Drilling Machines and Mechanisms

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0585/07
Abbreviation	VSM
Course title	Drilling Machines and Mechanisms
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Martin Klempa, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Driving mechanisms – engines.
2. Gearing mechanisms – clutch, hydro clutch, chain clutch.
3. Operational machinery of drilling rigs – derrick, draw works.
4. Operational machinery of drilling rigs - travelling block, drilling line.
5. Drilling machinery of drilling rigs – rotary table.
6. Drilling machinery of drilling rigs - top drive.
7. Down the hole (DTH) drilling tools – turbines, DTH drilling engines, DTH drilling hammers, walking beams, drop hammers, vibrating mechanisms.
8. Mechanisms for drilling fluids treatment and drilling rigs cleansing.
9. Mud pumps – design, function.
10. Vibrating sieves, hydro cyclones, centrifuges.
11. Security mechanisms of the drilling rigs – preventers (ram, universal, annular preventers, collars, wellhead preventer assembly).
12. Measuring and regulation devices of drilling rigs .
13. Measuring of set and resultant drilling regime parameters.

Literature

Pinka, J., Wittenberger, G., Engel, J. (2007): Borehole Mining, university textbook, Publishing Centre/AMS, F BERG TU in Košice
LYONS, W. C.: Air and Drilling Manual – Applications for Oil and Gas Recovery Wells and Geothermal Fluids Recovery Wells. Gulf Publishing, Houston, Texas, 2009. ISBN 978-0-12-370895-3.
WILLOUGHBY, D. A.: Horizontal Directional Drilling – Utility and Pipeline Applications. The McGraw-Hill Companies, USA, 2005. ISBN 0-07-145473-x.
Perrin, D.: Well Completion and Servicing. Oil and Gas Field Development Techniques. Editions Technip, France, 1999. ISBN: 978-2-7108-0765-0

Advised literature

World Oil´s Handbook of Horizontal Drilling and Completion Technology; specialized publication, team of authors, 1991; Houston, Texas, USA
Nguyen, J.P. (1996): Drilling. Editions TECHNIP, France. ISBN 978-7108-0689-9.
Samuel, G. R. (2007): Downhole Drilling Tools: Theory and Practice for Engineerings and Students. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, .
Letcher, T. M.: Future Energy – Improved, Suistainable and Clean Options for Our Planet. Elsevier, Netherlands, 2008.

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