Simulation of the flow of drilling washing fluid during the flow around drill pipes joints in the ANSYS software package
UDC: 622.24.4
DOI: 10.33285/0130-3872-2023-4(364)-11-15
Authors:
NIKITIN VASILIY I.
1,
BURAKHIN NIKITA D.1
1 Samara State Technical University, Samara, Russia
Keywords: drilling washing fluids, drilling fluid, CFD calculation, ANSYS Fluent, numerical simulation, tool joint, Herschel–Bulkley model
Annotation:
The article presents the results of modeling the movement of drilling fluid in the annular space, taking into account the tool joint. The simulation was carried out using the Ansys Fluent software package. As drilling fluids, the drilling fluids data described by the Herschel–Bulkley rheological model were used. As a result of the simulation, the data were obtained about the influence of the tool joint and rheological characteristics on pressure losses in the well annulus. The presented modeling technique can be applied to solve a wide range of hydraulic problems when drilling wells.
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