CFD Analysis and Model Comparison of Annular Frictional Pressure Losses While Circulating Yield Power Law Fluids

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oney Erge ◽  
Evren M. Ozbayoglu ◽  
Stefan Z. Miska ◽  
Mengjiao Yu ◽  
Nicholas Takach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Power Law Fluids

The Effects of Drillstring-Eccentricity, -Rotation, and -Buckling Configurations on Annular Frictional Pressure Losses While Circulating Yield-Power-Law Fluids

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (03) ◽  
pp. 257-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oney Erge ◽  
Evren Mehmet Ozbayoglu ◽  
Stefan Miska ◽  
Mengjiao Yu ◽  
Nicholas Takach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Power Law Fluids

Investigation of Pressure Losses in Eccentric Inclined Annuli

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rushd ◽  
R. A. Sultan ◽  
A. Rahman ◽  
V. Kelessidis
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Hydraulic Design ◽  
Power Law Fluids ◽  
Hydraulic Conditions ◽  
Drillpipe Rotation ◽  
Extended Reach Drilling ◽  
Fluid Rheology

Accurate pressure drop estimation is vital in the hydraulic design of annular drillholes in Petroleum Industry. The present study investigates the effects of fluid velocity, fluid type, fluid rheology, drillpipe rotation speed, drillpipe eccentricity and drillhole inclinationon on pressure losses with the presence of cuttings using both experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The eccentricity of the drillpipe is varied in the range of 0 – 100% and it rotates about its own axis at 0 – 150 rpm. The diameter ratio of the simulated drillhole is 0.56 and it is inclined in the range of 0 – 15°. The effects of fluid rheology are addressed by testing power law and yield power law fluids. Both of the laminar and turbulent conditions are experimentally tested and numerically simulated. Experimental data confirmed the validity of current CFD model developed using ANSYS 16.2 platform. The goal of the current work is to develop a comprehensive CFD tool that can be used for modeling the hydraulic conditions associated with hole cleaning in extended reach drilling.

The Effects of Drillstring Eccentricity, Rotation, and Buckling Configurations on Annular Frictional Pressure Losses While Circulating Yield Power Law Fluids

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oney Erge ◽  
Evren M. Ozbayoglu ◽  
Stefan Z Miska ◽  
Mengjiao Yu ◽  
Nicholas Takach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Power Law Fluids

Effect of Drillstring Deflection and Rotary Speed on Annular Frictional Pressure Losses

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oney Erge ◽  
Mehmet E. Ozbayoglu ◽  
Stefan Z. Miska ◽  
Mengjiao Yu ◽  
Nicholas Takach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Turbulent Friction ◽  
Horizontal Drilling ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Power Law Fluids ◽  
Drilling Operations

Keeping the drilling fluid equivalent circulating density in the operating window between the pore and fracture pressure is a challenge, particularly when the gap between these two is narrow, such as in offshore, extended reach, and slim hole drilling applications usually encountered in shale gas and/or oil drilling. To overcome this challenge, accurate estimation of frictional pressure loss in the annulus is essential. A better estimation of frictional pressure losses will enable improved well control, optimized bit hydraulics, a better drilling fluid program, and pump selection. Field and experimental measurements show that pressure loss in annuli is strongly affected by the pipe rotation and eccentricity. The major focus of this project is on a horizontal well setup with drillstring under compression, considering the influence of rotation on frictional pressure losses of yield power law fluids. The test matrix includes flow through the annulus for various buckling modes with and without the rotation of the inner pipe. Sinusoidal, helical, and transition from sinusoidal to helical configurations with and without the drillstring rotation were investigated. Helical configurations with two different pitch lengths are compared. Eight yield power law fluids are tested and consistent results are observed. The drillstring rotation patterns and buckling can be observed due to experimental facility's relatively longer and transparent test section. At the initial position, inner pipe is lying at the bottom due to its extensive length, suggesting a fully eccentric annular geometry. When the drillstring is rotated, whirling, snaking, irregular motions are observed. This state is considered as a free drillstring configuration since there is no prefixed eccentricity imposed on the drillstring. The reason for such design is to simulate the actual drilling operations, especially the highly inclined and horizontal drilling operations. Results show that rotating the drillstring can either increase or decrease the frictional pressure losses. The most pronounced effect of rotation is observed in the transition region from laminar to turbulent flow. The experiments with the buckled drillstring showed significantly reduced frictional pressure losses compared to the free drillstring configuration. Decreasing the length of the pitch caused a further reduction in pressure losses. Using the experimental database, turbulent friction factors for buckled and rotating drillstrings are presented. The drilling industry has recently been involved in incidents that show the need for critical improvements for evaluating and avoiding risks in oil/gas drilling. The information obtained from this study can be used to improve the control of bottomhole pressures during extended reach, horizontal, managed pressure, offshore, and slim hole drilling applications. This will lead to improved safety and enhanced optimization of drilling operations.

Forced convection heat transfer study of a blunt-headed cylinder in non-Newtonian power-law fluids

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaspinder Kaur ◽  
Roderick Melnik ◽  
Anurag Kumar Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Drag Coefficient ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Average Nusselt Number ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Total Drag ◽  
Shear Thinning Fluids ◽  
Power Law Fluids

Abstract In this present work, forced convection heat transfer from a heated blunt-headed cylinder in power-law fluids has been investigated numerically over the range of parameters, namely, Reynolds number (Re): 1–40, Prandtl number (Pr): 10–100 and power-law index (n): 0.3–1.8. The results are expressed in terms of local parameters, like streamline, isotherm, pressure coefficient, and local Nusselt number and global parameters, like wake length, drag coefficient, and average Nusselt number. The length of the recirculation zone on the rear side of the cylinder increases with the increasing value of Re and n. The effect of the total drag coefficient acting on the cylinder is seen to be higher at the low value of Re and its effect significant in shear-thinning fluids (n < 1). On the heat transfer aspect, the rate of heat transfer in fluids is increased by increasing the value of Re and Pr. The effect of heat transfer is enhanced in shear-thinning fluids up to ∼ 40% and it impedes it’s to ∼20% shear-thickening fluids. In the end, the numerical results of the total drag coefficient and average Nusselt number (in terms of J H −factor) have been correlated by simple expression to estimate the intermediate value for the new application.

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