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CFD modelling and simulation of drill cuttings transport efficiency in annular bends:Effect of particle size polydispersity

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This study analyses the impact of particle polydispersity using the Eulerian-Eulerian(EE)and Lagrangiai Eulerian(LE)modelling approaches in the context of wellbore cleaning operations in the drilling industr Spherical particles of sizes 0.5 mm,0.75 mm and 1 mm are considered,whereas a Power Law rheological mod is used for the fluid phase description.The EE approach implemented herein applies the Kinetic Theory<Granular Flow(KTGF)in ANSYS Fluent~R and accounts for the particle size differences by representing them<different phases within the computational domain.With the LE approach,we employ the Dense Discrete Pha Model(DDPM)and capture this difference with the aid of a size distribution model(the Rosin-Rammler mode The findings of our computational experiments show considerable differences in key variables(the pressure dro and particle deposition tendencies)between monodispersed and polydispersed transport scenarios.

PolydispersityCuttings transportDiscrete phase modelRosin-Rammler

Emmanuel I.Epelle、Winifred Obande、Jude A.Okolie

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Institute for Materials and Processes(MP),School of Engineering,University of Edinburgh,The King's Buildings,Edinburgh EH9 3FB,United Kingdom

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon,Canada

2022

Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering

Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering

ISSN:0920-4105
年,卷(期):2022.208PE
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