Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/15789
Title: The rheology of drilling fluids from a non-equilibrium thermodynamics perspective
Authors: Stephanou, Pavlos S. 
Major Field of Science: Engineering and Technology
Field Category: Environmental Engineering
Keywords: Rheology;Thermodynamics;Drilling fluids
Issue Date: 1-Jun-2018
Source: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018, vol. 165, pp. 1010-1020
Volume: 165
Start page: 1010
End page: 1020
Journal: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 
Abstract: The rheological behavior of drillings fluids is usually described by the Casson or the Herschel- Bulkley models. Despite the overwhelming data highlighting the significance of their use in numerous fields, they fail to produce normal stresses, whose importance in drilling operations has only recently attracted attention. We herein introduce a continuum model for predicting the rheological behavior of drilling fluids with plate-like suspensions, based on the Hamiltonian formulation of transport phenomena for fluids with a complex microstructure. The model describes drilling fluids at a mesoscopic level by using two fields: a vectorial (the momentum density) and a tensorial one (the particle's orientation tensor). A thorough comparison against experimental data demonstrates the unique capability of the new model to accurately describe the rheological behavior of these systems, for both shear viscosity and normal stresses. Future work, aiming to improve the predictive capacity of the model at higher volume fractions and for considering the extreme temperature and pressure conditions frequently encountered in borehole operations, are also discussed.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/15789
ISSN: 09204105
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2017.11.040
Rights: © Elsevier B.V.
Type: Article
Affiliation : University of Cyprus 
University of Patras 
Cyprus University of Technology 
Funding: This work was co-funded by the Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation (Project No.: KOYLTOYRA/BP-NE/0415/01 ) granted to PSS through the “Cyprus Research Award-Young Researcher 2015” award.
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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