ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,012, issued on Oct. 7.

"Method for measuring flow velocity distribution of groundwater using distributed optical fiber with active heating" was invented by Yanhui Dong (Beijing), Liheng Wang (Beijing) and Huaqing Qin (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for measuring flow velocity distribution of groundwater using distributed optical fiber with active heating, comprising: setting and optimizing field test parameters; conducting a background temperature monitoring test; performing a line-source active heating distributed temperature measurement test, including conducting multiple rounds of he...