Application Type
Patents
Application SubType
PCT
(10) Registration Number and Date
Status
Filed-Formality Examination
(180) Expiration Date
(20) Filing Number and Date
PG P/2024/000013 2022.11.16
(40) Publication Number and Date
(86) PCT Filing Number and Date
(87) PCT Publication Number and Date
(85) National Entry Date
(30) Priority Details
(51) IPC Classes
(71/73) Applicant
(74) Representative Name
(EN) VAI IP & COMMERCIAL : P.O BOX 27, KONEDOBU, NATIONAL CAPITAL DISTRICT
(54) Title
(EN) COOLING AND FRACTURING A ROCK MASS
(57) Abstract
(EN)
A method of fracturing and cooling a rock mass includes injecting a cryogenic fluid into a hole in a floor of a pit in a mine, with the cryogenic fluid fracturing a rock mass surrounding the hole and cooling the surrounding rock mass via heat exchange with the rock mass.
--
(58) Citations