Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1, the self-feedback three-phase system drilling fluid mixing system comprises: a mixer 6, a seawater tank 1a, a base slurry tank 1b and an additive tank 1 c; the seawater pool 1a is connected with the mixer 6 through a first pipeline, the base slurry pool 1b is connected with the mixer 6 through a second pipeline, and the additive pool 1c is connected with the mixer 6 through a third pipeline; wherein the seawater pool 1a contains seawater for providing a seawater raw material to the first pipeline; the base slurry tank 1b accommodates a base slurry tank for supplying a base slurry raw material to the second pipeline and breaking the network structure of the high-viscosity fluid; the additive tank 1c contains an additive for supplying an additive raw material to the third pipeline; seawater, base slurry and additives enter a mixer 6 to be mixed and then enter a slurry pool or a slurry pump manifold through a density self-feedback module 7.
A mortar pump 2a, a first flow meter 4a and a first control valve 5a are sequentially arranged on the first pipeline from the seawater pool 1a to the mixer 6; an overflow return bypass is arranged between the mortar pump 2a and the first flowmeter 4a, the overflow return bypass is connected to the seawater pool 1a, and a first overflow valve 3a is arranged on the overflow return bypass; the mortar pump 2a pumps seawater and enters the first pipeline, the first flowmeter 4a measures seawater flow in the first pipeline, the first overflow valve 3a is opened when in work, and the seawater overflows back to the seawater pool 1 a.
A shear pump 2b, a second flow meter 4b and a second control valve 5b are sequentially arranged on the second pipeline from the basic slurry tank 1b to the mixer 6; an overflow return bypass is arranged between the shear pump 2b and the second flowmeter 4b, a second overflow valve 3b is arranged on the overflow return bypass, and the overflow return bypass is connected to the base slurry tank 1 b; the shear pump 2b pumps the base slurry to enter the second pipeline, the second flowmeter 4b measures the flow of the base slurry in the second pipeline, the second overflow valve 3b is opened when working, and the base slurry overflows back to the base slurry pool 1 b.
A centrifugal pump 2c, a third flow meter 4c and a third control valve 5c are sequentially arranged on the third pipeline from the additive tank 1c to the mixer 6; an overflow return bypass is arranged between the centrifugal pump 2c and the third flow meter 4c, the overflow return bypass is connected to the additive tank 1c, and a third overflow valve 3c is arranged on the overflow return bypass; the centrifugal pump 2c pumps the additive into a third pipeline, a third flow meter 4c measures the flow of the additive in the third pipeline, a third overflow valve 3c is opened when working, and the additive overflows back into an additive pool.
The first flowmeter 4a in the first pipeline, the second flowmeter 4b in the second pipeline and the third flowmeter 4c in the third pipeline are connected with the field control box 8 in a wired or wireless mode; a first control valve meter 5a in a first pipeline, a second flow meter 5b in a second pipeline and a third flow meter 5c in a third pipeline are connected with a field control box 8 in a wired or wireless mode; the density self-feedback module 7 is connected with the field control box 8 in a wired or wireless mode; the field control box 8 is connected with a remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9 in a wired or wireless mode. A first flowmeter 4a in the first pipeline transmits a seawater flow signal to a field control box 8, and the field control box 8 transmits the seawater flow signal to a remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9; the remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9 transmits a control signal to the field control box 8, and the field control box 8 transmits the control signal to the first control valve 5a to adjust the flow of the seawater. The second flowmeter 4b in the second pipeline transmits a base slurry flow signal to the field control box 8, the field control box 8 transmits the base slurry flow signal to the remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9, the remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9 transmits a control signal to the field control box 8, and the field control box 8 transmits the control signal to the second control valve 5b to adjust the base slurry flow. A third flow meter 4c in the third pipeline transmits an additive flow signal to a field control box 8, and the field control box 8 transmits the additive flow signal to a remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9; the remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9 transmits a control signal to the field control box 8, and the field control box 8 transmits the control signal to the third control valve 5c to adjust the additive flow. The density self-feedback module 7 transmits the density signal of the outlet of the mixer to the field control box 8, and the field control box 8 transmits the density signal to the remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9.
The field control box 8 can read the flow rates of the seawater, the base slurry and the additive and the density of the mixed liquid at the outlet of the mixer, and can manually adjust the opening of the control valve. The remote hydraulic parameter design and calculation module 9 can manually input a command of required drilling fluid density, and can also calculate the required drilling fluid density according to the formation pressure and calculate the required discharge capacity of seawater, base slurry and additives according to the drilling fluid density.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the remote hydraulic parameter designing and calculating module 9 may manually input a command of a required drilling fluid density, or design and calculate the drilling fluid density by using the remote hydraulic parameter designing and calculating module 9 according to the formation pressure, design the proportion and the required displacement of the base slurry, the seawater and the additive, merge the base slurry and the additive into the mixer 6 by the first manifold and the second manifold, adjust the opening of the first control valve 5a to adjust the seawater flow rate according to the calculated data, adjust the opening of the second control valve 5b to adjust the base slurry flow rate, and adjust the opening of the third control valve 5c to adjust the additive flow rate. The first flow meter 4a transmits the seawater flow, the second flow meter 4b transmits the base slurry flow and the third flow meter 4c transmits the additive flow data to the control module 9 to compare with the design parameters, and the opening of the control valve is further adjusted until the seawater, the base slurry and the additive reach the calculated displacement. When the mixing ratio of the seawater is small, the opening degree of the first control valve 5a is small, the pump pressure is increased, the first overflow valve 3a is opened, and the seawater flows back to the seawater pool 1 a; when the base slurry mixing ratio is small, the opening degree of the second control valve 5b is small, the pump pressure is increased, the second overflow valve 3b is opened, and the base slurry flows back to the base slurry tank 1 b; when the mixing ratio of the additive is small, the opening degree of the third control valve 5c is small, the pump pressure is increased, the third overflow valve 3c is opened, and the additive flows back to the additive tank 1c, so that the mixing of the seawater, the base slurry and the additive in various proportions and discharge capacities is realized; the density self-feedback module 7 transmits a density signal of the outlet of the mixer to the field control box 8, the field control box 8 transmits the density signal to the remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9 to be compared with an instruction or a designed density, the discharge capacity of seawater, base slurry and an additive is recalculated when the expected value is not reached, a closed loop is formed until the density meets the requirement, the field drilling requirement is met, and the error of the flowmeter can be found in time according to the density feedback value to be corrected.
It can be understood that when no additive is needed, the additive inlet 12 in the third pipeline can be closed, the proportion of the base slurry and the seawater and the required discharge capacity are designed, the seawater and the base slurry are converged into the mixer 6 through the first manifold, the opening of the first control valve 5a is adjusted according to the calculated data to adjust the flow of the seawater, and the opening of the second control valve 5b is adjusted to adjust the flow of the base slurry. The first flowmeter 4a transmits the seawater flow and the second flowmeter 4b transmits the base slurry flow data to the control module 9 to be compared with design parameters, and the opening of the control valve is further adjusted until the seawater and the base slurry reach the calculated displacement. When the mixing ratio of the seawater is small, the opening degree of the first control valve 5a is small, the pump pressure is increased, the first overflow valve 3a is opened, and the seawater flows back to the seawater pool 1 a; when the base slurry mixing ratio is small, the opening degree of the second control valve 5b is small, the pump pressure is increased, the second overflow valve 3b is opened, and the base slurry flows back into the base slurry tank 1b, so that the mixing of the seawater and the base slurry in various proportions and discharge capacities is realized; the density self-feedback module 7 transmits a density signal of the outlet of the mixer to the field control box 8, the field control box 8 transmits the density signal to the remote hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9 to be compared with an instruction or a designed density, the discharge capacity of seawater, base slurry and an additive is recalculated when the expected value is not reached, a closed loop is formed until the density meets the requirement, the field drilling requirement is met, and the error of the flowmeter can be found in time according to the density feedback value to be corrected.
As shown in fig. 3, the mixer 6 includes: a cabin 602, a seawater inlet 603, a base slurry inlet 604, an additive inlet 605 and a mixed liquid outlet 606; the additive inlet 605 and the mixed liquid outlet 606 are respectively connected with two ends of the cabin 602, and the seawater inlet 603 and the base slurry inlet 604 are positioned at one end of the cabin 602 close to the additive 605 inlet and are respectively divided at two sides of the cabin 602; a seawater nozzle 601a is arranged between the cabin 602 and the seawater inlet 603, a base slurry nozzle 601b is arranged between the cabin 602 and the base slurry inlet 603, and a flow dividing structure 607 is arranged between the cabin 602 and the additive inlet 605; as shown in fig. 4, the seawater nozzle 601a and the base slurry nozzle 601b are both arranged opposite to the cabin body in an eccentric manner, and the optimal eccentric distance is the distance when no intersection part exists on the projection of the vertical mixing cabin; seawater inlet 603, base slurry inlet 604 and additive inlet 605 are used for mixing seawater, base slurry and additives which are gathered into the cabin body through a nozzle; wherein the additive inlet 605 can be closed when the additive is not needed, so as to complete the mixing of the base slurry and the seawater; the mixed liquor is discharged through outlet 606.
As shown in fig. 5, the seawater nozzle 601a and the base slurry nozzle 601b have the same structure and are both dumbbell-shaped, the dumbbell-shaped can increase the shearing area, and the nozzle shape belongs to the prior art; as shown in fig. 6, inlets of the seawater nozzle 601a and the base slurry nozzle 601b adopt a dumbbell-shaped twisting reducing structure, the twisting angle is 15-25 degrees, the reducing structure accelerates the fluid to increase the turbulence, the twisting can increase the shearing area, and primary vortex is formed; the shortest thickness of the seawater nozzle 601a and the base slurry nozzle 601b is 8-10cm, so that high-speed fluid and vortex can be formed, and the size can be smaller; the seawater nozzle 601a and the base slurry nozzle 601b are directly connected with the cabin body, so that an inefficient mixing area at an outlet is saved, the turbulence degree of high-speed fluid is ensured, and the structure is more compact; the eccentric structure enables the two fluids to form secondary vortex in the mixer, and the vortex is beneficial to increasing the contact time and the contact area of the two components in the cabin; the structure is beneficial to the movement of two components in the mutual occupied space in a volume diffusion mode, the fluid is subjected to the actions of shearing, extruding, stretching and the like to achieve uniform distribution, the inelastic collision of the high-speed fluid in the cabin is avoided, the high-speed fluid is directly sheared and mixed with the low-speed fluid in the cabin, the momentum loss is reduced, the mixing time of the fluid in the mixer is prolonged, the two fluids are mixed more efficiently, and the requirements of various discharge capacities and mixing ratios can be met. The invention has more compact structure, does not affect the installation mode (horizontal and vertical), saves the space of the ocean platform, can make the installation more convenient and saves the installation time.
As shown in fig. 7, the additive entry adopts reposition of redundant personnel structure 607, the inside round platform shape that is of reposition of redundant personnel structure 607, it is the hemisphere to be close to additive entry position, the outside is empty round platform shape, outside small head is connected with the additive entry, the major part is connected with the mixing cabin, the inside 4 rectangular blocks that link together with the outside of reposition of redundant personnel structure, the reposition of redundant personnel structure can shunt the additive to blender wall department, make the additive converge into high-speed outflow's sea water and base stock, mix in the inboard swirl, avoid the additive directly to flow through from the blender center and reduce the mix time, it is more even to make the three-phase mix.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the method for mixing drilling fluid by using the self-feedback three-phase system drilling fluid mixing system comprises the following steps:
1. the hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9 obtains a required drilling fluid density instruction, or the hydraulic parameter design and calculation module 9 is used for designing and calculating the drilling fluid density according to the formation pressure, and the proportion and the required discharge capacity of seawater, base slurry and an additive are designed;
the hydraulic parameter design calculation control module 9 of the drilling fluid mixing system calculates the mud density and the discharge capacity required by killing the well according to the formation pressure according to the principle that: under the density and the discharge capacity, the pressure of a flowing circulating frictional resistance liquid adding column in the well is equal to the pore pressure of the stratum but less than the fracture pressure of the stratum; according to the conditions of offshore drilling, the density of the well killing fluid meets the following requirements:
Pr≤Pwf=ρmgh+Pfr+ρswghsw
in the formula:
Pr-formation pressure, Pa;
Pwf-bottom hole pressure, Pa;
ρm-density of drilling fluid in kg/m after mixing3;
h-depth of mud line from bottom hole, m;
Pfr-annulus friction, Pa;
ρswsea water density, kg/m3;
hsw-water depth, m;
the annular friction resistance is calculated by the following formula:
in the formula:
Dwi-section i wellbore diameter, m;
Dp-drill rod outer diameter, cm;
dc-drill collar outside diameter, cm;
ρm-density of drilling fluid in kg/m after mixing3;
Mu-slurry plastic viscosity, Pa · s;
q-displacement, L/s;
Hi-an ith wellbore length;
b is constant, the inner flat drill rod B is 0.51655, and the through hole drill rod B is 0.57503;
the maximum final mud density is calculated from the formation fracture pressure:
in the formula:
h-depth of mud line from bottom hole, m;
ρswsea water density, kg/m3;
hsw-water depth, m;
ρ′mend slurry Density, kg/m3;
Pf-formation fracture pressure, MPa;
control of the dynamic kill volume is required while adjusting the drilling mud density. The discharge capacity of drilling fluid required for realizing well killing is as follows:
in the formula:
Pr-formation pressure, Pa;
ρswsea water density, kg/m3;
ρm-density of drilling fluid in kg/m after mixing3;
hsw-water depth, m;
h-depth of mud line from bottom hole, m;
mu-slurry plastic viscosity, Pa · s;
Dwi-section i wellbore diameter, m;
Dp-drill rod outer diameter, cm;
Dc-drill collar outer diameter, cm;
hi-an ith wellbore length;
b is constant, the inner flat drill rod B is 0.51655, and the through hole drill rod B is 0.57503;
the maximum drilling displacement for ensuring the safety of the shaft is as follows:
the discharge capacity of the drilling fluid also meets the requirement of carrying rocks, and the minimum discharge capacity required for meeting the requirement of carrying rocks is as follows:
in the formula:
Qa-minimum displacement, L/s, to meet the requirement for carrying rock.
Dw-wellbore diameter, cm;
Dp-drill rod outer diameter, cm;
ρm-density of drilling fluid in kg/m after mixing3;
The displacement of weighted drilling fluid and seawater can be calculated by the following formula:
ρm(Q1+Q2+Q3)=ρ0Q1+ρswQ2+ρtjQ3
Q=Q1+Q2+Q3
Q2=aQ3
in the formula:
a is the required preset ratio of seawater to additive, and has no dimension;
ρ0base slurry density of weighted drilling fluid in kg/m3;
ρtjDensity of additive, kg/m3;
Q1In order to increase the discharge capacity of the base slurry of the drilling fluid, L/s;
Q2the discharge capacity of seawater is L/s;
Q3is the additive displacement, L/s;
2. adjusting the seawater flow controlled by a first control valve, the base slurry flow controlled by a second control valve and the additive flow controlled by a third control valve according to the displacement and proportion data calculated by the remote hydraulic parameter design and calculation module 9;
3. when the required flow of the seawater is small, the opening degree of the first control valve 5a is reduced, the pump pressure of the mortar pump 2a is increased, the first overflow valve 3a is opened to release the pressure, and the seawater flows back to the seawater pool 1 a; when the required flow of the base slurry is small, the opening degree of the second control valve 5b is reduced, the pump pressure of the shear pump 2b is increased, the second overflow valve 3b is opened to release the pressure, and the base slurry flows back to the base slurry tank 1 b; when the required flow of the additive is small, the opening degree of a third control valve 5c is reduced, the pump pressure of a centrifugal pump 2c is increased, a third overflow valve 3c is opened to release pressure, and the additive flows back to an additive tank 1 c;
4. the first flow meter 4a transmits the seawater flow, the second flow meter 4b transmits the base slurry flow and the third flow meter 4c transmits the additive flow data to the control module 9 to compare with the design parameters, and the opening of the control valve is further adjusted until the seawater, the base slurry and the additive reach the calculated displacement;
5. the seawater passes through a first control valve 5a, the base slurry passes through a second control valve 5b and the additive passes through a third control valve 5c and then is mixed in a mixer;
6. the mixer outlet density self-feedback module 7 feeds the measured density back to the control module to be compared with the instruction or the designed density, the opening of the control valve is adjusted again when the measured density cannot reach the expected value, a closed loop is formed until the density meets the requirement, the field drilling requirement is met, and the error of the flowmeter can be found in time according to the density feedback value and corrected.
Experiment and simulation verification: as shown in FIG. 8, the density of the base slurry was 2.0g/cm3Sea water density 1.025g/cm3And the density change chart on the mixer axis is obtained after the base slurry and the seawater are mixed by the mixer under the condition of 3:2 mixing ratio under different discharge capacities. And the well killing requirement is met according to the equivalent density of the drilling fluid and the annular circulation friction resistance during well killing. The circulation friction is closely related to the discharge capacity, so the mixer must be capable of meeting the requirement of mixing drilling fluids with different discharge capacities. Especially, when the large displacement is needed in an emergency, the reliability of the mixer is tested. From fig. 8, the mixer can rapidly mix the base slurry and the seawater uniformly and stably in the mixer under the discharge capacity of 20L/s-100L/s. As shown in fig. 9: under the condition that the discharge capacity is 50L/s and under the condition of different mixing ratios of the basic slurry and the seawater, the density after theoretical mixing and the mixing density and the mean square error of a simulation experiment show that the error between the outlet density of the mixer and a theoretical value is small and stable, and the field requirement can be met. As shown in fig. 10: and (3) uniformly taking x, x1, x2, x3 and x4 as a mixing effect diagram when the seawater is 30L/s, the base slurry is 20L/s and the additive is 5L/s, respectively representing different axial linear density change curves in the mixer, wherein the length of the mixer is 0.5m, and the density at a mixing outlet is uniformly mixed.