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Index
A Chemically enhanced development of, 3
Acidity drilling fluid 217-218 centrifugation (CEC), 216 equipment guidelines, 227
See also
Additions section equipment, Dewatering units Dewatering units, 216-223
140 226 Circular motion shakers, 99 described, 162, 216-218
Auto-ignition temperature, 211 advantages, 96 development of, 4
deck design, 103 and mud systems, 216-218
o defined, 97 and screen size, 110-111
vibrating system, 102 See also Flocculation; Waste
Back tanks, 93 Closed loop system (CLS), 113, management
Baffles, 228 161-162, 216 Diaphragm pumps, 178-179
Balanced elliptical motion See ai so Dewatering units Differential sticking, 88
shakers, 96, 101-102 Coagulation, 219-220 Dilution, 164-169
defined, 97-98 terms/ 223 defined, 87, 164
Barite See also Flocculation overview, 164-165
calculating discard, 176-177 Collection pans, 93 Discharge lines, 141
development of, 3 Colloids, 223 Drilled solids, 87
See also Weighting agents Continuous duty electric motors, calculating concentrations of,
Baskets, 93 201 173-177
Bonded screens, 137-138 See ai so Motors density of, 173-174
Continuous-cloth screens, disintegration of, 88, 96
C 131-132 and shale shaker capacity,
Costs 95 96
Cascade system, 111-113 ~
Cavitation 195 drilling fluid disposal, 216 as weighting agents, 89
and drillin fluids 89 9
Centrifugal pumps, 179-181, 198 § ' ~ ° Drilling fluids
corrosion resistance 195 drilling solids removal, acidity, 217-218
equipment guidelines, 232-234 109-110 carrying capacity, 88-89
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and head 179 181 f° P ~ " checklist, 236 conserving, 92
and head'losses, 187-194 Cut P oints ' 125-127 development of, 1
horsepower 183-187 calculating, 127, 170-172 and shale shaker capacity,
installing, 195 defined, 125 95-96
operating 199-200 median, 135, 146, 148-149 troubleshooting, 238
^ Separation potential
parts of 196-197 See a so Dryers, 4, 113-114
performance curves 184-194 Cuttings, defined, 92 See also Dewatering units
See also Drilled solids
and suction, 181-184
and vibration, 197-198 E
and viscous liquids, 194-195 D Electric motors. See Motors
Centrifuges, 155-162 D 50 cut point, 146 Electrical power. See Power
applications, 160, 161-162 See also Cut points system
decanting, 157-158 Decanting centrifuges, 157-158 Elliptical motion shale shakers,
and discharge dryness, 160 Decks, 93, 103 96, 97
operating, 162 Degassers, 143, 162 balanced, 101-102
and pond depth, 160 equipment guidelines, 229, 230 unbalanced, 98-99
rotary mud separators, Desanders, 147-148, 152 Emulsion polymers, 220-223
158-160 development of, 3 inversion, 221-222
and Stokes' law, 155-157 equipment guidelines, 227 stability, 222-223
two-stage operations, 161 Desilters, 148, 152 types of, 221
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