Automatic trenchless horizontal directional drilling using quad motors drilling heads

Mahmoud A. Kamel; Moustafa Eishafei; Abdul Wahid A. Saif; Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed

doi:10.1109/SSD.2018.8570510

Automatic trenchless horizontal directional drilling using quad motors drilling heads

Mahmoud A. Kamel, Moustafa Eishafei, Abdul Wahid A. Saif, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed

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Abstract

Trenchless technology facilitates the installation, replacement, or rehabilitation of underground utility systems with minimum disruption of the surface. Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is used for pipelines installation beneath buildings, forests, or lacks without excavation or at least minimum digging. HDD requires less surface area disturbance to accomplish the installation process and minimizes the drilling time and cost. Quad Motor Drilling Heads (QMDH) were recently proposed to achieve smooth and intuitive directional drilling. A QMDH uses four drilling bits, independently controlled by 4 downhole motors. In this paper a real-time control and optimization of the QMDH is simulated and extensively evaluated under various drilling scenarios. The control commands include the angular velocity and torque of each of the 4 motors. The real-time control is updated at regular distance intervals. The proposed control algorithm selects the drilling parameters in order to minimize the time of the drilling process and the deviation from the target trajectory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1172-1177
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538653050
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2018.8570510
State	Published - 7 Dec 2018

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Name	2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018

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Keywords

Automatic drilling
HDD quad-rotor system
drilling optimization
real-time drilling
trenchless technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Signal Processing
Control and Optimization
Instrumentation

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Kamel, M. A., Eishafei, M., Saif, A. W. A., & Al-Majed, A. A. (2018). Automatic trenchless horizontal directional drilling using quad motors drilling heads. In 2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018 (pp. 1172-1177). Article 8570510 (2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2018.8570510

Kamel, Mahmoud A. ; Eishafei, Moustafa ; Saif, Abdul Wahid A. et al. / Automatic trenchless horizontal directional drilling using quad motors drilling heads. 2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 1172-1177 (2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018).

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Kamel, MA, Eishafei, M, Saif, AWA & Al-Majed, AA 2018, Automatic trenchless horizontal directional drilling using quad motors drilling heads. in 2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018., 8570510, 2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1172-1177. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2018.8570510

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Kamel MA, Eishafei M, Saif AWA, Al-Majed AA. Automatic trenchless horizontal directional drilling using quad motors drilling heads. In 2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 1172-1177. 8570510. (2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2018). doi: 10.1109/SSD.2018.8570510

Automatic trenchless horizontal directional drilling using quad motors drilling heads

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