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MITCHELL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS

COPYRIGHT 1990 MITCHELL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 1492. GOLDEN, CO, 80402, USA (303) 273 3744

Aerated Annular Pressures

WHILE CIRCULATING AERATED MUD
THE HUGHES TOOL CO. - H B WOODS EQUATION REF: Bobo, Ormsby, Hoch; "Phillips Tests Air-Mud Drilling",OIL AND GAS JOURNAL, Feb. 7, 1955, p. 108

Air Pressure Loss in Rig Piping

Press of Compressed Air Temp of Compressed Air Flow Rate Pipe ID Length of Pipe

SELECTED INPUT VARIABLES

Symbols -------Qm Qa rho air rho mud Dh Dp Po Temp AV Air/mud Values -------16.957 678.261 .07642 Descriptions of Input Variables ----------------------------------------------------------cu ft of mud circulated/minute; scf/m cu ft of std. air circulated/minute; cf/m density of free atmospheric air; lb/cf density of mud; lb/cf diameter of hole; in OD of drillpipe; in pressure at the flow line entry; psia temperature of atmospheric air; deg F desired annular velocity of mud; ft/m air/mud injection ratio; scf/cf
Flow Rate of Compressed Air Velocity of Compressed Air Density of Air @ P & T Friction Factor Pressure Drop of Compressed Air

65.824 8.500 4.500 14.7 60 60 40

Compressor Horsepower Output

Number of Stages Compressor Intake Pressure Compressor Discharge Pressure Compressor Intake Air Temperature Metered Air Flow Rate Metered Air Temperature

COMPUTED INTERMEDIATE VARIABLES

A B C A+C C*B A*C radian .488 600.300 .00115 .48883 .69249 .00056 57.29578 '= 0.00708*((C9/C8)*C10+C11) '= 15*((C9/C8)+0.02) '= 0.00063*C8^2*((C9/C8)*C10+C11) /((C12-C13)*(C12^2-C13^2)^2) '= C18+C20 '= C20*C19 '= C18*C20 '= 180/PI()

Metered Air Pressure

Compressor Horsepower

intake injection discharge compressor meter

TABLE OF PRESSURE V. DEPTH

Pressure Depth 5 1491 2482 5373 7853 8405 8943 10238 Gradient 1.15 1.10 1.44 2.81 3.89 4.09 4.27 4.67 'Depth' at which pressure occurs; ft /($B$21*$B$14^2+2*$B$22*$B$14+$B$22^2))) -(2*$B$19*SQRT($B$23)/$B$21^2) *($B$24*ATAN(($B$21*B34+$B$22) /($B$19*SQRT($B$23)))-$B$24 *ATAN(($B$21*$B$14+$B$22) /($B$19*SQRT($B$23)))))

15 100 200 800 1,600 1,800 2,000 2,500

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ss in Rig Piping
100 100 1500 3 100
207.0 70.3 0.5535 0.0105 1.24 psi/100ft psig F c.f.m. in ft

c.f.m. f.p.s. lbs/ft

epower Output
3 14.7 350 530 600 540 348 219
psia psia deg R scf/m deg R psia

hp

injection meter

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