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Drilling Machines and Mechanisms

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Course Unit Code541-0585/06
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KUN109doc. Ing. Antonín Kunz, Ph.D.
KLE028doc. Ing. Martin Klempa, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject gives basic information about individual drilling machine units and technical means, which are the main components of various types of drilling rigs. It is especially intent on these units of drilling rigs. The main functional parts of drilling units. Driving equipment of drilling units – internal combustion, electric and hydraulic drilling engines, driving gear mechanismus. Pulling equipment of drilling units – drilling derrick, rig drawwork, hoisting system, drilling rope. Drilling rig equipment – rotary, tables, rotary heads, downhole motors, vibrating and pereussion drilling equipment. Circulating equipment of drilling units. – mud (vibrating) screens, hydrocyclone separators, mud centrifuges, degassers etc. Safety gears of drilling units – preventers (ram, annular and revolving preventers),
preventer manifolds. Measuring equipment of drilling units – devices for drilling drive measurement. Construction, function and importance of the main parts of drilling units for drilling activity realization. Calculations connected with proportioning of particular parts of drilling machines and mechanisms for rotary and core drilling.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The main goal of the subject is to make students acquainted with the main technical means and individual drilling machine units which are used at various types in drilling rigs. The students have to gain basic knowledge about individual operative parts of these drilling rigs. They must be able to characterize these parts and to describe their types of construction. On the basis of the acquired theoretical knowledge they have to explain principle of their operation and to desribe their individual elements. They must be able to apply gained theoretical knowledge in the computation and practical tutorials during drilling directly on the rig. The students have to learn how to read design documentation containing the various types of contruction of individual mechanical parts of drilling rigs, to sketch the elementary function charts of the drilling units and to explain their functionality. By use of the analyse they must be able to know how to select these procedures leading to the effective solution of tasks, scheduled in the tutorials. The students must be able to design the final form of solution in the form of papers by use of the synthesis. They have to learn to judge the importance of the gained information, to evaluate them and choose these which are material and usable for their further professional progress.
Course Contents
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.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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
ZEMAN, V.; PINKA, J.; KLEMPA, M.; STRUNA, J.: Technika a technologie vrtných prací – I. díl Technika pro provádění vrtných prací. Marionetti Press, Ostrava 2014. ISBN 978-80-905737-0-3.
ZEMAN, V.; PINKA, J.; KLEMPA, M.; STRUNA, J.: Technika a technologie vrtných prací – II. díl Základy technologie vrtných prací. Marionetti Press, Ostrava 2014. ISBN 978-80-905737-1-0.
ROBELLO, S. G.: Downhole Drilling Tools – Theory and Practice for Engineers and Students. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas, 2007. ISBN 978-1-933762-13-5.
KLEMPA, M.; ZEMAN, V.; BUJOK, P.; STRUNA, J.; PINKA, J.: Technika a technologie hlubinného vrtání – multimediální výukový text. Projekt FRVŠ č. 960/2011.
Recommended Reading:
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, ISBN 1-933762-13-6.
Letcher, T. M.: Future Energy – Improved, Suistainable and Clean Options for Our Planet. Elsevier, Netherlands, 2008. ISBN 978-0-08-054808-1
PINKA, J., SIDOROVÁ, M., DUDLA, N. A.: Vrtné súpravy a ich diagnostikovanie. Vysokoškolská učebnice, Ediční středisko AMS, F BERG, TU v Košicích, 2009. ISBN 978-80-89284-28-3.
PINKA, J., WITTENBERGER, G., ENGEL, J.: Dobývanie ložísk vrtmi. Vysokoškolská učebnice, Ediční středisko AMS, F BERG, TU v Košicích, 2006. ISBN 80-8073-625-1.
Baker, R. (1994): A Primer of Oilwell Drilling; basic text of oil and gas drilling; 5th Edition; published by PETEX and IADC
Mazáč, J. (2005): Drilling Technologies, university mimeographed; VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Publishing Centre of VŠB-TU Ostrava
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Field trip, Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18