Multi-phasic explosive fracturing system

US10480301B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Triad National Security, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jonathan L. Mace · Los Alamos, US
• Bryce C. Tappan · Santa Fe, US
• Lawrence E. Bronisz · Los Alamos, US
• Jonathan Morgan · Nampa, US
• Patrick Bowden · Los Alamos, US
• Daniel Preston · Elmont, US
• Gerald J. Seitz · El Rancho, US
• Nathaniel T. Morgan · Los Alamos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42D1/08
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are embodiments of precursor components (or compositions thereof) that can be combined with one or more additional components (or compositions thereof) to form an explosive composition. The disclosed precursor components (or compositions thereof) can be handled and transported safely to a particular location where they can be mixed with liquid fuel to form an explosive composition. In particular disclosed embodiments, the precursor components (or compositions thereof) can comprise, consist essentially of, or consist of an oxidizer component, a metal component, or combinations thereof.