Patent ID: 11939263
Assignee: TERRA CO2 TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B  F  Y | IPC B  C  F

Claim 16:
17. A method for producing microspheroidal glassy particles, comprising:
flowing a gas mixture comprising an oxidant gas and a combustible fuel through a burner;
entraining, in a cyclone, solid aluminosilicate feedstock particles in the gas mixture;
preheating the solid aluminosilicate feedstock particles in the gas mixture;
introducing the solid aluminosilicate feedstock particles into a melt chamber, the melt chamber having the burner;
introducing quench air into the melt chamber through quench air injectors, the quench air injectors disposed around the burner;
melting the solid aluminosilicate feedstock particles in the melt chamber while the aluminosilicate feedstock particles are in flight within the melt chamber to form molten aluminosilicate particles; and
quenching, in a quench chamber and while in flight, the molten aluminosilicate particles to form the microspheroidal glassy particles.