Abstract:In order to solve the problems of excessively long droplet break time and excessively large droplet length to diameter ratio in the production of high-temperature and high-viscosity temporary plugging agent, the minimum velocity of droplet forming of temporary plugging agent was obtained by theoretical calculation, and the formula for calculating the optimal disturbance period was derived. The numerical simulation method was used to analyze the droplet forming process of temporary plugging agent, and the changes of the flow field of the droplet forming under the action of no disturbance and external square wave disturbance were explored. The simulation results show that without disturbance, the jet is difficult to break into droplets within 300 mm, the jet temperature is basically unchanged within 0.5 s, and the jet velocity increases to 2.13 times of the initial velocity. When square wave disturbance is added to the outside, too short disturbance period is not conducive to uniform droplet forming, and too long disturbance period will lead to excessive elongation of liquid column before fracture. When the disturbance period is about 0.11 s, the droplet forming efficiency is the highest, the fracture frequency is stable at 0.11 s, and the final droplet length-diameter ratio is stable at about 2. The research results provide a basis for the selection of process parameters for droplet forming of high viscosity temporary plugging agent.