IPG 5000 Downhole Source
from Geotomagraphie

The basic seismic crosshole source equipment consists of the electric surge generator IPG 5000 and the remote control unit RCU controlling the surge generator together with a downhole cable ending in a common source adapter CSA. Various seismic sparker sources can be connected to the CSA, typically a SBS42 (P-Wave) or BIS-SH (SH-Wave) probes. Triggering of the seismic acquisition system is performed by the remote unit.

The impulse generator delivers short electrical impulses of an energy up to about 1000 J by means of a high voltage condenser bank, charged with a voltage of up to 5 kV.

The SBS42 P-Wave sparker probe must be operated in water filled boreholes and at a minimum depth of 1m. Whilst the BIS-SH SH-Wave sparker probe is capable operate in both dry and water filled boreholes.

The repetition rate of the system is between 4-7s depending on how long the power supply take to charge the condenser bank.

The Remote control unit RCU converts the reference signal of the surge generator to a trigger signal. Sparker pulses are released through manual or automatic triggering of the generator by the remote unit. The background noise can be recorded automatically and used to interrupt data acquisition if the noise level is too high.