Structure Optimization Design of Pulseoscillation Amplifier for Hydraulic Oscillator Based on Numerical Simulation

Abstract

Hydraulic oscillator is one of the effective tools to solve the problem of high friction in directional drilling and horizontal drilling. However, there are some problems with this kind of tools such as high pressure loss and insufficient vibration force. Because of its self-excited oscillation characteristics, pulse oscillation amplifier can realize the amplification of pulse jet pressure under the condition of lowpressure loss, which is one of the effective ways to solve the above problems of hydraulic oscillator. In this paper, according to the working characteristics of hydraulic oscillator and the demand of pulse amplification, the structure of pulse oscillator amplifier was optimized based on numerical simulation method. Firstly, the geometric and numerical models of the pulse oscillator amplifier were constructed, and the flow field distribution and pulse amplification effect of the pulse oscillation amplifier under different structural parameters were simulated and analyzed, and the influence of different structural parameters on the pulse amplification effect was explored. Secondly, the structure of the pulse oscillator amplifier was optimized by Response Surface Method, and the optimal structure based on the effect of outlet pressure amplification was obtained: upper nozzle diameter D1=22mm, upper nozzle length L1=26mm, lower nozzle diameter D2=28mm, lower nozzle length L2=28mm, cavity length L=58mm, cavity diameter d=80mm, angle 60°. Its pressure loss was 0.3MPa and outlet pressure peak value was 4.5MPa, which was 1.8 times of the inlet pressure peak value of 2.5MPa. Finally, the minimum relative error between the experimental results and the numerical simulation results was 4%, which has verified the credibility of the numerical simulation and structural optimization results.