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Pipe Rheometer PR-100 2010 04

This document provides a technical specification for a Mixing Unit with Shear Loop and Pipe Rheology System (MU-SH100) that is designed to evaluate the rheological properties of completion and fracturing fluids. The system consists of subsystems for slurry mixing, pumping, shear simulation to condition fluids under downhole conditions, pipe rheometry to measure shear stress and determine rheological properties, and fluid disposal. All components are manufactured in the United States and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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Pipe Rheometer PR-100 2010 04

This document provides a technical specification for a Mixing Unit with Shear Loop and Pipe Rheology System (MU-SH100) that is designed to evaluate the rheological properties of completion and fracturing fluids. The system consists of subsystems for slurry mixing, pumping, shear simulation to condition fluids under downhole conditions, pipe rheometry to measure shear stress and determine rheological properties, and fluid disposal. All components are manufactured in the United States and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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Technical Specification

Core Lab Instruments 4616 North Mingo Road, Tulsa, Oklahoma. USA
Tel: (1) 918-834-2337
Fax: (1) 918-834-9887
Email: [email protected]




ITEM QUANTITY CATALOG NO. DESCRIPTION




J une22, 2010 All instruments and instrumentation sub-systems were manufactured or assembled in the United States of America.
Specifications subject to change without notice.
MU-SH100 Mixing Unit with Shear Loop and Pipe Rheology System, consists of the following subsystems:
PR-100
Slurry Mixing System
Pumping System
Shear Simulator
Pipe Rheometer
Fluid Disposal System
Data Acquisition System

This system is designed to evaluate the
rheological properties of completion and
fracturing fluids. This is carried out by
mixing the completion fluid or fracture gel in
the paddle stirrer tanks and then pumping a
through a heated shear loop to condition the
fluid and simulate down hole conditions. The
fluid/slurry is then pumped though a series of
pipes to measure the shear stress exhibited by
the fluid/slurry at different shear rates. Using
this shear stress vs. shear rate data the
rheological properties of the slurry can be
determined (n, k, apparent viscosity).
Following the determination of the
rheological properties with the Pipe Rheometer, the fluid/slurry is then either disposed of or used in
ancillary experiments. After measurement in the system the exiting fluid can be returned to the
mixing tanks or used in experiments in the RPTA or AFCS systems.
Mixing System comprising 50 gallon
lidded plastic tank complete with centrifugal
feed pump, paddle stirrer and associated
tubing, valves and fittings
Pumping System comprising a Primary
Pressure Pump fed by the Mixing System
Pump a Cross Linking pump allows
introduction of the cross linking agent to the
fluid exiting the Primary Pump. The Pressure
Pump can deliver gel at up to 1,000 ml per
minute and a maximum pressure of 4,800 psi.
The Cross Linking Pump injects fluid at a
variable rate of 5 ml per minute up to 120 ml
per minute.
Heated Well Bore Shear Rate Simulator - to simulate high shear well bore environment and to raise
fluid temperature from ambient to a maximum of 300 F. A shear rate of 1,500 reciprocal seconds has
been selected to represent the most common rate seen in operations however customized shear loops
are available as a factory installed option. The length of the shear loop can be manually adjusted to
allow variable residence times of 1 minute, 2.5 minutes or 5 minutes.
Heated Fracture shear Simulator to simulate the shear forces a completion fluid would
experience as it progresses down the length of the fracture. To accomplish this a shear rate of 80
Technical Specification
Core Lab Instruments 4616 North Mingo Road, Tulsa, Oklahoma. USA
Tel: (1) 918-834-2337
Fax: (1) 918-834-9887
Email: [email protected]




ITEM QUANTITY CATALOG NO. DESCRIPTION




J une22, 2010 All instruments and instrumentation sub-systems were manufactured or assembled in the United States of America.
Specifications subject to change without notice.
reciprocal seconds has been selected as most representative of the actual reservoir conditions.
Residence time for the fluid is fixed at 5 minutes with temperature of up to 300 Deg F obtainable.
Modular Pipe Rheometer comprising 4 varying diameter straight tubing with digital gage and
differential pressure transducer array. Complete with oil bath heating system to maintain system
temperature.
Cooling Loop and Back Pressure System to cool fluid to below 212 Deg F before exiting the
system and to maintain system pressure during the rheological measurements.
Data Acquisition System PC based system with USB 2.0 data acquisition and minimum
workstation with PC, Dual 21 inch LCD Monitors, 1GB RAM, 520GBHard Drive, CD/DVD RW
with Microsoft Windows XP Professional Operating System. Custom inter-active graphics based
control software allows for the control and operation of the system whilst monitoring and recording
all pressure, temperature, flow rate. On screen custom graphing of data is accomplished through the
inter-active program interface. From the flow rate, differential pressure and the diameters and lengths
of the four pipes shear stress of the fluid is calculated along with the shear rate in each tube. The
viscosity of the fluid at each shear rate is then displayed real time.

Note: Pipe Rheometers are available to cover the full range of fluids encountered in completion and
stimulation studies. A number of set ups may be required to cover the range anticipated in a particular
laboratory and can be easily substituted into the system.

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