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Research on the flow low in the slot of the slotted screen used in the unconsolidated sand formation is conducted with computational fluid dynamics method. Research on the erosion and corrosion of the slotted screen is presented with the calculation of flow field and the introduction of erosion model established by the Erosion and Corrosion Research Center of Tula. Moreover, the slot erosion characters and the maximum erosion with different production pressure difference and sand content are given. The result shows that: (1) the maximum value of the flow rate and the erosion appears at the horn mouth of the slotted screen; If the production pressure difference is enlarged, the amount of sand that flows into the inner of the screen will increase and the flow rate of the sand will increase sharply, which worsens the erosion of the screen; (2) the degree of the erosion of the slotted screen grows exponentially with the increase of the production pressure difference and initially increases and then decreases with the increasing of the sand content; the degree of the erosion reaches the peak value when the sand content is ten percent; and (3) the main erosion region is the middle part of the slot, and this region widens with the increasing of production pressure difference. The lower part of the screen is more damaged than the upper part.
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Fucheng, D., Jingen, D., Lianbo, H. et al. Simulation Research on the Erosion of Slotted Screen for the Unconsolidated Sand Formation. Arab J Sci Eng 39, 5237–5243 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-014-1205-5
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