Method of deploying a heat exchanger pipe
OwnerAri Peter Bermaninventor
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Abstract
A new system for and a method of deploying a heat exchanger pipe. A bore hole is drilled from an access ditch location to a terminal ditch location using a piloted drill head powered via an umbilical attached to the piloted drill head. A casing is attached to the piloted drill head and disposed about the umbilical into the bore hole from the access ditch location to the terminal ditch location. At the terminal ditch location, the piloted drill head is removed from the casing and the umbilical and a heat exchanger pipe is attached to the umbilical. The umbilical is withdrawn from within the casing deployed in the bore hole to pull the heat exchanger pipe into the casing. The casing is then withdrawn from the bore hole leaving the heat exchanger pipe in the bore hole.
Claims16
A method of deploying a heat exchanger pipe, the method comprising:
- drilling a bore hole from an access ditch location to a terminal ditch location using a piloted drill head powered via an umbilical attached to the piloted drill head;
- attaching a casing to the piloted drill head about the umbilical and deploying the casing into the bore hole from the access ditch location to the terminal ditch location;
- at the terminal ditch location, removing the piloted drill head from the casing and the umbilical;
- at the terminal ditch location, attaching a heat exchanger pipe to the umbilical;
- withdrawing the umbilical from within the casing deployed in the bore hole and pulling the heat exchanger pipe into the casing;
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- withdrawing the casing from the bore hole leaving the heat exchanger pipe in the bore hole.
A method of deploying a heat exchanger pipe, the method comprising:
- drilling a curved bore hole from an access ditch location to a terminal ditch location using a piloted drill head powered via an umbilical attached to the piloted drill head;
- at the terminal ditch location, removing the piloted drill head from the umbilical;
- at the terminal ditch location, attaching a heat exchanger pipe to the umbilical;
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- at the access ditch location, withdrawing the umbilical from the bore hole and pulling the heat exchanger pipe into the bore hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.