Test system for hard rock breaking by microwave intelligent loading based on true triaxial stress

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11965860-B2
Application number	US-202017618378-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2020
Priority date	Dec 4, 2020
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a test system for hard rock breaking by a microwave intelligent loading based on true triaxial stress, including: a true triaxial stress loading device consisting of a loading frame and a rock sample moving structure; a microwave-induced hard rock breaking device consisting of an excitation cavity, a rectangular waveguide, a magnetron, a thermocouple, a circulator, a cold water circulation device, a flowmeter, a power meter, an automatic impedance tuner, a coupler, a microwave heater and a shielding cavity; and a dynamic rock response monitoring and intelligent microwave parameter control system consisting of a CCD industrial camera, a temperature acquisition device and an anti-electromagnetic high-temperature resistant acoustic wave-acoustic emission integrated sensor. According to the test system, the microwave-induced hard rock breaking test, dynamic monitoring temperature and rock breaking in microwave-induced breaking process and intelligent control over microwave power and heating time are achieved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A test system for hard rock breaking by a microwave intelligent loading based on true triaxial stress, comprising: a true triaxial microwave-induced hard rock breaking device, a dynamic rock response monitoring and intelligent microwave parameter control system, a controller and a computer, wherein a true triaxial microwave-induced hard rock breaking device comprises a true triaxial stress loading device and a microwave-induced hard rock breaking device;
wherein the true triaxial stress loading device comprises a loading frame and a rock sample moving structure arranged in the loading frame, wherein the loading frame comprises an upper horizontal frame, a lower horizontal frame, a left vertical frame, a right vertical frame and a transverse frame arranged above the lower horizontal frame; the transverse frame comprises a front loading plate and a rear loading plate which are connected through four pull rods, and a sample loading platform is arranged on a side surface of the lower horizontal frame; a Y-direction load jack is mounted below the upper horizontal frame, and used for bearing a counteracting force in a Y direction; an X-direction load jack is mounted on one side, close to a rock sample, of the left vertical frame, and used for bearing a counteracting force in a X direction; a Z-direction load jack is mounted on the rear loading plate, and used for bearing a counteracting force in a Z direction; a space among a top of the lower horizontal frame, the X-direction load jack, the Y-direction load jack and the Z-direction load jack forms a triaxial pressure cavity used for containing the rock sample;
wherein the microwave-induced hard rock breaking device comprises an excitation cavity, a rectangular waveguide, a magnetron, a thermocouple, a circulator, a cold water circulation device, a flowmeter, a power meter, an automatic impedance tuner, a coupler, a microwave heater and a shielding cavity, wherein one end of the rectangular waveguide is connected with the excitation cavity, and the other end of the rectangular waveguide is connected with the microwave heater; the circulator, the coupler and the automatic impedance tuner are arranged on the rectangular waveguide sequentially; the magnetron is mounted in the excitation cavity, and connected with a microwave power supply; the magnetron is further connected with the cold water circulation device and the flowmeter sequentially, and the flowmeter is used for monitoring and displaying a cold water flow; the circulator is connected with a water load and the thermocouple sequentially, and the thermocouple is used for monitoring and displaying a temperature of the water load; the coupler is connected with the power meter and the automatic impedance tuner separately; the shielding cavity is arranged at an exterior of the rectangular waveguide, connected with the front loading plate fixedly, and used for shielding an electromagnetic energy absorbed by the rock sample;
wherein the dynamic rock response monitoring and intelligent microwave parameter control system comprises a CCD industrial camera, a temperature acquisition device and an anti-electromagnetic high-temperature resistant acoustic wave-acoustic emission integrated sensor, wherein the CCD industrial camera is used for recording images in the microwave-induced breaking process in real time, and transmitting the images to the computer for saving and displaying; the temperature acquisition device is used for acquiring the rock real-time temperature and transmitting the acquired temperature to the computer for saving and displaying; the anti-electromagnetic high-temperature resistant acoustic wave-acoustic emission integrated sensor is connected with an acoustic emission instrument, and is used for monitoring rock real-time wave velocity and acoustic emission, and transmitting the rock real-time wave velocity and the acoustic emission to the computer through the acoustic emission instrument for saving and displaying; an embedded program of the computer is used for computing wave velocity drop, acoustic emission cumulative number and acoustic emission rate according to the rock real-time wave velocity and the acoustic emission, and sending the rock real-time temperature, the wave velocity drop, the acoustic emission cumulative number and the acoustic emission rate to the controller; and the controller is used for adjusting a microwave power and a microwave heating time according to the wave velocity drop, the rock real-time temperature, the acoustic emission cumulative number and the acoustic emission rate.

2. The test system according to claim 1 , wherein the rock sample moving structure comprises a movable cantilever crane, a Z-direction advancing jack and an X-direction advancing jack, wherein the movable cantilever crane is connected to a top of the upper horizontal frame, and used for hoisting or hoisting away the rock sample from the sample loading platform; the Z-direction advancing jack is arranged above the sample loading platform, and used for pushing the rock sample onto or moving away the rock sample from a side surface of the right vertical frame; the X-direction advancing jack is arranged in the right vertical frame, and used for pushing the rock sample into or removing the rock sample on the side surface of the right vertical frame from the triaxial pressure cavity.

3. The test system according to claim 1 , wherein three pressure sensors are respectively mounted on side walls of oil cylinders of the X-direction load jack, the Y-direction load jack and the Z-direction load jack, and the three pressure sensor are respectively connected with the computer, and used for transmitting pressure data to the computer for saving and displaying.

4. The test system according to claim 1 , wherein a rectangular hole is formed in a middle of the front loading plate, and a length and a width of the rectangular hole are larger than those of a front surface of the rock sample separately, so that the microwave radiating surface of the rock sample is not in contact with the front loading plate absolutely.

5. The test system according to claim 1 , wherein the rectangular waveguide penetrates through the shielding cavity, and is connected with the shielding cavity through an aluminum foil tape and a soft metal net.

6. The test system according to claim 1 , wherein the microwave heater is a microwave surface heater or a microwave in-hole heater.

7. The test system according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature acquisition device is an infrared thermal imager mounted in front of the rock sample or a distributed high temperature optical fiber mounted on a hole wall of the rock sample; the infrared thermal imager is used for acquiring real-time temperature of a surface of the rock sample, and transmitting the acquired temperature to the computer for saving and displaying; the distributed high temperature optical fiber is connected with a demodulator, and is used for acquiring the real-time temperature of the hole wall of the rock sample, and a real-time temperature of the hole wall of the rock sample is transmitted to the computer for saving and displaying after being demodulated through the demodulator.

8. The test system according to claim 7 , wherein the infrared thermal imager and the CCD industrial camera are arranged in a shielding box separately, and the shielding box is connected with a cutoff circular waveguide extending into the shielding cavity.

9. The test system according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-electromagnetic high-temperature resistant acoustic wave-acoustic emission integrated sensor comprises a piezoelectric element, a metal casing packaged at the exterior of the piezoelectric element, and a polytetrafluoroethylene sleeve wrap

Assignees

• Univ Northeastern

Inventors

• Feng Xiating
• Zhang Jiuyu
• Lin Feng
• Li Shiping
• Su Xiangxin
• Tong Tianyang

Classifications

• G01N3/068 Primary

  with optical indicating or recording means · CPC title

• G01N3/12

  Pressure testing · CPC title

• G01N3/60 Primary

  Investigating resistance of materials, e.g. refractory materials, to rapid heat changes {(thermal testing of structures or apparatus G01M99/002)} · CPC title

• G01N22/02

  Investigating the presence of flaws · CPC title

• G01N2203/0019

  Compressive · CPC title