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Investigating the rheological properties of nanofluids of water/hybrid nanostructure of spherical silica/MWCNT
, Article Thermochimica Acta ; Volume 578 , 20 February , 2014 , Pages 53-58 ; ISSN: 00406031 ; Rashidi, A ; Soleimanisalim, A. H ; Rashtchian, D ; Sharif University of Technology
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Regarding the importance of rheological properties of water based drilling fluids, the effects of silica nanospheres, multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and two types of their hybrid, i.e. H1 (80 wt.% silica nanosphere/20 wt.% MWCNT) and H2 (50 wt.% silica nanosphere/50 wt.% MWCNT) on the viscosity and density of distilled water were investigated. According to the results, viscosity and density of the nanofluids increased with the concentration, while they were reduced by increasing the temperature. At high concentrations, the least increase in the viscosity of distilled water by adding the nanomaterials is related to H2 (8.2% increase at 1.0 wt.%). Likewise, the optimum operating...
Numerical modeling and simulation of drilling cutting transport in horizontal wells
, Article Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology ; Volume 8, Issue 2 , 2018 , Pages 455-474 ; 21900558 (ISSN) ; Sarafraz, S ; Tabzar, A ; Hemmati, N ; Shadizadeh, S. R ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Verlag
2018
Abstract
Cutting transport is an important goal in drilling operation especially in horizontal and deviated wells since it can cause problems such as stuck pipe, circulation loss and high torque and drag. To this end, this article focused on the affecting parameters on the cutting transport by computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling and real operational data. The effect of drilling fluid and cutting density on the pressure drop, deposit ratio and string stress on the cutting transport has been investigated. A systematic validation study is presented by comparing the simulation results against published experimental database. The results showed that by increasing two times of drilling fluid...
Estimating the drilling fluid density in the mud technology: Application in high temperature and high pressure petroleum wells
, Article Heavy Oil: Characteristics, Production and Emerging Technologies ; 2017 , Pages 285-295 ; 9781536108675 (ISBN); 9781536108521 (ISBN) ; Gharagheizi, F ; Shokrollahi, A ; Arabloo, M ; Mohammadi, A. H ; Sharif University of Technology
Nova Science Publishers, Inc
2017
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Appropriate execution of drilling operation, in particular for high pressure and high temperature wells, requires accurate knowledge of behavior of the drilling fluid density as a function of pressure and temperature. In this communication, a novel mathematicalbased approach is presented to develop a reliable model for predict the density of four drilling fluid including water-based, oil-based, Colloidal Gas Aphron (CGA) and synthetic. To pursue our objective, a predictive model is proposed using a robust soft computing approach namely least square support vector machine (LSSVM) modeling optimized with coupled simulated annealing (CSA) optimization tool. Moreover, leverage approach, in which...