Studying laminar flows of power-law fluids in the annular channel with eccentricity

Abstract

The paper deals with numerical and experimental investigation of non-Newtonian flow of modeling drilling fluids in the annular channel. The Reynolds number was ranged from 100 to 1500. The parameters of the power-law model of drilling fluids were varied within the following ranges: n = 0.43-0.49, K = 0.22-0.89. The eccentricity was changed from 0 to 1. We have measured pressure drop in the annular channel and compared calculations with experimental data, achieving good agreement between calculations and experiment.