Hole Cleaning Performance of V-Shaped Hole Cleaning Device in Horizontal Well Drilling: Numerical Modeling and Experiments
The application of hole cleaning devices can effectively solve the hole cleaning problem during the drilling of horizontal wells. Improving the hole cleaning performance is directly related to subsequent drilling time and cost. In this paper, the solid–liquid two-phase hydrodynamic characteristics u...
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| description | The application of hole cleaning devices can effectively solve the hole cleaning problem during the drilling of horizontal wells. Improving the hole cleaning performance is directly related to subsequent drilling time and cost. In this paper, the solid–liquid two-phase hydrodynamic characteristics under the action of the V-shaped hole cleaning device for drilling horizontal wells were studied experimentally and numerically. The decay law of spiral flow induced by the V-shaped hole cleaning device was obtained numerically using the commercial CFD code “Fluent” by changing the blade rotational speed, blade helix angle, and consistency coefficient of drilling fluid. The helix angle will cause the flow direction of local fluid to deflect. The swirl intensity of spiral flow increases significantly with an increase in rotational speed. The hole cleaning performance was better when the helix angle was from about 10 to 20 degrees. Increasing the fluid consistency coefficient will rapidly make the spiral flow decay, resulting in a shorter effective action distance and a worse hole cleaning effect. The simulation results were validated against the experimental results of the flow loop. Both experimental and simulation results showed that the hole cleaning performance was improved by using the V-shaped hole cleaning device. The very good agreement achieved between the results has presented an opportunity to study the hole cleaning effect of a hole cleaning device in unsteady state conditions. The results will provide theoretical guidance for efficient hole cleaning using V-shaped hole cleaning devices for horizontal well drilling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85f277201d184b0faac4b2f8fdb74b022023-11-23T09:58:17ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-05-011210514110.3390/app12105141Hole Cleaning Performance of V-Shaped Hole Cleaning Device in Horizontal Well Drilling: Numerical Modeling and ExperimentsYunjian Zhou0Yufa He1Zijian Li2Guoshuai Ju3CNOOC Research Institute Company Limited, Beijing 100028, ChinaCNOOC Research Institute Company Limited, Beijing 100028, ChinaDepartment of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF A1B3X5, CanadaCollege of Petroleum Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, ChinaThe application of hole cleaning devices can effectively solve the hole cleaning problem during the drilling of horizontal wells. Improving the hole cleaning performance is directly related to subsequent drilling time and cost. In this paper, the solid–liquid two-phase hydrodynamic characteristics under the action of the V-shaped hole cleaning device for drilling horizontal wells were studied experimentally and numerically. The decay law of spiral flow induced by the V-shaped hole cleaning device was obtained numerically using the commercial CFD code “Fluent” by changing the blade rotational speed, blade helix angle, and consistency coefficient of drilling fluid. The helix angle will cause the flow direction of local fluid to deflect. The swirl intensity of spiral flow increases significantly with an increase in rotational speed. The hole cleaning performance was better when the helix angle was from about 10 to 20 degrees. Increasing the fluid consistency coefficient will rapidly make the spiral flow decay, resulting in a shorter effective action distance and a worse hole cleaning effect. The simulation results were validated against the experimental results of the flow loop. Both experimental and simulation results showed that the hole cleaning performance was improved by using the V-shaped hole cleaning device. The very good agreement achieved between the results has presented an opportunity to study the hole cleaning effect of a hole cleaning device in unsteady state conditions. The results will provide theoretical guidance for efficient hole cleaning using V-shaped hole cleaning devices for horizontal well drilling.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/10/5141numerical studyhorizontal wellhole cleaninghole cleaning devicecomputational fluid dynamic (CFD) |
| spellingShingle | Yunjian Zhou Yufa He Zijian Li Guoshuai Ju Hole Cleaning Performance of V-Shaped Hole Cleaning Device in Horizontal Well Drilling: Numerical Modeling and Experiments Applied Sciences numerical study horizontal well hole cleaning hole cleaning device computational fluid dynamic (CFD) |
| title | Hole Cleaning Performance of V-Shaped Hole Cleaning Device in Horizontal Well Drilling: Numerical Modeling and Experiments |
| title_full | Hole Cleaning Performance of V-Shaped Hole Cleaning Device in Horizontal Well Drilling: Numerical Modeling and Experiments |
| title_fullStr | Hole Cleaning Performance of V-Shaped Hole Cleaning Device in Horizontal Well Drilling: Numerical Modeling and Experiments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hole Cleaning Performance of V-Shaped Hole Cleaning Device in Horizontal Well Drilling: Numerical Modeling and Experiments |
| title_short | Hole Cleaning Performance of V-Shaped Hole Cleaning Device in Horizontal Well Drilling: Numerical Modeling and Experiments |
| title_sort | hole cleaning performance of v shaped hole cleaning device in horizontal well drilling numerical modeling and experiments |
| topic | numerical study horizontal well hole cleaning hole cleaning device computational fluid dynamic (CFD) |
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