Multi‐tip sparker for the generation of acoustic pulses

Abstract

Sparkers can be used for the production of acoustic pulses as seismic source for sub‐bottom profiling in the sea. A multi‐tip (200‐800 tips) sparker has been developed, which makes high‐resolution seismic profiling possible in deep water. The characteristics of the multi‐tip sparker system have been measured in a basin in the laboratory using different arrangements of the capacitive energy storage and salinity of the water. A model in Matlab is used to calculate the current waveform in the spark array for different layouts of the power supply.

Citation

Rutgers, W.R. and de Jong, I. (2003), "Multi‐tip sparker for the generation of acoustic pulses", Sensor Review, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 55-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/02602280310457974