Fast track innovative drilling system for deep geothermal challenges in Europe

Project Information

ThermoDrill

Grant agreement ID: 641202

DOI 10.3030/641202

Project closed

EC signature date 27 April 2015

Start date 1 September 2015

End date 31 August 2019

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 5 824 745,00

EU contribution € 5 380 995,00

Coordinated by

MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN
Austria

Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Test and Validation Plan

This Test and Validation Plan provides the theoretical framework, tools and plan in order to initiate the test and validation process.

General guidelines and recommendations in relation with deep geothermal drilling technologies

This public document provides general guidelines and recommendations in relation with deep geothermal drilling technologies in order to support decision-makers to decide on the base of comprehensive information.

Integration plan

A detailed integration plan will be set-up in order to guarantee that all different ThermoDrill parts can smoothly interoperate with each other in the overall ThermoDrill platform.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Project Website

A public project webpage will be set-up. For more details please have a look on the task description.

Project Flyer and Project Video

As dissemination material a project flyer and a project video will be produced.

Publications

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Entwicklung eines adaptierten Bohrverfahrens zur Senkung der Bohrkosten für Geothermiebohrungen

Author(s): Thomas Stoxreiter, Robert Galler
Published in: BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, Issue 162/10, 2017, Page(s) 453-456, ISSN 0005-8912
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00501-017-0630-7

Schneiden von Hartgestein mit Hochdruckstrahlen unter simulierten Bohrlochbedingungen

Author(s): Thomas Stoxreiter, Antony Martin, Dimitra Teza, Robert Galler
Published in: BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, Issue 163/12, 2018, Page(s) 504-508, ISSN 0005-8912
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00501-018-0791-z

Peer reviewed articles (5)

Hard rock cutting with high pressure jets in various ambient pressure regimes

Author(s): Thomas Stoxreiter, Antony Martin, Dimitra Teza, Robert Galler
Published in: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Issue 108, 2018, Page(s) 179-188, ISSN 1365-1609
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.06.007

Full-scale experimental investigation of the performance of a jet-assisted rotary drilling system in crystalline rock

Author(s): Thomas Stoxreiter, Gary Portwood, Laurent Gerbaud, Olivier Seibel, Stefan Essl, Johann Plank, Herbert Hofstätter
Published in: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Issue 115, 2019, Page(s) 87-98, ISSN 1365-1609
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2019.01.011

An improved test protocol for high temperature carrying capacity of drilling fluids exemplified on a sepiolite mud

Author(s): Timon Echt, Johann Plank
Published in: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Issue 70, 2019, Page(s) 102964, ISSN 1875-5100
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2019.102964

ThermoDrill - Development of an alternative drilling technology for deep geothermal applications

Author(s): THOMAS STOXREITER, KARIN REHATSCHEK, HERBERT HOFSTÄTTER
Published in: World of Mining - Surface & Underground, Issue Volume 71, Number 5, Pages 276-282, September/October 2019, 2019, Page(s) 276-282, ISSN 1613-2408
Publisher: GDMB Informationsgesellschaft mbH

Impact of the drilling fluid system on the effectiveness of a high pressure jetting assisted rotary drilling system

Author(s): Timon Echt, Thomas Stoxreiter, Johann Plank
Published in: Heliyon, Issue 6/6, 2020, Page(s) e04179, ISSN 2405-8440
Publisher: ScienceDirect
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04179

Conference proceedings (6)

ThermoDrill - Project Description and Preliminary Results

Author(s): Stoxreiter, Thomas & Rehatschek, Karin
Published in: GeoTherm expo & congress, Guide 2019, Issue 2019, 2019, Page(s) page 34
Publisher: Messe Offenburg

CASE 4. Horizon 2020 project ThermoDrill – Fast track innovative drilling system for deep geothermal challenges in Europe

Author(s): Karin Rehatschek
Published in: Good Practices: University-Industry cooperation model in Kosovo and Austria., Issue 2019, 2019, Page(s) 16-18 (3)
Publisher: HERAS with the financial assistance of the Austrian Development Agency and implemented by WUS Austria (Lead Consortia).

ThermoDrill-Fast Track Innovative Drilling System for Deep Geothermal Challenges - Project Description & Preliminary Results

Author(s): Jörg Baumgärtner, Thomas Stoxreiter
Published in: 2019 Gran Canaria Geothermal Energy Workshop, 2019, Page(s) 1-15
Publisher: www.iea.org

2-05-Teza-ThermoDrill - Fast track innovative drilling system for deep geothermal challenges

Author(s): Dimitra Teza, Jörg Baumgärtner
Published in: Workshop on Geothermal Energy - Cuernavava, 18 - 19 April, 2016, 2016, Page(s) 1-8
Publisher: IEA Geothermal

Rate of Penetration of Geothermal Wells: a Key Challenge in Hard Rocks

Author(s): Clément BAUJARD, Régis HEHN, Albert GENTER, Dimitra TEZA, Jörg BAUMGARTNER, Frédéric GUINOT, Antony MARTIN, Sepp STEINLECHNER
Published in: 42nd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering 2017, toc.proceedings.com/38329webtoc.pdf, Issue Volume 1 of 2, 2017, Page(s) 11 (634-645), ISBN 978-1-5108-5685-1
Publisher: https://geopowr.es.fr/documents/

Simulation of a High-velocity Jet to Predict Its Influence on Crack Initiation and Propagation in Jet-assisted Drilling

Author(s): P. Eisner
Published in: ECMOR XV - 15th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, 2016, Page(s) 14, ISBN 978-94-6282-193-4
Publisher: EAGE Publications BV
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201601758

Other (4)

ThermoDrill (H2020-Project)

Author(s): Karin Rehatschek
Published in: GeoTHERM expo & congress GUIDE 2018, Issue 2018, 2018, Page(s) 1, page 137
Publisher: Geo THERM Messe Offenburg-Ortenau GmbH

ThermoDrill Project flyer

Author(s): ThermoDrill consortium
Published in: ThermoDrill Fast track innovative drilling system for deep geothermal challenges in Europe, Issue 1, 2016, Page(s) 6
Publisher: Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Industrial Liasion Department
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1254904

Montanuniversität Leoben - ThermoDrill

Author(s): Karin Rehatschek
Published in: GeoTHERM expo & congress GUIDE 2019 KATALOG, Issue 2019, 2019, Page(s) 127
Publisher: Messe Offenburg - Ortenau

Joint Efforts to Strengthen Geothermal Energy

Author(s): Geothermal Project consortia
Published in: press release, 2017, Page(s) 1
Publisher: Montanuniversität Leoben