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Mud Pump Pressure is extremely important to the drilling process. The Mud Pump Pressure Gauge enables the driller to monitor the pressure while drilling. Any unusual change in pressure will alert the driller of down hole problems. Pressure too low could indicate washed out pipe or bit nozzle, loose joint or broken drill string, worn pump packing or liners, or lost returns due to formation breakdown. Pressure too high could indicate a plugged drill bit or an increase in mud density or viscosity. Reliable indication of mud pump pressure provides an early warning of circulation problems, enabling the driller to make corrections avoiding major problems.

Positive displacements pumps are generally used on drilling rigs to pump high pressure and high volume of drilling fluids throughout a drilling system. There are several reasons why the positive displacement mud pumps are used on the rigs.

The duplex pumps (Figure 1) have two cylinders with double acting. It means that pistons move back and take in drilling mud through open intake valve and other sides of the same pistons, the pistons push mud out through the discharge valves.

When the piston rod is moved forward, one of intake valves is lift to allow fluid to come in and one of the discharge valve is pushed up therefore the drilling mud is pumped out of the pump (Figure 2).

On the other hand, when the piston rod is moved backward drilling fluid is still pumped. The other intake and discharge valve will be opened (Figure 3).

The triplex pumps have three cylinders with single acting. The pistons are moved back and pull in drilling mud through open intake valves. When the pistons are moved forward and the drilling fluid is pushed out through open discharge valves.

On the contrary when the piston rods are moved backward, the intake valve are opened allowing drilling fluid coming into the pump (Figure 6). This video below shows how a triplex mud pump works.

Because each pump has power rating limit as 1600 hp, this will limit capability of pump. It means that you cannot pump at high rate and high pressure over what the pump can do. Use of a small liner will increase discharge pressure however the flow rate is reduces. Conversely, if a bigger liner is used to deliver more flow rate, maximum pump pressure will decrease.

As you can see, you can have 7500 psi with 4.5” liner but the maximum flow rate is only 297 GPM. If the biggest size of liner (7.25”) is used, the pump pressure is only 3200 psi.

Finally, we hope that this article would give you more understanding about the general idea of drilling mud pumps. Please feel free to add more comments.

Rig pump output, normally in volume per stroke, of mud pumps on the rig is  one of important figures that we really need to know because we will use pump out put figures to calculate many parameters such as bottom up strokes,  wash out depth, tracking drilling fluid, etc. In this post, you will learn how to calculate pump out put for triplex pump and duplex pump in bothOilfield and Metric Unit.

Bourgoyne, A.J.T., Chenevert , M.E. & Millheim, K.K., 1986. SPE Textbook Series, Volume 2: Applied Drilling Engineering, Society of Petroleum Engineers.

FET manufactures a full range of valves and seats for every drilling and well-servicing application as part of our full line of Osprey® mud pump system solutions. All of our valves and seats can be used in water, water base, oil base and synthetic base mud applications. FET offers additional valves and seats not listed below, including drilling valves, frac valves and well service valves. FET’s QC standards for the dimensional and material specs are extremely rigid in comparison to other manufacturers. Contact your FET representative to learn more.

Function: Mud Pump Liner also called the cylinder liner. The cylinder liner is the core accessory of the mud pump, which has the functions of storing mud, bearing pressure and completing the suction and discharge of mud. Because the cylinder liner is in direct contact with the mud, it is easy to be worn and corroded by the tiny sand particles, acid and alkali liquid in the mud during work. As a result, the inner diameter of the cylinder liner becomes larger, leakage occurs in the seal between the cylinder liner and the piston, and the pressure is reduced. The cylinder liner is scrapped eventually. Cylinder liner is a one-time wearable part that cannot be reused, and its life span directly affects the normal operation and cost of the drilling operation.

Bimetal Liners are also known as double metal liners. Forged steel pipe 45# (ASTM1045) is used for the outer sleeve, the normalizing hardness: 160BHN (HB180-200); elongation: 17%; tensile strength is not less than 85000PSI; yield strength is not less than 60000 PSI; The inner sleeve material is high chromium wear-resistant cast iron, with chromium content of 26-28%; thickness is 0.25 to 0.35 inches (6.35-8.89 mm), and the standard thickness is 7 mm. Usually, the service life is 800 hours under normal drilling conditions.

The inner liner is made of zirconia or aluminium oxide, and the outer sleeve is made of 45# (ASTM1045) forged steel. It has the advantages of more wear resistance, corrosion resistance, high-pressure resistance, high-temperature resistance, high strength and high hardness than metal cylinder liners. The service life is more than 4000 hours under normal drilling conditions.

The piston assembly is one of the main parts of the hydraulic end system of the mud pump, and it is also one of the vulnerable parts of the drilling work. The discharge pressure of the mud pump is generated by the reciprocating linear movement of the piston assembly in the piston.

NBR rubber is suitable for an ordinary drilling working environment with working pressure below 20Mpa, and the working temperature is not higher than 120℃. Excellent wear resistance, chemical resistance and long service life.

Polyurethane rubber has excellent oil resistance and wear resistance. The working temperature is not higher than 120℃, which is suitable for oil-based mud with working pressure below 35Mpa and working environment with high sand content.

Lake Petro has over 10 years of experience in Liners and Pistons, we export a large amount of mud pump parts to many countries and regions in the world. If you are interested in any of our products, please contact sales@lakepetro.com.

Lake Petro provides high quality Mud Pump Parts including Mud Pump Liners, Mud Pump Fluid End Module, piston, Valve and Seat etc. With more than 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, we are dedicated to help and support our loyal clients with the most cost-effective and quality Liners and Pistons. We also provide mud pump price and mud pump for sale.

We offer Liners with Ceramic (Zirconia and Aluminium oxide) and Steel (Metal and Bi-metal) materials for all common brands of the mud pump and triplex mud pump.

Bi-metal liners (double metal liners) are made of forged steel shell and wear-resistant sleeve of high chromium iron. In the production process, the size accuracy should be strictly controlled, which can ensure that they can be easily and stably installed. The inner sleeve with high finish and hardness is wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant and has a long service life. The bi-metal liners are suitable for a lot of bad working conditions. Its service life is more than 800 hours.

Ceramic Liners are made of a ceramic inner sleeve and a forged steel outer shell. The service life of ceramic liners is about 4000 to 10000 hours, the minimum time is at least 2000 hours, which is a lot more than bi-metal liners. Because of the phase transformation toughen technology, the ceramic liners have the features of wear-resistance, erosion-resistance, high-pressure-resistance, high hardness and strength. Zirconia type and Alumina type are common type of ceramic sleeve. Compared with Alumina type, Zirconia type liners have better toughness properties and a much longer service life. Piston wear and water consumption for lubrication can be reduced as well.

Seal Rings for Liner packing are also important. Liner Seal Rings is designed and made with hard corner which is an integral part of seal rings and soft nitrile element rubber center. We could provide reliable liner Seal Rings for our customers could order them at the same time.

All Lake Petro liner products are interchangeable with O.E.M. products. Meanwhile, we provide customized Liners according to drawings. Our liners, also with our other mud pump spares, are supplied for use in Honghua, F-Series, Bomco, Emsco and National lines of triplex drilling pumps. Let Lake Petro be your one-stop shop for your whole fleet of pumps. Please refer to “Suitable Pump Models” Lable for more details.