Wpływ wybranych domieszek obniżających gęstość na parametry zaczynu cementowego

Lightweight slurries are most commonly used for sealing columns of casing pipes in conditions of reduced reservoir pressure or in low-density zones. Through appropriate reduction of the cement slurry density, the hydrostatic pressure can be lowered, which prevents the cement slurry from escaping into the weakly compacted zones. In addition, cement slurries with reduced density can be used when it is necessary to raise cement in annulus to a large height (deep boreholes). When developing a lightweight cement slurry formula, light additives and admixtures are commonly used as fillers. These measures make it possible to reduce the slurry density and thus to apply it in specific geological conditions. However, the use of such additives and admixtures has a significant impact on the technological parameters of both fresh and hardened cement stone. In the case of fresh cement slurry, the presence of light fractions changes the rheological parameters of the leaven, increases filtration, and changes the water loss value. On the other hand, the cement bond resulting from lightweight slurry may have lower compressive strength values or higher porosity. It should be noted that lightweight slurry formulas are most often used to seal columns of casing pipes installed at small depths. Therefore, it is also important to obtain a proper transition time from the initial setting time to the final setting time. The above contributes to eliminating the possibility of gas migration pathways in the set cement slurry. In connection with the above, the publication discusses the impact of selected density-reducing admixtures on selected technological parameters of cement slurry. In the article, 4 types of fillers were tested (aluminosilicate microsphere used so far, new generation aluminosilicate microsphere CSF K, glass microsphere and filter perlite E100F). Initial tests were carried out for base cement slurries consisting only of water and cement. Lightweight fillers were used as a 5% grout admixture. At this stage, the setting time of fresh cement slurry and the effect of these admixtures on the obtained values of mechanical parameters were tested. In the next stage, tests were carried out for specific cement slurry, which contained other means necessary to control the parameters determining the effectiveness of sealing the borehole. In these recipes, 15% of the addition of selected lightweight fillers was used and the effect of these filling materials on the parameters of fresh and hardened cement slurries was determined.