Effective Geothermal Utilisation close to the surface by the TT-Geothermal Radial Drilling (GRD-)Method.docVIP

Acta Montanistica Slovaca Ro?ník 12 (2007), mimoriadne ?íslo 1, 162-170 Effektive oberfl?chennahe Erdw?rmenutzung mit dem Geothermal Radial Drilling (GRD)Verfahren Hans-Joachim Bayer 1 Effective Geothermal Utilisation close to the surface by the TT-Geothermal Radial Drilling (GRD-)Method In the late 1970-Years, Tracto-Technik developped a very effective radial-shaped percussion system for a geothermal heating, the ECOtherm-System, which was very well accepted by customers. Nowadays, a radial-shaped drilling system, operating some decameters below the surface, was developped by Tracto-Technik, which offers the chance of a very effective drilling for the use of geothermal energy. The main advantage of this development is the reduction of drilling costs by new constructions and new handling possibilities. Drilling processes like the rod connecting or the drill-hole enlargement were solved in other ways as usual, by very time- shortening and effective ways, which are presented in the paper. The new TT-Geothermal radial drilling methods need only a very small but highly effective drilling unit, which reduces the operational drilling cost in a enormous way. All operational drilling steps are reduced to less than a half time as usual. By these GRD-methods, the use of surface-close geothermal energy is simplified and less expansive. Key words: Geothermal Radial Drilling Erdw?rmesonden, W?rmepumpen und Speicher wurden in den letzten Jahren günstiger, nur die Bohrkosten blieben auf einem hohen Niveau. Die Bohrkosten begrenzen die Erdw?rmenutzung! ? ? Die oben genannte Behauptung kursiert bei vielen interessierten Nutzern oberfl?chennaher Erdw?rme. Tats?chlich wurde zur Erschlie?ung der oberfl?chennahen Geothermie fast nur die Vertikalbohrtechnik oder der offene Eingriff ins Erdreich mittels Bagger praktiziert. ? Horizontale und schr?ge Bohrungen bilden