Experience in seismic signal recording using broadband electrochemical seismic sensors

Abstract

Development and application of broadband seismic sensors, namely velocimeters of electrochemical type (chemotrons), are considered. The principle of operation and design of modern electrochemical (molecular-electronic) converters of seismic signals for linear and rotary motions are described. The data on metrological certification and prolonged trials of these seismic sensors on test benches are presented. Their advantages as compared to stationary broadband seismic sensors of electrodynamic type lie in impact immunity, high power supply efficiency, operability at large inclinations and in a wide temperature range. Comparative analysis of records of the Sichuan Earthquake (China, May 12, 2008) obtained in Moscow on a test bench at the Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences with help of an electrodynamic seismic sensor and on a test bench at the Design Bureau of Oceanological Equipment of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the help of an electrochemical sensor is presented in conclusion.