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Simulation-Based Design of Shear Mixer for Improving Mixing Performance

혼합효율 개선을 위한 Shear Mixer의 시뮬레이션 기반 형상 설계

  • Kim, Tae-Young (Solution Group, Function Bay, Inc.) ;
  • Jeon, Gyu-Mok (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Ock, Dae-Kyung (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park, Jong-Chun (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • Received : 2017.05.02
  • Accepted : 2017.05.23
  • Published : 2017.05.25
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Abstract

When drilling operation is being performed, many physical and chemical changes are occurred near wellbore. To handle various changes of well condition and keep drilling process safe, additives of bulk, such as bentonite for increasing density of drilling mud, barite for increasing viscosity of drilling mud, polymer for chemical control, or surfactant, are added into drilling mud through a mud shear mixer. Because the achievement of the required material property through mud mixing system is essential to stabilize drilling system, it is of importance to analyze multi-phase flow during mud mixing process, which is directly related to increase mixing performance of the system and guarantee the safety of the whole drilling system. In this study, a series of liquid-solid flow simulation based on a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are performed with comparing to solid concentration in experiment by Gilles et al. [2004] to understand the characteristics of liquid-solid mixing in a mud shear mixer. And then, the simulation-based design of shear mixer are carried out to improve mixing performance in a mud handling system.

해양 유정의 시추를 위한 드릴링이 진행되는 동안 원활한 드릴링 작업을 진행하기 위하여 드릴링 시스템을 순환하는 머드에 벌크가 Shear mixer을 통하여 첨가된다. 이러한 벌크 투입으로 조절된 머드의 물성치는 드릴링시스템 전반의 안정성에 영향을 주며, 머드와의 혼합이 이루어지는 Shear mixer의 성능개선은 전체 드릴링 시스템의 성능향상과 관계된다고 할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 Shear mixer내 혼상유동의 특징을 알아보기 위해 파이프형상의 관내 고체-액체 혼상유동 실험에서 측정된 고체 침전도결과(Gilles et al., 2004)를 시뮬레이션 결과와 비교검증을 수행한 후, 이를 통해 얻어진 관내 액체-고체 혼상유동 시뮬레이션 조건을 바탕으로 Shear mixer의 혼합효율을 개선시킬 수 있는 최적형상에 관한 시뮬레이션 기반 설계를 수행하였다.

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