Effect of Yield Power Law Fluid Rheological Properties on Cuttings Transport in Eccentric Horizontal Narrow Annulus

Table 2

Experimental setup and operating conditions [9].

Inner diameter of casing, , mm	101.6
Outer diameter of pipe, , mm	50.8
Length of test section, , m	12
Fluid density, ,	1020
Cutting density, ,	2400
Avg. cutting diameter, ,	1.25
Cutting injection rate,	0.05
Flow behaviour index,	0.61
Fluid consistency index, , Pa⋅	0.09
Fluid yield stress, , Pa	1.3
Avg. fluid velocity,	0.54–1.3
Drillpipe rotation speed,	0