High Efficiency Radiation-Induced Triggering for Set-on-Command Compositions and Methods of Use
Baldasaro, N. G., Gupta, V., & Lewis, S. J. (2017). High Efficiency Radiation-Induced Triggering for Set-on-Command Compositions and Methods of Use. (U.S. Patent No. 9,546,533). http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=20140209308.PGNR.
Abstract
Systems and methods that utilize bremsstrahlung radiation may be used to facilitate the setting of a settable composition. For example, a method may include providing a settable composition in a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, a portion of the subterranean formation, or both; conveying an electron accelerator tool along the wellbore proximal to the settable composition; producing an electron beam in the electron accelerator tool with a trajectory that impinges a converter material, thereby converting the electron beam to bremsstrahlung photons; and irradiating the settable composition with the bremsstrahlung photons.
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