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US 2017/0362897 A9Published application
Advanced drilling systems and methods
OwnerJohn Hanbackinventor
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Abstract
New systems and methods capable system for drilling are disclosed. An example system can include a vertically-moving platform supporting a gyrotron capable of transmitted electromagnetic energy down a waveguide such that, as the vertically-moving platform moves downward, energy transmitted by the gyrotron through the waveguide will progressively drill a borehole in the earth.
Claims19
A system for drilling, comprising:
- a vertically-moving platform supporting a gyrotron capable of transmitting electromagnetic energy down a waveguide such that, as the vertically-moving platform moves downward, energy transmitted by the gyrotron through the waveguide will progressively drill a borehole in the earth as an appreciable constant distance is maintained between a bottom of the waveguide and a melt at the bottom of the borehole.
A method for drilling, comprising
- downwardly-moving a gyrotron capable of transmitted electromagnetic energy down a waveguide such that, as the gyrotron moves downward, energy transmitted by the gyrotron through the waveguide will progressively drill a borehole in the earth while maintaining a distance between a bottom of the waveguide and a melt at the bottom of the borehole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.