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
AU 2021903676
2021.11.16
(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.
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