Recron fiber reinforced ultra light weight Cenosphere cement for unconsolidated formations with low fracture gradient
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Sadhvi Pharasi; Dau Tapas Dora; Aman Kumar; Mayur Rai; Yash Goyal; Aman Rastogi; Gaurav Richhariya
- Source
- Materials Today: Proceedings. 47:6771-6775
- Subject
- Cement
Contact angle
Compressive strength
Materials science
Flexural strength
Scanning electron microscope
Cenosphere
Fiber
Wetting
Composite material
- Language
- ISSN
- 2214-7853
The cement slurry often induces fractures in the formation owing to its higher hydrostatic head. In the present work, an ultra-lightweight cement slurry was synthesized using Cenosphere (Industrial Waste). Further, the Recron fibers were added to improve the flexural strength & compressive strength of the cement slurry. The dispersion of Recron fibers and Cenospheres was studied using a Scanning Electron Microscope. Further the wettability of the cement slurry was observed using contact angle measurement. The Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy & X-ray Diffraction was carried to identify the various functional groups and phases in the Recron-Cenosphere Cement slurry. The cement slurry with 30% Cenosphere and 0.5% Recron Fiber develops a compressive & flexural strength of 3210& 209 Psi with an excellent pump ability..