Viscosity measurement dataset for a water-based drilling mud-carbon nanotube suspension at high-pressure and high-temperature

Kanjirakat Anoop; Reza Sadr; Rommel Yrac; Mahmood Amani

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103816

Viscosity measurement dataset for a water-based drilling mud-carbon nanotube suspension at high-pressure and high-temperature

Data Brief. 2019 Mar 8:24:103816. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103816. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Kanjirakat Anoop¹, Reza Sadr², Rommel Yrac³, Mahmood Amani³

Affiliations

¹ Micro Scale Thermo Fluids (MSTF) Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, Doha, Qatar.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
³ Petroleum Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

This data article presents the measured viscosity of a carbon nanotube (CNT) suspension in water-based drilling mud, also termed as nano-muds ("Rheology of a colloidal suspension of carbon nanotube particles in a water-based drilling fluid" Anoop et al., 2019). The apparent viscosity values of the nano-mud samples are measured using a high-pressure high-temperature viscometer at different shear rates, working based on a rotor and bob technique. The pressure and temperature of the samples are independently varied during the measurements from ambient conditions to 171 MPa and 176 °C, respectively, within two experimental schedules. Viscosity measurements for varying nanoparticle concentration, shear rate, pressure, and temperature are reported here for different CNT concentrations.

Keywords: Colloidal dispersion; Drilling mud; Rheology.