Characteristics and propierties of oil-well cements additioned with blast furnace slag

Authors

  • R. Sánchez Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica. ESIQIE IPN Zacatenco
  • M. Palacios Institute of Building Materials, ETH Zurich - Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETcc-CSIC)
  • F. Puertas Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETcc-CSIC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.2010.54110

Keywords:

alkali activation, blast furnace slag, hydration, microstructure, oil-well cements

Abstract


The present paper addresses the alkali activation of Portland cements containing blast furnace slag (20 and 30% of the cement by weight) with a view to the possible use of these materials in oil well construction. The hydration studies conducted showed that in cement/slag blends, the sodium silicate activating solution partially inhibited the dissolution of the silicate phases in the Portland cement, retarding cement hydration and reducing the precipitation of reaction products. Due to such partial inhibition, the cement/slag blends had significantly lower mechanical strength than Portland cements hydrated with water. 29Si and 27Al MAS NMR and BSE/EDX studies, in turn, showed that the C-S-H gel forming in the alkali-activated cement/slag pastes contained Al in tetrahedral positions and low Ca/Si ratios.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

(1) Taylor, H. F. W.: Cement Chemistry. 2nd Edition Thomas Telford (1997). http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/cc.25929

(2) Nelson, E. B.: Well cementing. Elsevier Science Publishers B. V. (1990).

(3) API SPEC 10 A Twenty-third Edition, April 2002 IS0 10426-1-2001.

(4) Michaux, M.; Defosse, C.: "Oil-well cement slurries I. Microstructural approach of their rheology" Cem. and Concr. Res., 16 (1986), pp. 23-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0008-8846(86)90064-5

(5) Cowan, K. M.; Hale, A. H.; Nahm, J. J.: "Conversion of Drilling Fluids to Cements with Blast Furnace Slag: Performance Properties and Applications for Well Cementing" Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Delta (1992), pp. 277-288.

(6) Nahm, J. J.; Romero, R. N.; Wyant, R. E.; Hale, A. A.; Briggs, B. R.; Smith, T. R.; Lombardi, M. A.; Keedy, C. R.: "Universal Fluid: A Drilling Fluid to Reduce Lost Circulation and Improve Cementing. Drilling Conference" Proceedings (1994), pp. 157-168.

(7) Mueller, D. T.; DiLullo, G.; Hibbeler, J.; Kelly, P.: "Portland cement - blast furnace slag blends in oilwell cementing applications". Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Delta (1995), pp. 659-662.

(8) Salem, S.; Khelafi, H.; Kerdal, D.; Ait-Soura, S.: "Use of slags taken from blast furnaces for the improvement of petroleum cements of type G" Materials and Structures, 34 (238) (2001), pp. 253-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/13631

(9) Daulton, D. J.; Bosworth, S. J.; Pumphrey, B.; McCathy, S.; Cantu, R.: "Clendennen John. Field experience with application of blast furnace slag to the drilling and cementing program in the Stratton field, South Texas" Proceedings SPE Production Operations Symposium (1995), pp. 285-299. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/29472-MS

(10) Richardson, I. G.; Wilding, C. R.; Dickson, M. J.: "The hydration of blastfurnace slag cements" Advances in Cement Research, 2 (1989), pp. 147-157.

(11) Escalante, J. I.; Gómez, L. Y.; Johal, K. K.; Mendoza, G.; Mancha, H.; Méndez, J.: "Reactivity of blast-furnace slag in Portland cement blends hydrated under different conditions" Cem. Concr. Res., 31 (2001), pp. 1403-1409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0008-8846(01)00587-7

(12) Fernández, J. A.; Puertas, F.; Arteaga, A.: "Determination of kinetic equations of alkaline activation of blast furnace slag by means of calorimetric data" Journal of thermal analysis, 52 (1998), pp. 945-955. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1010172204297

(13) Fernández-Jiménez, A.; Puertas, F.; Sobrados, I.; Sanz, J.: "Structure of calcium silicate hydrates formed in alkaline activated slag. Influence of the type of alkaline activator" Journal of American Ceramic Society, 86 (3) (2003), pp. 1389-1394.

(14) Palacios, M.: "Empleo de aditivos orgánicos en la mejora de las propiedades de cementos y morteros de escoria activada alcalinamente" Tesis Doctoral. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2006).

(15) Fernández-Jiménez, A.; Palomo, J. G.; Puertas, F.: "Alkali-activated slag mortars: Mechanical strength behaviour" Cem. Concr. Res., 29 (1999), pp. 1313-1321.

(16) UNE EN 196-2:2006 Métodos de ensayo de cementos. Parte 2: Análisis químico de cementos.

(17) Barneyback, R. S.; Diamond, S.: "Expressions and analysis of pore fluids from hardened cement pastes and mortars" Cem. Concr. Res., 11 (1981), pp. 279-285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0008-8846(81)90069-7

(18) UNE EN 196-1 (1996) "Métodos de ensayo de cementos. Parte 1. Determinación de resistencias mecánicas".

(19) Shi, C.: "On the state and role of alkali´s during the activation of alkali-activated slag cement" Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement. Durban (South Africa) (2003), pp. 2097-2105.

(20) Fernández-Jiménez A.; Puertas F.: "Setting of alkali-activated slag cement, influence of activator nature". Advances in Cement Research, 13 (2001), pp. 115-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/adcr.2001.13.3.115

(21) Vázquez, T.: Contribución al estudio de las reacciones de hidratación del cemento portland por espectroscopia infrarroja. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1975).

(22) Nakamoto, K.: Infrared spectra of inorganic and coordination compounds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York London (1963).

(23) Richardson, I. G.: "The nature of C-S-H in hardened cements" Cem. Concr. Res. 29 (8) (1999), pp. 1131-1147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0008-8846(99)00168-4

(24) Kirkpatrick, R. J.; Cong, X.: "An introduction to 27Al and 29Si NMR spectroscopy of cements and concretes" Ed. P.Colombet and A. Grimmer (1994), pp. 55-76.

(25) Skibsted, J.; Jakobsen, H. J.; Hall, C.: "Quantitative Aspects of 27Al MAS NMR of Calcium Aluminoferrites" Advanced Cement Based Materials, 7 (1998), pp. 57-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1065-7355(97)00017-5

(26) Saout, Gwenn Le, Lécolier, É.; Rivereau, A.; Zanni, H. : "Study of oilwell cements by solid-state NMR". Comptes Rendus Chimie, 7 (3-4) (2004), pp. 383-388.

(27) Lea´s. Chemistry of cement and concrete. 4th Edition. Edited by Peter C. Hewkett (New York), 1998.

(28) Puertas, F.; Fernández-Jiménez, A.; Blanco-Varela, M. T.: "Pore solution in alkali-activated slag cement pastes. Relation to the composition and structure of calcium silicate hydrate" Cem. Concr. Res., 34 (2004), pp. 139-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00254-0

(29) Taylor, R.; Richardson, I. G.; Brydson, R. M. D.: "Composition and microstructure of 20-year-old ordinary Portland cement-ground granulated blast-furnace slag blends containing 0 to 100% slag" Cem. Concr. Res., 40 (2010), pp. 971-983. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.02.012

Downloads

Published

2011-06-30

How to Cite

Sánchez, R., Palacios, M., & Puertas, F. (2011). Characteristics and propierties of oil-well cements additioned with blast furnace slag. Materiales De Construcción, 61(302), 185–211. https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.2010.54110

Issue

Section

Research Articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 3 4 5 6 > >>