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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2023
U.s. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center, Apg, MD (US);
Shaun M. Debow, Edgewood, MD (US);
Zachary B Zander, Havre de Grace, MD (US);
Patrick J Heaney, Madison, WI (US);
Aiping Zeng, Madison, WI (US);
Mikhail Y Efremov, Madison, WI (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Solid fuel pellets or particles are coated with a diamond-like and/or graphitic coating to impart increased resistance to oxidation or other forms of degradation. An apparatus and method for producing solid fuel pellets or particles or other comminuted or particulate material that are coated with diamond-like and/or graphitic coatings employ plasma coating of the particles or comminuted material in a plasma chamber that has provision for agitating and/or stirring the particles during the plasma coating process. The gas feed to the plasma chamber may contain at least one organic carbon source.