High pressure mixing rheology of drilling fluids

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 14399-14407

  Hermoso, J ^a   Jofore, B D ^b   Martinez Boza F J ^a   Gallegos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE TURBINE; COAXIAL CYLINDERS; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; EXPONENTIAL DEPENDENCE; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW INDICES; FUNCTION OF PRESSURE; HELICAL RIBBONS; HIGH PRESSURE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MULTICOMPONENTS; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER; SHEAR-RATE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DRILLING FLUIDS; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; YIELD STRESS;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84868554218     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301835y     Document Type: Article

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