The present invention relates to glass-ceramic proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions, as well as other uses. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions
The present invention relates to glass-ceramic proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions, as well as other uses. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the proppants of the present invention are further disclosed, as well as methods of making the glass-ceramic proppants.
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1. A proppant comprising a template sphere, said template sphere having a Krumbein sphericity of at least about 0.3 and a roundness of at least about 0.1, said proppant having a Krumbein sphericity of at least about 0.5 and a roundness of at least about 0.4, and a continuous sintered shell around th
1. A proppant comprising a template sphere, said template sphere having a Krumbein sphericity of at least about 0.3 and a roundness of at least about 0.1, said proppant having a Krumbein sphericity of at least about 0.5 and a roundness of at least about 0.4, and a continuous sintered shell around the entire outer surface of said template sphere, wherein at least the outer surface of said template sphere comprises a glass-ceramic or a glass-ceramic containing layer in contact with said outer surface of said template sphere. 2. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said proppant comprises a continuous sintered shell around the entire outer surface of said template sphere or said glass-ceramic containing layer, and said shell comprises a ceramic material or oxide thereof. 3. The proppant of claim 2, wherein said template sphere has a sphericity of at least about 0.6, a continuous sintered shell around the entire outer surface of said template sphere, wherein said continuous shell has a substantially uniform thickness, and wherein said proppant has a crush strength of about 1,500 psi or greater, and said template sphere has a void volume % of at least 30%. 4. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said glass-ceramic of said template sphere comprises aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, boron oxide, potassium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, titanium oxide or any combination thereof. 5. The proppant of claim 4, wherein said glass-ceramic of said template sphere comprises from about 10% to about 55% by weight SiO2; from about 0% to about 28% by weight Al2O3; from about 1% to about 5% by weight CaO; from about 7% to about 50% by weight MgO; from about 0.5% to about 25% by weight TiO2; from about 0.4% to about 30% by weight B2O3, and greater than 0% and up to about 5% by weight P2O5, based on the weight of the glass-ceramic. 6. The proppant of claim 4, wherein said glass-ceramic of said template sphere comprises from about 3% to about 10% by weight Li2O; from about 0% to about 28% by weight Al2O3; from about 10% to about 55% by weight SiO2; from about 7% to about 50% by weight MgO; from about 0.5% to about 25% by weight TiO2; from about 0.4% to about 30% by weight B2O3, and from about 6% to about 20% by weight ZnO, based on the weight of the glass-ceramic. 7. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said continuous sintered shell comprises glass-ceramic. 8. The proppant of claim 7, wherein the glass-ceramic of said continuous sintered shell is different from the glass-ceramic of the template sphere. 9. The proppant of claim 7, wherein the glass-ceramic of said continuous sintered shell is the same as the glass-ceramic of the template sphere. 10. The proppant of claim 7, wherein the glass-ceramic is uniformly distributed in the continuous sintered shell and/or the template sphere. 11. The proppant of claim 7, wherein the glass-ceramic is non-uniformly distributed in the continuous sintered shell and/or the template sphere. 12. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said template sphere is a solid sphere. 13. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said template sphere is a hollow sphere. 14. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the template sphere is entirely glass-ceramic. 15. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said template sphere is a cenosphere. 16. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said template sphere comprises ceramic and/or glass. 17. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said template sphere comprises glass. 18. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said proppant comprises said glass-ceramic containing layer that is in contact with said template sphere, and said glass-ceramic containing layer comprises a glass-ceramic which at least partially diffuses into the outer surface of said template sphere. 19. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said outer surface has a thickness of from about 0.1 μm to about 1000 μm. 20. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said glass-ceramic has a degree of crystallinity of from about 1% to about 100%. 21. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said glass-ceramic has a degree of crystallinity of from about 60% to about 80%. 22. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said glass-ceramic comprises crystallites having an orientation that is random. 23. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said glass-ceramic comprises crystallites having an orientation that is non-random. 24. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said glass-ceramic is capable of withstanding temperatures of up to about 1,500° C. 25. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said proppant has at least one of the following properties: a) said template sphere has a coefficient of thermal expansion at from 25° C. to 300° C. of from 0.1×10−6/K to 13×10−6/K ; and/orb) said shell has a coefficient of thermal expansion at from 25° C. to 300° C. of from 0.1×10−6/K to 13×10−6/K. 26. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said proppant has a specific gravity of about 3 or less; and/or a coefficient of thermal expansion at from 25° C. to 300° C. of from about 0.1×10−6/K to about 13×10−6/K ; and/or a thermal conductivity of from about 0.01 W/m−K to about 3.0 W/m−K. 27. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the proppant has a specific gravity of from about 0.7 to about 4.0. 28. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the glass-ceramic has at least one of the following properties: a density of from about 1.5 to about 3.5 g/cm3; a Young's Modulus of from about 50 to about 80 GPa; and/or a modulus of rigidity of from about 50 to about 150 MPa. 29. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said template sphere has a modulus of rigidity of from about 1 to about 100 MPa. 30. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said glass-ceramic has at least one of the following properties: a) shear modulus at 25° C. of from about 20 to about 50 GPa;b) a modulus of rupture at 25° C. of from about 50 to about 150 MPa;c) a compressive strength of from about 300 MPa to about 500 MPa;d) a fracture toughness of from about 1 to about 10 MPa·m1/2; ore) a thermal conductivity of from about 0.01 to about 3 W/(m·K). 31. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said shell is a continuous shell having a thickness of from about 0.1 micrometers to 1000 micrometers, and said template sphere has a specific gravity of from about 0.01 to about 3, and said proppant has a crush strength of about 1,000 psi or greater, and said template sphere has a void volume % of at least 30%. 32. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said template sphere comprises a mixture of aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, iron oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, potassium oxide and sodium oxide. 33. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said shell comprises aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, boron oxide, potassium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, lithium oxide, sodium oxide, iron oxide, phosphorous oxide, and/or titanium oxide or any combination thereof. 34. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said shell comprises silicon oxide, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, calcium oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, lithium oxide, iron oxide, cordierite, spinel, spodumene, steatite, a silicate, a substituted alumino silicate clay or any combination thereof. 35. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said shell comprises two or more layers, wherein one of the layers comprises said ceramic material or oxide thereof. 36. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said shell comprises cordierite. 37. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said shell comprises magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, cerium oxide, yttrium oxide, scandium oxide, titanium dioxide, or any combination thereof. 38. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said shell comprises a metal oxide, a metal carbide, a metal nitride, a metal boride, a metal silicide or any combination thereof, derived from a silicon source, titanium source, tungsten source, zirconium source, aluminum source, boron source, or any combination thereof. 39. The proppant of claim 1, wherein said shell is surface modified by applying at least one organic material to said shell. 40. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the proppant size is from about 90 micrometers to about 2,000 micrometers. 41. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the template sphere has a size of from about 20 micrometers to about 1,000 micrometers. 42. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the crystallite size of the glass-ceramic is from about 0.1 to about 0.5 micrometers. 43. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the crystallite size of the glass-ceramic is less than 1 micron. 44. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the proppant is rod-, pillar-, spike-, gear-, donut-, cylinder-, polygon- or peanut-shaped. 45. The proppant of claim 1, wherein the proppant comprises a shape having an aspect ratio of 1. 46. A proppant comprising a sphere, said sphere having a Krumbein sphericity of at least about 0.3 and a roundness of at least about 0.1, said proppant having a Krumbein sphericity of at least about 0.5 and a roundness of at least about 0.4, wherein at least the outer surface of said sphere comprises a glass-ceramic or a glass-ceramic containing layer in contact with said outer surface of said sphere. 47. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said sphere comprises ceramic and/or glass. 48. The proppant of claim 46, wherein the entire sphere is glass-ceramic. 49. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said proppant comprises said glass-ceramic containing layer that is in contact with said sphere, and said glass-ceramic containing layer comprises a glass-ceramic which at least partially diffuses into the outer surface of said sphere. 50. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said outer surface has a thickness of from about 0.1 to about 1000 μm. 51. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said glass-ceramic comprises from about 1% to about 100% crystallinity. 52. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said glass-ceramic comprises from about 10% to about 100% crystallinity. 53. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said glass-ceramic comprises crystallites having an orientation that is random. 54. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said glass-ceramic comprises crystallites having an orientation that is non-random. 55. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said glass-ceramic is capable of withstanding temperatures of up to about 1,500° C. 56. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said sphere has a coefficient of thermal expansion at from 25° C. to 300° C. of from about 0.1×10−6/K to about 13×10−6/K. 57. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said proppant has a specific gravity of about 3 or less; and a thermal conductivity of from about 0.01 W/(m−K) to about 3.0 W/(m−K). 58. The proppant of claim 46, wherein the proppant has at least one of the following properties: a density of from about 1.5 to about 3.0 g/cm3; and/or a Young's Modulus of from about 50 to about 80 GPa; and/or a modulus of rigidity of from about 50 to about 150 MPa. 59. The proppant of claim 46, wherein template sphere has a modulus of rigidity of from about 1 to about 100 MPa. 60. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said proppant has at least one of the following properties; shear modulus at 25° C. of from about 20 to about 50 GPa; a modulus of rupture at 25° C. of from about 50 to about 150 MPa; a compressive strength of from about 300 MPa to about 500 MPa; a fracture toughness of from about 1 to about 10 MPa·m1/2; a thermal conductivity of from about 0.01 to about 3 W/(m·K). 61. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said sphere has a specific gravity of from about 0.01 to about 3, and said proppant has a crush strength of about 20 kpsi or greater, and said sphere has a void volume % of at least 30%. 62. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said sphere has a sphericity of at least about 0.6, a continuous sintered shell around the entire outer surface of said sphere, wherein said continuous shell has a substantially uniform thickness, and wherein said proppant has a crush strength of about 1,500 psi or greater, and said sphere has a void volume % of at least 30%. 63. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said proppant comprises from about 10% to about 55% by weight SiO2; from about 0% to about 28% by weight Al2O3; from about 1% to about 5% by weight CaO; from about 7% to about 50% by weight MgO; from about 0.5% to about 25% by weight TiO2; from about 0.4% to about 30% by weight B2O3, and greater than 0% and up to about 5% by weight P2O5, based on the weight of the glass-ceramic. 64. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said sphere is a solid sphere. 65. The proppant of claim 46, wherein said sphere is a hollow sphere. 66. A method of forming a proppant, comprising providing a template sphere comprising glass; optionally hardening the template sphere; crystallizing at least an outer surface of said template sphere by heat treatment to form an outer surface comprising glass-ceramic; and, optionally, providing a shell around the entire outer surface of said template sphere; and sintering said shell to form a continuous sintered shell. 67. The method of claim 66, further comprising applying on said template sphere, a composition comprising alkali earth metals or transitional metal oxides prior to subjecting said template sphere to heat treatment. 68. The method of claim 67, further comprising conducting said heat treatment in the presence of at least one crystal initiator. 69. The method of claim 66, wherein said heat treatment comprises heating said template sphere to a temperature of from about 500° C. to about 1,500° C. 70. The method of claim 66, wherein the proppant formed is rod-, pillar-, spike-, gear-, donut-, cylinder-, polygon- or peanut-shaped. 71. The method of claim 66, wherein the proppant has a shape achieved by extrusion or fluid bed coating, or granulating, or pelletizing. 72. The method of claim 66, wherein the proppant has a shape achieved by fluid bed granulating or fluid spray drying. 73. A proppant comprising a template sphere, said template sphere having a Krumbein sphericity of at least about 0.3 and a roundness of at least about 0.1, said proppant having a Krumbein sphericity of at least about 0.5 and a roundness of at least about 0.4, and a continuous sintered shell around the entire outer surface of said template sphere, wherein at least the continuous sintered shell comprises a glass-ceramic. 74. The proppant of claim 73, wherein said template sphere comprises a glass-ceramic. 75. The proppant of claim 74, wherein the glass-ceramic in the template sphere and/or the shell is in solid form. 76. The proppant of claim 74, wherein the glass-ceramic in the template sphere and/or shell is in hollow or porous form.
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