High-efficiency pre-drilling pressure meter test apparatus and method for deep rock mass

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10914164-B2
Application number	US-201916377309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2019
Priority date	Apr 13, 2018
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

A high-efficiency pre-drilling pressure meter test apparatus for deep rock mass includes a rigid drill pipe, a probe, a pressurizing device and a signal processing device. The rigid drill pipe, comprising a top end and a tail end opposite to the top end, receives a fluid medium. The probe is connected with the tail end of the rigid drill pipe and communicates with the rigid drill pipe. The probe includes a measuring chamber. The fluid medium flows from the rigid drill pipe to the measuring chamber. The pressurizing device is connected to the top end of the rigid drill pipe and applies pressure to the fluid medium. The signal processing device is electrically connected with the probe to detect deformation of the measuring chamber with the change of the pressure and volume of the fluid medium in the pressurizing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-efficiency pre-drilling pressure meter test apparatus for deep rock mass comprising:
a rigid drill pipe for receiving a fluid medium, the rigid drill pipe comprising a top end and a tail end opposite to the top end;
a probe connecting with the tail end of the rigid drill pipe and communicating with the rigid drill pipe, the probe comprising a measuring chamber, the fluid medium is able to flow from the rigid drill pipe to the measuring chamber;
a pressurizing device connecting to the top end of the rigid drill pipe and configured to apply pressure to the fluid medium in the measuring chamber to cause the measuring chamber generate deformation; and
a signal processing device being electrically connected with the pressurizing device, the signal processing device is configured to process deformation data generated by the pressurizing device;
wherein the pressurizing device comprises at least one pressure unit, a receiving chamber connected with the rigid drill pipe, a piston rod inserted in the receiving chamber and a piston head connected with the piston rod, the pressure unit is configured to drive the piston rod to move up and down, the piston head is able to move up and down along the chamber with the moving of the piston rod, the pressure unit is configured to apply pressure to the fluid medium in the receiving chamber, and the pressure is able to be transferred to the probe, the receiving chamber comprises an inlet, an outlet and a data transmission interface connected, the inlet connects to the rigid drill pipe, a fluid medium is injected into the receiving chamber through the outlet, and the fluid medium is injected into the rigid drill pipe through the inlet, the data transmission interface is electrically connected to the signal processing device.

2. The pressure meter testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the rigid drill pipe comprises a plurality of sub-drill pipes connecting sequentially, connections at each two adjacent sub-drill pipes is provided with a gasket, the gasket is provided with a through hole at the central thereof to permit the fluid medium flow to the probe.

3. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 2 , wherein:
the receiving chamber is equipped with a pressure sensor and a displacement sensor, the pressure sensor is used to detect a pressure change of the receiving chamber, and the displacement sensor is configured to detect a displacement change of the piston head to indirectly measure the volume change of the probe.

4. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:
the probe comprises a hollow steel tube and an elastic membrane surrounding the hollow steel tube, and the measuring chamber is formed between an outer surface of the hollow steel tube and an inner surface of the elastic membrane.

5. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 4 , wherein:
two ends of the elastic membrane are bonded to a rigid torus sheet.

6. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:
a number of steel sheets are set up around a circumference of the elastic membrane.

7. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 6 , wherein:
the steel sheet comprises a strip portion and two bending portions at opposite ends of the strip portion, the bending portion perpendicular to the strip portion, and the bending portion is embedded between the rigid torus sheet and the tail end of the probe, the strip portion surrounds the elastic membrane.

8. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 4 , wherein:
the elastic membrane comprises a first membrane, a second membrane, and a third membrane sequentially arranged from inside to outside.

9. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
the first membrane and the second membrane are made from nitrile rubber, and both the first membrane and the second membrane have a thickness in a range from 2 to 3 mm.

10. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
the third membrane is made from a nitrile rubber mixed with an aramid fiber, and a thickness of the third membrane is in a range from 2 to 3 mm.

11. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
the gasket is made from nitrile rubber.

12. The pressure meter test apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
a terminal end of the probe is a circular truncated cone shape.

13. A pressure meter test method comprising:
forming a borehole;
providing a pressure meter test apparatus, wherein
the pressure meter test apparatus comprising a rigid drill pipe for receiving a fluid medium, the rigid drill pipe comprising a top end and a tail end opposite to the top end;
a probe connecting with the tail end of the rigid drill pipe and communicating with the rigid drill pipe, the probe comprising a measuring chamber, the fluid medium is able to flow from the rigid drill pipe to the measuring chamber;
a pressurizing device connecting to the top end of the rigid drill pipe and configured to apply pressure to the fluid medium to cause the measuring chamber a deformation; and
a signal processing device being electrically connected with the probe processing device;
putting the rigid drill pipe in the borehole to ensure the probe in a target stratum;
injecting a fluid medium into the rigid drill pipe and the probe to generate an initial pressure of the pressure meter testing;
switching on the pressurizing device to apply pressure on the fluid medium received in the rigid drill pipe and the probe, and the pressure transferred to the measuring chamber causes the measuring chamber to deform; and
shutting the pressurizing device, exhausting the fluid medium in the rigid drill pipe and the probe and removing the rigid drill pipe and the probe from the borehole.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein:
the pressurizing device comprises at least one pressure unit, a receiving chamber connected with the rigid drill pipe, a piston rod inserted in the receiving chamber and a piston head connected with the piston rod, the pressure unit is configured to drive the piston rod to move up and down, the piston head is able to move up and down along the chamber with the moving of the piston rod, the pressure unit is configured to apply pressure to the fluid medium in the receiving chamber, and the pressure is able to transfer to the probe.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:
the receiving chamber comprises an inlet, an outlet and a data transmission interface connected, the inlet connects to the rigid drill pipe, a fluid medium is injected into the receiving chamber through the outlet, and the fluid medium is injected into the rigid drill pipe through the inlet, the data transmission interface is electrically connected to the signal processing device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein:
the rigid drill pipe comprises a plurality of sub-drill pipes connecting sequentially, connections at each two adjacent sub-drill pipes is provided with a gasket, the gasket is provided with a through hole at the central thereof to permit the fluid medium flow to the probe.

Assignees

• Univ China Geosciences Wuhan

Inventors

• Zou Junpeng
• Jiao Yuyong
• Wu Zeyang
• Yao Aiguo
• Tan Fei
• Cheng Yi
• Luo Jin
• Wang Hao
• Zhang Guohua

Classifications

• E21B47/06 Primary

  Measuring temperature or pressure · CPC title

• E21B49/006 Primary

  Measuring wall stresses in the borehole · CPC title