gitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or

square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitatorsgitators perform more efficient when they are placed in symmetrically sized round or
square compartments. Round compartments are ideal because there is no place for the
solids to settle. However, few contractors have round tanks e there are some available
but, for some reason, most contractors have rectangular tanks.
Round tanks can be fitted with a center drain and the bottom tapered toward the
drain. These tanks are easier to clean and require less wash fluid and time than rectangular
or square tanks. Round tanks should be outfitted with 4 baffles located 90o from each
other with a thickness of 1/12th of the tank diameter and offset from the tank wall as
illustrated in Fig. 4.11.
Because the agitators impart a spinning motion to the drilling fluid, baffles should be
installed around each agitator, in a square or rectangular compartment (Fig. 4.13). A
typical baffle can be a plate of steel about 1/2 to 1 in. thick and 12 in. wide and extends
from the bottom of the tank to about a foot above the impeller blade. Four baffles should
be installed around each agitator in a regular pattern at 90 degrees to each other with the
same distance between each baffle. They can be about 6 in. from the tip of the blade oriented so they are
in line with the agitator shaft. In a long rectangular tank, the tank should
be divided into imaginary squares and the baffles pointed toward the agitator shaft. This
prevents the drilling fluid from swirling in a manner that creates a vortex. A vortex will
pull air into the drilling fluid. Air will create many problems, including corrosion of steel
components and causing centrifugal pumps to cease pumping fluid. It will also greatly
decrease the volumetric mud pump efficiency.
Sizing agitators