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Bin Yan1,2, Wanhua Zhu1,2, Xin Zhuang1,2
1Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Abstract:
Measurement While Drilling (MWD) systems require high-precision triaxial magnetometers for real-time downhole attitude sensing, yet conventional fluxgates fail to meet the stringent size, noise, bandwidth, and temperature demands of deep reservoirs (>175 °C). To bridge this gap, we present a miniaturized triaxial fluxgate magnetometer (23 × 23 × 21 mm3) leveraging Co-Fe-Si-B amorphous wire cores-a material selected for its near-zero magnetostriction and tunable magnetic anisotropy. The sensor achieves breakthrough performance: a 300 Hz bandwidth combined with noise levels below 200 pT/√Hz at 1 Hz when operating at 175 °C while maintaining full functionality with the probe surviving temperatures exceeding 200 °C. This advancement paves the way for more accurate wellbore positioning and steering in high-temperature hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs.
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