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Enhancing Oil Well Cement with Eggshell Nanoparticles

This study investigates the use of eggshell-derived CaCO3 nanoparticles to enhance the mechanical properties of oil well cement (OWC). The optimal addition of 6% eggshell nanoparticles significantly improved the compressive strength, microstructure, and durability of the cement by increasing the rate of hydration and altering hydration product formation. Various characterization techniques confirmed the effectiveness of the nanoparticles in enhancing OWC performance.

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Enhancing Oil Well Cement with Eggshell Nanoparticles

This study investigates the use of eggshell-derived CaCO3 nanoparticles to enhance the mechanical properties of oil well cement (OWC). The optimal addition of 6% eggshell nanoparticles significantly improved the compressive strength, microstructure, and durability of the cement by increasing the rate of hydration and altering hydration product formation. Various characterization techniques confirmed the effectiveness of the nanoparticles in enhancing OWC performance.

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ICEMEA-2020 IOP Publishing

IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 765 (2020) 012006 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/765/1/012006

Improvement of mechanical properties of Oil well cement by


incorporate Nano-CaCO3 prepared from eggshell waste

Ali Dawood Salman1, Juzsakova Tatjána1, Mohammad A. Al-Mayyahi 2, Raheek I.


Ibrahim*3, Thamer Adnan Abdullah1, Eman H. Khader4
1
Institute of Environmental Engineering, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
2
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering /College of Oil and Gas
Engineering Basra University for Oil and Gas
3
Electromechanical Engineering Department/ University of Technology/ Baghdad- Iraq
4
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology, Iraq

*Raheek I. Ibrahim 80058@[Link]

Abstract
The objectives of this work were to prepare, characterize the CaCO3 nanoparticles as
admixture derived from eggshell waste to improve the mechanical properties and
performance of oil well cement (OWC) and to evaluate the interactions regarding the
cement-admixture compatibility. The results suggest to use the combination of ultrafine
grinding (ball milling) and heating treatment. The evaluation of the effectiveness of the
addition of eggshell nanoparticles (ESNP) on the mechanical properties (compressive
strength) of OWC was also an important objective. The high purity of eggshell powder
was milled for 5–30 h to prepare ESNP with an average particle size of 40 nm after 25 h.
The physico-chemical properties of the ESNP were characterized by different techniques
including particle size analyzer (PSA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence
(XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET)
methods. The ESPN was added in three different percentages to the OWC (2%, 6% and
10% as partial replacement of cement) and a w/c of 0.44. It was also revealed that the best
percentage of ESNP addition not only resulted in much denser microstructure in OWC
but also changed the formation of hydration products through presence of CaCO3
nanoparticles, which increased the rate of reaction of tricalcium aluminate (C3A) to form
a carboaluminate complex. In this way the rate of hydration increased, the total hydration
products increased and consequently the strength as well. Hence the addition of ESNP
contributed to the improvement of early-age compressive strength, microstructure and
durability properties of cement. According to the results, it was found that the optimal
addition of ESNP to OWC is 6%.
Keywords: Eggshell nanoparticles, Oil well cement, Ball milling, Mechanical properties,

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