Abstract:
Filter Presses are commonly used to test and evaluate the filtration properties of drilling fluids, cement slurries,
and treatment of fluids to formation cores. HPHT Filter Presses provide an efficient mean to evaluate these
properties under high temperature and high pressure, simulating bottom hole conditions.
The objective of this document is to rescue, habilitate, and run the HPHT Filter Press for the Petroleum
Laboratory at the Department of Earth Science Engineering at the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, and
furthermore, illustrate the reader about a complete and correct use of the equipment. This document presents
references about the device general description, classification, importance and general characteristics.
Through the pages of this document it is shown the initial conditions in which the device was found in the first
place, giving accurate detail of the fundamental parts and its components.
This thesis details the procedures of improvement to the HPHT Filter Press, conditioning and detailed analysis,
along with the lab testing performed to proof its efficiency.
