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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Narongsak Tonmukayakul, Duncan, OK (US);
Jeff Morris, Riverdale, NY (US);
Jason Bryant, Duncan, OK (US);
Malcolm Talbot, Duncan, OK (US);
Roger Schultz, Aubrey, TX (US);
Robert Pipkin, Marlow, OK (US);
Narongsak Tonmukayakul, Duncan, OK (US);
Jeff Morris, Riverdale, NY (US);
Jason Bryant, Duncan, OK (US);
Malcolm Talbot, Duncan, OK (US);
Roger Schultz, Aubrey, TX (US);
Robert Pipkin, Marlow, OK (US);
Halliburton Energy Services Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Abstract
A method of determining one or more bulk rheological properties of a particle laden fluid comprising providing a system comprising a vessel, a pump coupled to the vessel, and a flow-through apparatus coupled to the pump and the vessel, wherein the flow-through apparatus comprises a flow chamber, a bob rotatably disposed within the chamber, wherein the bob comprises an outer geometry adapted for continuous laminar flow in an axial direction, and a gap between the chamber and the bob, pumping the particle laden fluid into the flow-through apparatus, shearing the particle laden fluid within the gap of the flow-through apparatus, and collecting data from the bob and observing the particle laden fluid to determine one or more bulk rheological properties of the particle laden fluid.