561241495.

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POWER LAW PRESSURE LOSS-PIPE & ANNULUS

696 CIRCULATION RATE (gpm): 10,000 LENGTH PIPE (ft):

12.25 HOLE SIZE (inch): 4.5 PIPE OD (inch):

10.5 MUD WT (ppg): 3.826 PIPE ID (inch):

1431 Pressure loss inside pipe (psi):

TURBUL'T FLOW REGIME IS:
154 9 = FLOW NUMBERS for pipe MUST MATCH
50 ADJUST TO MATCH DESIRED FLOW NUMBERS; not to exceed 600
7 9 = FLOW NUMBERS for annulus MUST MATCH
33 Pressure loss annular flow (psi):
LAMINAR FLOW REGIME IS:

FANN ROTARY VISCOMETER DATA

50 LOW FANN TEMP (deg F):

118 FLOW FANN TEMP (deg F):

180 HIGH FANN TEMP (deg F):

READING @ READING @READING @ FANN
FLOW TEMP HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP RPM

45 37 55 600

28 24 34 300

21 19 23 200

13 12 14 100

4 4 5 6

3 3 4 3

MUD PROPERTIES @ DOWNHOLE TEMPERATURE

.5231 API TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT EXPONENT U
LOG OF FANN READINGS VS. RPM AT TEMPERATURE
LOG(RPM) LOG(READ) LOG(COMP) RPM
6.397 3.800 3.810 600
5.704 3.344 3.304 300
5.298 3.036 3.033 200
4.605 2.558 2.611 100
1.792 1.493 1.433 6
1.099 1.236 1.276 3
LN-LN FLOW CURVE EQUATION: LN(READING) = A + B * LN( RPM) + C * (LN(RPM))^2
A= 1.132682506 6 24.8945714 127.150953847 15.46666031
B= 0.070215242 24.8945714 127.150954 700.80687857 75.28020215
C= 0.054443846 127.150954 700.806879 3982.48120712 410.0505781

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SLOPE OF THE LN-LN FLOW CURVE IS ITS DERIVATIVE: dLN(R)/dLN(RPM) = B + 2 * C *LN(RPM)

FANN RPM SLOPE READING
50 0.4962 9.399

pipe flow annular flow

.496 n: .496 n:
.011 kv: .011 kv:
1.067 x: 1.067 x:
1.083 Fp: 1.119 Fa:
.012 kp: .012 ka:
19.407 Vp: 2.188 Va:
131 Annular Velocity ft/min
28525 Np: 1806 Na:
2790 Laminar: Np< 2790 Laminar: Na<
3590 Turbulent: Np> 3590 Turbulent: Na>
2790 Transitional: Np between 2790 Transitional: Na between
TURBULENT FLOW REGIME IS: LAMINAR FLOW REGIME IS:
.0725 a: .0725 a:
.2935 b: .2935 b:
.0324 f transitional: .0111 f transitional:
.0006 f laminar .0133 f laminar
.0036 f turbulent: .0080 f turbulent:
.0036 f: .0133 f:

FLOW CURVE FOR THE MUD

4.500

4.000

3.500
LN OF FANN READINGS

3.000

2.500

2.000

1.500

1.000

0.500

0.000
0.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 5.000 6.000 7.000

LN OF FANN SPEED

PROGRAM DOS NAME: POWERLAW.XLS

PURPOSE: Find Pressure Losses in Annulus and Pipe.

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