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Michael A. Kant

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Refereed Publications in Journals

3 publications

2018 (2 publications)

2 Refereed Publications in Journals

The Effects of High Heating Rate and High Temperature on the Rock Strength: Feasibility Study of a Thermally Assisted Drilling Method

Rossi, E., Kant, M. A., Madonna, C., Saar, M. O., and Von Rohr, P. R.

2018Refereed Publications in Journals Peer-ReviewedRock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 51, pp. 2957–2964 (Published: September 1, 2018)

DOI: 10.1007/s00603-018-1507-0

Demonstration of thermal borehole enlargement to facilitate controlled reservoir engineering for deep geothermal, oil or gas systems

Kant, M. A., Rossi, E., Duss, J., Amann, F., Saar, M. O., and Von Rohr, P. R.

2018Refereed Publications in Journals Peer-ReviewedApplied Energy 212, pp. 1501–1509(Published: February 1, 2018)

DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.01.009

2016 (1 publication)

1 Refereed Publication in Journals

Semi-analytic Green’s Function solution for conductive heat transfer in a half-space due to a moving convective boundary condition with adaptable shapes

Rossi, E., Kant, M. A., Saar, M. O., and Von Rohr, P. R.

2016Refereed Publications in Journals Peer-ReviewedInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Proceedings Refereed

2 publications

2018 (1 publication)

1 Proceeding Refereed

Experiments on Rock-Bit Interaction During a Combined Thermo-Mechanical Drilling Method

Rossi, E., Kant, M. A., Borkeloh, O., Saar, M. O., and Von Rohr, P. R.

2018Proceedings Refereed Peer-ReviewedIn 43rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering

2017 (1 publication)

1 Proceeding Refereed

The effects of flame-heating on rock strength: Towards a new drilling technology

Rossi, E., Kant, M. A., Amann, F., Saar, M. O., and Von Rohr, P. R.

2017Proceedings Refereed Peer-ReviewedIn Conference Proceedings (American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Symposium - San Francisco, USA)

Presentations Poster

3 publications

2018 (1 publication)

1 Presentation Poster

The effects of flame-heating on the rock strength: Towards a combined thermo-mechanical drilling technology

Rossi, E., Kant, M. A., Madonna, C., Saar, M. O., and Von Rohr, P. R.

2018Presentations PosterPoster at European Geothermal PhD Days 2018 - Zürich, Switzerland(Published: March 11, 2018)

2017 (2 publications)

2 Presentations Poster

Enhancing drilling performance by combining conventional and thermal spallation drilling: A feasibility study

Rossi, E., Kant, M. A., Madonna, C., Saar, M. O., and Von Rohr, P. R.

2017Presentations PosterPoster at SCCER - SoE Annual Conference 2017 - Birmensdorf, Switzerland(Published: September 14, 2017)

Combining conventional and thermal drilling in order to increase speed and reduce costs of drilling operations to access deep geothermal resources.

Rossi, E., Kant, M. A., Von Rohr, P. R., and Saar, M. O.

2017Presentations PosterPoster at EGU 2017 - Vienna(Published: April 26, 2017)

Patents

1 publication

2017 (1 publication)

1 Patent

An apparatus for thermal spallation of a borehole

Von Rohr, P. R., Kant, M. A., and Rossi, E.

2017PatentsWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) / European Patent Office (EPO) #WO 2017/108986 A1 / EP 3184737 A1 • Assignee: ETH Zurich • Filed: 2016-12-22 • Published: 2017-06-29(Published: June 29, 2017)