Abstract:
A downhole tool includes a compact heat source including an inner housing having thermal insulation. The compact heat source includes an electrically activated heat source disposed in the inner housing and configured to receive electrical energy to generate first thermal energy. Additionally, the compact heat source includes active metal exothermic materials disposed in the inner housing and configured to receive the first thermal energy from the electrically activated heat source to initiate a first exothermic reaction in the active metal exothermic materials that generates second thermal energy. Further, the compact heat source includes a thermite material disposed in the inner housing. The thermite material is configured to receive the second thermal energy from the first exothermic reaction and ignite a second exothermic reaction of the thermite material to generate third thermal energy. Additionally, the compact heat source is configured to output the third thermal energy out of the inner housing.
Abstract:
A method and a system for monitoring a condition of an elastic element used in a downhole tool are provided. The method comprises acquiring an output signal from a flexible-type sensor installed in the elastic element, the sensor sensing at least one of strain and stress of the elastic element, and estimating a condition of the elastic element based on the output signal from the sensor. The system comprises a flexible-type sensor installed in the elastic element, the sensor sensing at least one of strain and stress of the elastic element and a processor to acquire an output signal from the sensor and estimate a condition of the elastic element based on the output signal from the sensor.
Abstract:
A downhole tool includes a housing configured to be placed into a subterranean environment and a mixer disposed in the housing. The mixer includes a first inlet configured to receive a fusible metal or alloy component and a second inlet configured to receive a solid metal or semi-metal component. Additionally, the mixer includes a mixing chamber configured to mix the fusible metal or alloy component and the solid metal or semi-metal component to form a liquid or partially liquid alloy. Further, the mixer includes an outlet configured to discharge the liquid or partially liquid alloy into the subterranean environment. The liquid or partially liquid alloy is configured to harden into a solid alloy over time.
Abstract:
A system includes a mobile platform that includes a metal powder production machine that receives solid and continuous metal and outputs a metal powder. The mobile platform further includes an additive manufacturing system that receives the metal powder and outputs a manufactured component.
Abstract:
A bore tool can include a component that includes a longitudinal axis and a perimeter surface disposed at one or more radii from the longitudinal axis; and an elastomeric component disposed about the perimeter surface where the elastomeric component includes an elastomeric material that includes carbon-based nanoplatelets.
Abstract:
A method of making a degradable alloy includes adding one or more alloying products to an aluminum or aluminum alloy melt; dissolving the alloying products in the aluminum or aluminum alloy melt, thereby forming a degradable alloy melt; and solidifying the degradable alloy melt to form the degradable alloy. A method for manufacturing a product made of a degradable alloy includes adding one or more alloying products to an aluminum or aluminum alloy melt in a mould; dissolving the one or more alloying products in the aluminum or aluminum alloy melt to form a degradable alloy melt; and solidifying the degradable alloy melt to form the product. A method for manufacturing a product made of a degradable alloy includes placing powders of a base metal or a base alloy and powders of one or more alloying products in a mould; and pressing and sintering the powders to form the product.
Abstract:
A system may include a substrate having a tensile strength of at least 10,000 PSI at an ambient temperature. The system may also include a carbon rich layer deposited on the substrate, wherein the carbon rich layer comprises at least one of a carbide, a nitride, a boride, a silicide, an oxide, a sulfide, or a transition-metal or non-metal ceramic-forming element, wherein the carbon rich layer comprises a carbon content including sp2 carbon and sp3 carbon, wherein the carbon content has greater than 40% sp3 carbon, a sp2/sp3 ratio of the carbon content is less than 1.5, or both. The carbon-rich layer is designed to reduce or prevent the formation of adherent scales on flow system surfaces used in well production, fluid injection or gas sequestration, and includes electrically-actuated downhole components having dynamic sliding surfaces.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method. The method includes receiving, via one or more processors, colorimetric data corresponding to a portion or integrality of a surface of a field component. The method also includes determining, via the one or more processors, a color value associated with the surface. Further, the method includes retrieving, via the one or more processors, trend data indicating relationships between a plurality of color values and a plurality of conditions corresponding to the field component. Further still, the method includes determining, via the one or more processors, a condition of the plurality of conditions correspond to the field component based on the trend data and the color value. Even further, the method includes generating, via the one or more processors, a condition output based on the determined condition.
Abstract:
A fluid system component can include a body that includes a multidimensional shape defined in orthogonal directions and layers stacked along one of the orthogonal directions, where at least one of the layers includes polymeric material and graphene nanoplatelets formed in situ from the polymeric material, and where the graphene nanoplatelets increase stiffness of the polymeric material.