Projects
The main research field, “Drilling Technology”, consists of 9 projects which deal with the specific problems of drillings for geothermal power utilization as well as with the solution of the costs problem in their combination.
The projects are divided into 4 areas:
Projects:
B1:Cost effective drilling methods for „hot-hard-rock“ conditions
Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology
B2: Drilling Simulator
Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology
B3: Automation of the drilling process by application of a flexible drill string
Prof. Dr. Ludger Overmeyer, Institute of Transport and Automation Technology,
Prof. Dr. Berend Denkena, Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools, Leibniz University Hannover
B4: Geo parameters from well logging and their utilization
Prof. Dr. Michael Zhengmeng Hou, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology and Energie-Forschungszentrum Niedersachsen
Dr. Thomas Wonik, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG)
B5: Efficient cuttings transport
Prof. Dr. Kurt M. Reinicke, Institute of Petroleum Engineering,
Prof. Dr. Gunther Brenner, Institute for Applied Mechanics, Clausthal University of Technology
B6: Computer simulation of fluid dynamics
Prof. Dr. Manfred Krafczyk, Institute for Computational Modeling in Civil Engineering, TU Braunschweig
B7: Drill string dynamics and modeling
Prof. Dr. Georg-Peter Ostermeyer, Institute of Dynamics and Vibrations, TU Braunschweig
B8: Monitoring and control of drill string loads
Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology
B9: Innovative drilling concepts for geothermal energy exploitation
Prof. Dr. Georg-Peter Ostermeyer, Institute of Dynamics and Vibrations, TU Braunschweig
Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology
