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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Zhihui Zhang, Katy, TX (US);
Zhiyue Xu, Cypress, TX (US);
Goang-ding Shyu, Houston, TX (US);
Juan Carlos Flores Perez, The Woodlands, TX (US);
James Doane, Friendswood, TX (US);
Yingqing Xu, Tomball, TX (US);
Zhihui Zhang, Katy, TX (US);
Zhiyue Xu, Cypress, TX (US);
Goang-Ding Shyu, Houston, TX (US);
Juan Carlos Flores Perez, The Woodlands, TX (US);
James Doane, Friendswood, TX (US);
Yingqing Xu, Tomball, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole assembly includes a downhole tool including a degradable-on-demand material including: a matrix material; and, a unit in contact with the matrix material. The unit includes a core including an energetic material configured to generate energy upon activation to facilitate degradation of the downhole tool; and, an activator disposed in contact with the core, the activator including a triggering system having an electrical circuit and an igniter within the electrical circuit, the electrical circuit having an open condition and a closed condition, the electrical circuit configured to be in the closed condition after movement of an object downhole that engages directly or indirectly with the triggering system, and the igniter arranged to ignite the energetic material in the closed condition of the electrical circuit. In the open condition of the electrical circuit the igniter is inactive, and in the closed condition of the electrical circuit the igniter is activated.