ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,659, issued on March 24, was assigned to CARBO CERAMICS INC. (Houston).
"Ceramic particles for use in a solar power tower" was invented by Claude Krause (Broussard, La.), Benjamin T. Eldred (Houston) and Steve Canova (Verdigris, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ceramic particles for use in a solar power tower and methods for making and using the ceramic particles are disclosed. The ceramic particle can include a sintered ceramic material formed from a mixture of a ceramic raw material and a darkening component comprising MnO as Mn2+. The ceramic particle can have a size from about 8 mesh to about 170 mesh and a density of less t...