Preparation and evaluation of nonionic polyurethane polymers in improving the rheological properties and filtrate loss control of water base muds | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
Article 12, Volume 63, Issue 11, November 2020, Page 4273-4283 PDF (545.94 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2020.25588.2499 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
El-Sayed Anter1; Galal H. Sayed1; Mahmoud I. Abdou2; Nasser R. Abdel-Rahman2; Hany E. Ahmed2; Nabel A. Negm 2, 3 | ||||
1Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
2Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
3Egypt Nanotechnology Center, Cairo University, El Sheikh Zayed, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Polyurethanes are special nonionic polymers which had a wide range of applications nowadays. This work aims to produce different nonionic polyurethanes by the reaction of polyethylene glycols with different molecular weights (4000, 6000, 10.000, and 20.000 g/mole) and toluene diisocyanate. The obtained polyurethanes' structures were determined using molecular weight measurements, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1HNMR). The effect of the synthesized polyurethanes on the rheological properties of two drilling fluids was studied. The polyurethane polymers were influenced by the filtrate loss of the drilling fluids in comparison to the blank. The results showed that the synthesized polyurethane nonionic derivatives effectively enhanced the shear-thinning non-newtonian drilling fluids following the modified power Law Model (Herschel Bulky Model). The other rheological properties of the formulated drilling water-base muds, including apparent viscosity (AV), plastic viscosity (PV), yield point (YP), and gel strength were improved considerably compared to the commercial formulation. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Drilling fluids; rheology; filtrate loss; yield point; plastic viscosity; polyurethane | ||||
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