Research on remote reference denoising method based on non-coaxial and non-coplanar tunnel NMR detection

Abstract

The limited space within the tunnel constrains the size of the antenna for NMR detection, thereby significantly impacting the signal-to-noise ratio of NMR signals. Insufficient signal-to-noise ratio data poses substantial challenges to obtaining reliable NMR signals. The paper presents a novel approach to address the challenge of strong background noise in tunnel environments and low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) data by incorporating the ground multi-channel remote reference denoising method into tunnel NMR advance detection. Specifically designed for narrow tunnels, a multichannel non-coaxial and non-coplanar remote reference denoising method is proposed. Firstly, the effectiveness of the non-coaxial, non-coplanar remote reference denoising method is verified in the laboratory environment. Secondly, the correlation between the detector antenna and the reference antenna is calculated theoretically to ensure the significant correlation between the detector antenna and the reference antenna. Finally, two processing methods of reference denoising and non-reference denoising are carried out respectively by combining the tunnel detection data. By comparing the inversion results and the engineering construction results, the effectiveness of non-coaxial and non-coplanar remote reference denoising methods in tunnel NMR detection is proved, which provides relevant research support for expanding the application of tunnel NMR detection technology.