Pressure coring, in-situ cores, core transfer under pressure

从陆地或海底下采集的岩心样本不再处于原始状态，因为在将其从很深的深度移动到大气条件下的过程中，压力发生了巨大的变化。因此，深层生物圈微生物的机械、物理和化学性质以及生活条件都发生了显着变化。为了研究在压力和温度变化下分解的高度不稳定的气体水合物，自1997年以来，在欧盟资助的项目HYACE-HYACE高压釜取芯设备中开发了一种在原位条件下回收和研究压力岩心的系统。下一个合乎逻辑的发展步骤是将压力取芯系统的适用性扩展到与压力有关的现象，而不是天然气水合物。未来可能的应用包括但不限于页岩和其他致密地层的研究、二氧化碳封存、石油和天然气勘探、煤层甲烷和深层生物圈的微生物学。为了满足相应的要求，并结合以前的探险经验，有必要：第一，重新设计压力取心系统，以适应新的应用。第二，利用协同效应与正在进行的项目组合和第三，制造和测试新系统。

A core sample, recovered from beneath the land or sea floor, is no longer in pristine condition, due to the enormous pressure change while moving it to the surface, from great depths to atmospheric conditions. As a result mechanical, physical, and chemical properties as well as living conditions for microorganisms of the deep biosphere are significantly altered. In order to investigate highly instable gas hydrates, which decompose under pressure and temperature change, a system to recover and investigate pressure cores under in-situ conditions has been developed within an EU funded project since 1997: HYACE -HYdrate Autoclave Coring Equipment. The next logical step of development is extending the applicability of the pressure coring system to pressure related phenomena other than gas hydrates. Possible future applications include, but are not limited to, research in shales and other tight formations, CO2-sequestration, oil and gas exploration, coalbed methane, and microbiology of the deep biosphere. In order to meet the corresponding requirements and to incorporate the experiences from previous expeditions it is necessary to: First, redesign the pressure coring system in order to adapt it to the new applications. Second, utilize synergy effects with the ongoing Project COMPOSE and Third, manufacture and test the new system.