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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Foret Plasma Labs, Llc, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Inventor:
Todd Foret, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Foret Plasma Labs, LLC, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/14 (2006.01); B04C 5/28 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C04B 38/00 (2006.01); C10G 2/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/08 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B04C 5/04 (2006.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01); C10J 3/48 (2006.01); C10G 1/02 (2006.01); C10J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/805 (2013.01); B01J 4/002 (2013.01); B01J 8/085 (2013.01); B01J 8/087 (2013.01); B01J 8/14 (2013.01); B04C 5/04 (2013.01); B04C 5/28 (2013.01); B05D 3/007 (2013.01); C04B 38/0022 (2013.01); C10G 1/02 (2013.01); C10G 2/00 (2013.01); C10J 3/487 (2013.01); B01J 2204/002 (2013.01); B01J 2204/007 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1238 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method sinters or partially sinters green pellets in a selected temperature range to make proppant particles as the green pellets pass through a first central portion of the first vortex gas flow and exit the second end of the first cylindrical vessel and/or pass through a second central portion of the second vortex flow and exit the fourth end of the second cylindrical vessel.