Korelacja skuteczności działania środków dyspergujących o różnym mechanizmie upłynniania

Abstract

Effective borehole sealing depends on many properties of the cement slurry. The rheological parameters are the most important. Designing the cement slurry with the required values of plastic viscosity, yield point or consistency coefficient contributes to the efficient performance of the cementing procedure and allows for effective filling of the cemented space outside the tubing. In order to adjust rheological parameters to technological requirements, dispersants are used. The operation of these plasticizers or superplasticizers is related to their chemical structure, which determines their liquefaction mechanism. Therefore, in order to properly select a fluidizing agent, it is beneficial to become familiar with its mechanism of operation, thanks to which it will be possible to use the optimal amounts for a given cement slurry recipe. The publication discusses the effectiveness of dispersing agents depending on their liquefaction mechanism. The research work carried out consisted in the modification of the cement slurry with the use of sodium salts of polycondensates of naphthalene sulfonic acids and a polymer dispersant based on carboxylates. Amounts of dispersant ranging from 0.05% (bwoc) to 1.0% (bwoc) were used. The rheological parameters described by means of five rheological models, i.e. Newton, Bingham, Ostwald de Waele, Casson and Herschele-Bulkley, were tested for the cement slurries. The main goal of the work presented in the article was to conduct a correlation analysis of the change in rheological parameters of slurries modified with dispersants belonging to different groups depending on their liquefaction mechanism. Thanks to this, it was possible to indicate the effectiveness of the dispersing additives depending on the amount of the fluid used belonging to a specific group. The work carried out is helpful in determining the optimal amount of dispersing agent depending on its type (mechanism of action).