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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Joseph G. Munisteri, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Joseph G. Munisteri, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
MBJ Water Partners, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 19/00 (2006.01); B02C 21/00 (2006.01); B02C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for creating a proppant of a specific size from a slurry extracted from a fractured hydrocarbon well is provided, including the steps of separating water from the slurry, resulting in a solid stream and a liquid stream; mixing the slurry stream with particulate, resulting in a feed material; fusing proppant material in the feed material; quenching the fused proppant material; breaking the fused proppant material; sizing the broken material for the specific size; and mixing broken material that is not of the specific size with the feed material. A system for performing the method is also described.