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Erosion of 38CrMoAlA Drilling Tool Steel in Slurry: Effect of Particle Concentration on Downhole Tool Clearance Material

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Understanding slurry erosion characteristics in a fit clearance structure is vitally important for improving the service life of downhole tools. In this study, erosion test equipment was designed to simulate the flow of high-speed drilling fluid in a clearance, and its performance was tested by studying the concentration effect of solid particles on the erosion behavior of a commonly used 38CrMoAlA steel material in downhole tools. The experimental results revealed that localized erosion occurred on the clearance internal surface along the flow channel direction. An area a certain distance from the slurry entry was most severely eroded. Moreover, the erosion rate, erosive wear depth, and surface hardness increased while the roughness of the eroded surface decreased with increasing particle concentration. To extend the service life of downhole tools, the concentration of solid particles should be controlled, and the localized erosive area should be prioritized.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42172343). Meanwhile, great thanks also go to former researchers for their excellent work, which provided great help for our academic study.

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  1. Key Laboratory On Deep GeoDrilling Technology of the Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Lu Liu, Kai Zhang, Yu Wang, Lingrong Kong & Yuxiang Xu

  2. School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Lu Liu, Kai Zhang, Yu Wang, Lingrong Kong & Yuxiang Xu

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LL: literature surveying, drawing of figures and tables, design of experiments, data collection and analysis, and writing of original manuscript; KZ: literature surveying, design of the experiments, revision and finalization of the manuscript and supervision of the project. YW: literature surveying, design of the experiments, revision and finalization of the manuscript and supervision of the project. LK helped with part of the experiment, part of the data collection and analysis and part of the simulation. YX helped with part of the experiment, part of the data collection and analysis and part of the simulation.

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Liu, L., Zhang, K., Wang, Y. et al. Erosion of 38CrMoAlA Drilling Tool Steel in Slurry: Effect of Particle Concentration on Downhole Tool Clearance Material. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 33, 556–570 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08025-x

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