Patent ID: 9038725
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: C02F,E21B

Abstract:
1. A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising: transporting a fluid treatment system to a wellsite; accessing a water source proximate to the wellsite; introducing a water stream from the water source into the fluid treatment system; irradiating at least a portion of the water stream within the fluid treatment system, wherein the portion of the water stream is irradiated by exposing the portion of the water stream to ultraviolet light emitted from at least one pulsed ultraviolet lamp; forming a wellbore servicing fluid from the irradiated water stream, wherein forming the wellbore servicing fluid comprises mixing the irradiated water stream with an additive; placing the wellbore servicing fluid into the wellbore; and wherein the fluid treatment system comprises an ultraviolet irradiation unit comprising at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber; wherein the at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber comprises the at least one pulsed ultraviolet lamp; and wherein the at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber comprises a first group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps and a second group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps, wherein the lamps of the first group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps and the lamps of the second group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps are positioned within the ultraviolet irradiation chamber about perpendicular to a flowpath of the water stream through the ultraviolet irradiation chamber.