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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Hoowaki, Llc, Pendleton, SC (US);
Ralph Hulseman, Greenville, SC (US);
Sarah Hulseman, Greenville, SC (US);
Ernesto Fonseca, Houston, TX (US);
Yinghui Liu, Katy, TX (US);
Mauricio Farinas, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Reynolds, Katy, TX (US);
Hoowaki, LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
This invention is a fracturing component and method having a fluid and a plurality of three dimensional structures mixed in the fluid wherein each structure has a longitudinal axis, center of mass and center of pressure wherein the center of mass and the center of pressure do not align in a stable manner causing the structure to flutter in the fluid to reduce the structure from settling out of the fluid when injected into a fissure. Each three dimensional structure can include a first end of the structure having a first plane having an angle of incident θoffset from perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a second end of the structure having a second plane having an angle of incident θoffset from perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The difference between θand θcan be in a range of 0° to 65°.