US 10,221,537 B2 · Artificial ground freezing method and artificial ground freezing system

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an artificial ground freezing method having good coolant thermal efficiency without a gas-phase coolant being released into the ground or into the air. For that purpose, the present invention has: a freeze pipe (1: casing) for freezing the ground buried in the ground and a coolant circulation pipe (2) provided on the inside of the freeze pipe (1), wherein the coolant flowing inside the coolant circulation pipe (2) is carbon dioxide; and a coolant apparatus (10) that cools and supplies the carbon dioxide to the coolant circulation pipe (2), the coolant circulation pipe (2) comprising a first coolant circulation pipe (2A) on which a plurality of micro-coolant passages (2A delta) is formed, wherein the tip portion (tip portion in the ground) of the first coolant circulation pipe (2A) is connected to a plugging member (3: bottom socket) that connects the plurality of micro-coolant passages (2A delta) of the first coolant circulation pipe (2A) to a coolant supply side and coolant return side.

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Dependent claims

An artificial ground freezing system for freezing a ground around a coolant circulation pipe by circulating a low-temperature coolant in the coolant circulation pipe,

wherein the coolant circulating in the coolant circulation pipe is carbon dioxide,
wherein the artificial ground freezing system comprises a coolant apparatus which cools and supplies the low-temperature coolant to the coolant circulation pipe,
wherein the coolant circulation pipe comprises a first coolant circulation pipe and a plugging member connecting to a tip portion of the first coolant circulation pipe,
wherein the first coolant circulation pipe is a micro channel structure having a plurality of micro-coolant passages formed inside thereof, the micro channel structure having thermal properties of cold energy diffusion and hot energy absorption depending on coolant contacting area;
a length of which channel corresponds to a vertical depth of a ground to be frozen,
wherein the plurality of micro-coolant passages being formed in one of the first coolant circulation pipe constructs a coolant supply side and a coolant return side, and
wherein a coolant flow path is constructed in which a coolant flows in the coolant supply side, the plugging member, and then the coolant return side.

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An artificial ground freezing method for freezing a ground around a coolant circulation pipe by circulating a low-temperature coolant in the coolant circulation pipe by an artificial ground freezing system which cools the coolant and supplies it to circulation pipe by means of a coolant apparatus,

wherein the coolant circulating in the coolant circulation pipe is carbon dioxide,
wherein the artificial ground freezing method comprising the steps of:
cooling the coolant by the coolant apparatus and supplying it to the coolant circulation pipe;
circulating the coolant in the coolant circulation pipe and returning to the coolant apparatus, and
freezing ground to be frozen underground,
wherein the coolant circulation pipe comprises a first coolant circulation pipe and a plugging member connecting to a tip portion of the first coolant circulation pipe,
wherein the first coolant circulation pipe is a micro channel structure having a plurality of micro-coolant passages formed inside thereof, the micro channel structure having thermal properties of cold energy diffusion and hot energy absorption depending on coolant contacting area;
a length of which channel corresponds to a vertical depth of the ground to be frozen,
wherein the plurality of micro-coolant passages being formed in one of the first coolant circulation pipe constructs a coolant supply side and a coolant return side, and
wherein the step of circulating the coolant in the coolant circulation pipe and returning to the coolant apparatus comprises a step of:
flowing the coolant in the coolant supply side of the first coolant circulation pipe;
in a coolant flow path of the plugging member, and then, in the coolant return side of the first coolant circulation pipe.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Artificial ground freezing method and artificial ground freezing system

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Artificial ground freezing method and artificial ground freezing system

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