The global Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor/sensing (DFOS) market size was valued at USD 708.6 million in 2016 and is expected to gain traction over the forecast period. The market is majorly driven by the growing optics technology-based installations. Optic sensing is emerging as one of the noticeable aspects, across multiple business sectors such as civil & energy, medical, automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing divisions. The other sensing technologies existing in the market are Rayleigh’s effect-based and Raman Effect-based sensing. Each of these technologies have unique operational and differential capabilities.
Some of the major factors driving the growth of these sensors are dependence on optical sensing technology in challenging surroundings, increasing applications in the oil & gas vertical, and the growing demand from the civil engineering and transportation infrastructure verticals. However, mechanical concerns in the installation of these sensors act as confining factors for market growth.
U.S. distributed fiber optic sensor market by application, 2014 - 2025 (USD Million)
These sensors are deployed for measuring a wide variety of technical parameters, ranging from chemical composition to mechanical measurements such as strain & temperature sensing, liquid level monitoring, and so on. These sensors are robust, resistant to electromagnetic interference, highly sensitive, and lightweight. These sensors can be further bifurcated, based on their operation modes, into extrinsic and intrinsic.
The DFOS equipment manufacturers and service providers have undertaken considerable M&As in the recent-past to gain access to numerous technological patents in the DFOS application domain and enhance their service portfolios.
Based on applications, the market has been segmented into tempertaure sensing, acoustic/vibration sensing, and others. The temperature sensing segment is anticipated to dominate the distributed fiber optic sensors application arena (in terms of size) by 2025. The vibration/acoustic segment is anticipated to witness a significant growth, owing to its increasing adoption across the security application segment.
These sensors help in the generation of a continuous profile of temperature, acoustics, or strain conditions along the entire length of the fiber. Distributed fiber optic sensors enable high accuracy of detection over long distances. It provides critical data in various applications and serves as a cost-effective option for monitoring physical parameter sensing at multiple points in difficult operating conditions.
The temperature and acoustic/vibration segments are expected to witness steadiness in their growth and govern the market (in terms of growth rates) over the estimated time. However, factors, such as high initial capital investment (required to manufacture and deploy new DFOS technologies) may impede the market demand over the forecast period.
Acoustic sensor’s better sensitivity compared to the temperature sensors is likely to act as a major driver in its rapidly increasing penetration in power & utility, civil engineering verticals, and the oil & gas. The acoustic sensing market would grow at the significant rate predominantly on account of its complimentary role played as temperature sensor.
Based on technologies, the market has been segmented into Rayleigh effect, Brillouin scattering, Raman effect, interferometric, and Bragg Grating. The Raman effect-based technology segment is anticipated to dominate the market (in terms of size) by 2025. The Brillouin scattering segment is anticipated to witness a significant growth rate, due to its growing adoption. These sensors have unique operational abilities, over multiplexed or pointed fiber-optic sensors originated on inline Fabry-Perot resonator and fiber Bragg grating.
Rayleigh scattering is caused by the microscopic variations in the refractive index of the fiber core caused by the fluctuations in composition and density of the optical fiber. Rayleigh scattering based sensors are considered to be only set of sensors which has an equal amount of sensitivity to almost any kind of changes in physical parameters. In this scattering method, only scattering is used to track and reveal propagating effects, which helps in sensing the various physical parameters. This is one of the major reasons behind the Rayleigh scattering effect being used to measure almost all the physical parameters falling in the ambit of distributed fiber optic sensing.
The Raman scattering-based distributed fiber optic sensors are widely used in dynamic applications across the oil & gas and construction sector. Raman scattering is the utmost favored method, owing to its accuracy in measuring physical parameters and its characteristics of upholding a balance between the range to which it can sense physical parameters. The growing penetration of transportation infrastructure in developing economies, such as China and India, is attributable to the significant growth of the fiber optic sensing technology in the region.
The fiber optic sensors for temperature sensing application are principally used for power cable monitoring in the power and utility vertical and for pipeline and process monitoring purposes in the oil & gas vertical. Increasing demand for accuracy of distributed optical sensing coupled with data-based decision-making, is driving the market. Along with this, surging demand for structural health monitoring and related applications will also a play a major role in driving the market growth
Based on verticals, the market has been segmented into oil & gas, power & utility, safety & security, industrial, and civil engineering. The oil & gas vertical is anticipated to dominate the distributed fiber optic sensor application arena (in terms of size) by 2025. The safety & security segment is anticipated to witness a significant growth rate, owing to its growing adoption in dynamic sensing applications and paramount efficiency.
Distributed fiber optic sensor market by vertical, 2016 (%)
The distributed fiber optic sensors are used for observing real-time and continuous downhole properties to enhance the economic and operational performances of in the utility and oil & gas vertical.These sensors are widely used in the power & utility vertical primarily for the power cable monitoring. The primary reason behind the use of distributed sensors in this vertical is for the detection of hotspots which can prevent any future unwanted accidents.
The oil & gas vertical is focusing on the acceptance of the technology for refining the outputs of oil and gas fields. This is expected to portray the oil & gas vertical as the largest consumer of distributed fiber optic sensors in the years to come. This vertical is anticipated to hold the largest size over the forecast period. The distributed fiber optic sensor has become a vital fragment of the oil and gas industry.
The high penetration rates of the infrastructure and construction sectors and the expanding safety & security sector are strengthening the Asia Pacific regional market. North America is expected to surface as the leading region (in terms of revenue) over the forecast period. This growth of the region can be attributed to the growing adoption of the fiber optic sensing technology in numerous industry verticals, specifically the oil & gas sector.
Shale gas exploration market in the U.S. is anticipated to recuperate once the crude oil prices start increasing, which would subsequently lead to rise demand for these sensors in the U.S. The U.S. is the largest oil and gas producer in North American region and is driving the growth of distributed fiber optic sensing market in the region owing to presence of large oil and gas vertical.
The Asia Pacific regional market is anticipated to account for a major market share in 2025, owing to the increasing adoption of fiber optics across telecom applications. Moreover, the increasing applications of this technology in the medical sector are also catapulting market growth, across countries such as China, Japan, and India, at a significant rate.
The growth of market is expected to be propelled by stringent regulations regarding the leakage of harmful substances in the environment in coming years along with the growing demand for data-based analysis in the end-user industries. The major driving factors for the market are increasing applications of the sensors in the end-use verticals coupled with reliability of using it in any kind of harsh environment. Conversely, the market is expected to be hindered by the issues such as installation, cost, and technological restrictions over the forecast period.
The key industry participants of the market are Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Japan), Schlumberger Limited (U.S.), Luna Innovations Incorporated (U.S.), Halliburton Company (U.S.), QinetiQ Group plc (U.K.), OFS Fitel LLC (U.K.), and AFL (U.S.). The widespread acceptance of the technology in infrastructure development has initiated an augmented acceptance of this technology in the architecture, construction, and oil & gas segments.
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This report forecasts revenue growth at global, regional, and country levels and provides an analysis of the latest trends and opportunities in each of the sub-segments from 2014 to 2025. For the purpose of this study, Grand View Research has segmented the distributed fiber optic sensor/sensing market based on applications, technologies, verticals, and regions.
Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million; 2014 - 2025)
Temperature Sensing
Acoustic/Vibration Sensing
Other
Technology Outlook (Revenue, USD Million; 2014 - 2025)
Rayleigh Effect
Brillouin Scattering
Raman Effect
Interferometric
Bragg Grating
Vertical Outlook (Revenue, USD Million; 2014 - 2025)
Oil & Gas
Power and Utility
Safety & Security
Industrial
Civil Engineering
Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million; 2014 - 2025)
North America
U.S.
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
UK
Asia Pacific
China
Japan
India
South America
Brazil
MEA
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