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Pressure Drop through Surface Equipment

By DrillingFormulas.Com | February 16, 2015 - 5:28 am |Drilling Hydraulics 3 Comments

Pressure drop through surface equipment is one of the components in drilling hydraulics that must be considered. When we talk about surface
equipment, we usually refer to those following equipment as a stand pipe, surface hoses, a swivel, a gooseneck and a Kelly.

Surface equipment on the rig – more detail here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_components_of_oil_drilling_rigs Continue reading →

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Understand Pressure Loss (Frictional Pressure) in Drilling System

By DrillingFormulas.Com | November 4, 2013 - 8:21 am |Basic Drilling Formulas, Drilling Hydraulics Leave a comment

Frictional pressure is pressure loss acting in the opposite direction of fluid flow and today we will look into each component in pressure therefore you will
get clearer picture about the frictional pressure in drilling system.

Let take a look at the simple diagram below.

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A mud pump creates power to move drilling fluid from point A to C and the frictional pressure or pressure loss is the amount of pressure required to
transfer fluid.

Pump pressure is 2,000 psi at the starting point (“A”) and at the end point (“C”), pressure is 0 psi. This tells you that you need 2,000 psi to overcome the
frictional pressure in order to move the fluid from point “A” to point “C”.

“Differential pressure between two points in the system is pressure loss while fluid is moved from one to another point.”

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Pressure Drop Across a Bit

By DrillingFormulas.Com | May 18, 2012 - 6:29 am |Drilling Engineering Calculations, Drilling Hydraulics 6 Comments

Pressure across a bit occurs when the drilling mud passing through the jet nozzles. This pressure drop is important for drilling hydraulic optimization
(maximum hydraulic horse power or impact force) and hole cleaning. The pressure drop at the nozzle area is a function of total flow area of the bit, flow
rate and mud density.

Pressure drop across the bit can be determined by the following equation:

Where:

Pb = pressure drop across a bit, psi

Q = flow rate, gpm

W = mud weight, ppg

A = total flow area, square inch

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Type of Flow in Drilling Hydraulics

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By DrillingFormulas.Com | May 10, 2012 - 10:43 am |Drilling Hydraulics Leave a comment

Flow of drilling fluids can be classified into one of three phases which are laminar, transition and turbulent flow.

Laminar Flow

Laminar flow, sometimes known as streamline flow, occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers. At low velocities
the fluid tends to flow without lateral mixing, and adjacent layers slide past one another like playing cards. There are no cross currents perpendicular to
the direction of flow, nor eddies or swirls of fluids. In laminar flow the motion of the particles of fluid is very orderly with all particles moving in straight lines
parallel to the pipe walls.

Transition Flow

Transitional flow exhibits characteristics of both laminar and turbulent flow. The edges of the fluid flow in a laminar state, while the center of the flow
remains turbulent. Like turbulent flows, transitional flows are difficult, if not impossible, to accurately measure.

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Flow Regime and Critical Reynolds Number for Drilling Hydraulics

By DrillingFormulas.Com | May 7, 2012 - 1:16 pm |Drilling Engineering Calculations, Drilling Hydraulics Leave a comment

Drilling fluid has three flow regimes which are laminar, transition or turbulent flow. The following illustrations demonstrate three types of flow

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In 1883 when Mr Osborne Reynolds did the fluid study, he discovered Reynolds number describing flow of water in a circular pipe. From his experiment,
the turbulent flow starts at the Reynolds Number of 2,000 and the complete turbulent flow occurs at the Reynolds Number of 4,000. Therefore, when the
calculated Reynolds number of fluid is between 2,000 and 4,000, the transition flow is called.

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