sample; and
adjusting a relative position of the test sample with respect to the neutron source, so that a standard capture gamma ray spectrum of the test sample is measured and obtained at a position where a thermal neutron flux reacting with atomic nucleuses of the test sample reaches a first predetermined value,
wherein the performing moderation on neutrons emitted from a neutron source according to a neutron capture cross section of a test sample comprises: as for the test sample with a neutron capture cross section greater than a second predetermined value, placing the neutron source in a first moderation shield, placing a test sample stage at a ray exit of the first moderation shield, and performing moderation and shielding on the neutrons emitted from the neutron source by using the first moderation shield, wherein the test sample stage is used for placing the test sample, wherein the first moderation shield comprises a moderation layer, a shield layer and a fixed layer, wherein the moderation layer is used for wrapping the neutron source, the shield layer is wrapped outside the moderation layer, the fixed layer is wrapped outside the shield layer, a Al moderation layer is arranged at the ray exit of the moderation layer, and a shield is arranged outside the first moderation shield at a position corresponding to the detector; and
wherein the measuring and obtaining a standard capture gamma ray spectrum of the test sample comprises: measuring and obtaining a background gamma ray spectrum at a position where the thermal neutron flux reaches the first predetermined value, and a comprehensive gamma ray spectrum at a position where the thermal neutron flux reaches the first predetermined value; and subtracting the background gamma ray spectrum from the comprehensive gamma ray spectrum, to obtain the standard capture gamma ray spectrum of the test sample.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
performing simulation calculation on the test sample by a predetermined numerical simulation algorithm, and obtaining a simulation result; and
verifying the measured standard capture gamma ray spectrum and/or the simulated measurement result by nuclear data of IAEA.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting a relative position of the test sample with respect to the neutron source further comprises: adjusting the position of the neutron source located at the front end of a moderation layer by moving the moderation layer in the first moderation shield.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing moderation on neutrons emitted from a neutron source according to a neutron capture cross section of a test sample comprises:
as for the test sample with a neutron capture cross section less than the second predetermined value, placing the neutron source at the outer side of a second moderation shield, performing moderation and shielding on the neutrons emitted from the neutron source by using the second moderation shield, wherein the second moderation shield is used for placing the test sample.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the adjusting a relative position of the test sample with respect to the neutron source further comprises: adjusting a relative position of the test sample with respect to the neutron source by moving the position of the second moderation shield.

6. A measuring device for measuring a formation elemental capture gamma ray spectrum, the device comprising: a measurement body, a first moderation shield, a test sample stage, a detector, a data collecting and processing module, and a data analyzing module,
wherein the first moderation shield, the test sample stage, and the detector are arranged in the measurement body,
wherein the first moderation shield has a ray exit and is used for carrying the neutron source and performing moderation on the neutrons emitted from the neutron source according to a neutron capture cross section of a test sample,
wherein the test sample stage is used for placing the test sample, arranged at the ray exit of the first moderation shield,
wherein the first moderation shield is movable, so that the detector acquires prompt gamma ray spectrum data of the test sample at a position where the thermal neutron flux reacting with atomic nucleuses of the test sample reaches a first predetermined value,
wherein the data collecting and processing module collects and processes the prompt gamma ray spectrum data acquired by the detector,
wherein the data analyzing module analyzes the prompt gamma ray spectrum data and obtains the standard capture gamma ray spectrum of the test sample, and
wherein the first moderation shield comprises a moderation layer, a shield layer and a fixed layer, wherein the moderation layer is used for wrapping the neutron source, the shield layer is wrapped outside the moderation layer, the fixed layer is wrapped outside the shield layer, a Al moderation layer is arranged at the ray exit of the moderation layer, and a shield is arranged outside the first moderation shield at a position corresponding to the detector.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the test sample has a neutron capture cross section greater than a second predetermined value.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the second predetermined value is greater than cross sections of magnesium, potassium, and sodium and smaller than cross sections of hydrogen, iron, and gadolinium.

9. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the neutron source comprises Am—Be, and the test sample comprises an element selected from hydrogen, iron, and gadolinium.

10. The device according to claim 6 , wherein a movable structure is adopted between the moderation layer and the shield layer, and the position of the neutron source located at the front end of the moderation layer is adjusted by moving the moderation layer in the first moderation shield.

Assignees

• Petrochina Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Hongliang
• Li Ning
• Lan Changlin
• Feng Zhou
• Feng Qingfu
• Wang Kewen

Classifications

• G01V5/101 Primary

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• G01N23/222 Primary

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