Ceramic particles with controlled pore and/or microsphere placement and/or size and method of making same
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C09K-008/74
E21B-043/267
출원번호
US-0977302
(2010-12-23)
등록번호
US-8728991
(2014-05-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Wu, Shanghua
Xie, Yuming
Coker, Christopher E.
Chatterjee, Dilip
출원인 / 주소
Oxane Materials, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Kilyk & Bowersox, P.L.L.C.
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초록▼
The present invention relates to lightweight high strength microsphere containing ceramic particles having controlled microsphere placement and/or size and microsphere morphology, which produces an improved balance of specific gravity and crush strength such that they can be used in applications suc
The present invention relates to lightweight high strength microsphere containing ceramic particles having controlled microsphere placement and/or size and microsphere morphology, which produces an improved balance of specific gravity and crush strength such that they can be used in applications such as proppants to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more microsphere containing ceramic particles of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the microsphere containing ceramic particles of the present invention are further disclosed, as well as methods of making the microsphere containing ceramic particles.
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1. A method for producing a microsphere containing particle, said method comprising a. forming a green body from a green body material that comprises at least one ceramic or ceramic precursor and a plurality of microsphere formers, wherein a majority of said microsphere formers are distributed in sa
1. A method for producing a microsphere containing particle, said method comprising a. forming a green body from a green body material that comprises at least one ceramic or ceramic precursor and a plurality of microsphere formers, wherein a majority of said microsphere formers are distributed in said green body such that the majority of said microsphere formers are not in contact with each other, and said microsphere formers have a substantially uniform shape and size;b. sintering said green body under sintering conditions to form a sintered body having a plurality of microspheres contained therein, and wherein said microspheres are each characterized by a void volume surrounded by a material different from said ceramic in said sintered body, and a majority of said microspheres are not in contact with each other. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said ceramic or ceramic precursor comprises cordierite, mullite, bauxite, silica, spodumene, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, calcium oxide, zirconium oxide, lithium oxide, iron oxide, spinet steatite, a silicate, a substituted alumino silicate clay, an inorganic nitride, an inorganic carbide, a non-oxide ceramic or any combination thereof. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said ceramic or ceramic precursor has a particle size distribution, dgs, from about 0.5 to about 15, wherein, dgs={(dg90−dg10)/dg50} wherein dg10 is a particle size wherein 10% of the particles have a smaller particle size, dg50 is a median particle size wherein 50% of the particles have a smaller particle size, and dg90 is a particle size wherein 90% of the particle volume has a smaller particle size. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said ceramic or ceramic precursor comprises from about 90% by weight to about 99.9% by weight of said green body. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers are capable of forming a glassy compound and a gas. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers comprise a carbide, a nitride, an oxynitride, a sulfide, a halide, a boride or any combination thereof. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers comprise an organometalic compound or a composite. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers comprise a metallic alloy with at least one metal capable of forming an oxide vapor. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers are silicon carbide. 10. The method of claim 5, wherein said glassy compound is silicon dioxide. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers comprise a combustible inorganic or organic material. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers at least partially decompose to generate a gas. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers have a particle size distribution, dfs, from about 0.5 to about 5.0, wherein, dfs={(df90−df10)/df50} wherein df10 is a particle size wherein 10% of the particles have a smaller particle size, df50 is a median particle size wherein 50% of the particles have a smaller particle size, and df90 is a particle size wherein 90% of the particles have a smaller particle size. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere formers comprise from about 0.01% by weight to about 10% by weight of said green body. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the green body material further comprises at least one sintering promoter comprising a sintering aid, a glassy phase formation agent, a grain growth inhibitor, a ceramic strengthening agent, a crystallization control agent, or phase formation control agent, or any combination thereof. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein said green body material further comprises yttrium oxide, cerium oxide and any combination thereof. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein said green body further comprises a hollow template. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein said sintering is performed in the presence of a gas. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein said gas comprises from about 100 ppm to about 100% by weight oxygen. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein said sintering is performed under a pressure of from about 1×105 Pa to about 5×105 Pa. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein said sintering creates reactive diffusion or local melting of said ceramic or ceramic precursor in said green body. 22. The method of claim 1, wherein said sintering is performed at a temperature from about 500° C. to about 2500° C. and said pressure is from about 0.1 MPa to about 200 MPa for about 1 hour to about 20 hours. 23. The method of claim 1, wherein at least 80% by total number, of said microspheres are not in contact with each other. 24. The method of claim 1, wherein said microsphere containing ceramic particle has a specific gravity of from about 1.8 to about 2.25, a microsphere placement and/or size of from about 1% to about 10%, a crush strength of from about 10 MPa to about 300 MPa, and a four point bending strength of about 50 MPa to about 400 MPa. 25. The method of claim 1, wherein said ceramic or ceramic precursor comprises at least one sedimentary material or at least one synthetically produced material or both. 26. A microsphere containing ceramic particle comprising a sintered body having a plurality of microspheres contained therein, and wherein said microspheres are each characterized by a void volume surrounded by a material that defines a wall and that is different from said sintered body, and a majority of said microspheres are not in contact with each other, and wherein said material is partially diffused into said sintered body. 27. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26, wherein said sintered body comprises at least in part cordierite, mullite, bauxite, silica, spodumene, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, calcium oxide, zirconium oxide, lithium oxide, iron oxide, spinet steatite, a silicate, a substituted alumino silicate clay, an inorganic nitride, an inorganic carbide, a non-oxide ceramic or any combination thereof. 28. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26, wherein said sintered body further surrounds or encapsulates a cenosphere, a micro glass bead, a synthetic cenosphere, a polymer bead or any combination thereof. 29. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26, wherein said microsphere containing ceramic particle has a specific gravity of from about 0.8 to about 3.5, a microsphere total volume of from about 1% to about 49%, a crush strength of from about 10 MPa to about 300 MPa, and a four point bending strength of about 50 MPa to about 400 MPa. 30. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26, wherein said microsphere containing ceramic particle has a specific gravity of from about 1.8 to about 2.25, a microsphere total volume of from about 1% to about 10%, a crush strength of from about 10 MPa to about 300 MPa, and a four point bending strength of about 50 MPa to about 400 MPa. 31. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26, wherein said microsphere containing ceramic particle has dps from about 0.4 to about 1.0, wherein dps(dp90−dp10)/dp50 and wherein dp10 is a particle size wherein 10% of the particles have a smaller particle size, dp50 is a median particle size wherein 50% of the particles have a smaller particle size, and d90 is a particle size wherein 90% of the particles have a smaller particle size. 32. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26, wherein Rp is from about 0.01 to about 0.1, wherein Rp=dv50/dp50 wherein dv50 is a median microsphere size where 50% of the microspheres of the distribution has a smaller microsphere size and dp50 is a median particle size where 50% of the particles of the distribution have a smaller particle size. 33. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26, wherein said sintered body comprises at least one material derived from at least one sedimentary material or at least one synthetically produced material or both. 34. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26, having one or more of the following characteristics: a) a majority of microspheres in said particle (excluding any optional central void) have a size of less than 50 cubic microns,b) a population of particles (based on a 50 gram sample of particles) have a specific gravity variance of ±0.8 or less,c) a total porosity of 5% to 33% by volume of particle (excluding any optional central void), wherein a majority of the microspheres are not in contact with each other,d) the microspheres are uniformly distributed in the particle such that the microsphere density is about the same throughout the particle. 35. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 34, wherein said majority is 50% to 95% based on a count of total microspheres present in said particle excluding any central voids optionally present. 36. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 34, wherein said particle has a crush strength of at least 2,000 psi. 37. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 34, wherein said particle has a crush strength of at least 5,000 psi. 38. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 34, wherein said microsphere density is such that a sector of said particle has a density of within ±25% compared to a different sector of said particle. 39. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 34, wherein said particle has a specific gravity of 1.0 to 2.6. 40. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 34, wherein said specific gravity variance is ±0.3 or less. 41. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 34, wherein said particle has all of said characteristics. 42. The microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 34, wherein a) is present in said particle and said size is less than 20 microns. 43. A method to prop open subterranean formation fractures comprising introducing a proppant formulation comprising the microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26 into a subterranean formation. 44. A method of treating a subterranean producing zone penetrated by a well bore comprising the steps of: a. preparing or providing a treating fluid that comprises a fluid, energized fluid, foam, or a gas carrier having the microsphere containing ceramic particle of claim 26 suspended therein, andb. pumping said treating fluid into said subterranean producing zone whereby said particles are deposited therein.
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