Electro-Pulse-Boring(EPB): Novel Super-Deep Drilling Technology for Low Cost Electricity

作     者：Hans O.Schiegg Arild Rdland Guizhi Zhu David A.Yuen 

作者机构：SwissG eo Power AGStadtturmstrasse 19 CH-5401Switzerland Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied GeophysicsNorwegian University of Science and Technology7491 TrondheimNorway Department of Earth SciencesETH-Zurich CH-8092Switzerland Department of Earth Sciences and Minnesota Supercomputing InstituteUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolis MN 55455USA School of Environmental StudiesChina University of Geosciences 

出 版 物：《Journal of Earth Science》 (地球科学学刊（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第26卷第1期

页      面：37-46页

核心收录：

学科分类：081801[工学-矿产普查与勘探] 070801[理学-固体地球物理学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 

基　　金：National Science Foundation  NSF  (1348066) 

主　　题：drilling technology electro pulse petro-geothermics geoenergy geothermal electricity climate change air pollution. 

摘      要：The inexhaustible heat deposit in great depths （5-10 km） is a scientific fact. Such deposit occurs around the globe. Thereby, everybody is enabled to generate autonomously clean and renewable energy, ample electricity and heat. The economical exploration and exploitation of this superdeep geothermal heat deposit requires a novel drilling technique, because the currently only deep drilling method （Rotary） is limited to about 5 km, due to the rising costs, depending exponentially on depth. Electro-pulse-boring （EPB） is a valuable option to Rotary drilling. EPB, originally investigated in Russia, is ready to be developed for industrialization. The feasibility of EPB is proven by many boreholes drilled up to 200 m in granite （crystalline）. Estimates show outstanding low costs for drilling by EPB： 100 E/m for a borehole with a large diameter （φ） such as 20 （50 cm）, independent on depth and applicable likewise for sediments and crystalline rocks, such as granite. The current rate of penetration （ROP） of 3 m per hour is planned to be augmented up to 35 m per hour, and again, irrespective whether in sedimentary or crystalline formations. Consequently, a 10 km deep borehole with φ 50 cm will ultimately be drilled within 12 days. EPB will create new markets, such as： （i） EPB shallow drilling for geotechnics, energy piles, measures in order to mitigate natural hazards, etc., （ii） EPB deep drilling （3-5 km） for hydro-geothermics, exploration campaigns etc. and （iii） EPB super-deep drilling （5-10 km） for petro-geothermies, enabling the economic generation of electricity. The autonomous and unlimited supply with cost efficient electricity, besides ample heat, ensures reliably clean and renew- able energy, thus, high supply security. Such development will provide a substantial relief to cope with the global challenge to limit the climate change below 2 ℃. The diminution of fossil fuels, due to the energy transition in order to mitigate the climate change, implies likewise the decr