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MEMS-based strata deformation monitoring system for methane hydrate production areas: a conceptual design

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Seafloor deformation or displacement in methane hydrate production areas is a significant environmental problem that can cause considerable damage. This paper describes a conceptual design for monitoring seafloor deformation that differs from existing monitoring methods that include acoustic and pressure sensors, which have high costs and are only suitable for detecting vertical deformation. The proposed monitoring system is vertically mounted in each monitoring well to detect the displacement of submarine soil layers at different depths and to provide visual feedback by displaying three-dimensional images in real time. To reduce the drift error and to obtain more reliable angle estimates, a Kalman filter algorithm is used to combine the data that are measured using a gyroscope and a digital compass. The stability and accuracy of the system are tested both in real-time test and off-line experiment, and the total errors of the azimuth and tilt angle are less than 0.03° and 0.19° in the static off-line experiment, respectively.

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Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the Heritage Conservation Technological Project of Zhejiang Province Bureau of Cultural Relics (Grant no. 2016010). The authors would like to express appreciation to Minhao Zhang, Yifei Chen and Chunying Xu from the Institute of Marine Information Engineering of Zhejiang University for their helpful comments on the manuscript and English corrections. In addition, the authors express their sincere gratitude to the editor and anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.

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  1. Institute of Marine Information Engineering, Ocean College, 211 Marine Information and Technology Building, Zhoushan campus of Zhejiang University, Dinghai District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China

    Jieying Wang, Jun Han, Danxiang Jing & Pengfei Du

  2. Institute of Ocean Engineering and Technology, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China

    Chaopeng Wu

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Wang, J., Han, J., Jing, D. et al. MEMS-based strata deformation monitoring system for methane hydrate production areas: a conceptual design. J Mar Sci Technol 23, 425–434 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-017-0476-4

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