DFS™ Cable with OptiStrain™ Module

DFS™ Cable with OptiStrain™ Module
Product description

DFS™ cables are highly versatile and suitable for a range of Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) applications. These cables can be installed along pipelines, power lines, roadways, railroad tracks, and property boundaries. They support distributed temperature sensing (DTS), distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), and distributed strain sensing (DSS). 

The OptiStrain™ modules from Prysmian are specifically designed for strain and acoustic sensing, while loose-tube fibers are utilized for temperature sensing. By incorporating multiple sensing functions for asset monitoring, the likelihood of false positives is significantly reduced, enhancing the overall performance and benefits of the sensing system. Additionally, extra loose tube optical fibers can be added for telecommunications and data applications.

 

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Features and Benefits

Sensing Cable

  • Temperature sensing provides leak detection for pipelines, power cable transmission monitoring, etc.
  • Strain sensing detects and locates ground movement, monitors asset health, etc.
  • Acoustic sensing detects property intrusion, digging or excavating, pipeline leaks, faulty railroad rails/wheels, etc.
  • Extra fibers available for telecom or datacom 

Flexible Polypropylene Buffer Tubes

  • Ideal for temperature sensing and communications fibers
  • Isolates optical fibers from mechanical influences in the environment
  • Gel-filled for optimal acoustic sensing
  • Enables rapid temperature sensing
  • Zero fiber strain up to the residual load provides optimum SBS sensing
  • High flexibility and superior kink resistance
  • Facilitates easy route management in closures and eliminates any need for closure fiber transportation tubes 

OptiStrain™ Modules

  • Provides high sensitivity and accuracy without high attenuation
  • Optical fibers are highly sensitive to environmental influences
  • Optimal for Strain sensing
  • Ideal for Acoustic sensing
  • Contains Prysmian BendBright™ XS SMF for superior Brillouin sensing 

Dry Core Water Blocking Technology

  • Dry core design permits rapid cable preparation and termination
  • Dry core water blocking materials are easily removed 

ezPREP® Corrugated Steel Armor

  • Provides rodent and mechanical protection needed for direct buried environments
  • Special armor coating reduces the time and effort to remove the outer jacket

 

Specifications and Ratings

Applications

  • Pipeline leak, ground-movement, and intrusion detection
  • Powerline temperature and ground-movement monitoring
  • Facility and Perimeter security
  • Railway track and train monitoring
  • Roadway traffic monitoring
  • Border Security 

Constructions: Dielectric, armored, double armored, dual jacket 

Fiber Count: 2 to 4 tight buffer acoustic and strain sensing fibers, and up to 120 loose buffered fibers in 12 fiber per buffer tube configuration for temperature sensing and communications (maximum size: single layer, 12 position cable). 

Fiber Types

  • Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Raman Backscatter:
    • BendBright™ XS ITU G.657.A2 Single-Mode
    • ESMF ITU G.652.D Single-Mode
    • 50/125 OM3/OM4 multimode
  • Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Raleigh Backscatter:
    • BendBright™ XS ITU G.657.A2 Single-Mode
    • ESMF ITU G.652.D single-mode
  • Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS) Brillouin Backscatter:
    • BendBright™ XS ITU G.657.A2 Single-Mode 

Options

  • Gel-filled loose buffer tubes (LT)*
  • Optistrain™ Tight Buffer Breakout (BO) simplex modules
  • Single armor/single jacket or all-dielectric sheath configurations 

Standards: Loose tube units per GR 20 & ICEA 640, simplex units per GR-409 & ICEA 596 

Registered Supplier: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, TL 9000, and OHSAS 18001

**Gel-free is available on request, but Gel-filled buffer tubes are highly recommended for sensing applications

 

 

 

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