Portable generator for deep electromagnetic soundings and monitoring of seismically active zones with the use of industrial power transmission lines

Abstract

The structure and a possible practical application of the portable generator with extremely and super low frequency (ELF-SLF) range (0.1-200 Hz) and power of 2 kW are described. The generator is designed for deep sounding of the Earth's crust for the purposes of mineral exploration and electromagnetic monitoring of source zones of earthquakes in seismically active regions. Computational and theoretical works, as well as numerical simulation for optimizing the generator's parameters and element base, are car ried out. The main constructive elements of the generator, namely, the power factor corrector, the driver con trol circuit for power transistors, the inverter of the high frequency decoupling converter, the multichannel pulse power converter, the output inverter, and etc., are consistently described. The generator's weight does not exceed 10 kg, and, therefore, the generator may be easily delivered to a testing site using any kind of trans port, including planes. The generator is powered by the single phase network with a voltage of 220 V. The full scale testing of the generator is performed at the territory of the Yamalo Nenets autonomous okrug via the connection to the high voltage transmission line Urengoi-Pangody with a length of 114 km. The maximum current in the line is 12 A. The maximum distance of reliable signal recording is 110 km.Keywords: portable generator, electromagnetic sounding, extremely and super low frequency range, seismi cally active zone, industrial power transmission line