Study on the design and hydraulic characteristics of the submarine mud lift pump

QIN Rulei; GAO Jieyun; YU Yanjiang; CHEN Haowen; LI Qiang; HE Guolei; SU Xianghui; XU Benchong

doi:10.12143/j.ztgc.2024.06.009

2024 Vol. 51, No. 6

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QIN Rulei, GAO Jieyun, YU Yanjiang, CHEN Haowen, LI Qiang, HE Guolei, SU Xianghui, XU Benchong. 2024. Study on the design and hydraulic characteristics of the submarine mud lift pump. DRILLING ENGINEERING, 51(6): 77-84. doi: 10.12143/j.ztgc.2024.06.009

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QIN Rulei, GAO Jieyun, YU Yanjiang, CHEN Haowen, LI Qiang, HE Guolei, SU Xianghui, XU Benchong. 2024. Study on the design and hydraulic characteristics of the submarine mud lift pump. DRILLING ENGINEERING, 51(6): 77-84. doi: 10.12143/j.ztgc.2024.06.009

Study on the design and hydraulic characteristics of the submarine mud lift pump

1. Institute of Exploration Techniques, CAGS, Langfang Hebei 065000, China;
2. Innovation Base for Automatic and Intelligent Drilling Equipment, Geological Society of China, Langfang Hebei 065000, China;
3. Technology Innovation Center for Deep Exploration Drilling Equipment, China Geological Survey, Langfang Hebei 065000, China;
4. Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Guangzhou Guangdong 511458, China;
5. Geological Exploration Institute of Shandong Zhengyuan, Jinan Shandong 250101, China;
6. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Zhejiang Sci-tech University, Hangzhou Zhejiang 310018, China

Received Date: 07 March 2024

Revised Date: 28 May 2024

Abstract

Abstract

As the core functional unit of riserless mud recovery system,the mud lifting centrifugal pump drives the mud stored in the suction module to carry rock cuttings recirculate back to the drilling platform through the return pipeline.Previous designs of the riserless mud recovery system primarily employed disc pumps as the lifting unit,with specific structural design and theoretical analysis conducted around them. However,there has been limited research on multi-stage centrifugal pumps,which offer superior hydraulic performance. In this study,we focus on the theoretical basis and specific parameters of a multi-stage centrifugal pump,and develop a computational model using CFD-DEM coupling calculation to conduct a full-scale flow field simulation.This simulation investigates the impeller design,flow field characteristics,internal particle distribution patterns,and mud rock transport patterns within the pump.The results validate the centrifugal pump’s good particle permeability under design conditions. Furthermore,we conducted hydraulic performance tests on a centrifugal pump prototype using a mud lifting test bench. The test resultsindicate that the pump exhibits satisfactory operational working characteristics and hydraulic performance,meeting the design requirements for application in deep-sea riserless drilling operations.
- mudlift pump /
- multi-stage centrifugal pump /
- RMR technology /
- CFD-DEM bidirectional synchronous coupling /
- hydraulic performance test /
- deep sea drilling

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