WO2020049473A1 - Jet-system pipe laying procedure and device for implementing the procedure - Google Patents
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- the subject of the invention is a jet-system pipe laying procedure.
- the subject of the invention also includes the device for implementing the procedure.
- jet-system flushing technologies are used to create boreholes that form an angle with a horizontal line, known as inclined boreholes.
- technologies for drilling solutions that are launched from above and are performed vertically in a downward direction (dry drilling, rotary drilling with flushing from the right or left side etc.), sever of which uses high-pressure flushing as supporting technology.
- the state of the art includes the following solutions.
- US patent description No. US4119160 A describes a drilling device and technology that uses water jets and high-pressure flushing.
- the drilling nozzle has two holes, one hole is pointing axially ahead in the direction of travel and the second hole is inclined at an angle of approximately 15° to 30° from the axis.
- the high-pressure water flowing from the holes of the spinning drilling nozzle it is capable of drilling holes even in rocks; the drilling nozzle rotates at a speed of 1,000 ft/sec during drilling.
- the drilling nozzle does not have any contact with the geological medium, and the drilling nozzle spins while drilling with high-pressure water streams; in our invention, the drilling nozzle does not perform any mechanic movement.
- Chinese publication document No. CN106351581 describes a jet-system drilling technology, advantageously for the production of mineral oil and natural gas. Drilling is performed by a pipe unit that includes drilling liquid, spiral pipe, a locating transmitter- receiver, and an injection controller. The injection controller controls the drilling itself.
- the described solution makes it also possible to produce horizontal boreholes. It is possible to start a drill vertically and then make it turn into a horizontal direction; it is even possible to produce a system of horizontal boreholes started from the same vertical borehole at different depths.
- Supercritical carbon-dioxide is added to the high-pressure drilling material during drilling, so that it becomes even more effective.
- US patent description No. US9863188 B2 describes a controllable device and a procedure for using that device.
- the system includes four drilling heads, each driven by a separate motor, and the direction of movement of the drilling head may be controlled accurately by turning on or off and adjusting the speed of each motor.
- the drilling process is facilitated by added fluids, and the produced debris is removed through four openings.
- Our present invention is different in that forward movement is generated by water, or a mixture of water and compressed air, passing through the drilling pipe, and the mud generated during the drilling flow to the surface through the backward nozzles, and it is also possible to collect the returning mud.
- An important difference is that mixing the water, or the mixture of water and air, used in our solution with the geological materials makes it easy to ensure the success of the drilling even without adding any additive.
- Chinese publication document No. CN107152042 A describes a procedure using high- pressure flushing technology, which can be used to produce even inclined boreholes between 0 and 90 degrees, advantageously in sandy soil, and the wall of boreholes may be reinforced.
- the procedure may be used to create or reinforce tunnels below buildings; during drilling, the tunnel is also being filled so that it is being reinforced during drilling.
- Our present invention does not need any additional reinforcement for the borehole, as pipe sets are installed during drilling, so that they provide stability for the geological medium. Consequently, the use of our method is not limited to sandy geological media, and boreholes can be produced in different kinds of geological media without difficulty by adjusting the type of the drilling head.
- Chinese patent description No. CN105986795 A describes a procedure for producing methane gas from coal layers, while avoiding possible explosions. During the procedure, a vertical borehole is created, and the drill turns into a horizontal direction at the desired depth, and then a short horizontal borehole is produced. Jet-system flushing technology is used for drilling. During drilling, the generated crushed coal is moved up to the drilling starting point.
- Patent description No. CN104912479 A describes a mining procedure used for producing methane gas, which may be used to produce horizontal boreholes and a system of boreholes. The vertical drill turns into a horizontal direction with a small radius at a specified depth, and then a system of tunnels is created with the tunnels running sideways from the horizontal borehole.
- Chinese publication document No. CN107131356 A describes a procedure for laying pipes, which may be used even to lay horizontal pipes even in built-in areas, for example below roads or houses.
- vertical boreholes Prior to performing the horizontal drilling with a small diameter, vertical boreholes are produced at the two endpoints, e.g. the two sides of a road, and then horizontal drilling is carried out.
- the description does not provide any instruction regarding the method of producing the horizontal borehole starting from the vertical boreholes, i.e. as to whether or not the drill turns into a horizontal direction.
- the drilling direction is controlled by a laser system, which may cause +- 3cm differences.
- our present invention uses control technology located in the drilling head to control the drilling direction.
- Chinese patent description No. CN106594386 A also describes a procedure for drilling and laying pipes, so that an inclined and then a horizontal borehole is produced by directed drilling. Drilling and the laying of pipes is performed at two different stages. The procedure may be used to produce long horizontal boreholes with a large diameter. It may be used successfully primarily at locations where it is hard to enter the geological medium. Drilling is performed between points A and B, which is not required by our present invention. When using our present invention, it is sufficient to produce a borehole, and then the payload pipe and the water pipe are inserted, which facilitate the progression of the drilling by transporting high-pressure water or water and air.
- Chinese patent description No. CN105964678 B describes an in situ water and ground-water relief system and procedure.
- a borehole is drilled using high- pressure flushing technology until the relevant soil layer is reached, then the soil and/or ground-water is mixed with a relief material, and finally laboratory measurements are made to monitor the samples taken on-site and the vicinity.
- Our present invention is considerably different in that this Chinese invention does not involve any horizontal drilling, as the relief material is injected into the contaminated medium through a vertical borehole; thus, chemical oxidation is used to clean the geological medium from contamination.
- there are two methods of performing in-situ treatment during relief works It is possible to add local materials to the contaminated medium, or to extract the contaminated liquids through the install pipe sets.
- the purpose of the invention is to eliminate the shortfalls of the known solutions, and to implement a device and a procedure for its application that is capable drilling boreholes and installing pipe sets in different underground geological environments utilizing water, or water and air, only.
- Another purpose of the invention is to enable the laying of pipes even in areas that are built in and densely covered by public utilities, so that drilling works could not be performed at all, or could be performed at significant costs only, within the area.
- the inventive step is based on the recognition that a solution, which is more advantageous than the previous ones, may be created by implementing the invention according to claim 1.
- Another important recognition is that, by applying a head fitted with suitably directed nozzles, the applied high-pressure water, or water-air mix, can soften and wash out the geological media in the direction of forward movement.
- This recognition makes it possible lay pipes without using environmentally harmful additive materials for drilling, and starting from a vertical or other position forming an angle with the surface, so that it can be turned at any angle and according to the bending radius of the pipe to be laid when the desired layer is reached.
- a pressure unit is connected to a driving medium container before drilling, a drilling point is identified on the ground, a head unit is prepared on one end of the pipe set, and an adapter and a sprinkler is placed onto the head unit
- a distinctive feature of the procedure is that, before drilling, a driving medium transport pipe is pulled into a payload pipe with a larger diameter, the driving medium transport pipe is connected to the pressure unit, the payload pipe is connected to a sprinkler with an adapter, and a mud cleaning and jigging unit and an underground mud collecting standage is established, and then, upon commencement of the drilling, the pressure unit is turned on, and a driving medium containing water, or water and air, is transported from the driving medium container by the pressure unit into the driving medium transport pipe during the drilling process, and, during drilling, driving medium is transported toward the head unit and pressed out through the sprinkler nozzles in the direction of movement, thereby softening the soil in the direction of movement and making place for the head unit and the pipe set that
- a directing unit is placed onto the head unit before drilling, and, during drilling, the direction of drilling and the angle formed by the direction of movement and the ground is regulated by the directing unit, so that the directing unit closes and/or turns on the given nozzles.
- the driving medium is pressed through the nozzles of the sprinkler at 1 to 1.2 MPa pressure.
- Another distinctive feature may be that the mud generated during drilling is returned to the surface through the backward nozzles of the sprinkler, and then it is collected by a mud cleaning and jigging unit, and the collected mud is recycled.
- head unit is fitted with a locating and positioning tool, and data from the locating and positioning tool is transferred to a central control unit through a data cable.
- the adapter is left below the ground after drilling, and the directing unit is returned to the surface.
- the device implementing the invention includes, in general, a head unit fitted with a sprinkler, and the sprinkler has at least one nozzle.
- a distinctive feature of the device is that it includes a central control unit, a pipe set, a pressure unit, a pipe feeding unit, and a support technical unit, and the pressure unit is fitted with a pump, and the support technical unit includes a driving medium container and a mud cleaning and jigging unit, and the pipe set includes a payload pipe and a driving medium transport pipe, and the pressure unit is connected to the driving medium container, and the head unit is fitted with an adapter, and a directing and control adapter unit, and the sprinkler is connected to the payload pipe through the adapter, and the sprinkler has at least one backward nozzle, and the central control unit is connected to the pressure unit, the pipe feeding unit, and the head unit.
- a distinctive feature of the device may be that a mud collecting standage is connected to the mud cleaning and jigging unit, and the sprinkler and the driving medium transport pipe are connected to each other in a releasable manner.
- the device includes a data cable and a control cable; the head unit is fitted with a locating and positioning tool; the data cable connects the locating and positioning tool to the central control unit; and the control cable connects the pressure unit and the pipe feeding unit to the central control unit.
- Figure 2 shows the longitudinal section of the head unit
- Figure 3 shows the cross-section of the head unit.
- Figure 1 shows the main parts of the device: the pressure unit 1, the pipe feeding unit 2, and the head unit 3.
- the functioning of the device is supported by the support technical unit 4, which includes the driving medium container 5 and the mud cleaning and jigging unit 7.
- a mud cleaning and jigging unit 7 and a mud collecting standage 8 is also established next to the drilling point.
- the mud cleaning and jigging unit 7 cleans and pre-treats the driving medium returning to the mud collecting standage 8 for recycling.
- the pipe set 15 to be driven below ground by the pipe feeding unit 2 includes the driving medium transport pipe 17 and the payload pipe 16, so that the driving medium transport pipe 17 is located inside the payload pipe 16. It possible to use more than one driving medium transport pipes 17.
- the pressure unit 1 is located on the surface, and its input side la is connected to the driving medium container 5.
- the pressure unit 1 includes at least one pump 9, and it ensures that water or, in certain situations and according to the condition of the soil, water and air is moved from the driving medium container 5 to the head unit 3 through the driving medium transport pipe 17 at 1 to 1.2 MPa (10 to 12 bar) pressure.
- the driving medium always includes water, while the ratio of the air depends on the given geological medium; for example, the reaction to water of a medium consisting of rough pebbles is different from that of a medium consisting of fine yellow soil. Thus, air is not always used in addition to water.
- the pipe feeding unit 2 is also located on the surface; it feeds, transfers and rolls down the pipe, and pulls back the driving medium transport pipe(s) 17 and the locating and positioning tool(s). It facilitates the forward movement of the head unit 3 by eliminating friction concerning the above-ground section of the pipe set 15.
- the pipe feeding unit 2 also facilitates the launch of the pipe set 15 in a vertical or other direction forming an angle with the surface, as well as the continuous laying of the pipe set 15.
- the driving medium container is also located on the surface; it feeds, transfers and rolls down the pipe, and pulls back the driving medium transport pipe(s) 17 and the locating and positioning tool(s). It facilitates the forward movement of the head unit 3 by eliminating friction concerning the above-ground section of the pipe set 15.
- the pipe feeding unit 2 also facilitates the launch of the pipe set 15 in a vertical or other direction forming an angle with the surface, as well as the continuous laying of the pipe set 15.
- the driving medium container is also located on the surface; it feeds, transfers and rolls down the pipe
- the device which may be a container truck for example, stores water to be used as a driving medium.
- the device is also fitted with a central control unit 6, which makes it possible to control the various components of the device.
- the central control unit 6 is connected to the pressure unit 1, the pipe feeding unit 2, and the head unit 3. It is important to implement the device in a manner that is capable of providing the pressure needed for the forward movement of the sprinkler 10 and the pipe set 15 through the compressed driving medium. This must be uninterrupted and controllable both above and below the ground. For feeding the pipe, it is indispensable that the device is capable of feeding an adequate volume of the pipe set 15 into the medium of drilling.
- both the data cable 19 and the control cable 20 provide data, so that the data cable 19 is located inside of the payload pipe 16.
- the data cable 19, typically a UTP cable carries signals from the locating and positioning tool 18 to the above-ground central control unit 6.
- the control cable 20 establishes electronic connection between the pressure unit 1, the pipe feeding unit 2, and the central control unit
- Figure 2 shows a more detailed side view of the head unit 3, which is located at the front of the driving medium transport pipe 17 and, consequently, the pipe set 15. Breaking the soil / geological medium is carried out through the head unit 3.
- the head unit 3 includes three components: a sprinkler 10, an adapter 11, and a directing unit 12.
- the sprinkler 10 is fitted with at least one nozzle 13 and/or a backward nozzle 14.
- the distribution, size, and design of the nozzles 13 and backward nozzles 14 depends on the geological medium to be drilled. The different designs of these parts can facilitate forward movement in various geological media (e.g. clay, sludge, sand).
- backward nozzles 14 is recommended to facilitate smooth forward progression.
- the sprinkler 10 is connected to the driving medium transport pipe 17 in a releasable manner.
- the adapter 11 is used to establish a strong connection between the sprinkler 10 and the payload pipe 16.
- the payload pipe 16 is pulled in and installed with the assistance of the adapter 11.
- the adapter 11, together with the payload pipe 16, remains below the ground once the pipe laying process is completed. This makes it possible to seal the end of the payload pipe 16 or to resume drilling as necessary.
- the directing unit 12 is fitted onto the sprinkler 10 after the nozzle 13. It also includes the locating and positioning tool 18, which is necessary for direction and control, and other optional tools and devices.
- Figure 3 shows the cross-section of the head unit 3. It shows the inside pipe 3a within the head unit 3, and the cross-section of the directing unit 12, the nozzle 13, the backward nozzle 14, and the driving medium transport pipe 17 therein, as well as the payload pipe 16 with a large diameter, which is connected to the sprinkler 10 easily with the adapter 11.
- the head unit 3 also includes the locating and positioning tool 18.
- the device includes more than one driving medium transport pipes 17.
- the pipe sets 15 are prepared pursuant to the desired result.
- the directing unit 12 is fitted onto the head unit 3 of a driving medium transport pipe 17 with a small diameter, suitably on the inside pipe.
- the driving medium transport pipe 17 is pulled into the payload pipe 16 that has a larger diameter and is to be laid.
- the pipe set 15 comprising the payload pipe 16 and the driving medium transport pipe 17 is connected to the pressure unit 1.
- the head unit 3 is placed onto the end of the pipe set 15.
- the adapter 11 is used to establish a strong connection between the sprinkler 10 and the payload pipe 16.
- the pressure unit 1 is prepared.
- the end of the pipe set 15, other than the end fitted with the head unit 3, is connected to the pressure unit 1.
- the input side la of the pressure unit 1 is connected to the driving medium container 5. Then, the drilling point is identified. After the drilling point is identified, the pressure unit 1 is deployed in the area. A mud collecting standage 8 is established next to the drilling point, from which the driving medium may be retrieved using the mud cleaning and jigging unit 7 during drilling. Typically, a 20 to 100 cm hole, an advance cut is made at the drilling point with a manual drill. The purpose of this is to ensure that the high-pressure driving medium flowing out from the hole does not damage any object or item on the surface. Then, the steps of laying down the pipe are commenced. The drilling of the borehole, launched from the surface, and the laying of the payload pipe is performed at the same stage.
- the head unit 3 is placed into the advance cut made at the previous step. Once placed correctly, the pressure unit 1 is turned on. At this point, the driving medium is released through the sprinkler 10 part of the head unit 3 with a pressure of 1 to 1.2 MPa (10 to 12 bar). (Pressure is set as appropriate for the given geological medium.)
- the speed of feeding the pipe may be adjusted after the pipe feeding unit 2 is turned on. It is possible to lay the pipe starting from a vertical or other position forming an angle with the surface, so that it can be turned at any angle and according to the bending radius of the pipe to be laid when the desired layer is reached. In the course of drilling, i.e.
- the pressurized water fills up the pores as it leaves the pipe, as a result of which the fragments and the pressurized water form mud on the pipe coating and its vicinity, which is capable of supporting the weight, and providing a slipping surface for the forward movement, of the pressurized pipe.
- the mud produced during drilling moves to the surface through the backward nozzles 14 of the sprinkler 10, and it may be collected, possibly for recycling, using a mud cleaning and jigging unit 7.
- it is important to make it capable of being controlled, and to determine the appropriate pressure parameters. Controllability makes it possible to lay pipes in a directed manner.
- the adapter 11 remains underground and is closed after the drilling is completed; it may be used again when the drilling is to be resumed.
- the directing unit 12, the driving medium transport pipe 17, and the locating and positioning tool 18 located in the head unit 3 may be collected.
- Our invention does not use any rotating or other part driven by mechanical means below ground level. Horizontal and other drillings forming various angles are controlled through the directing unit 12, located on the head unit 3, by closing the nozzles 13 at the appropriate position and time. As a result, drilling may be performed even from large distances within disturbing any geological medium. It is also important to provide an uninterrupted feed of driving medium through the pressure unit 1, as well as an uninterrupted and even pushing force to keep the pipe set 15 moving forward.
- the pipe set 15, including the driving medium transport pipe 17 inside transports the driving medium on its own and the payload pipe 16 stays down. Consequently, no protective piping or any additional pipe laying work is necessary.
- the payload pipe 16 to be laid has slits, a considerable volume of the mud moving toward the surface along the perforations may return to the surface through the pipe with slits, where it may be reused after filtering and jigging.
- the procedure may also be used for damage relief.
- One option is to move the microbiological or chemical substances, used for relief purposes, into the polluted medium, and another option is to recover the polluted liquid through an installed pipe set 15.
- the device may also be used to install deep heat exchange systems.
- the nozzles 13 of the payload pipe 16 drilled into the ground should be closed, and the payload pipe 16, when filled with a heat exchange liquid, can be used as an external component of a heat exchange system.
- the payload pipe 16 when filled with a heat exchange liquid, can be used as an external component of a heat exchange system.
- the area that is available for heat transport processes from the same borehole or well is considerably larger than the one available through currently applied techniques, or, in the context of geothermic heat pump technology, the same level of efficiency may be achieved by drilling to much shallow depths.
- An advantage of the invention is that, when applying the procedure, only water, or water and air, is used for laying the pipe set.
- the procedure may also be executed in an energy-efficient manner by using rainwater only.
- no environmentally harmful material e.g. sludge
- no other environmentally damaging material e.g. bentonite
- drilling sludge no environmentally harmful material
- the environment instead of using drilling sludge, the environment’s own material provides a lubricated surface when mixed with the pressed medium.
- the use of our invention also reduces the volume of extracted ground material considerably, so there is no need to establish any large drilling sludge container. Consequently, the energy use and the load on the environment is considerably reduced in comparison to existing solutions.
- the pipes used during drilling transport the driving medium themselves, meaning that there is no need to construct any safety or protective pipe network.
- An important advantage of the device is its agility and transportability. Another advantage is that our invention does not use any rotating or other part driven by mechanical means below ground level. Another advantage is that, during the procedure, it is not necessary to drill a separate borehole for laying down the pipe, as the payload pipe may be laid while drilling. An important advantage is that the application of our present solution is cheaper; a reason for this is that it requires less labour and may be performed by 2 to 3 workers. Consequently, deployment at and departure from the site takes less time. As mentioned above, no sludge, additive, sludge pit, or sludge transportation is required.
- the procedure may possibly be carried out at half-price in comparison to known solutions.
- Another advantage is that, in comparison to known solutions, it is capable of drilling 40 or even 120 m distances.
- Another advantage is the high speed of the procedure, as logistics are much more simple because less pieces of equipment need to be transported.
- the procedure is accurate and eliminates a considerable part of the traditional workflow; consequently, the time needed is much shorter.
- the time needed for drilling is approximately half than that when using any of the known solutions.
- the procedure may be ordered quickly, and it does not require any special measure (e.g. road block, license etc.).
- Another advantage is that the technology does not require much space; during drilling, an approximately 20x20 m area is needed for the units and the pipes to be laid, and the pipe feeder and the pump requires a space of approximately 4 m 2 .
- An important advantage is that our invention is suitable for laying pipes with larger diameter than any of the known solutions.
- a good example showing the simplicity of the invention is that a container truck and one or two smaller trailers are sufficient for transportation.
- Another advantage is that the procedure may be used even by circumventing natural and artificial objects and items (road, sewer, rails etc.) and the device is capable of drilling at any angle. No additional reinforcement is needed for the borehole, as pipe sets are installed during drilling, so that they provide stability for the geological medium. Consequently, the use of this method is not limited to sandy geological media, and boreholes can be produced in different kinds of geological media without difficulty by adjusting the type of the head unit and the nozzles.
- the field of application of the invention includes environmental technologies, water extraction, and the construction sector, as well as damage relief, for example below built areas, and the on-site, horizontal and vertical excavation and treatment of soil and groundwater contamination.
- the invention may be used to lay draining pipes for drainage, as well as to install in-depth heat exchange systems. Due to the nature of the technology, its use may be expanded widely, and it may also be used for implementing innovative irrigation procedures.
Abstract
The subject of the invention is a jet-system pipe laying procedure, characterized in that during drilling a driving medium containing water or water and air is transported from the driving medium container (5) by the pressure unit (1) into the driving medium transport pipe (17), and the driving medium is transported toward the head unit (3) and pressed out through the sprinkler (10) nozzles (13) in the direction of movement, thereby softening the soil in the direction of movement and making place for the head unit (3) and the pipe set (15) that follows. The subject of the invention also includes the device for implementing the procedure.
Description
Jet-system pipe laying procedure and device for implementing the procedure
The subject of the invention is a jet-system pipe laying procedure. The subject of the invention also includes the device for implementing the procedure.
Currently used high-pressure (known as jet-system) flushing technologies are used to create boreholes that form an angle with a horizontal line, known as inclined boreholes. There are multiple technologies for drilling solutions that are launched from above and are performed vertically in a downward direction (dry drilling, rotary drilling with flushing from the right or left side etc.), sever of which uses high-pressure flushing as supporting technology. The state of the art includes the following solutions.
US patent description No. US4119160 A describes a drilling device and technology that uses water jets and high-pressure flushing. The drilling nozzle has two holes, one hole is pointing axially ahead in the direction of travel and the second hole is inclined at an angle of approximately 15° to 30° from the axis. Using the high-pressure water flowing from the holes of the spinning drilling nozzle, it is capable of drilling holes even in rocks; the drilling nozzle rotates at a speed of 1,000 ft/sec during drilling. The drilling nozzle does not have any contact with the geological medium, and the drilling nozzle spins while drilling with high-pressure water streams; in our invention, the drilling nozzle does not perform any mechanic movement.
Chinese publication document No. CN106351581 describes a jet-system drilling technology, advantageously for the production of mineral oil and natural gas. Drilling is performed by a pipe unit that includes drilling liquid, spiral pipe, a locating transmitter- receiver, and an injection controller. The injection controller controls the drilling itself. The described solution makes it also possible to produce horizontal boreholes. It is possible to start a drill vertically and then make it turn into a horizontal direction; it is even possible to produce a system of horizontal boreholes started from the same vertical borehole at different depths. Supercritical carbon-dioxide is added to the high-pressure drilling material during drilling, so that it becomes even more effective.
US patent description No. US9863188 B2 describes a controllable device and a procedure for using that device. The system includes four drilling heads, each driven by a separate motor, and the direction of movement of the drilling head may be controlled accurately by turning on or off and adjusting the speed of each motor. The drilling process is facilitated by
added fluids, and the produced debris is removed through four openings. Our present invention is different in that forward movement is generated by water, or a mixture of water and compressed air, passing through the drilling pipe, and the mud generated during the drilling flow to the surface through the backward nozzles, and it is also possible to collect the returning mud. An important difference is that mixing the water, or the mixture of water and air, used in our solution with the geological materials makes it easy to ensure the success of the drilling even without adding any additive.
Chinese publication document No. CN107152042 A describes a procedure using high- pressure flushing technology, which can be used to produce even inclined boreholes between 0 and 90 degrees, advantageously in sandy soil, and the wall of boreholes may be reinforced. The procedure may be used to create or reinforce tunnels below buildings; during drilling, the tunnel is also being filled so that it is being reinforced during drilling. An important difference is that our present invention does not need any additional reinforcement for the borehole, as pipe sets are installed during drilling, so that they provide stability for the geological medium. Consequently, the use of our method is not limited to sandy geological media, and boreholes can be produced in different kinds of geological media without difficulty by adjusting the type of the drilling head.
Chinese patent description No. CN105986795 A describes a procedure for producing methane gas from coal layers, while avoiding possible explosions. During the procedure, a vertical borehole is created, and the drill turns into a horizontal direction at the desired depth, and then a short horizontal borehole is produced. Jet-system flushing technology is used for drilling. During drilling, the generated crushed coal is moved up to the drilling starting point. Patent description No. CN104912479 A describes a mining procedure used for producing methane gas, which may be used to produce horizontal boreholes and a system of boreholes. The vertical drill turns into a horizontal direction with a small radius at a specified depth, and then a system of tunnels is created with the tunnels running sideways from the horizontal borehole.
Chinese publication document No. CN107131356 A describes a procedure for laying pipes, which may be used even to lay horizontal pipes even in built-in areas, for example below roads or houses. Prior to performing the horizontal drilling with a small diameter, vertical boreholes are produced at the two endpoints, e.g. the two sides of a road, and then horizontal drilling is carried out. The description does not provide any instruction regarding the method of producing the horizontal borehole starting from the vertical boreholes, i.e. as to whether
or not the drill turns into a horizontal direction. The drilling direction is controlled by a laser system, which may cause +- 3cm differences. As a difference, our present invention uses control technology located in the drilling head to control the drilling direction.
Chinese patent description No. CN106594386 A also describes a procedure for drilling and laying pipes, so that an inclined and then a horizontal borehole is produced by directed drilling. Drilling and the laying of pipes is performed at two different stages. The procedure may be used to produce long horizontal boreholes with a large diameter. It may be used successfully primarily at locations where it is hard to enter the geological medium. Drilling is performed between points A and B, which is not required by our present invention. When using our present invention, it is sufficient to produce a borehole, and then the payload pipe and the water pipe are inserted, which facilitate the progression of the drilling by transporting high-pressure water or water and air.
Chinese patent description No. CN105964678 B describes an in situ water and ground-water relief system and procedure. In the course of the procedure, a borehole is drilled using high- pressure flushing technology until the relevant soil layer is reached, then the soil and/or ground-water is mixed with a relief material, and finally laboratory measurements are made to monitor the samples taken on-site and the vicinity. Our present invention is considerably different in that this Chinese invention does not involve any horizontal drilling, as the relief material is injected into the contaminated medium through a vertical borehole; thus, chemical oxidation is used to clean the geological medium from contamination. In our present invention, there are two methods of performing in-situ treatment during relief works. It is possible to add local materials to the contaminated medium, or to extract the contaminated liquids through the install pipe sets.
In summary, it seems clear that the traditional systems currently in use rely on external hydraulic drive, and they do not make it possible to lay the horizontal payload pipes directly, in particular when launched from the surface. Thus, there is not technology to lay down pipes or heat exchanging probes that are launched from the surface vertically and then turn below ground into a horizontal direction or plane. Another disadvantage of the solutions described above is that drilling and installing the pipe set is performed at two different stages. First, a borehole is drilled, and then the pipe set is installed in or pulled into that borehole. However, our invention drills a borehole, launched from the surface, and lays down the payload pipe at the same stage.
The purpose of the invention is to eliminate the shortfalls of the known solutions, and to implement a device and a procedure for its application that is capable drilling boreholes and installing pipe sets in different underground geological environments utilizing water, or water and air, only. Another purpose of the invention is to enable the laying of pipes even in areas that are built in and densely covered by public utilities, so that drilling works could not be performed at all, or could be performed at significant costs only, within the area.
The inventive step is based on the recognition that a solution, which is more advantageous than the previous ones, may be created by implementing the invention according to claim 1. Another important recognition is that, by applying a head fitted with suitably directed nozzles, the applied high-pressure water, or water-air mix, can soften and wash out the geological media in the direction of forward movement. This recognition makes it possible lay pipes without using environmentally harmful additive materials for drilling, and starting from a vertical or other position forming an angle with the surface, so that it can be turned at any angle and according to the bending radius of the pipe to be laid when the desired layer is reached.
In line with the desired purpose, the most general implementation form of the solution according to the invention may be realized according to claim 1. The most general form of the application procedure is described in the main procedural claim. The various implementation forms are described in the sub-claims.
In the course of applying the solution in general, a pressure unit is connected to a driving medium container before drilling, a drilling point is identified on the ground, a head unit is prepared on one end of the pipe set, and an adapter and a sprinkler is placed onto the head unit A distinctive feature of the procedure is that, before drilling, a driving medium transport pipe is pulled into a payload pipe with a larger diameter, the driving medium transport pipe is connected to the pressure unit, the payload pipe is connected to a sprinkler with an adapter, and a mud cleaning and jigging unit and an underground mud collecting standage is established, and then, upon commencement of the drilling, the pressure unit is turned on, and a driving medium containing water, or water and air, is transported from the driving medium container by the pressure unit into the driving medium transport pipe during the drilling process, and, during drilling, driving medium is transported toward the head unit and
pressed out through the sprinkler nozzles in the direction of movement, thereby softening the soil in the direction of movement and making place for the head unit and the pipe set that follows, and the head unit and the pipe set keeps moving forward at the desired angle, while the pipe feeding unit keeps feeding the pipe set and regulates the forward movement speed of the pipe set, and then, when the drilling is completed, the payload pipe is left in place below the ground.
In another implementation form, a directing unit is placed onto the head unit before drilling, and, during drilling, the direction of drilling and the angle formed by the direction of movement and the ground is regulated by the directing unit, so that the directing unit closes and/or turns on the given nozzles.
In another implementation form, the driving medium is pressed through the nozzles of the sprinkler at 1 to 1.2 MPa pressure.
Another distinctive feature may be that the mud generated during drilling is returned to the surface through the backward nozzles of the sprinkler, and then it is collected by a mud cleaning and jigging unit, and the collected mud is recycled.
Another distinctive feature may be that the head unit is fitted with a locating and positioning tool, and data from the locating and positioning tool is transferred to a central control unit through a data cable.
In another implementation form, the adapter is left below the ground after drilling, and the directing unit is returned to the surface.
The device implementing the invention includes, in general, a head unit fitted with a sprinkler, and the sprinkler has at least one nozzle. A distinctive feature of the device is that it includes a central control unit, a pipe set, a pressure unit, a pipe feeding unit, and a support technical unit, and the pressure unit is fitted with a pump, and the support technical unit includes a driving medium container and a mud cleaning and jigging unit, and the pipe set includes a payload pipe and a driving medium transport pipe, and the pressure unit is connected to the driving medium container, and the head unit is fitted with an adapter, and a directing and control adapter unit, and the sprinkler is connected to the payload pipe through the adapter, and the sprinkler has at least one backward nozzle, and the central control unit is connected to the pressure unit, the pipe feeding unit, and the head unit.
A distinctive feature of the device may be that a mud collecting standage is connected to the mud cleaning and jigging unit, and the sprinkler and the driving medium transport pipe are connected to each other in a releasable manner.
In another implementation form, the device includes a data cable and a control cable; the head unit is fitted with a locating and positioning tool; the data cable connects the locating and positioning tool to the central control unit; and the control cable connects the pressure unit and the pipe feeding unit to the central control unit.
The invention is presented in more detail using drawings of possible implementation forms. On the attached drawings,
Figure 1 shows a theoretical arrangement of the device,
Figure 2 shows the longitudinal section of the head unit, and
Figure 3 shows the cross-section of the head unit.
Figure 1 shows the main parts of the device: the pressure unit 1, the pipe feeding unit 2, and the head unit 3. The functioning of the device is supported by the support technical unit 4, which includes the driving medium container 5 and the mud cleaning and jigging unit 7. A mud cleaning and jigging unit 7 and a mud collecting standage 8 is also established next to the drilling point. The mud cleaning and jigging unit 7 cleans and pre-treats the driving medium returning to the mud collecting standage 8 for recycling. The pipe set 15 to be driven below ground by the pipe feeding unit 2 includes the driving medium transport pipe 17 and the payload pipe 16, so that the driving medium transport pipe 17 is located inside the payload pipe 16. It possible to use more than one driving medium transport pipes 17. The pressure unit 1 is located on the surface, and its input side la is connected to the driving medium container 5. The pressure unit 1 includes at least one pump 9, and it ensures that water or, in certain situations and according to the condition of the soil, water and air is moved from the driving medium container 5 to the head unit 3 through the driving medium transport pipe 17 at 1 to 1.2 MPa (10 to 12 bar) pressure. The driving medium always includes water, while the ratio of the air depends on the given geological medium; for example, the reaction to water of a medium consisting of rough pebbles is different from that of a medium consisting of fine yellow soil. Thus, air is not always used in addition to water. The pipe feeding unit 2 is also located on the surface; it feeds, transfers and rolls down the pipe, and pulls back the driving medium transport pipe(s) 17 and the locating and positioning tool(s). It facilitates the forward movement of the head unit 3 by eliminating friction concerning the above-ground section of the pipe set 15. The pipe feeding unit 2 also facilitates the launch of the pipe set 15 in a vertical or other direction forming an angle with
the surface, as well as the continuous laying of the pipe set 15. The driving medium container
5, which may be a container truck for example, stores water to be used as a driving medium. The device is also fitted with a central control unit 6, which makes it possible to control the various components of the device. The central control unit 6 is connected to the pressure unit 1, the pipe feeding unit 2, and the head unit 3. It is important to implement the device in a manner that is capable of providing the pressure needed for the forward movement of the sprinkler 10 and the pipe set 15 through the compressed driving medium. This must be uninterrupted and controllable both above and below the ground. For feeding the pipe, it is indispensable that the device is capable of feeding an adequate volume of the pipe set 15 into the medium of drilling. To carry out the procedure, both the data cable 19 and the control cable 20 provide data, so that the data cable 19 is located inside of the payload pipe 16. The data cable 19, typically a UTP cable, carries signals from the locating and positioning tool 18 to the above-ground central control unit 6. The control cable 20 establishes electronic connection between the pressure unit 1, the pipe feeding unit 2, and the central control unit
6.Figure 2 shows a more detailed side view of the head unit 3, which is located at the front of the driving medium transport pipe 17 and, consequently, the pipe set 15. Breaking the soil / geological medium is carried out through the head unit 3. The head unit 3 includes three components: a sprinkler 10, an adapter 11, and a directing unit 12. The sprinkler 10 is fitted with at least one nozzle 13 and/or a backward nozzle 14. The distribution, size, and design of the nozzles 13 and backward nozzles 14 depends on the geological medium to be drilled. The different designs of these parts can facilitate forward movement in various geological media (e.g. clay, sludge, sand). Using backward nozzles 14 is recommended to facilitate smooth forward progression. The backward nozzles 14, implemented on the sprinkler 10 in the opposite direction as the direction of movement, facilitate the removal of mud from the borehole. The sprinkler 10 is connected to the driving medium transport pipe 17 in a releasable manner. The adapter 11 is used to establish a strong connection between the sprinkler 10 and the payload pipe 16. The payload pipe 16 is pulled in and installed with the assistance of the adapter 11. The adapter 11, together with the payload pipe 16, remains below the ground once the pipe laying process is completed. This makes it possible to seal the end of the payload pipe 16 or to resume drilling as necessary. The directing unit 12 is fitted onto the sprinkler 10 after the nozzle 13. It also includes the locating and positioning tool 18, which is necessary for direction and control, and other optional tools and devices.
Figure 3 shows the cross-section of the head unit 3. It shows the inside pipe 3a within the head unit 3, and the cross-section of the directing unit 12, the nozzle 13, the backward nozzle 14, and the driving medium transport pipe 17 therein, as well as the payload pipe 16 with a large diameter, which is connected to the sprinkler 10 easily with the adapter 11. The head unit 3 also includes the locating and positioning tool 18. In this implementation form, the device includes more than one driving medium transport pipes 17.
In the course of applying the invention, the pipe sets 15 are prepared pursuant to the desired result. In the course of preparing the pipe sets 15, the directing unit 12 is fitted onto the head unit 3 of a driving medium transport pipe 17 with a small diameter, suitably on the inside pipe. Then, the driving medium transport pipe 17 is pulled into the payload pipe 16 that has a larger diameter and is to be laid. Then, the pipe set 15 comprising the payload pipe 16 and the driving medium transport pipe 17 is connected to the pressure unit 1. The head unit 3 is placed onto the end of the pipe set 15. The adapter 11 is used to establish a strong connection between the sprinkler 10 and the payload pipe 16. Then, the pressure unit 1 is prepared. The end of the pipe set 15, other than the end fitted with the head unit 3, is connected to the pressure unit 1. The input side la of the pressure unit 1 is connected to the driving medium container 5. Then, the drilling point is identified. After the drilling point is identified, the pressure unit 1 is deployed in the area. A mud collecting standage 8 is established next to the drilling point, from which the driving medium may be retrieved using the mud cleaning and jigging unit 7 during drilling. Typically, a 20 to 100 cm hole, an advance cut is made at the drilling point with a manual drill. The purpose of this is to ensure that the high-pressure driving medium flowing out from the hole does not damage any object or item on the surface. Then, the steps of laying down the pipe are commenced. The drilling of the borehole, launched from the surface, and the laying of the payload pipe is performed at the same stage. The head unit 3 is placed into the advance cut made at the previous step. Once placed correctly, the pressure unit 1 is turned on. At this point, the driving medium is released through the sprinkler 10 part of the head unit 3 with a pressure of 1 to 1.2 MPa (10 to 12 bar). (Pressure is set as appropriate for the given geological medium.) The speed of feeding the pipe may be adjusted after the pipe feeding unit 2 is turned on. It is possible to lay the pipe starting from a vertical or other position forming an angle with the surface, so that it can be turned at any angle and according to the bending radius of the pipe to be laid when the desired layer is reached. In the course of drilling, i.e. laying the pipe, compressed air or
high-pressure water, or typically the combination of the two, is fed from the surface, and it is released through the nozzles 13 of the sprinkler 10 on the head unit 3, and it softens, washes, and changes the structure of the geological medium in the direction of movement, thereby cutting a path for the head unit 3 and the pipe set 15 that follows. When also using air in the driving medium, high-pressure solved gas may be used to facilitate soil re structuring. No other additive needs to be used during the application of the procedure. The pipe feeding unit 2 rolls down the head unit 3 and the pipe set 15 in the direction of movement. If water is used as the driving medium, some of the pressurized water fills up the pores as it leaves the pipe, as a result of which the fragments and the pressurized water form mud on the pipe coating and its vicinity, which is capable of supporting the weight, and providing a slipping surface for the forward movement, of the pressurized pipe. The mud produced during drilling moves to the surface through the backward nozzles 14 of the sprinkler 10, and it may be collected, possibly for recycling, using a mud cleaning and jigging unit 7. When designing the head unit 3, it is important to make it capable of being controlled, and to determine the appropriate pressure parameters. Controllability makes it possible to lay pipes in a directed manner. The adapter 11 remains underground and is closed after the drilling is completed; it may be used again when the drilling is to be resumed. When the drilling is completed, the directing unit 12, the driving medium transport pipe 17, and the locating and positioning tool 18 located in the head unit 3 may be collected. Our invention does not use any rotating or other part driven by mechanical means below ground level. Horizontal and other drillings forming various angles are controlled through the directing unit 12, located on the head unit 3, by closing the nozzles 13 at the appropriate position and time. As a result, drilling may be performed even from large distances within disturbing any geological medium. It is also important to provide an uninterrupted feed of driving medium through the pressure unit 1, as well as an uninterrupted and even pushing force to keep the pipe set 15 moving forward. As the pipe laying process progresses, the pipe set 15, including the driving medium transport pipe 17 inside, transports the driving medium on its own and the payload pipe 16 stays down. Consequently, no protective piping or any additional pipe laying work is necessary. If the payload pipe 16 to be laid has slits, a considerable volume of the mud moving toward the surface along the perforations may return to the surface through the pipe with slits, where it may be reused after filtering and jigging.
The procedure may also be used for damage relief. One option is to move the microbiological or chemical substances, used for relief purposes, into the polluted medium, and another option is to recover the polluted liquid through an installed pipe set 15. The device may also be used to install deep heat exchange systems. In such a scenario, the nozzles 13 of the payload pipe 16 drilled into the ground should be closed, and the payload pipe 16, when filled with a heat exchange liquid, can be used as an external component of a heat exchange system. This way, it is possible to realize next generation geothermic heat exchange earth probes. Using such methods, the area that is available for heat transport processes from the same borehole or well is considerably larger than the one available through currently applied techniques, or, in the context of geothermic heat pump technology, the same level of efficiency may be achieved by drilling to much shallow depths.
The invention described above has numerous advantages. An advantage of the invention is that, when applying the procedure, only water, or water and air, is used for laying the pipe set. The procedure may also be executed in an energy-efficient manner by using rainwater only. As a result, no environmentally harmful material (e.g. sludge) is released into the environment, and no other environmentally damaging material (e.g. bentonite) is used. Instead of using drilling sludge, the environment’s own material provides a lubricated surface when mixed with the pressed medium. The use of our invention also reduces the volume of extracted ground material considerably, so there is no need to establish any large drilling sludge container. Consequently, the energy use and the load on the environment is considerably reduced in comparison to existing solutions. The pipes used during drilling transport the driving medium themselves, meaning that there is no need to construct any safety or protective pipe network. An important advantage of the device is its agility and transportability. Another advantage is that our invention does not use any rotating or other part driven by mechanical means below ground level. Another advantage is that, during the procedure, it is not necessary to drill a separate borehole for laying down the pipe, as the payload pipe may be laid while drilling. An important advantage is that the application of our present solution is cheaper; a reason for this is that it requires less labour and may be performed by 2 to 3 workers. Consequently, deployment at and departure from the site takes less time. As mentioned above, no sludge, additive, sludge pit, or sludge transportation is required. Consequently, the procedure may possibly be carried out at half-price in comparison to known solutions. Another advantage is that, in comparison to known
solutions, it is capable of drilling 40 or even 120 m distances. Another advantage is the high speed of the procedure, as logistics are much more simple because less pieces of equipment need to be transported. The procedure is accurate and eliminates a considerable part of the traditional workflow; consequently, the time needed is much shorter. The time needed for drilling is approximately half than that when using any of the known solutions. The procedure may be ordered quickly, and it does not require any special measure (e.g. road block, license etc.). Another advantage is that the technology does not require much space; during drilling, an approximately 20x20 m area is needed for the units and the pipes to be laid, and the pipe feeder and the pump requires a space of approximately 4 m2. An important advantage is that our invention is suitable for laying pipes with larger diameter than any of the known solutions. A good example showing the simplicity of the invention is that a container truck and one or two smaller trailers are sufficient for transportation. Another advantage is that the procedure may be used even by circumventing natural and artificial objects and items (road, sewer, rails etc.) and the device is capable of drilling at any angle. No additional reinforcement is needed for the borehole, as pipe sets are installed during drilling, so that they provide stability for the geological medium. Consequently, the use of this method is not limited to sandy geological media, and boreholes can be produced in different kinds of geological media without difficulty by adjusting the type of the head unit and the nozzles.
The field of application of the invention includes environmental technologies, water extraction, and the construction sector, as well as damage relief, for example below built areas, and the on-site, horizontal and vertical excavation and treatment of soil and groundwater contamination. The invention may be used to lay draining pipes for drainage, as well as to install in-depth heat exchange systems. Due to the nature of the technology, its use may be expanded widely, and it may also be used for implementing innovative irrigation procedures.
In addition to the above examples, the invention can be implemented in other forms and with other manufacturing processes within the scope of protection.
Claims
1. A jet-system pipe laying procedure, in the course of which a pressure unit (1) is connected to a driving medium container (5) before drilling, a drilling point is identified on the ground, a head unit (3) is prepared on one end of the pipe set (15), and an adapter (11) and a sprinkler (10) is placed onto the head unit (3)
characterized in that
before drilling, a driving medium transport pipe (17) is pulled into a payload pipe (16), the payload pipe (16) having a larger diameter than the driving medium transport pipe (17); the driving medium transport pipe (17) is connected to the pressure unit (1);
the payload pipe (16) is connected to a sprinkler (10) with an adapter (11);
and a mud cleaning and jigging unit (7) and an underground mud collecting standage (8) is established;
and, upon commencement of the drilling, the pressure unit (1) is turned on;
and a driving medium containing water or water and air is transported from the driving medium container (5) by the pressure unit (1) into the driving medium transport pipe (17) during the drilling process;
during drilling, the driving medium is transported toward the head unit (3) and pressed out through the sprinkler (10) nozzles (13) in the direction of movement, thereby softening the soil in the direction of movement and making place for the head unit (3) and the pipe set (15) that follows,
and the head unit (3) and the pipe set (15) keeps moving forward at the desired angle, while the pipe feeding unit (2) keeps feeding the pipe set (15) and regulates the forward movement speed of the pipe set (15),
and, when the drilling is completed, the payload pipe (16) is left in place below the ground.
2. The procedure according to claim 1, characterized in that a directing unit (12) is placed onto the head unit (3) before drilling, and, during drilling, the direction of drilling and the angle formed by the direction of movement and the ground is regulated by the directing unit (12), so that the directing unit (12) closes and/or turns on the given nozzles (13).
3. The procedure according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the driving medium is pressed through the nozzles (13) of the sprinkler (10) at 1 to 1.2 MPa pressure.
4. Any of the procedures according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the mud generated during drilling is returned to the surface through the backward nozzles (14) of the sprinkler (10), and then it is collected by a mud cleaning and jigging unit (7), and the collected mud is recycled.
5. Any of the procedures according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the head unit (3) is fitted with a locating and positioning tool (18), and data from the locating and positioning tool (18) is transferred to a central control unit (6) through a data cable (19).
6. Any of the procedures according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the adapter (11) is left below the ground after drilling, and the directing unit (12) is returned to the surface.
7. Device for implementing the procedure according to claim 1, which includes a head unit (3) fitted with a sprinkler (10), and the sprinkler (10) has at least one nozzle (13)
characterized in that
it includes a central control unit (6), a pipe set (15), a pressure unit (1), a pipe feeding unit
(2), and a support technical unit (4);
and the pressure unit (1) is fitted with a pump (9);
and the support technical unit (4) includes a driving medium container (5) and a mud cleaning and jigging unit (7);
and the pipe set (15) includes a payload pipe (16) and a driving medium transport pipe (17); and the pressure unit (1) is connected to the driving medium container (5);
and the head unit (3) is fitted with an adapter (11) and a directing and control adapter unit
(12);
and the sprinkler (10) is connected to the payload pipe (16) through the adapter (11);
and the sprinkler (10) has at least one backward nozzle (14);
and the central control unit (6) is connected to the pressure unit (1), the pipe feeding unit (2), and the head unit (3).
8. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that a mud collecting standage (8) is connected to the mud cleaning and jigging unit (7).
9. The device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the sprinkler (10) and the driving medium transport pipe (17) are connected to each other in a releasable manner.
10. Any of the devices according to claims 7 to 9, characterized in that it includes a data cable (19) and a control cable (20); the head unit (3) is fitted with a locating and positioning tool (18); the data cable (19) connects the locating and positioning tool (18) to the central control unit (6); and the control cable (20) connects the pressure unit (1) and the pipe feeding unit (2) to the central control unit (6).
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