Paper Info
Title
Comprehensive Numerical Study Of The Effect Of Nanoparticle Additives On The Cutting Transport Performance In Horizontal Boreholes
Abstract
The results of a numerical study of the effect of nanoparticle additives in the drilling fluid on the efficiency of cuttings removal from a horizontal well are presented. The theological parameters of drilling fluids with nanoparticles (NPs) were set from the experiment. The SiO2 and Al2O3 NPs were used. The concentration of NPs in the drilling fluids varied from 0.25 to 2 wt%, while their average diameter ranged from S to 50 nm. The Eulerian granular media approach was used to simulate the cutting transport from the borehole. The numerical model was tested in detail on well-known experimental data on sand suspension flow in a round pipe. A good agreement with the experiment was obtained. A systematic computational study of the influence of several parameters on the efficiency of removing cuttings from the well was carried out. These parameters included the well's inclination angle from the vertical direction, the speed of rotation of the drill pipe, the flow rate of the drilling fluid, and the concentration, size, and composition of nanoparticles. It is shown that the 2 wt% concentration of nanoparticles in the drilling fluid results in a 2.7-fold increase in the cutting transport performance for horizontal boreholes. The positive effect of adding nanoparticles to the drilling fluid is enhanced with decreasing nanoparticle size.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1093/jcde/qwaa078
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
drilling fluid, two-phase flows, cutting transport, nanoparticles, numerical simulation, Eulerian granular model
Journal
8
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
1
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrey V Minakov100.34
Evgeniya I Mikhienkova200.34
Alexander L Neverov300.34
Valery Ya Rudyak400.34