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1. Principal Location 1 Fairway Drive Avalon PO Box 30368 Lower Hutt New Zealand T 64 4 570 1444 F 64 4 570 4600 Other Locations Dunedin Research Centre 764 Cumberland Street Private Bag 1930 Dunedin New Zealand T 64 3 477 4050 F 64 3 477 5232 Wairakei Research Centre 114 Karetoto Road ETE Private Bag 2000 Taupo New Zealand T 64 7 374 8211 F 64 7 374 8199 National Isotope Centre 30 Gracefield Road PO Box 31312 Lower Hutt New Zealand T 64 4 570 1444 F 64 4 570 46572. record data from five sensors so two EM50 loggers are required for the ten sensors used at the borehole site Programing and data collection is done via a comms port Jack plug to USB lead connected to a laptop running ECH20 Utility Software The software allows the EM50 to be programed with Device ID Device location measurement interval and type of sensor in each port It also displays a battery warning light when the batteries drop below 5 and has status lights and a test button to aid with basic functionality monitoring Gee EM50 User Manual The software allows all five ports to be scanned for data in real time The Download function allows data to be downloaded in four different formats to a location of the user s choice For this project we used the excel workbook format peys i 7 am 7 5 VDC 5 x AA or LR6 MADE IN USA EM25654 Em50 Oneness Figure 3 1 Decagon EM50 data logger GNS Science Report 2014 01 3 4 0 RUAKURA NIWA CLIMATE STATION SITE The temperature profile borehole and loggers were installed at the Ruakura NIWA climate monitoring station in Hamilton East on 17 October 2013 Co locating the borehole at an established NIWA climate station allows climate information such as atmospheric temperature and rainfall to be directly compared with our recorded ground temperature profiles The NIWA climate site is currently leased from AgResearch Climate records have been collected from this locatio
3. Borehole Temperature Array Installation at the Ruakura Climate Station Site Fiona Atkinson Anya Seward GNS Science Report 2014 01 February 2014 amp GNS SCIENCE TE PU AO BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE Atkinson F Seward A 2014 Borehole Temperature Array Installation at the Ruakura Climate Station Site GNS Science Report 2014 01 18 p F Atkinson GNS Science Wairakei Research Centre Private Bag 2000 Taupo A Seward GNS Science Wairakei Research Centre Private Bag 2000 Taupo Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited 2014 ISSN 1177 2425 ISBN 978 1 927278 24 6 CONTENTS ABSTRACT ss nissan etes T T T Il KEYWORDS SL ceases ac asec eect nn sein ini tates cease te tennis Il 1 0 INTRODUCTION te ace esi cs nd tee ete denses adie seeds 1 1 1 System Overview iii 1 2 0 ECT TEMPERATURE SENSORS nan snnn iii aii 2 3 0 DECAGON EM50 DATA LOGGERS svisiecsccisccnssenasscsnsiesacsnecesinsensssnsateenstnassccaassecrenees 3 4 0 RUAKURA NIWA CLIMATE STATION SITE seeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 4 5 0 BOREHOLE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION 5 6 0 SUMMARY esos oc cia sinc raaraa annaa vac asec wae dhs uata dca dh nda va vie wvieyiadc gece ea concer rade denses RNaasi 10 7 0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT S iiisicccninditi nikita nein cin nti nenne nennen 10 FIGURES Figure 3 1 Decagon EM50 data logger siennes 3 Figure 4 1 Ruakura si
4. IGURES Figure A 1 1 Raw data recorded during calibration testing 12 GNS Science Report 2014 01 i ABSTRACT Long term near surface temperatures related to seasonal and diurnal variation are being studied by GNS Science GNS as part of the Low Enthalpy Geothermal Research Programme to understand the effect of near surface rock properties on efficiency of horizontal ground loops Equipment was installed at the Raukura NIWA climate station site in Hamilton The temperature sensors span a depth range of 0 05 to 9 m below ground surface level Ten ECT soil air temperature sensors attached to two EM50 data logger were installed at the site to record temperature measurements at 10 minute time intervals Drilling and sensor installation work was carried out by Brown Brothers Drilling using a direct push drilling method The installation was completed successfully on 17 October 2013 to the target depth of 9 m Core was not recovered during this drilling as previous core samples were collected from a site 1 m away and are assumed to be sufficient for geological record at the new drill site The temperature data will be used to calculate thermal properties of the soil and monitor effects of climatic events KEYWORDS Borehole Temperature Profile Data Logger Ruakura Hamilton GNS Science Report 2014 01 ii 1 0 INTRODUCTION Long term near surface temperatures related to seasonal and diurnal variations are being studied by GNS as part
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6. abinet left empty from the previous borehole installation Figure 5 6 The site was re visited on the 3 December 2013 The downloaded temperature measurements did not show any further anomalous readings The site will be visited every three months for at least 5 years to collect results and check the condition of the equipment GNS Science Report 2014 01 8 Shallow temperatures Nov Dec 2013 200 0 gt eae sgae em ES pores ore STga une sde came ase a i mm so see Temperature 2C cee OP OU oe ep oe 50 0 L d E ene nn e gm 2 11 2013 12 00 a m EE e 18 10 2013 12 00 a m 23 10 2013 12 00 a m 28 10 2013 12 00 a m 7 11 2013 12 00 a m 12 11 2013 12 00 a m 17 11 2013 12 00 a m Data time 13 10 2013 12 00 a m Figure 5 5 Example of anomalous temperature measurements recorded on the shallow sensors Figure 5 6 Photo of the later modification to the site involved installing the EM50 loggers and excess cable into secondary cabinets for improved weather protection GNS Science Report 2014 01 6 0 SUMMARY A ground temperature profile measurement system was installed by GNS at the Ruakura NIWA climate site in Hamilton East This replaced a previous installation which had failed at the site due to sensor cable failure Ten ECT temperature sensors were installed at depths of 5 cm 10 cm 30 cm 50 cm 100 cm 200 cm 300 cm 500 cm 700 cm and 900 cm below th
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8. d and drilling procedure used Calibration of sensors and initial data are also presented 1 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW The Ruakura temperature profile site uses ECT temperature sensors and EM50 data logger design The EM50 data logger was set up to record temperatures at 10 minute intervals Important considerations for the installation were to minimise disruption to the surrounding soil and groundwater flow while maximising contact between the sensors and the surrounding material A narrow borehole was drilled so that the temperature sensors could be installed The hole was then backfilled with a bentonite clay slurry while still allowing for the walls of the borehole to collapse around the sensors A review of the first month of recorded data revealed anomalous readings from one of the EM50s It was suggested that the anomalies could be due to dew point or heat from the sun affecting the data loggers or moisture within the equipment so both EM50s data loggers were mounted in a small cabinet to protect them from the weather Excess cable was coiled up and stored in a second small cabinet to protect the cables and to leave a tidy site Data from the following month showed no anomalous readings suggesting that the loggers benefitted from the secondary cabinet protecting them from the weather GNS Science Report 2014 01 1 2 0 ECT TEMPERATURE SENSORS A set of 10 ECT temperature sensors Table 2 1 were purchased for the borehole installation Thi
9. e surface The data is recorded on two EM50 data loggers The new installation will be monitored with the aim of comparing the results to the two other working sites at Wairakei Taupo and Lincoln Christchurch and the other seven planned installations at selected sites around New Zealand All future sites will have the EM50 data loggers and any excess cable housed in an additional Aria cabinet to ensure the endurance of the equipment 7 0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to acknowledge Andrew Harper at NIWA for assistance with site selection Alec McGowan at AgResearch Ruakura for assistance with site access and underground service locations Nathan Brown Brown Brothers Drilling for drilling and installation work and Michael Forester ICT International for the manufacture of the ECT temperature cables and supply of the equipment The work is funded by the Ministry for Science and Innovation s Low Enthalpy Geothermal research programme GNS Science Report 2014 01 10 APPENDICES GNS Science Report 2014 01 APPENDIX 1 ECT TEMPERATURE SENSOR TEST DATA The sensors are placed in a bath of ice in order to identify any anomalous sensors The ten sensors test and deployed at the Raukura show good correlation shows the raw data recorded over a 3 day period 25 0 20 0 1 15 0 Series1 Series2 Series3 10 0 Series4 SeriesS Series6 5 0 Series7 Series Series9 Series1a 0 0 E g oO Qa F o
10. e was lifted out in sections Some lifting of the sensor string was noted during the initial pull up of the drill pipe but it was successfully pushed back down due to the soft ground conditions Dried pellets of bentonite clay were added during the removal of the drill pipe in order to seal the drill hole The installation was completed by attaching the EM50 loggers to the nearby fence post Figure 5 3 The sensor cables were buried in a shallow trench from the borehole to the post Figure 5 4 Figure 5 3 The completed NIWA Ruakura site with EM50 data loggers installed and operating GNS Science Report 2014 01 7 Figure 5 4 The temperature sensors installed in the borehole ready to be connected to the EM50 Data Loggers After the sensor cables were connected to the EM50 loggers the loggers were set up to record temperatures at 10 minute intervals The initial testing indicated that the logger and temperature sensors were working correctly The site was visited on the 12 November 2013 to check that the installation was performing correctly and to add further protection for the excess cable and EM50 loggers It was found that the EM50 logger supporting the top five sensors was providing anomalous results Figure 5 5 This is thought to have been caused by the high dew point temperature gradients of the spring weather conditions The EM50 loggers were then installed into an Aria cabinet and the excess cable was coiled into the c
11. n since 1906 Figure 4 1 is a site map of part of the AgResearch campus with the locations of the NIWA climate site and the temperature borehole marked NIWA Climate Site cang et N gt A1 Temperature Borehole Ruakura Research Centre 50m Figure 4 1 Ruakura site map The temperature profile borehole is located in the south east corner of the NIWA enclosure Note the 11 KV buried power cable which crosses the NIWA site location is approximate The NIWA climate station is enclosed within a fenced area 50 m west of an access road GNS installed the temperature borehole in the south east corner of the NIWA enclosure 1 5 m from the corner post Figure 4 1 and Figure 4 2 This is approximately 1 m from the previous borehole Maps of underground services provided by AgResearch showed an 11 KV power cable crossing the NIWA enclosure The drilling site was selected far enough away from the power cable to ensure excavation safety and to minimise any thermal effects of the cable on the sensor installation Figure 4 2 The NIWA site at Ruakura The arrow shows the location of the temperature profile borehole GNS Science Report 2014 01 4 5 0 BOREHOLE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION Drilling at the Ruakura site was carried out by Brown Brothers Drilling on 17 October 2013 A track driven Geoprobe drilling rig was used see Figure 5 1 Figure 5 1 Borehole installation using a Geoprobe drill
12. of the Low Enthalpy Geothermal Research Programme to better understand the effect of near surface rock properties on the efficiency of horizontal ground loops An initial system was installed at the Hamilton site in November 2011 and consisted of a digital thermometer integrated circuit This system recorded temperature at depths between the surface and 13 m for six months before it stopped working It is presumed that the system was not watertight and had failed when the winter rainy season arrived It has now been replaced by a set of propose built in ground temperature sensors and loggers The current study focuses on an array of temperature sensors that was installed to record detailed temperature profile information in a 9m deep bore located at the NIWA eleven station climate station site in Hamilton NZMG 6378587 N 2713297 E The goal of the new temperature profile recording system is to measure sub surface temperature changes at a variety of depths over a long greater than 12 month time period Two similar temperature measuring sites are installed in Lincoln Christchurch and Arrowtown Seven additional stations are planned for different locations across New Zealand in order to compare the effects of climate and soil rheology type on ground temperature This report outlines the design and installation of the temperature monitoring borehole at Raukura climate station It presents an overview of the location type of equipment deploye
13. rig GNS Science Report 2014 01 5 Drilling to the target depth 9 m was achieved using a direct push method A hollow drill pipe of PQ size 3 25 82 5 mm outside diameter fitted with a short tapered edge nose cone was forced into the ground using a combination of direct pushing and hammering by the drill head mechanism Ground conditions were fairly soft allowing easy drilling using this method and the drilling process took approximately one hour The core log from the previous borehole is shown in Appendix 2 Nylon rods were used to provide a rigid core to which the ECT temperature sensor cables could be anchored for installation Figure 5 2 The 16 mm diameter rods totalled 8 5 m in length Adhesive tape was used to attach the cable to the rods and the rods to each other Figure 5 2 ECT Temperature Sensor Cables Anchored to Nylon Rod GNS Science Report 2014 01 6 The sensors were anchored at the distances provided in Table 5 1 Their corresponding port number is also listed Table 5 1 Depths of the temperature sensors at the Ruakura temperature monitoring site Sensor Depth below ground level m Port Number 1 0 05 Shallow Port 5 2 0 10 Shallow Port 4 3 0 30 Shallow Port 3 4 0 50 Shallow Port 2 5 1 00 Shallow Port 1 6 2 00 Deep Port 5 7 3 00 Deep Port 4 8 5 00 Deep Port 3 9 7 00 Deep Port 2 10 9 00 Deep Port 1 Once the sensors were in place the drill pip
14. s consisted of five sensors with 5 m cables three with 10 m cables and two with 15 m cables The 10 sensor heads were tested using an ice water bath made in a large beaker 2 5 litre capacity Foam insulation material and bubble wrap were secured around the beaker to slow heat loss through the glass and off the water surface The temperature sensors were placed in the ice water bath and left to equilibrate to room temperature The process took 72 hours During this time the data loggers recorded temperature measurements at 10 minute intervals Temperature ranged from 0 17 deg C Test data for the ECT temperature sensors is included in Appendix 1 Table 2 1 ECT Temperature Sensor specifications As taken from the ICT ECT sensor factsheet http www ictinternational com au ect html 40 to 20 C 1 0 C Temperature Accuracy 5 to 40 C 0 5 C 40 to 50 C and 20 to 5 C better than 1 0 C Temperature Resolution 0 1 C Temperature Range 40 C to 50 C Measurement Speed 10 ms milliseconds Sensor Type Thermistor Output 320 1000 mV 8 V excitation Operating Environment 40 C to 50 C Power 2 5 VDC 2 mA to 3 6 VDC 7 mA GNS Science Report 2014 01 2 3 0 DECAGON EM50 DATA LOGGERS Temperature measurements were recorded by Decagon EM50 data loggers purchased from ICT international They are powered by five AA batteries which are expected to last 6 months Each EM50 logger can
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