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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Lei Zhao, Houston, TX (US);
Caleb R. Newman, Houston, TX (US);
Edward T. Wood, Kingwood, TX (US);
Zhiyue Xu, Cypress, TX (US);
Lei Zhao, Houston, TX (US);
Caleb R. Newman, Houston, TX (US);
Edward T. Wood, Kingwood, TX (US);
Zhiyue Xu, Cypress, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of deploying an apparatus in a wellbore comprises positioning a device at a predetermined location; wherein the device comprises a composition that contains an expandable graphite, and a metallic binder, and wherein the composition has a first shape; and exposing the composition to a microwave energy to cause the composition to attain a second shape different from the first shape. Alternatively, the composition further comprises an activation material comprising a thermite, a mixture of Al and Ni, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing and a method of deploying an apparatus comprising such a composition includes exposing the composition to a selected form of energy.