EXTRUSION PROCESS FOR PROPPANT PRODUCTION

• Main Authors: COKER, CHRISTOPHER E, CHATTERJEE, DILIP K, XIE, YUMING, WU, SHANGHUA, SKALA, ROBERT D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.11.2017
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; DYES; LIME, MAGNESIA; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; REFRACTORIES; SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS, SLAG, OR MIXTURESCONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER; SLAG; SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE; WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE

AN EXTRUSION METHOD AND APPARATUS ARE DESCRIBED FOR PRODUCING CERAMICS, GLASS, GLASS-CERAMICS, OR COMPOSITES SUITABLE FOR USE AS PROPPANTS. THE METHOD INCLUDES FORMING ONE OR MORE GREEN BODY MATERIALS, EXTRUDING THE GREEN BODY MATERIALS TO FORM A GREEN BODY EXTRUDATE (100A, 100B), SEPARATING AND SHA...