Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, in view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a multi-point grating optical cable temperature calibration device and calibration method, so as to solve the problems of low temperature sensitivity and thermal time constant calibration efficiency, complex operation and possible inaccuracy of the result in the prior art for a long-distance optical cable including a plurality of FBGs, and to achieve accurate calibration of the temperature sensitivity and thermal dynamic response characteristics of each FBG in the multi-point grating optical cable.
In order to achieve the aim of the invention, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect, the invention provides a multi-point grating optical cable temperature calibration device, which comprises a first optical cable reel, a second optical cable reel, an incubator, a grating demodulator, a multi-point grating optical cable and a computer, wherein:
the first optical cable reel is used for winding and placing a multi-point grating optical cable to be calibrated;
the second optical cable reel is used for receiving the multi-point grating optical cable released from the first optical cable reel and passing through the constant temperature box, and the released multi-point grating optical cable is wound on the second optical cable reel;
the thermostat is provided with through holes at least at two opposite sides, so that the multi-point grating optical cable can penetrate into the case from one through hole and penetrate out of the case from the other through hole;
The grating demodulator is connected with the multi-point grating optical cable and is used for collecting the change data of the reflection spectrums or the center wavelengths of all gratings in the multi-point grating optical cable along with time in real time;
the computer is used for acquiring the data acquired by the grating demodulator and carrying out fitting processing on the acquired data to obtain the temperature sensitivity and the thermal time constant of the gratings of all the multi-point grating optical cable.
In some possible embodiments, the incubator has an accurate temperature control capability, and can stabilize the temperature inside the incubator at a plurality of preset target temperature points, wherein a plurality of incubators are arranged, and a plurality of incubators are arranged in series, so that different temperatures can be respectively set to realize a more complex temperature profile or faster temperature change.
In some possible implementations, the grating demodulator is fixed on the side wall of the first optical cable tray, rotates synchronously with the first optical cable tray, the head end of the multi-point grating optical cable extends to the side wall through a hole on the roller in the first optical cable tray to be connected with the grating demodulator, and the grating demodulator sends the collected data to the computer in a wired or wireless mode.
In some possible embodiments, the through hole is further sealed by a flexible sealing material, so that heat dissipation is reduced.
In some possible embodiments, the first and second reels each use motorized reels or manual reels in combination with length metering devices to achieve precise movement and grating positioning of the multi-point grating cable.
In a second aspect, the present invention also provides a calibration method of a multi-point grating optical cable temperature calibration device, including:
All devices of the multi-point grating optical cable temperature calibration device are installed and fixed according to requirements;
Setting the temperature of the incubator to be a first target temperature T1, waiting for the temperature in the incubator to be stable, and acquiring the change data of the reflection spectrum or the center wavelength of the grating positioned in the incubator along with time in real time by the grating demodulator; setting the temperature of the incubator to be the next target temperature T2, reversely rotating the optical cable disc to release the multi-point grating optical cable from the second optical cable disc and pass through the incubator after waiting for stabilization, and so on, setting a plurality of target temperature points TN, and repeatedly measuring for each target temperature to obtain time-dependent change data of reflection spectrums or center wavelengths of all gratings at a plurality of target temperatures;
Performing single-point single-temperature wavelength-time curve fitting based on the collected time-dependent change data of the reflection spectrum or the central wavelength of each grating at a plurality of target temperatures to obtain fitting coefficients [ b (T1),b(T2),……,b(TN) ] and [ c (T1),c(T2),……,c(TN) ];
for each grating, linear fitting is carried out by taking [ T1,T2,……,TN ] as an independent variable and a fitting coefficient [ c (T1),c(T2),……,c(TN) ] as an dependent variable to obtain the temperature sensitivity of the grating;
for each grating, the thermal time constant τ of that grating is calculated based on the fitting coefficient [ b (T1),b(T2),……,b(TN) ] and the measured temperature point [ T1,T2,……,TN ].
In some possible embodiments, all devices of the multi-point grating optical cable temperature calibration device are installed and fixed, including:
The method comprises the steps that a multi-point grating optical cable winding disc to be calibrated is placed on a first optical cable disc, the head end of the multi-point grating optical cable extends to the side wall through a hole in a roller in the first optical cable disc, a grating demodulator is fixed on the side wall of the first optical cable disc, the head end of the multi-point grating optical cable is connected with the grating demodulator, and the tail end of the multi-point grating optical cable is released from the first optical cable disc and penetrates through an incubator to be connected to a second optical cable disc.
In some possible embodiments, single-point single-temperature wavelength-time curve fitting is performed based on collected time-dependent variation data of reflection spectra or center wavelengths at a plurality of target temperatures of each grating, so as to obtain fitting coefficients, which are specifically:
Wherein lambdaB (T, T) represents the central wavelength of the grating at constant temperature T and time T, a (T), b (T) and c (T) are fitting coefficients at constant temperature T, and fitting coefficients of each grating at target temperature [ a (T1),a(T2),……,a(TN)]、[b(T1),b(T2),……,b(TN) ] and [ c (T1),c(T2),……,c(TN) ] can be obtained through fitting.
In some possible embodiments, for each grating, the temperature sensitivity of the grating is obtained by linear fitting with [ T1,T2,……,TN ] as an independent variable and a fitting coefficient [ c (T1),c(T2),……,c(TN) ] as an dependent variable, and the specific formula is:
;
where S is the temperature sensitivity of the grating and K is a constant.
In some possible embodiments, for each grating, the thermal time constant τ of the grating is calculated based on the fitting coefficient [ b (T1),b(T2),……,b(TN) ] and the measured temperature point [ T1,T2,……,TN ], with the specific formula:
;
where N is the number of measured temperature points and Ti is the measured temperature point.
The invention adopts the technical proposal and has the following characteristics:
1. Meanwhile, the temperature sensitivity and the thermal time constant are calibrated, the calibration of the temperature sensitivity and the thermal time constant of each FBG in the optical cable can be completed at one time, and more comprehensive FBG temperature response characteristic parameters are provided.
2. The invention can efficiently scale the long-distance optical cable containing a plurality of FBGs in batches by adopting a double-optical cable reel cable guiding mode, thereby greatly saving time and manpower.
3. The invention can calibrate in the controlled incubator environment, avoid the interference of complex factors of the field environment, and the straightened optical cable state is closer to the actual deployment condition (compared with coiling), and the obtained sensitivity and time constant are more accurate.
4. The invention can accurately measure the thermal time constant influenced by the optical cable structure, is beneficial to data compensation in dynamic temperature measurement application and improves measurement accuracy.
5. The whole calibration process can realize automatic control, including rotation of the optical cable reel, temperature setting of the incubator, data acquisition and data processing.
In summary, the invention has wide application range and can be widely applied to the temperature characteristic calibration of various long-distance optical cables containing FBG.
Detailed Description
It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," "including," and "having" are inclusive and therefore specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The method steps, processes, and operations described herein are not to be construed as necessarily requiring their performance in the particular order described or illustrated, unless an order of performance is explicitly stated. It should also be appreciated that additional or alternative steps may be used.
Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as "first," "second," and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the example embodiments.
For ease of description, spatially relative terms, such as "inner," "outer," "lower," "upper," and the like, may be used herein to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. Such spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures.
Because the prior art lacks a method to be able to efficiently and accurately simultaneously scale the temperature sensitivity and thermal time constant of each FBG for long-distance fiber optic cables comprising multiple FBGs. The invention provides a multi-point grating optical cable temperature calibration device and a calibration method, wherein the device comprises a first optical cable reel, a second optical cable reel, a constant temperature box, a grating demodulator, a multi-point grating optical cable and a computer, wherein the first optical cable reel is used for winding and placing the multi-point grating optical cable to be calibrated, the second optical cable reel is used for receiving the multi-point grating optical cable which is released from the first optical cable reel and passes through the constant temperature box, the released multi-point grating optical cable is wound and arranged on the second optical cable reel, the constant temperature box is provided with through holes at least at two opposite sides, so that the multi-point grating optical cable can penetrate into a box body from one through hole and penetrate out of the box body from the other through hole, the grating demodulator is connected with the multi-point grating optical cable, and the computer is used for acquiring the reflection spectrum or central wavelength change data of all gratings in the multi-point grating optical cable along with time, fitting data acquired by the grating demodulator and processing the acquired data to acquire the temperature sensitivity and the thermal time constant of all gratings of the multi-point grating optical cable. Therefore, the invention can complete the calibration of the temperature sensitivity and the thermal time constant of each FBG in the optical cable at one time, and provides more comprehensive FBG temperature response characteristic parameters.
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
The first embodiment is as shown in fig. 1, and the multi-point grating optical cable temperature calibration device provided by the embodiment comprises a first optical cable reel 1, a second optical cable reel 2, an incubator 3, a grating demodulator 4, a multi-point grating optical cable 5 and a computer 6, wherein:
A first optical cable reel 1 for winding and placing a multi-point grating optical cable 5 to be calibrated;
A second optical fiber reel 2 for receiving the multi-point grating optical fiber cable 5 released from the first optical fiber reel 1 and passing through the oven 3, and the released multi-point grating optical fiber cable 5 is wound on the second optical fiber reel 2.
The oven 3 is provided with through holes at least at two opposite sides, so that the multi-point grating optical cable 5 can penetrate into the oven body from one through hole and penetrate out of the oven body from the other through hole, wherein the oven 3 can stabilize the temperature inside the oven body at a plurality of preset target temperature points.
The grating demodulator 4 is connected with the multi-point grating optical cable 5 and is used for collecting the data of the change of the reflection spectrums or the central wavelengths of all FBGs in the multi-point grating optical cable 5 along with time at a high speed in real time.
And the computer 6 is used for acquiring data acquired by the grating demodulator 4 and fitting the acquired data of the change of the FBG reflection spectrum or the central wavelength along with time to acquire the temperature sensitivity and the thermal time constant of each FBG.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, both the first spool 1 and the second spool 2 may use either an electric spool or a manual spool in combination with a length metering device to achieve precise movement of the multi-point grating fiber optic cable 5 and FBG positioning.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the incubator 3 may use a high-low temperature tank, a water bath tank or a temperature control device capable of realizing a rapid temperature step, i.e. ensuring that the incubator 3 needs to have accurate temperature control capability.
Further, the number of the thermostats 3 may be set to be plural, and when plural thermostats 3 are provided, plural thermostats 3 may be set to different temperatures respectively by being set in series, so as to achieve a more complicated temperature profile or a faster temperature change.
Further, the dimensions of the oven 3 do not require any requirement, but it is necessary to ensure that at least one grating is located within the oven 3 during each time period.
Further, measures should be taken at the through hole of the incubator 3 to reduce heat dissipation, such as pore sealing using a flexible sealing material.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the grating demodulator 4 can collect the center wavelength of all FBGs in the multi-point grating optical cable 5, the data collection frequency of which is selected depending on the thermal time constant of the cable, since the thermal time constants are related to the temperature gradient, e.g. the thermal time constant is different from 20 degrees to 30 degrees and from 20 degrees to 40 degrees, the relatively suitable data collection frequency is set to capture the details of the thermal response.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the grating demodulator 4 is fixed to the side wall of the first cable tray 1 and rotates synchronously with the first cable tray 1. The head end of the multi-point grating light 5 cable is connected to the grating demodulator 4 through the hole on the roller in the first optical cable tray 1 and extends to the side wall.
Further, the grating demodulator 4 sends the collected data to the computer 6 in real time in a wireless manner such as bluetooth or WiFi, and the grating demodulator 4 can also be connected with the computer 6 in a wired manner through an electrical slip ring and send the collected data to the computer 6 in real time.
In a second embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment further provides a method for calibrating the temperature of a multi-point grating optical cable, including:
S1, device connection and preparation.
In this embodiment, the multi-point grating optical cable 5 to be calibrated is wound on the first optical cable reel 1, the head end of the multi-point grating optical cable 5 extends to the side wall through the hole on the roller in the first optical cable reel 1, the grating demodulator 4 is fixed on the side wall of the first optical cable reel 1, the head end of the multi-point grating optical cable 5 is connected with the grating demodulator 4, and the tail end of the multi-point grating optical cable 5 is released from the first optical cable reel 1 and passes through the incubator 3 to be connected to the second optical cable reel 2.
S2, setting a first target temperature and stabilizing.
In the present embodiment, the temperature of the oven 3 is set to a first target temperature T1 (for example, 30 ℃) and the temperature in the oven is waited for to stabilize, the temperature fluctuation is ensured to be within the allowable range, and the current target temperature T1 is recorded.
S3, optical cable rotation and data acquisition.
In this embodiment, the optical cable rotation and data acquisition includes:
The second optical cable reel 2 is rotated to take up the multi-point grating optical cable 5, which is released from the first optical cable reel 1 and enters the incubator 3, the first FBG is placed in the incubator 3, then the grating demodulator 4 is turned on to record the center wavelength of the FBG (for example, but not limited to, one center wavelength is recorded every 1 second), and a sufficient time (for example, 2 times or more of the estimated maximum thermal time constant) is recorded to ensure that the FBG reaches the thermal balance, wherein the thermal balance means that the temperature of the optical cable has reached the temperature inside the incubator, for example, the ambient temperature is 20 degrees, the temperature of the optical cable is 20 degrees when the optical cable is just placed in the incubator, the incubator is set to 30 degrees, and the optical cable starts to heat up, and the thermal balance is reached when the temperature of the optical cable reaches 30 degrees.
The second optical cable reel 2 is rotated to take up the cable, so that the second FBG enters the incubator 3, and then the data acquisition process is repeated, so that all FBGs on the optical cable are acquired by data.
S4, repeating the temperature step and the data acquisition.
In this embodiment, the repeated temperature step and data acquisition includes:
First, the temperature of the oven 3 is set to the next target temperature T2 (for example, 40 ℃) and stabilization is waited for.
Then, by reversely rotating the reels (e.g., rotating the first reel 1 to pay out the multi-point grating optical cable 5 from the second reel 2 and passing through the oven 3, repeating the data collection process of step S3, a plurality of target temperature points T1,T2,……,TN (e.g., covering the use temperature range of the optical cable) may be set, and steps S2 and S3 may be repeated for each target temperature.
In this embodiment, besides the foregoing heating measurement of the FBG in the incubator 3, the FBG may be moved out of the incubator 3 to measure the dynamic response of the cooling process, which is not described herein.
S5, single-point single-temperature wavelength-time curve fitting.
In this embodiment, for each FBG collected from room temperature to one temperature stable process (e.g. from room temperature to T1 or from room temperature to T2, etc.), the change of its central wavelength with time is curve-fitted, e.g. from room temperature to T1, the grating demodulator records a set of central wavelength data every 1 second, the central wavelength is λB(T1,t1 at time T1, the central wavelength is λB(T2,t2 at time T2), and so on, these data are curve-fitted, the time T is an independent variable, and λB (T, T) is a dependent variable, fitting is performed using the following formula:
;
Where λB (T, T) represents the FBG center wavelength at constant temperature T and time T, and a (T), b (T), and c (T) are fitting coefficients at constant temperature T. By fitting, the fitting coefficient of each FBG at a specific temperature can be obtained:
[ a (T1),a(T2),……,a(TN)]、[b(T1),b(T2),……,b(TN) ] and [ c (T1),c(T2),……,c(TN) ].
S6, calibrating the grating temperature sensitivity.
In this embodiment, for each FBG, the stable center wavelength value c (T) after it reaches thermal equilibrium at different target temperatures is extracted, and the following linear fitting is performed with [ T1,T2,……,TN ] as independent variable and [ c (T1),c(T2),……,c(TN) ] as dependent variable:
;
where S is the temperature sensitivity of the FBG and K is a constant. By fitting each FBG, the temperature sensitivity of each FBG can be obtained.
S7, calibrating a thermal time constant.
In this embodiment, for a particular FBG, its thermal time constant τ is calculated by:
;
Where N is the number of measured temperature points, b (Ti) is the fitting coefficient of equation (1), and Ti is the measured temperature points.
The center wavelength data points and the linear fitting curves of certain FBGs after reaching thermal equilibrium at different target temperatures are shown in FIG. 3. A set of data was collected every 30 seconds, with thermostats stabilizing at 29.5 ℃, 39.0 ℃ and 48.6 ℃, respectively. The results of the parameter fitting are shown in table 1.
The coefficient C is fitted using equation (2), as shown in fig. 4, so that the temperature sensitivity of the grating is 10.1 pm/°c. The thermal time constant of the grating can be calculated to be 6.79 s/°c according to the coefficient b and formula (3).
In this specification, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and identical and similar parts of each embodiment are all referred to each other, and each embodiment mainly describes differences from other embodiments. In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one preferred embodiment," "further," "specifically," "in the present embodiment," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the embodiments of the present specification. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the different embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of the different embodiments or examples may be combined and combined by those skilled in the art without contradiction.
It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are merely for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and not for limiting the same, and although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above-mentioned embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solution described in the above-mentioned embodiments may be modified or some technical features may be equivalently replaced, and these modifications or substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solution deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention.