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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................ 1
1.1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
...................................................................... 1
1.2
PROBE
................................................................................................. 3
1.3
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM
............................................................................ 3
1.4
READOUT UNIT
.................................................................................... 4
1.5
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
.................................................................. 4
2
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................. 5
2.1
ASSEMBLING THE EQUIPMENT
............................................................. 5
2.2
USING THE DP BOX
.............................................................................. 7
2.2.1
DESCRIPTION
...................................................................................... 7
2.2.2
INSTALLING THE DP BOX READER APPS
.............................................. 8
2.2.3
CONNECTING AND TURNING ON DP BOX
............................................. 8
2.2.4
USING THE DP BOX READER APPS
...................................................... 9
2.3
SATURATION OF THE PROBEX
........................................................... 15
2.4
CALIBRATION OF THE PROBEX
.......................................................... 16
2.4.1
PRESSURE LOSS CALIBRATION
......................................................... 16
2.4.2
VOLUME LOSS CALIBRATION
............................................................. 16
2.5
BOREHOLE
........................................................................................ 17
2.6
SETTING THE PROBE IN PLACE
.......................................................... 18
2.7
TESTING PROCEDURE
....................................................................... 20
3
DATA REDUCTION ........................................................................................... 21
4
MISCELLANEOUS ............................................................................................ 23
4.1
TESTING METHODOLOGY AND USE IN HARD ROCK
............................ 23
4.2
TESTING AT GREAT DEPTH
................................................................ 23
4.3
MEMBRANE BURST
............................................................................ 24
4.4
REPLACEMENT OF THE MEMBRANE
................................................... 25
4.5
MAINTENANCE
................................................................................... 26
4.6
COLD / HOT TEMPERATURE
............................................................... 27
4.7
REFERENCES
.................................................................................... 27
