Hydraulic and earth engineering – Temperature modification or control of earthen formation – Heating
Patent
1976-11-10
1979-01-30
Shapiro, Jacob
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Temperature modification or control of earthen formation
Heating
E02D 308
Patent
active
041365240
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for establishing a solid, very low permeable rock glass plug to seal access holes through rock to underground storage vaults. The apparatus is designed to supply a filler material having a constituency substantially matching that of the rock formation surrounding the access port to the vault, through a central feeder tube under pressure to the vault. Means are provided for heating the filler material and surrounding rock formation at the point where the filler material exits the feeder tube, to a temperature sufficient to melt both the rock formation and the filler material. The remaining portion of the feeder tube is cooled to preserve the surrounding rock formation spaced from the feeder orifice. The melt at the extremity of the feeder tube is forced through the orifice to a region below the tool by the force of the pressure feed. As the melt is forced below the tool, the tool is retracted until the access hole is completely sealed.
A second embodiment is provided to seal enlarged openings which further includes a cooled core follower that enables the deposit to be fused in layers closing in the circumference of the hole until a final pass fuses the central core.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1361282 (1920-12-01), Nolan
patent: 3774701 (1973-11-01), Weaver
patent: 3800875 (1974-04-01), Hardy et al.
Abeles D. C.
Dermer Z. L.
Shapiro Jacob
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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