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Energy Efficiency of Drilling Operations

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Energy Efficiency in the Minerals Industry

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This chapter presents a review of the literature on energy efficiency of drilling operations in mineral industries. It introduces the drilling systems, factors affecting drilling work, and general relations between type of drilling systems and rock properties. First, the basic features of rock drilling and the role of drilling work in energy efficiency of mineral industry are generally described. Then the importance of energy concept which is usually expressed in terms of specific energy and related approaches as well as the related studies is reviewed. The author makes recommendations for future research directions to enhance the energy efficiency of drilling operations in mineral industries. The papers included in the review were mainly selected through searches in major abstract databases of web of science.

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  1. Mining Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Universiteler Mah., Dumlupinar Bulvari, no. 1, 06800, Ankara, Turkey

    Celal Karpuz

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    Kwame Awuah-Offei

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Karpuz, C. (2018). Energy Efficiency of Drilling Operations. In: Awuah-Offei, K. (eds) Energy Efficiency in the Minerals Industry. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54199-0_5

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