Characterizing the Rheology of Methane Hydrate Slurry in a Horizontal Water-Continuous System

SPE Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 1026-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baojiang Sun ◽  
Weiqi Fu ◽  
Zhiyuan Wang ◽  
Jianchun Xu ◽  
Litao Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Methane Hydrate ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Continuous System ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
High Shear Rate ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Thickening Behavior ◽  
Low Shear

Summary Methane hydrate slurry in a water-continuous system is a significant production issue during pilot explorations for natural gas and natural gas hydrates in a deepwater environment. This work investigated the morphology and rheology of hydrate slurry with hydrate concentrations from 6 to 11% and shear rates from 20 to 700 s−1. Although hydrate slurry is widely considered a pseudoplastic fluid, in our experiment, hydrate slurry exhibited shear-thinning behavior in low-shear-rate conditions and shear-thickening behavior in high-shear-rate conditions. The breakup of agglomerates built up between hydrate particles by shear force induced shear-thinning behavior in low-shear-rate conditions. The collision between monodispersed hydrate particles resulted in shear-thickening behavior in high-shear-rate conditions. The critical shear rate was proposed to describe the transition between the shear-thinning and shear-thickening behaviors of the hydrate slurry, which was a function of the hydrate concentration. Empirical Herschel-Bulkley-type equations were developed to describe the rheology of the hydrate slurry for both conditions.

scholarly journals A semi-infinite hydraulic fracture driven by a shear-thinning fluid

2018 ◽  
Vol 838 ◽  
pp. 573-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima-Ezzahra Moukhtari ◽  
Brice Lecampion
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
High Shear Rate ◽  
Asymptotic Region ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Confining Stress ◽  
Low Shear

We use the Carreau rheological model which properly accounts for the shear-thinning behaviour between the low and high shear rate Newtonian limits to investigate the problem of a semi-infinite hydraulic fracture propagating at a constant velocity in an impermeable linearly elastic material. We show that the solution depends on four dimensionless parameters: a dimensionless toughness (function of the fracture velocity, confining stress, material and fluid parameters), a dimensionless transition shear stress (related to both fluid and material behaviour), the fluid shear-thinning index and the ratio between the high and low shear rate viscosities. We solve the complete problem numerically combining a Gauss–Chebyshev method for the discretization of the elasticity equation, the quasi-static fracture propagation condition and a finite difference scheme for the width-averaged lubrication flow. The solution exhibits a complex structure with up to four distinct asymptotic regions as one moves away from the fracture tip: a region governed by the classical linear elastic fracture mechanics behaviour near the tip, a high shear rate viscosity asymptotic and power-law asymptotic region in the intermediate field and a low shear rate viscosity asymptotic far away from the fracture tip. The occurrence and order of magnitude of the extent of these different viscous asymptotic regions are estimated analytically. Our results also quantify how shear thinning drastically reduces the size of the fluid lag compared to a Newtonian fluid. We also investigate simpler rheological models (power law, Ellis) and establish the small domain where they can properly reproduce the response obtained with the complete rheology.

scholarly journals The Effect of Rheology of Viscoelastic Polymer on Pressure Transient Response in Near-Wellbore Regions

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jia Zhang ◽  
Shiqing Cheng ◽  
Jie Zhan ◽  
Qi Han
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Pressure Data ◽  
Transient Pressure ◽  
Pressure Derivative ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Viscoelastic Polymer ◽  
Thickening Behavior

Viscoelastic polymer solution shows shear thinning behavior at low shear rates and shear thickening behavior at high shear rates in reservoirs. However, models that ignored shear thickening behavior were commonly employed to interpret transient pressure data derived from tested wells in viscoelastic polymer flooding systems; although, viscoelastic polymer solutions show shear thickening behavior in the near-wellbore region due to high shear rate. To better characterize the oilfield with pressure transient analysis in viscoelastic polymer flooding systems, we developed a numerical model that takes into account both shear thinning behavior and shear thickening behavior. A finite volume method was employed to discretize partially differential flow equations in a hybrid grid system including PEBI mesh and Cartesian grid, and the Newton-Raphson method was used to solve the fully implicit nonlinear system. To illustrate the significance of our model, we compared our model with a model that ignores the shear thickening behavior by graphing their solutions on log-log plots. In the flow regime of near-wellbore damage, the pressure derivative computed by our model is distinctly larger than that computed by the model ignoring shear thickening behavior. Furthermore, the effect of shear thickening behavior on pressure derivative differs from that of near-wellbore damage. We then investigated the influence of shear thickening behavior on pressure derivative with different polymer injection rates, injection rates, and permeabilities. The results can provide a benchmark to better estimate near-wellbore damage in viscoelastic polymer flooding systems. Besides, we demonstrated the applicability and accuracy of our model by interpreting transient pressure data from a field case in an oilfield with viscoelastic polymer flooding treatments.

Whole blood viscosity in the evaluation of thrombogenic milieu in mitral stenosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
Elif H Ozcan Cetin ◽  
Mehmet S Cetin ◽  
Mustafa B Ozbay ◽  
Hasan C Könte ◽  
Nezaket M Yaman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Blood Viscosity ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Mitral Stenosis ◽  
High Shear Rate ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Whole Blood Viscosity ◽  
Spontaneous Echo Contrast ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Low Shear

Aim: We aimed to assess the association of whole blood with thromboembolic milieu in significant mitral stenosis patients. Methodology & results: We included 122 patients and classified patients into two groups as having thrombogenic milieu, thrombogenic milieu (+), otherwise patients without thrombogenic milieu, thrombogenic milieu (-). Whole blood viscosity (WBV) in both shear rates were higher in thrombogenic milieu (+) group comparing with thrombogenic milieu (-). WBV at high shear rate and WBV at low shear rate parameters were moderately correlated with grade of spontaneous echo contrast. Adjusted with other parameters, WBV parameters at both shear rates were associated with presence of thrombogenic milieu. Discussion & conclusion: We found that extrapolated WBV at both shear rates was significantly associated with the thrombogenic milieu in mitral stenosis. This easily available parameter may provide additional perspective about thrombogenic diathesis.

The Simulation of Aggregated Colloids Under Flow

1992 ◽  
Vol 289 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Melrose
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Rouse Model ◽  
High Shear Rates ◽  
Structural Breakdown ◽  
Large Scale Simulations ◽  
Low Shear

AbstractAn overview is given of theories of aggregates under flow. These generally assume some sort of structural breakdown as the shear rate is increased. Models vary with both the rigidity of the bonding and the level of treatment of hydrodynamics. Results are presented for simulations of a Rouse model of non-rigid, (i.e. central force) weakly bonded aggregates. In large scale simulations different structures are observed at low and high shear rates. The change from one structure to another is associated with a change in the rate of shear thinning. The model captures low shear rate features of real systems absent in previous models: this feature is ascribed to agglomerate deformations. Quantitatively, the model is two orders of magnitude out from experiment but some scaling is possible.

Shear Thinning and Thickening of Alumina Suspensions

2010 ◽  
Vol 105-106 ◽  
pp. 833-836
Author(s):  
Xiang Yang Lu ◽  
Li Ming Zhang ◽  
Yong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Zeta Potential ◽  
Particle Surface ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
High Shear Rates ◽  
Stern Potential ◽  
Thickening Behavior ◽  
Alumina Suspensions

The rheological behavior of alumina suspension stabilized with Tri-ammonia citrate (TAC) was studied. It was thought that there would form some particle clusters due to the collisions between particles caused by their relative motion in the suspension, and such particle clusters are classified as thermodynamic clusters and hydrodynamic clusters by their origin. Shear thinning is the result of decomposition of the thermodynamic clusters, while shear thickening is the result of formation of the hydrodynamic clusters. From the view of cluster-forming potential barrier, it was deemed that the viscosities of alumina suspensions at low and high shear rates are respectively determined by zeta potential and Stern potential on the particle surface, and shear thickening behavior can be suppressed with some excessive TAC.

Elastohydrodynamic film thickness for shear-thinning lubricants

1998 ◽  
Vol 212 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Greenwood ◽  
J. J. Kauzlarich
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Mineral Oil ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Newtonian Viscosity ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Low Shear

Mineral oils and synthetic lubricants that are thickened by polymers of large molecular weight are being promoted for automobiles as well as aircraft gas turbines. These multiweight lubricants are found to have a complicated Newtonian and non-Newtonian viscosity depending upon shear rate in the bearing. In general, polymer-thickened mineral oil lubricants show a first Newtonian behaviour at a low shear rate, shear-thinning non-Newtonian behaviour at a higher shear rate and a second Newtonian behaviour at a very high shear rate, with a second Newtonian viscosity approximately equal to the base oil viscosity. Because of high shear thinning in the inlet region of rolling element bearings, predicting the film thickness using the low shear rate first Newtonian viscosity can be in error, in particular examples, by a factor of ½ for mineral oil plus 4% methacrylate thickener and 1/7 for mineral oil plus 20% polybutene thickener. The case of naturally shear-thinning silicone fluids is analysed and it is shown that the elastohydrodynamic (EHD) film thickness is nearly the same for silicones with widely varying first Newtonian viscosity. A general EHD analysis for shear-thinning lubricants in pure rolling is presented and shown to agree with known special cases. A closed-form EHD equation for power law shear-thinning lubricants is derived, which gives very accurate results for a bearing where the inlet state of the rolling element falls in the region where the non-Newtonian viscosity is expected. A comparison with some published experimental results by Bair and Khonsari is presented.

The impact of different arrangement of molecular chains in term of low and high shear rate’s viscosities on heat and mass flow of Non-Newtonian shear thinning fluids

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsan Hassan ◽  
Abrar Faisal ◽  
Khurram Javid ◽  
Salah Ud-Din Khan ◽  
Ashfaq Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shear Rate ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
High Shear Rate ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Carreau Model ◽  
Shear Thinning Fluids ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
The Impact

Background: Non-Newtonian fluids, especially shear thinning fluids, have several applications in the polymer industry, food industry, and even in everyday life. The viscosity of shear thinning fluids is sometimes decreased by two or three orders of magnitude due to the alignment of the molecules in order when the shear rate is increased, and it cannot be ignored in the case of polymer processing and lubrication problems. Objective: So, the effects of viscosities at a low and high shear rate on the heat and mass boundary layer flow of shear thinning fluid over moving belts is investigated in this study. For this proposed, the generalized Carreau model of viscosity relates to shear rate and is used in the momentum equation. The Carreau model contains the five parameters: low shear rate viscosity, high shear rate viscosity, viscosity curvature, consistency index, and flow behavior index. For the heat flow, expression of the thermal conductivity model, similar to the viscosity equation due to the non-Newtonian nature of the fluid, is used in the energy equation. Methods: On the mathematical model of the problem, boundary layer approximations are applied and then simplified by applying the similarity transformations to get the solution. The solution of the simplified equations is obtained by numerical technique RK-Shooting Method. The results are compared with existing results for limited cases and good agreement is found. Results : The results are obtained in the form of velocity and temperature profiles under the impact of all the viscosity’s parameters and are displayed in graphical form. Moreover, the boundary layer parameters such as the thickness of the regions, momentum thickness, and displacement thickness are calculated to understand the structure of the boundary layer flow of fluid. Conclusion: The velocity and temperature of the fluid are decreased and increased respectively by all viscosity’s parameters of the model. So, the results of the boundary layer fluid flow under rheological parameters will not only help engineers to design superior chemical equipment, but will also help improve the economy and efficiency of the overall process.

scholarly journals Safety of Five Tuina Manipulations in Rats with Deep Vein Thrombosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Yumo Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyan Zhang ◽  
Zhuo Chen ◽  
Jian Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Vein Thrombosis ◽  
Shear Rate ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Rate Ratio ◽  
Plasma Viscosity ◽  
High Shear Rate ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Vein Thrombosis ◽  
Deep Vein ◽  
Low Shear

Objective. To study the effects of five tuina manipulations in rats with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and to explore how to safely perform tuina in the treatment of thrombotic diseases. Methods. Seventy-two male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into the model, pointing manipulation, plucking manipulation, kneading manipulation, pushing manipulation, and pulling manipulation groups (n = 12). DVT model was established by incomplete ligation. The tuina intervention was started on the next day after modeling and applied once a day 10 times by the manipulation simulators. On the 3rd and 10th days after intervention, respectively, the effects of tuina on thrombosis were evaluated based on thrombus elasticity, blood coagulation, fibrinolytic function and blood rheology with the ultrasound elastography, four coagulation tests, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and hemorheology tests. Results. In the pointing manipulation group, the strain rate ratio, 6-ketoprostaglandin F1α (6-Keto-PGF1α), and high shear rate were decreased, and the thromboxane B2 (TXB2) content was increased ( P < 0.05 ). In the plucking manipulation group, the D-dimer and 6-Keto-PGF1α contents were increased, prothrombin time (PT) was shortened, and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) was activated, and the high shear rate and plasma viscosity were decreased ( P < 0.05 ). In the kneading manipulation group, APTT was shortened, and 6-Keto-PGF1α, high shear rate, and plasma viscosity were decreased ( P < 0.05 ). In the pushing manipulation group, the strain rate ratio, low shear rate, and high shear rate were all decreased ( P < 0.05 ). In the pulling manipulation group, both the strain rate ratio and the low shear rate were decreased ( P < 0.05 ). The 6-Keto-PGF1α changes on the 3rd and 10th days after intervention were opposite in the pushing manipulation group and the pulling manipulation group ( P < 0.05 ). Conclusion. The pointing, pushing, and pulling manipulations seem to be safe in the early period of thrombosis, but the risk is likely to be elevated as the treatment course of intervention increases. The plucking and kneading manipulations potentially have certain risks in the treatment of DVT in rats.

Whole blood viscosity predicts nondipping circadian pattern in essential hypertension

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 1307-1316
Author(s):  
Abdullah K Dolu ◽  
Ahmet Korkmaz ◽  
Harun Kundi ◽  
Umit Guray
Keyword(s):  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Shear Rate ◽  
Blood Viscosity ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Blood Pressure Monitoring ◽  
High Shear Rate ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Whole Blood Viscosity ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Low Shear

Aim: We aimed to investigate the association between whole blood viscosity (WBV) and nondipping pattern in patients with essential hypertension. Materials & methods: A total of consecutive 530 patients who had been evaluated by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were included. WBV was estimated by using hematocrit and plasma total protein levels for both WBV in low shear rate (0.5 s-1) and WBV in high shear rate (208 s-1) according to the de Simone’s formula. Results: In the multivariate analysis, low shear rate and high shear rate of WBV were associated independently with nondipping pattern in patients with essential hypertension. Conclusion: As a simple, inexpensive and noninvasive tool, WBV seems to be a significant predictor of nondipping hypertension.

Relationship of Particle Content and Size of Spherical Silica with the Flowability of Epoxy Molding Compounds for Large-Scale Integrated Circuits Packaging

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 201-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Shan Yang ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Jie He ◽  
Lin Kai Li ◽  
Ze Wang
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Shear Rate ◽  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
High Shear Rate ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Molding Compound ◽  
Low Shear

The melting viscosities of different kinds of epoxy resins have been investigated in this paper. The results showed that tetramethyl biphenyl epoxy resin(TMBP) has very low melting viscosity(0.02Pa•s at 150°C) and can be blended with ortho-cresol novolac epoxy resin(ECN) in order to decrease the melting viscosity of epoxy molding compound(EMC). When the content of TMBP in the blend of ECN/TMBP was up to 40wt%, the viscosity of the blend decreased to 0.15 Pa•s from 0.8 Pa•s of ECN. In addition, the effects of the content, particle size of silica on the flowability of EMC have been researched systematically in the paper. The results showed that the melting viscosity of EMC increased greatly with the filling increasing of silica, and the particle size and the match of silica with different particle diameter had markedly influenced on the flowability of EMC. The melting viscosity of system with higher filling content of silica changed complicatedly with the increasing of shear rate, i.e., the viscosity of the system decreased with the increasing of shear rate in the range of low shear rate, then increased with the increasing of shear rate in the range of high shear rate, but decreased again with the increasing of shear rate in the range of higher shear rate. The system filled by silica with small particle diameter had low melting viscosity at low shear rate and high melting viscosity at high shear rate, but the melting viscosity of the system filled by silica with large particle diameter changed by contraries.

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