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The effect of well inclination angle on sand production using FDM-FEM modelling; A case study: One of the oil fields in Iran

  • Nemat Nemati;Kamran Goshtasbi;Kaveh Ahangari;Reza Shirinabadi
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.107-123
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    • 2024
  • The drilling angle of the well is an important factor that can affect the sand production process and make its destructive effects more severe or weaker. This study investigated the effect of different well angles on sand production for the Asmari Formation, located in one of the oil fields southwest of Iran. For this purpose, a finite difference model was developed for three types of vertical (90°), inclined (45°), and horizontal (0°) wells with casing and perforations in the direction of minimum and maximum horizontal stresses, then coupled with fluid flow. Here, finite element meshing was used, because the geometry of the model is so complex and the implementation of finite difference meshes is impossible or very difficult for such models. Using a combined FDM-FEM model with fluid flow, the sand production process in three different modes with different flow rates for the Asmari sandstone was investigated in this study. The results of numerical models show that the intensity of sand production is directly related to the in-situ stress state of the oil field and well drilling angle. Since the stress regime in the studied oil field is normal, the highest amount of produced sand was in inclined wells (especially wells drilled in the direction of minimum horizontal stress) and the lowest amount of sand production was related to vertical wellbore. Also, the Initiation time of sand production in inclined wells was much shorter than in other wellbores.

The Mechanism of Inhibiting Burn-on Sand to Iron Castings by Coal-dust (Seacoal) for a Molding Sand Additive. (주형에서 석탄분 첨가제(시콜)에 의한 주철주물의 소착억제기구에 관하여)

  • Hong, Yung-Myung;Lee, Yeong-Sang;Kim, Dong-Ok
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.100-105
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    • 1983
  • The mechanism of coal-dust action on inhibiting burn-on of Sand to iron castings was taken in consideration by means of casting test and thermal decomposition test. To compare the ability of inhibiting sand burn-on, test castings were produced in green sand moulds added three different coal-rusts. And quantitative determination of lustrous carbon and volatiles production for coal-dust samples were performed.The lustrous carbon production was in good agreement with the casting test result. But total voltiles production was relatively inefficient on hibiting sand burn-on to test castings.The lustrous carbon theory can be given to explain the mechanism which coal-dust inhibits sand burn-on to iron castings.

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Evaluation of Changes in Particle Size and Production of Sand and Cake Produced in Wet Aggregate Production Process (습식 골재 생산 공정에서 모래 및 케이크 발생량 평가)

  • Young-Wook Cheong;Jin-Young Lee;Sei-Sun Hong
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.57 no.2
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    • pp.177-184
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    • 2024
  • This study was conducted to find a way to reduce the production of cakes generated in the domestic aggregate production process. Cakes from 8 wet aggregate producers were collected and particle size was analyzed. Samples were collected step by step from an aggregate producer A, particle size analysis was performed, and the material balance was calculated before and after an sand recovery unit by modeling the production process. As a result of the particle size analysis of eight cakes, one sample contained 50% sand, and the rest contained about 5% to 25% sand. The results showing that the cake contained a variety of sand in cakes may indicate that the recovery efficiency of the sand recovery units in the field varied. Sieve analysis of the samples showed that the generation of sand particles increased 2.8 times during the third crushing compared to the second crushing, and more cake particles were generated. As a result of simulating the sand recovery unit model, the lower the cut point of the cyclone and dewatering screen, the higher the sand production and the less cake production appeared. In order to reduce the production of cake in the field, it was determined that an optimal operation of the sand recovery unit was necessary in the aggregate production process.

An Experimental Study on the Quality Estimation of the Mortar using High-Quality Recycled Sand Producted from the Manufacturing System by Wet Gravity Separation (습식비중분리시스템에서 생산된 고품질 순환모래를 사용한 모르타르의 품질평가에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Ji-Hwan;Rho, Hyoung-Nam;Lee, Jong-suk;Lee, Sang-Soo;Song, Ha-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.103-107
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    • 2008
  • This study was to execute the experiment for analyzing the quality characteristics of mortar by type of recycled sand by using the recycled sand produced by the manufacturing system by wet gravity separation in order to develop the removal device of impurities for the production of high-quality recycled sand. As a result, this study has sown that the mortar using the high-quality recycled sand through the manufacturing system by wet gravity separation in the fluidity property, strength property, and shrinkage property largely, compared with the mortar using low-quality recycled sand that not passed the device of sand flux. There was a tendency similar to the plane mortar. In conclusion, it was considered as various quality performances of the recycled sand were improved through the production stage of prototype.

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An Experimental Study on the Establishment of Optimum Operating Conditions in Sand Flux Apparatus for High-Quality Recycled Sand Manufacture (고품질 순환모래 제조를 위한 샌드플럭스 장치의 최적 운전조건 설정에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-suk;Lim, Hyun-Ung;Kim, Jae-Hwan;Lee, Do-Heun;Lee, Sang-Soo;Song, Ha-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 2007
  • In this study, recently it is urgently required that demolition waste concrete has to be recycled on the construction because urban development is accelerated and redevelopment project is rapidly expanded, production quantity of construction and demolition waste concrete is being increased. On the other hand, it has to be solved urgently the unbalance of demand and supply about the fine aggregate because the sea sand is restricted by exhaustion of river sand and intensification of environment influence evaluation. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to show the performance of the apparatus developed by the study and to propose the direction of the optimum operating conditions by having an experimental and positive evaluation about quality of recycled sand produced to develop a separating and selecting device of impurities for recycling of construction wastes which can have a bigger improvement of economical efficiency, productivity, environmental property and quality through a basic property of matter of recycled sand by each operating condition of sand flux in comparison with the existing production system of recycled sand.

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A Study on Development of Safety Shell Molds for Precision Machining of Sand Mold Casting Product (사형제품 기계가공을 위한 안전금형 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Jae-Hoon;Nam, Seung-Done
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.179-184
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    • 2013
  • An accident from machine work is often fatal to the worker. This accident is mostly preventable through perfect process jig. In case of this machine work, however, the disaster frequently occurred because of the design which is not considered the beginning of product design, post-process and mass process of production. As for sand casting method, this has the merits of the production; the product is easily produced by manual labor. On the other hand, this method has the demerits of a bigger dimensional error contrary to other mass process of production. When the sand casting product is in machine work, there are various problems such as unsafe fix and excessive cutting, product desorption and rapid life depreciation of equipment and tools. Considering the characteristics of sand casting method, it is accepted as difficulty to improve the problems. In this study, it suggests shell mold method for mold instead of the machine work after the sand casting of the circle shape container product. And the surface accomplishes the following average of surface roughness Ra$9.94{\mu}m$ of machine work with the casting of flask mold by shell mold method. In accordance with the simplification of processing process and reducing the average thickness variation by mass production of product with detailed appearance, it has a good influence on safety accident prevention caused by production and damaged product. It is confirmed that making higher degree of size precision of all machine work product is possible to increase the safety and productivity, reduce the processing process and improve environment.

EFFECTS OF RIVER DISCHARGE ON GROWTH OF PERIPHYTON IN SAND RIVER

  • Toda Yuji;Tsujimoto Tetsuro;Fujimori Noriomi
    • Water Engineering Research
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.113-122
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    • 2005
  • Periphyton is known to be one of major primary producers for river ecosystem. While the growth of periphyton usually observed on the stone surface in gravel river, the large growth of periphyton is sometimes seen even in sand river with relatively small river discharge. In the present study, field observations and numerical simulations were performed to investigate the growth of periphyton in sand river. In the field observation, the growth of periphyton on fixed sand bed was measured weekly. The results of the field observations show that the large growth of periphyton occurs in sand river until the bed material sands have not moved. An integrated numerical simulation model is presented to describe the growth of periphyton at observed river reach, and a series of numerical simulations were performed to study the effect of river discharge on growth of periphyton in the sand river. The results of the numerical simulations show that the net primary production of periphyton decreases with the river discharge. These results suggest that the reduction of river discharge at ordinary water stage strongly affects the primary productivity of periphyton even in sand river.

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Development of high performance hybrid fiber reinforced concrete using different fine aggregates

  • Gupta, Hitesh;Bansal, Prem Pal;Sharma, Raju
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.19-32
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    • 2021
  • In the present experimental study, the high performance hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (HPHFRC) is prepared using the Modified Andreasen and Andersen (A&A) particle packing model. Total of 16 trial mixes of HPHFRC with Indian standard sand (SS) and natural river sand (NS) are prepared to achieve the selection criteria (flow percent>150 and compressive strength>80 MPa). Based on the flow percent and compressive strength criteria, the selected mixes evaluated to study the effect of usage of natural river sand (NS) and the expensive Indian standard sand (SS) on the mechanical, durability, and microstructure property of designed HPHFRC. It has been found that the Modified A&A model is reliable to design the mix for HPHFRC with excellent mechanical, durability, and microstructure properties. In addition to that, a moderate difference in the mechanical and durability properties of NS contained HPHFRC and SS contained HPHFRC is found. Based on the obtained results of NS contained HPHFRC, it can be concluded that the use of natural river sand (NS) can be successfully adopted for the production of HPHFRC, resulted in a reduction of the production cost without compromising the excellent performance of HPHFRC.

Properties of Quality & Mortar Application of Crushed Sand According to the Producing Type (생산 방식에 따른 부순 모래의 특성 및 모르타르 적용성)

  • Baek Chul Woo;Park Cho Bum;Kim Jung Sik;Ryu Deuk Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.443-446
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    • 2005
  • Recently, according to increase use of concrete which is the main material of construction, the natural aggregate of good quality is more and more decreased. Most of all, among the concrete materials, the development of alternation materials of sand is urgently needed. In this study, investigating the production equipment and the sample of crushed sand company and analyzing properties of sand, manufactured mortar by the KS to use crushed sand as the fine aggregate of concrete material. The experiment result is as follows. 1. The density, an absorptivity, and the amount of 0.08mm passage ratio of crushed sand, and the mortar used crushed sand satisfied KS. The mechanical results is similar to sea sand. 2. The crushed sand which used impact crusher instead of cone crusher for 3rd or 4th crusher was similar properties to sea sand, so it is judged that impact crusher has high effect of particle shape improvement of crushed sand.

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Effect of Hammer Material on Crushing of Silica (함마의 재질이 규석의 분쇄에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Jae-Jang;Chang, Sang-Geun;Chang, Kwang-Teak;Park, Jong-Ryok
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.22 no.A
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    • pp.119-125
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    • 2002
  • In Kwangjin industrial company, mill is operating for the foundry sand production at the rate of 25t/hr from quartzite. Foundry sands fall into four distinct categories: silica sand, lake sand, bank sand, and natural molding sand. Silica sand is a general term used to describe crushed, washed, graded, dried, and cooled clay-free sands. This study was conducted for the investigation of the foundry sand productivity and the life span of the hammer according to the material quality. The life time of hammer from several manufacturer were compared in order to find out the grinding efficiency of the various hammer material. In the result of tests, the life time of high-Mn hammer was 10.5 hours while that of high-Cr was 19.5 hours. The life time in case of typical worn shape hammers was about 12 hours and the average time of a blowhole hammer was about 6.5 hours.

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