Influence of Polycarboxylate Superplasticizers on Rheological Properties of Cement Slurries Used in Drilling Technologies / Wpływ Superplastyfikatorów Z Grupy Polikarboksylanów Na Właściwości Reologiczne Zaczynów Cementowych Stosowanych W Technologiach Wiertniczych

Sealing slurries, mainly the cement-based ones, are concentrated dispersive systems, containing solid particles of considerably developed specific surface. Rheologically, such systems are very complex. This also stems from the fact that the rheological properties have a significant effect on: additives and admixtures modifying technological properties of fresh and set slurries, chemically complex mechanism of hydration in a slurry in a function of time. Special attention should paid to plasticizing (plasticizers PL) and liquefying (traditional and new-generation superplasticizers SP) admixtures affecting the modification and optimization of rheological properties of fresh cement slurries as far as providing efficiency of sealing of casing pipes is concerned. Laboratory analyses were focused on proving the following thesis: properly selected type of superplasticizer [by BASF Polska Sp.z o.o. (The Chemical Company) – Admixtures for Concrete Division] advantageously affects the rheological parameters of sealing slurry based on metallurgical cement CEM III /A 32,5. The following variables were used in the analyses: type of superplasticizer, type of batch fluid. The laboratory experiments were made on superplasticizers produced by BASF: SKY 501, SKY 503, SKY 591, ACE 430, Glenium 115. The superplasticizer concentration in the slurry was 0.5 wt% (as compared with mass of dry cement). Water to cement ratio for the analyzed sealing slurries was equal to 0.5. The sealing slurries were made of metallurgical cement CEM III/A 32,5 N-LH/HSR/N Lafarge Cement S.A. in Malogoszcz.