Predicting Frictional Pressure Loss During Horizontal Drilling for Non-Newtonian Fluids

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2011-01-01

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SORGUN, MEHMET
Ozbayoglu, M. E.

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Accurate estimation of the frictional pressure losses for non-Newtonian drilling fluids inside annulus is quite important to determine pump rates and select mud pump systems during drilling operations. The purpose of this study is to estimate frictional pressure loss and velocity profile of non-Newtonian drilling fluids in both concentric and eccentric annuli using an Eulerian-Eulerian computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. An extensive experimental program was performed in METU-PETE Flow Loop using two non-Newtonian drilling fluids including different concentrations of xanthan biopolimer, starch, KCl and soda ash, weighted with barite for different flow rates and frictional pressure losses were recorded during each test. This study aims to simulate non-Newtonian fluids flow through both horizontal concentric and eccentric annulus and to predict frictional pressure losses using an Eulerian-Eulerian computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. Computational fluid dynamic simulations were performed to compare with experimental data gathered at the METU-PETE flow loop and previous studies as well as slot flow approximation for the annulus. Results show that the computational fluid dynamic model simulations are capable of estimating frictional pressure drop with an error of less than 10% in most cases, more accurately than the slot equation.

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Fuel Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65843

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ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

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https://doi.org/10.1080/15567030903226264

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Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Article

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M. SORGUN and M. E. Ozbayoglu, “Predicting Frictional Pressure Loss During Horizontal Drilling for Non-Newtonian Fluids,” ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, pp. 631–640, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65843.