Experimental study on erosion and wear law of metal screen under spraying condition

Abstract

It is very important for the safe production of sand producing oil and gas wells to make clear the erosion law of sand control screen pipe. The experiment of erosion law of metal mesh under two working conditions of blockage and non-blockage was carried out with jet erosion experimental device. The influencing factor of solid mass fraction (0.3%, 0.5%, and 0.8%), aperture velocity (1.5 m/s, 4 m/s, and 6 m/s) and particle size (20 μm, 54 μm, and 74 μm) on the erosion rate of metal mesh was analyzed. The results show that the mass loss of screen increases with the increase of solid mass fraction, aperture velocity and particle size, and the change law of single and double screens is consistent; under the condition of incomplete blockage, the mass loss of screen increases exponentially with the flow rate; under the condition of complete blockage, the balance flow rate of screen decreases with the increase of pressure difference when the pressure difference between inlet and outlet of screen is kept constant. In addition, the mass loss increases with the increase of pressure difference; in addition, the scanning electron microscope results of the erosion screen show that the erosion wear of the screen under the non-blocking condition is much less than that under the blocking condition, which is because the gap between the weft wires of the screen is blocked by particles, resulting in the rapid increase of the local aperture velocity of the screen, thus accelerating the local erosion wear of the screen.