An extensive scope of flow loops with a focus on particle transport

All the oil and natural gas wells from underground reservoirs to the surface resemble flow loops. Over the past couple of decades, a variety of flow loops have been established in order to create real field environments in the laboratories. The flow loops help to further advance the efficiency of dr...

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Published in:Physics of Fluids 2022-08, Vol.34 (8), p.81301
Main Authors: Martin Brown, Nickolas, Dejam, Morteza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Gas wells
Hydrates
Hydraulic fracturing
Natural gas
Pressure drop
Rheological properties
Rheology
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Summary:All the oil and natural gas wells from underground reservoirs to the surface resemble flow loops. Over the past couple of decades, a variety of flow loops have been established in order to create real field environments in the laboratories. The flow loops help to further advance the efficiency of drilling, production, and hydraulic fracturing operations. This can be achieved by better understanding the mechanisms behind particle transport within the flow loops such as fluid velocity and rheology, particle size and concentration, acting forces on particles, and pressure drop. The objective of the current review is to critically investigate several flow loops with different applications addressing transportation of particles such as cuttings, sands, condensate droplets, hydrates, and proppants.
ISSN:1070-6631
1089-7666
DOI:10.1063/5.0099309