Abstract
The present invention is a self-contained, high-energy liquid rock-boring system that will bore a small-diameter access hole [5] several hundred meters through hard granite and other obstacles within minutes of deployment. It employs a land unit [100] platform subsystem [1000] with an energetic fluid fuel reservoir [1300] and a boring subsystem [3000] having a plurality of pulsejets [3100]. Each pulsejet [3100] repeatedly ignites the energetic fluid [7] causing a plurality of rapidly-expanding gas bubbles [3250] which create and force a plurality liquid slugs [10] ahead of them rapidly out through a nozzle [3260] causing the slugs [10] to impact against materials ahead of the nozzles [3260], boring an access hole [5]. The system also employs an umbilical subsystem [2000] connecting the boring [3000] and the platform subsystems [1000]. The system can be used to rapidly bore an access hole [5] to provide air and resources to trapped miners. Alternatively, the system may also be used to bore an access hole [5] to underground threatening targets to neutralize them.
Recommended Citation
W. A. Berger et al., "System for Rapidly Boring Through Materials," U.S. Patents, Jan 2010.
Department(s)
Mining Engineering
Patent Application Number
US11/886,372
Patent Number
US7828078B2
Document Type
Patent
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 The University of Scranton, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2010
