Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.
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A process for producing proppants from waste mineralogical material. The process can include providing the waste mineralogical material in a form such as particles, fines, dust, powders, and the like, and forming a plurality of “green” pellets from the waste mineralogical material. Thereafter, the p
A process for producing proppants from waste mineralogical material. The process can include providing the waste mineralogical material in a form such as particles, fines, dust, powders, and the like, and forming a plurality of “green” pellets from the waste mineralogical material. Thereafter, the plurality of green pellets are fed into a provided flame drop tower that has a combustion flame, a hot zone, and a collection basin located downstream from the hot zone. The plurality of green pellets pass through the hot zone, are melted and subsequently solidified in the shape of a sphere downstream from the hot zone to form vitrified glass spheres. In some instances, the vitrified glass spheres are subjected to a devitrification step.
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1. A process for producing proppants from waste mineralogical material, the process comprising: providing a waste mineralogical material in a form selected from at least one of particles, dust and powders;forming a plurality of green pellets from the waste mineralogical material;providing a flame dr
1. A process for producing proppants from waste mineralogical material, the process comprising: providing a waste mineralogical material in a form selected from at least one of particles, dust and powders;forming a plurality of green pellets from the waste mineralogical material;providing a flame drop tower having a combustion flame and a hot zone proximate an upper portion of the flame drop tower and a collection basin located downstream the hot zone;feeding the plurality of green pellets into the flame drop tower, the plurality of green pellets passing through the hot zone, melting and solidifying in the shape of a sphere downstream of the hot zone and before reaching the collection basin. 2. The process of claim 1, wherein the waste mineralogical material is metabasalt waste from a metabasalt mine. 3. The process of claim 2, wherein the metabasalt waste is mixed with a component selected from at least one of water, starch and polyvinyl alcohol to form the plurality of green pellets. 4. The process of claim 3, wherein the metabasalt waste is in the form of a dry powder having an average particle size of less than 150 microns. 5. The process of claim 4, wherein the average particle size is less than 50 microns. 6. The process of claim 5, wherein the plurality of green pellets have an average pellet size of between 150 to 1000 microns. 7. The process of claim 6, wherein the plurality of green pellets have a water content of between 15 to 25 wt %. 8. The process of claim 7, further including drying the plurality of green pellets and reducing the water content to between 0.5 to 1 wt %. 9. The process of claim 8, further including preheating the plurality of green pellets before feeding the plurality of green pellets into the flame drop tower. 10. The process of claim 9, wherein the plurality of green pellets are preheated to a temperature of between 100 to 400° C. 11. The process of claim 10, further including using waste heat from the flame drop tower to assist at least one of drying the plurality of green pellets and preheating the plurality of green pellets. 12. The process of claim 1, wherein the hot zone has a temperature between 1300 to 1500° C. 13. The process of claim 12, wherein the plurality of green pellets have a residence time of between 0.5 to 1.5 seconds in the hot zone. 14. The process of claim 13, wherein the plurality of green pellets that have melted in the hot zone solidify within a residence time of between 1.0 to 3.0 seconds between the hot zone and the collection basin. 15. The process of claim 14, wherein the solidified spheres are vitrified glass spheres having a size range between 150 to 1700 microns. 16. The process of claim 15, further including devitrification of the vitrified glass spheres. 17. The process of claim 16, wherein devitrification of the vitrified glass spheres includes heating the spheres to a temperature of between 700 to 1050° C., inclusive. 18. The process of claim 17, wherein the devitrified glass spheres have a fracture toughness of at least 25% greater than the vitrified glass spheres. 19. The process of claim 17, wherein the devitrified glass spheres have a Vickers indentation fracture resistance greater than 1.2 MPa·√{square root over (m)}. 20. The process of claim 17, wherein the devitrified glass spheres have a Vickers indentation fracture resistance greater than 1.5 MPa·√{square root over (m)}.
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