Electrification of Directional Drilling Machines for Sustainable Trenchless Excavations

Abstract

There is an increasing interest in the development of trenchless digging technologies in order to reduce the environmental impact of infrastructural interventions in crowded urban areas. In this work authors describe some preliminary activities concerning the complete electrification of these machines in order to further reduce their impact in terms of equivalent emissions especially in the urban construction yard in which they are applied.