PG-EAM - Graduate Program in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering
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Master's Dissertation 2020

Thermal stresses in a composite hollow cylinder with application to plug and abandonment of oil wells

Author

Santiago Helvécio de Paiva Maciel

Concentration Area

Propulsão Aeroespacial e Energia

Defense Date

20/08/2020

Thesis Number

77270

Abstract

This work presents a study carried out in oil wells to analyze the effects on their structure due an exothermic reaction of termite in order to create a plug capable of replacing the currently ones of cement. The study focuses on the analysis of oil well portion considering a cylindrical multilayer hollow model with layers of: steel, cement and sedimentary rock. At hollow cavity, a thermite reaction will occur generating heat and creating a plug. The exothermic reaction is transient and will be modeled by a numerical model based on the Finite Element Method, FEM, whose thermal field generated will be a input of the structural numerical model also modeled using FEM. The simulations were carried out via ANSYS© in which stress curves and deformations generated in the medium were analyzed to verify the impact of thermally affected zones and investigate how steel, cement and sedimentary rock reacted during and after the termite reaction.

Keywords

Transferência de calor Tensões térmicas Método de elementos finitos Cilindros Análise numérica Poços de petróleo Física