HDD Mud Recovery

The Black Rhino KSMR Series Trenchless Mud System is an integrated mud treatment equipment specifically developed for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and other trenchless technologies. Its core applications are mainly reflected in the following three key dimensions:

1. Deep Mud Purification
   Adopting a multi-stage solid control process, it successively performs pre-treatment through vibrating screens, secondary separation through desanders, and deep purification through desilters. It can precisely separate solid particles with diameters in the 15–44 μm range from the mud, effectively removing drill cuttings and other impurities, restoring the original stable performance of the mud, and ensuring the mud remains in good condition throughout the construction process.

2. Recycling & Reuse
   The purified mud passes through a mixing device for material replenishment and uniform stirring, then is pumped back into the drilling system for cyclic use. The system’s mud recovery rate can reach over 90%, significantly reducing consumption of fresh mud and lowering material costs during construction.

3. Construction Guarantee & Environmental Compliance
   Stable mud performance plays a vital role in construction, enabling functions such as drilling cooling, tool lubrication, and borehole wall protection against collapse, ensuring smooth construction operations. Simultaneously, it reduces discharge of waste mud, lowers environmental treatment pressure, and fully complies with relevant green construction requirements.

Features & Advantages

Relying on KOSUN’s 20+ years of technical accumulation in the solid control industry, the KSMR Series Trenchless Mud System has formed five core advantages through modular design and core technological innovation:

1. Multifunctional Integrated Design
   The system integrates four functions: mud purification, circulation, storage, and mixing, and integrates the desilter and vibrating screen into one unit, significantly reducing equipment size. Taking the KSMR-200 model as an example, its total footprint requires only 5 m³, making it well-adapted to space-constrained construction scenarios and improving site utilization.

2. Efficient & Stable Purification Performance
   According to different processing capacity requirements (200–1000 GPM), the system can flexibly configure 4–20 polyurethane cyclones. The symmetric inlet mechanism ensures uniform mud distribution, and the “wet bottom” sand discharge design effectively reduces clogging. The particle size in treated mud can be precisely controlled within 15–44 μm, guaranteeing purification stability and high efficiency.

3. Convenient Transportation & Maintenance
   The equipment tank structure is compact, with foldable walkways and guardrails, and light weight. For example, the KSMR-200 model weighs only 5,500 kg, greatly facilitating relocation and transportation. Cyclones use clamp-type connections and screens feature soft-hook edges, which not only extend equipment service life but also simplify maintenance procedures, reducing maintenance costs and difficulty.

4. Low-noise & Safe Operation Experience
   The vibrating screen system operates at noise levels below 85 dB, and some models are equipped with shock absorber devices to effectively reduce vibration during operation. The electrical system features explosion-proof, dust-proof, and rain-proof design, and has passed international certifications such as API, CE, and ISO14001, fully meeting safety standards for various construction projects worldwide and providing operators with a safe and comfortable working environment.

5. Dual Optimization of Cost & Efficiency
   Through mud recycling, construction costs can be reduced by over 30%. Simultaneously, the system’s maximum daily processing capacity can reach 240 m³ (KSMR-1000 model as example), helping shorten construction schedules by 20%. It achieves dual optimization of economy and construction efficiency while ensuring construction quality.

Application Areas

With flexible processing capacity adaptability and the ability to perform in harsh environments, the KSMR Series Trenchless Mud System is widely used in core projects across multiple industries:

1. Trenchless Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)
   Suitable for urban underground pipeline network installation projects, including gas pipelines, water supply pipelines, and communication pipelines. It can also be used for highway/railway crossings and river crossing projects. For example, the system has played an important role in Russian municipal pipeline installation projects and domestic long-distance pipeline construction projects.

2. Energy Development Field
   Covers scenarios such as coalbed methane extraction, shale gas drilling, and onshore oil drilling. In an Australian coalbed methane development project, the KOSUN KSMR Series Trenchless Mud System was successfully applied, meeting high-standard drilling requirements and providing reliable equipment support for energy development.

3. Environmental Protection & Infrastructure Projects
   In scenarios such as river dredging, sewage treatment, and auxiliary subway tunnel construction, the system achieves water resource recycling through slurry purification treatment, effectively reducing environmental pollution risks, meeting the development needs of environmental protection projects, while also providing guarantee for the smooth advancement of infrastructure projects.

4. Global Multi-standard Adaptation
   The product has passed multiple international qualification certifications including Russian export certification, can meet construction standards in different countries and regions, and can adapt to overseas various trenchless engineering requirements, with broad application prospects in the global trenchless construction field.

Series Core Model Parameter Overview

This document aims to comprehensively introduce the relevant information of KOSUN KSMR Series Trenchless Mud System, providing reference basis for engineering procurement and construction application.