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A Study on the Performance Analysis of Degasser System with Vacuum Pump for Onshore and Offshore Drilling (육상 및 해양 시추용 디개서 시스템의 진공펌프 성능해석)

  • Kwon, Seong-Yong;Park, Sung-Gyu;Shin, Chul-Soon;Kim, Seung-Chan;Lim, Hee-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.25 no.6_2
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    • pp.1063-1069
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    • 2022
  • In modern industry, vacuum has grown into an indispensable industrial field. The performance of the vacuum pump in the degasser system among mud treatment system facilities was verified by a numerical analysis method. The degasser system is an equipment for removing the gas contained in the mud, and it is a work process that requires a vacuum. This study analyzed the vacuum pump performance of the degasser used in drilling for resource development of onshore and offshore plants. The vacuum pump used in the degasser system was designed with a discharge rate of 0.099kg/s. The DM(Design Modeler) program of ansys workbench 17.2 was used to modify the model of the vacuum pump used in the degasser system. And for performance analysis, CFX, which is known to be suitable for rotating system analysis, was used. Finally the performance analysis results of the vacuum pump and the prototype performance test results were compared and analyzed.

Shattering Ratio of Manganese Nodule and Physical Properties of Powdered Manganese Nodule and Sea eottom Sediment (망간단괴의 분화율과 망간단괴 분말 및 해저퇴적물의 물리적 특성)

  • Choi, Hun-Soo;Kang, Jung-Seock;Chang, Se-Won;Koh, Sang-Mo;Um, In-Kwon
    • Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.277-287
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    • 2007
  • To understand the effects of the powdered manganese nodule and sea bottom sediment pumped up with nodules on the mining process, the shattering ratio of manganese nodule and their physical properties are analyzed. The self shattering ratio and crushing shattering ratio are about 27% and about 3%, respectively. Then total shattering ratio is about 30%. The initial turbidity of the powdered manganese nodule and the bottom sediment show high, i.e., about 3,100 and 1,850 respectively. But their turbidities decrease rapidly with time. After 1 hour, turbidity of the powdered manganese nodule drops to about 1,570 and that of the bottom sediment to 1,310. The turbidity of Na-bentonite changes from 820 to 730 after 1 h and to 700 after 2 h. The viscosity of powdered manganese nodule is $1.4{\sim}1.5cP$, and the viscosity of bottom sediment is less than 1 cP. The viscosity fo Na-bentonite is initially 37.2 and increase with time to 86.4 cP after 30 min. The high initial turbidity of powdered manganese nodule is due to dark color of the powder. The high specific gravity makes rapid precipitation and then decreases the turbidity rapidly. The bottom sediment shows high initial turbidity because of easy suspension with very fine particle size. But it cannot be hydrated and formed gel in suspension, then it is easily precipitated. However Na-bentonite is hydrated to the expended state and makes gel state, then it shows high turbidity and high viscosity. These physical properties of the powdered manganese nodule suggest that the powder of manganese nodule should not make scaling inside of lifting pipe or pump. And the bottom sediment lifted up with manganese nodule should not play the role of drilling mud shch as Na-bentonite.