Influência da variação granulométrica de argilas bentoníticas no comportamento reológico e de filtração de fluidos de perfuração base água

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Caetano, André Luiz Araújo
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba; Brasil; Engenharia de Materiais; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Argilas bentoníticas; Fluidos de perfuração; Granulometria; Reologia; Bentonite clays; Drilling fluids; Granulometry; Rheology; ENGENHARIAS
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/450

The physical characteristics as particle size distribution, density, shape, specific surface area and surface roughness affects the rheological behavior of dispersions. The objective of this work is to study the influence of particle size variation of bentonite clay used as viscosifying agents in water based drilling fluids, the rheological and filtration properties. For both six bentonite clays from deposits in Boa Vista, PB, which were prepared for physical and mineralogical characterization were selected. Then, they were crushed and sieved into different sieve ABNT N° 80, 200 and 325 (180, 75 and 45 μm), being determined from the particle size distribution by laser diffraction their dispersions and then treatment performed with a solution of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3 ) determining the rheological and filtration properties of their aqueous dispersions. We also evaluated the influence of two different curing conditions on the transformations performed on the polycationic bentonite with sodium in their rheological properties. Clays had physical and mineralogical characteristics typical of bentonite clays. The variation of the openings of the sieves influenced, in general, only the accumulated mass below 2 μm who showed greater for sieve clays in the opening 45 μm and all size analysis showed monomodal distribution. It was observed that, in general, the decrease in average particle diameter and increase in cumulative weight below 2 μm, VA is decreased. It was not possible to generalize the influence given by the size of the particles in the VP and VF. The curing time longer possible to clays which had accumulated mass lower than 2 μm (clay) higher to obtain dispersions with thixotropic characteristics and higher and lower values of VA and VP. It was not possible to generalize the influence of curing time in VF. The fine particles of bentonite have great tendency to form agglomerates hindering the analysis of the actual particle size and its relation to the rheological properties.