Antarctic subglacial drilling rig: Part III. Drilling auxiliaries and environmental measures

Title Antarctic subglacial drilling rig: Part III. Drilling auxiliaries and environmental measures
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year
2021
Author(s) Xiaopeng Fan , Pavel Talalay, Youhong Sun, Xingchen Li, Nan Zhang, Alexey Markov, Yang Yang, Pinlu Cao, Rusheng Wang, Yongwen Liu, Yunchen Liu, Ting Wang, Wei Wu, Cheng Yang, Jialin Hong, Da Gong, Han Zhang, Mikhail Sysoev, Xiao Li, An Liu, Yazhou Li
Journal/ Publication
Annals of Glaciology
Volume
62
Issue
84
Pagination
24-33
Abstract

The Antarctic subglacial drilling rig (ASDR) is designed to recover 105 mm-diameter ice cores up to 1400 m depth and 41.5 mm-diameter bedrock cores up to 2 m in length. In order to ensure safe and convenient drilling, drilling auxiliaries are designed to support fieldwork and servicing. These auxiliaries are subdivided into several systems for power supply, drill tripping in the borehole, ice core and chip processing, and drill servicing and maintenance. The required equipment also includes two generators, a drilling winch with a cable, logging winch with a cable, control desk, pipe handler with a fixed clamp, chip chamber vibrator, centrifuge, emergency devices and fitting and electrical tools. Additionally, several environmental protective measures such as a new liquid-tight casing with a thermal casing shoe and a bailing device for recovering drilling fluid from the borehole were designed. Most of the auxiliaries were tested during the summer of 2018-2019 near Zhongshan Station, East Antarctica while drilling to the bedrock to a depth of 198 m.

DOI
10.1017/aog.2020.39
File
URL
Special Collections International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology Series, 8th International Ice Drill Symposium
Categories Deep Drilling, Subglacial Access, Subglacial Till/Bedrock Drilling
Citation Xiaopeng Fan , Pavel Talalay, Youhong Sun, Xingchen Li, Nan Zhang, Alexey Markov, Yang Yang, Pinlu Cao, Rusheng Wang, Yongwen Liu, Yunchen Liu, Ting Wang, Wei Wu, Cheng Yang, Jialin Hong, Da Gong, Han Zhang, Mikhail Sysoev, Xiao Li, An Liu, Yazhou Li ( 2021 ) Antarctic subglacial drilling rig: Part III. Drilling auxiliaries and environmental measures. Annals of Glaciology , 62 , 84 , 24-33 . doi: 10.1017/aog.2020.39
Lead Author
Xiaopeng Fan