Optimal joule heating of the subsurface
Abstract
A method for simultaneously heating the subsurface and imaging the effects of the heating is disclosed. This method combines the use of tomographic imaging (electrical resistance tomography or ERT) to image electrical resistivity distribution underground, with joule heating by electrical currents injected in the ground. A potential distribution is established on a series of buried electrodes resulting in energy deposition underground which is a function of the resistivity and injection current density. Measurement of the voltages and currents also permits a tomographic reconstruction of the resistivity distribution. Using this tomographic information, the current injection pattern on the driving electrodes can be adjusted to change the current density distribution and thus optimize the heating. As the heating changes conditions, the applied current pattern can be repeatedly adjusted (based on updated resistivity tomographs) to affect real time control of the heating.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7275293
- Patent Number(s):
- 5325918
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 8-100800
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2 Aug 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; UNDERGROUND SPACE; JOULE HEATING; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGES; TOMOGRAPHY; UNDERGROUND; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; HEATING; LEVELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA HEATING; RESISTANCE HEATING; SPACE; 422000* - Engineering- Mining & Underground Engineering- (1980-)
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Berryman, J G, and Daily, W D. Optimal joule heating of the subsurface. United States: N. p., 1994.
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title = {Optimal joule heating of the subsurface},
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abstractNote = {A method for simultaneously heating the subsurface and imaging the effects of the heating is disclosed. This method combines the use of tomographic imaging (electrical resistance tomography or ERT) to image electrical resistivity distribution underground, with joule heating by electrical currents injected in the ground. A potential distribution is established on a series of buried electrodes resulting in energy deposition underground which is a function of the resistivity and injection current density. Measurement of the voltages and currents also permits a tomographic reconstruction of the resistivity distribution. Using this tomographic information, the current injection pattern on the driving electrodes can be adjusted to change the current density distribution and thus optimize the heating. As the heating changes conditions, the applied current pattern can be repeatedly adjusted (based on updated resistivity tomographs) to affect real time control of the heating.},
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