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WO2009000915A2
WO2009000915A2 PCT/EP2008/058277 EP2008058277W WO2009000915A2 WO 2009000915 A2 WO2009000915 A2 WO 2009000915A2 EP 2008058277 W EP2008058277 W EP 2008058277W WO 2009000915 A2 WO2009000915 A2 WO 2009000915A2
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C06—EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
    • C06B—EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
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  • the present disclosure is directed to detonator-sensitive explosive emulsion compositions comprising hexamine nitrate and/or one or more other amines or amine nitrates and to methods of making the same.
  • Emulsion explosives are typically manufactured as a water-in-oil emulsion at process temperatures between 40 and 100 °C.
  • the water (oxidizer) phase typically consists of a supersaturated solution of ammonium nitrate (AN) and alkali metal nitrates, such a sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate, etc., or other crystallization temperature depressants at elevated temperatures.
  • the oxidizer phase will crystallize (fudge) if cooled below the super-saturation temperature and must be kept hot during processing.
  • the crystallization temperature of a typical oxidizer phase will be in the range of 30 to 100 °C.
  • the oil (fuel) phase typically consists of a mineral or vegetable oil, at least one surfactant and other viscosity modifiers, such as waxes, high molecular weight oils etc.
  • the oil phase is also kept hot during processing to prevent premature crystallization of the oxidizer phase.
  • the emulsion is manufactured in a high shear mixer, whereby the oxidizer is broken into micron-sized droplets, coated by the oil phase.
  • One unique property of water-in-oil emulsion explosives is that the oxidizer phase can be cooled to below its super-saturation temperature once the emulsion is formed, without causing the oxidizer droplets to crystallize.
  • references to the crystallization temperature of the emulsion refer to the crystallization temperature of the oxidizer phase, which refers to the temperature at which crystallization would begin in a solution of ammonium nitrate and the crystallization temperature depressant.
  • the sensitivity of emulsion explosives to detonation by shock is governed by the water content of the emulsion.
  • Detonator sensitive emulsions can be made by using only ammonium nitrate and water in the oxidizer phase, but the initial crystallization temperature (fudge point) of these solutions is so high that adequate shelf life of the product can not be obtained.
  • the problem is that the droplets of the oxidizer solution in the emulsion are super-cooled at room temperature, and if the degree of super-cooling is too high, the droplets will crystallize and the emulsion will become insensitive to the detonator.
  • Sodium nitrate and sodium perchlorate have been used extensively to lower the fudge point for detonator sensitive emulsions while keeping the water content low enough to maintain detonator sensitivity.
  • U.S. patents that describe the use of emulsions as explosives and the use of fudge point reducers include U.S. Patent No. 3,447,978 naming Harold F. Bluhm as inventor; and U.S. Patent Nos. 4,110,134; 4,138,281 ; 4,149,916; and 4,149,917 naming Charles G. Wade as inventor. Additionally, U.S. Patent No. 5,244,475 naming C. Mick Lownds and Steven C. Grow as inventors discloses the use of cross-linking agents in emulsion explosives.
  • Emulsions using sodium nitrate for crystallization temperature depression can only be made at densities of less than 1.22 g/cc.
  • Emulsions using sodium perchlorate to lower the fudge point can be made at densities of less than 1.32 g/cc. This gives a higher velocity of detonation, higher energy density in the hole, and overall better performance. Therefore, sodium perchlorate has been the fudge point suppressor of choice for the best quality detonator sensitive emulsions.
  • the use of sodium perchlorate in explosives has been banned in several states because of concerns with ground water contamination.
  • sodium perchlorate has become increasingly expensive and several countries are beginning to implement restrictions on importing and shipping sodium perchlorate. Therefore, a less expensive and more convenient alternative needs to be found while preserving the advantages of sodium perchlorate (high velocity of detonation, high energy density, etc.).
  • Possible known alternative fudge point reducers are sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate, monomethylamine nitrate (MMAN) and hexamine nitrate solution (HNS).
  • MMAN monomethylamine nitrate
  • HNS hexamine nitrate solution
  • Monomethylamine nitrate is a very good fudge point reducer and it has been used extensively in cap sensitive water gel explosives, but not in emulsions.
  • One problem with monomethylamine nitrate is it is illegal to ship it in the United States. The problem is that when crystals of monomethylamine nitrate dry out, they become sensitive to detonation. Therefore, monomethylamine nitrate must be made on site if it is to be used in an explosive. Care must also be taken to not let small amounts dry out and form sensitive crystals. This requires careful testing of piping systems for leaks and careful design so the monomethylamine nitrate does not sit and crystallize at any place in the system.
  • Hexamine nitrate is also a fudge point reducer and can be used to make explosives with good sensitivity and high velocity of detonation (VOD) values up to densities of at least 1.35 g/cc.
  • hexamine nitrate has one primary disadvantage as a fudge point reducer that has heretofore prevented its use in emulsion explosives. At high temperatures hexamine nitrate rapidly decomposes into formaldehyde and ammonia, negating the crystallization temperature depressant properties of adding hexamine nitrate.
  • the present disclosure is directed to a detonator sensitive explosive emulsion composition
  • a detonator sensitive explosive emulsion composition comprising an oxidizing phase and a fuel phase.
  • the oxidizing phase includes a supersaturated solution of ammonium nitrate in water.
  • the fuel phase includes at least one oil and sufficient emulsifying agent to permit dispersion of the oxidizing phase in the fuel phase.
  • the explosive emulsion composition may include one or more of wax(es), cross-linking agents, ammonium nitrate prill, aluminum, microballoons, gas bubbles, or other conventional components.
  • the explosive emulsion composition of the present disclosure includes at least one crystallization temperature depressant.
  • the crystallization temperature depressant consists essentially of at least one of an amine and an amine nitrate.
  • the present disclosure is further directed to a method of producing a detonator sensitive explosive emulsion composition in a reactor.
  • the reactor may include one or more mixers, blenders, coolers, heaters, tanks, or other process equipment as necessary to accomplish the method described herein.
  • the explosive emulsion composition may be produced by adding an ammonium nitrate solution in water, an oil phase, and a crystallization temperature depressant to a reactor.
  • the ammonium nitrate solution may be maintained at a temperature of about 90 °C or greater so as to avoid saturation or supersaturation of the solution and to prevent crystallization of the ammonium nitrate solution before reaching the reactor.
  • the ammonium nitrate solution, the oil phase, and the crystallization temperature depressant are mixed in the reactor to form a water-in-oil emulsion.
  • the reactor is maintained at a temperature of about 90 °C or more for less than about 24 hours after the crystallization temperature depressant is added to the reactor. More preferably the reactor is maintained at a temperature of about 90 °C or more for less than about 12 hours, and even more preferably for less than about 1 hour.
  • the above described method may be carried out in a variety of implementation configurations, including batch process and continuous process configurations.
  • the reactor may comprise a batch process reactor.
  • the ammonium nitrate solution, the oil phase, and the crystallization temperature depressant may be added to the batch process reactor in any order and mixed to form the explosive emulsion composition.
  • the reactor may comprise a continuous process reactor, including at least an emulsion mixer adapted to mix the ammonium nitrate solution and the oil phase.
  • it may be found to be advantageous to store the ammonium nitrate solution, the oil phase, and the crystallization temperature depressant separately prior to being combined in the emulsion mixer and/or prior to entering the emulsion mixer to form a feed stream to the emulsion mixer.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic process diagram illustrating a method of producing the explosive emulsion compositions of the present disclosure
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating an exemplary batch process for producing explosive emulsion compositions
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating an exemplary continuous process for producing explosive emulsion compositions.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic process flow chart of a method 10 of producing a detonator sensitive explosive emulsion composition.
  • the methods of producing explosive emulsions within the scope of the present disclosure include an oxidizer source 12, a fuel source 14, and a crystallization temperature depressant source 16, the contents of which are fed into a reactor 18 where they are mixed to form an emulsion 64. Additionally, one or more supplemental component sources 20 may provide additional components to the reactor 18 to modify one or more characteristics of the emulsion explosive.
  • the emulsion 64 produced in the reactor 18 exits the reactor and is packaged, stored, or otherwise processed in the finish processor 22 for use as a detonator sensitive emulsion explosive composition.
  • the process from introduction of the crystallization temperature depressant into the reactor to the packaging of the emulsion explosive composition may take less than about 24 hours, less than about 12 hours, or more preferably less than about 1 hour. In other implementations, the process may produce a stabilized emulsion explosive composition in less than about 24 hours, less than about 12 hours, or less than about 1 hour while the packaging step may occur later.
  • the oxidizer source 12 may be adapted to store or contain an oxidizing phase 24 to be fed to the reactor 18 via oxidizer feed stream 26.
  • the configuration of the oxidizer source 12 may vary depending on the composition of the oxidizing phase 24 and the manner in which the oxidizing phase is fed to the reactor 18.
  • the oxidizer source 12 may be provided with a mixer 44.
  • the oxidizer phase 24 may crystallize at ambient temperatures and the oxidizer source 12 may include a heater and/or other temperature control elements to maintain the oxidizer phase 24 above its crystallization temperature.
  • the other sources such as the fuel source 14, the crystallization temperature depressant source 16, and the supplemental component sources 20, may include heaters, mixers 44, and/or other components suitable for maintenance of the stored component in a suitable form and condition.
  • One exemplary oxidizer phase 24 includes an ammonium nitrate solution comprising about 87.5% ammonium nitrate and about 12.5% water. Other concentrations of ammonium nitrate solution may be used as the oxidizer phase.
  • the oxidizing phase 24 may include other components, which components preferably are not negatively affected by the conditions of the oxidizer source 12 and which components preferably do not negatively affect the oxidizer phase's ability to be fed to the reactor as a fluid stream.
  • the exemplary 87.5/12.5 oxidizing phase has been found to have a crystallization temperature of about 85 °C.
  • an oxidizer source 12 adapted to store an oxidizing phase 24 comprising the exemplary ammonium nitrate solution may include a heater assembly adapted to control the temperature of the oxidizing phase 24 to above 85 °C and preferably at about 95 °C.
  • Ammonium nitrate and ammonium nitrate solutions are well known and their use in explosives is similarly well documented.
  • oxidizing phase 24 may include any suitable concentration of ammonium nitrate solution or solution made from ammonium nitrate mixed with other nitrate salts such as potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate, etc., and may be formed in any suitable manner.
  • the fuel source 14 may be adapted to store and/or supply a fuel phase 28 to be fed to the reactor 18 via fuel feed stream 30.
  • the fuel phase 28 for a water-in-oil explosive emulsion typically includes at least one mineral or vegetable oil 32.
  • the fuel phase 28 may also contain one or more emulsifying agents 34 and/or viscosity modifiers 36.
  • the ratio of oil 32 to emulsifying agents 34 and/or viscosity modifiers 36 may vary depending on the remainder of the components in the emulsion explosive and/or the intended usage of the emulsion explosives being manufactured. Exemplary ratios will be provided below while other ratios may be implemented in accordance with the understanding developed from the present disclosure.
  • the crystallization temperature depressant source 16 is representative of the various process assemblies that may be used to supply crystallization temperature depressant(s) 38 to the reactor 18.
  • the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may also be referred to as a fudge point depressant 38. While a number of fudge point depressants have been used in prior emulsion explosives, the present fudge point depressants consist essentially of at least one of an amine solution and an amine nitrate solution. One exemplary fudge point depressant is hexamine nitrate solution. Other suitable amine solutions may include urea and mono-, di-, and th-ethanolamine.
  • Suitable amine nitrate solutions may include urea nitrate and ethanolamine nitrates (e.g., mono-, di-, and tri-ethanolamine nitrates).
  • the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be fed to the reactor 18 by the depressant feed stream 40.
  • the oxidizer feed stream 26, the fuel feed stream 30, and the depressant feed stream 40 each include a pump 42 in the stream.
  • the pumps 42 are illustrative of the variety of equipment that may be included in the feed streams and/or in the component sources 12, 14, 16, 20 to facilitate the methods described herein.
  • Supplemental component source 20 in Fig. 1 represents the numerous apparatus that may be used to introduce one or more supplemental components 50 to the reactor 18 via the supplemental feed stream(s) 48.
  • Exemplary supplemental components 46 may include, ammonium nitrate in prill form (prill) 52, aluminum 54, and microballoons 56.
  • the reactor 18 may be configured in a variety of suitable manners to incorporate a variety of process equipment 58.
  • the schematic representation of Fig. 1 illustrates that the reactor 18 includes any suitable configuration that combines the oxidizer phase 22, the fuel phase 28, and the crystallization depressant 38 to produce a detonator sensitive emulsion explosive as described herein.
  • the finish processor 22 is illustrative and representative of the variety of process equipment that may be utilized to package, store, ship, etc. the finished emulsion composition.
  • the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may consist essentially of at least one of an amine solution and/or an amine nitrate solution.
  • One exemplary amine nitrate solution is hexamine nitrate solution, which may be manufactured by combining hexamine and nitric acid in water.
  • the hexamine nitrate solution may be manufactured in any concentration and a variety of suitable concentrations may be used within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • An exemplary hexamine nitrate solution includes 61.4% hexamine nitrate in water.
  • a hexamine nitrate solution having 61.4% hexamine nitrate may be manufactured by adding water in a reactor, which may be the crystallization temperature depressant source 16 or another reactor that feeds into the crystallization temperature depressant source 16. Hexamine is then added to the water while stirring and cooling the reaction.
  • Nitric acid may then be added slowly while continuing to stir and cool the reaction to maintain the temperature below about 50 °C.
  • the reaction is then cooled to about 25 °C for storage and use, such as in the crystallization temperature depressant source 16.
  • the hexamine and the nitric acid may be added to the water to produce a final weight composition of 30.4 weight percent water, 43.9 weight percent hexamine, and 25.7 weight percent nitric acid (68%).
  • the final hexamine nitrate solution (61.4%) at 25 °C may have a density of 1.240 ⁇ 0.005 g/cc and a pH of from about 2.5 to about 7.0.
  • Hexamine nitrate solutions of different concentrations may have different properties. For example, densities between about 1.1 g/cc and about 1.4 g/cc are within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • densities between about 1.1 g/cc and about 1.4 g/cc are within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • hexamine nitrate solution tends to decompose into ammonia and formaldehyde gasses.
  • the decomposition can also be observed by a rise in the solution pH.
  • the pH of the hexamine nitrate solution can be monitored in the crystallization temperature depressant source 16 to monitor the quality of the crystallization temperature depressant 38 being fed to the reactor 18.
  • Crystallization temperature depressants of different compositions may have different temperatures at which decomposition begins and may result in different decomposition products, but similar characteristics and/or properties may be monitored for the different crystallization temperature depressants within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • the exemplary hexamine nitrate solution has been observed to have a crystallization temperature between about 5 °C and about 10 °C; decomposition has been observed to begin at temperatures above about 30 °C.
  • the hexamine nitrate solution (61.4%) may be preferably stored at temperatures between about 10 °C and about 30 °C to avoid crystallization and decomposition. Accordingly, the crystallization temperature depressant source 16 may be adapted to maintain the depressant 38 within this temperature range.
  • Detonator sensitive emulsion explosives are used in a variety of applications and the composition of the emulsion explosives may vary to suit the desired applications. Exemplary variations of the emulsion explosive composition may include varying the presence and/or concentration of one or more of the supplemental components.
  • a suitable emulsion explosive composition may include a composition without supplemental components such as aluminum and prilled ammonium nitrate.
  • Such a composition may be useful in applications to provide a lower energy, low cost explosive for use in all application diameters (e.g., 1" to 3.5" diameters).
  • Exemplary uses of this "low energy" composition may include use as an ANFO booster and general blasting where high VOD is required but high total energy is not required.
  • a "high energy, small diameter” composition may be produced by adding 6.0% aluminum to the composition and varying some of the other concentrations accordingly.
  • an exemplary "high energy, large diameter” composition may be produced by adding 5.9% aluminum and 15% ammonium nitrate prill. Exemplary concentrations of the various components are shown in the following table for each of the exemplary compositions described above:
  • concentrations shown in the preceding table and in the foregoing discussion are for illustration only. Other concentrations are within the scope of the present disclosure, such as may be appropriate to modify the explosive profile of the composition to meet the desired application. Suitable concentrations may include compositions having concentrations within the ranges identified in the fourth column of the above table.
  • Crystallization temperature depressants 38 are primarily used to lower the crystallization temperature or fudge point of the oxidizer phase 24. Historically, the crystallization temperature depressants were stored together with the oxidizer phase, such as in solution therewith, and were fed to the emulsion reactor 18 together. However, the ammonium nitrate solution used in the oxidizing phase 24 is generally stored at elevated temperatures to avoid crystallization. For example, the exemplary ammonium nitrate solution (87.5%) has been observed to have a crystallization temperature of about 85 °C and is therefore generally stored at temperatures greater than about 90 °C.
  • the methods of the present disclosure store the crystallization temperature depressant 38 separate from the oxidizer phase 24 until it is added to the reactor 18 to be incorporated into the emulsion explosive composition. Accordingly, the amount of time during which the crystallization temperature depressant is kept at an elevated temperature is reduced, thereby minimizing the decomposition of the fudge point depressant and preserving its functionality during the shelf life of the explosive emulsion composition.
  • Emulsion explosive compositions are generally evaluated for their explosive properties (e.g., total energy, velocity of detonation, detonation sensitivity, etc.) and also for their shelf life (e.g., flexibility of storage conditions and preservation of explosive properties over time).
  • a particular composition may have ideal explosive properties but very poor shelf life characteristics rendering it virtually unsuitable for common use.
  • emulsion explosive compositions have been observed to maintain their explosive properties at temperatures below the crystallization temperature of the ammonium nitrate solution once the emulsion has been formed.
  • compositions are supercooled to a greater degree under normal storage conditions (e.g., room temperature conditions) than compositions without fudge point depressants. This causes a fairly short shelf life, due at least in part to the difference between the ammonium nitrate solution's fudge point (about 85 °C) and the storage temperature (about 25 0 C).
  • fudge point depressants such as sodium perchlorate
  • sodium perchlorate a useful fudge point depressant
  • the exemplary crystallization temperature depressant of the present disclosure hexamine nitration solution (61.4%)
  • the fudge point of the oxidizer phase is observed to be about 75 °C.
  • Other crystallization temperature depressants within the scope of the present disclosure are believed to similarly reduce the fudge point of the oxidizer phase.
  • the amount of depressant 38 used relative to the remaining components may vary.
  • the ratio of crystallization temperature depressant may vary in compositions within the scope of the present disclosure but will be sufficient to produce a crystallization temperature of less than about 80 °C.
  • the exemplary compositions described above will have a shelf life of one year or more without significantly reducing the explosive properties of the explosive emulsion composition.
  • compositions within the scope of the present disclosure may exhibit less than a 10% reduction in measured velocity of detonation after storage for one year.
  • compositions according to the present disclosure may maintain greater than 90% of the total energy after storage for one year.
  • the hexamine nitrate solution is left in an ammonium nitrate solution at temperatures greater than about 90 °C for more than 24 hours, the hexamine nitrate is almost completely decomposed thereby obviating any crystallization temperature depression that may have been intended by the addition of the hexamine nitrate solution.
  • the explosives made from such solutions are no longer detonation sensitive and/or fail to propagate a detonation wave within a booster.
  • crystallization temperature depressants within the scope of the present disclosure can be added to the explosive emulsion compositions without negatively impacting the explosive properties of the composition and while preserving and/or improving the shelf life properties
  • some amine solutions and amine nitrate solutions are known to add fuel value to the oxidizer phase 24.
  • Emulsion explosives optimally have a zero oxygen balance so that the post- detonation products will have little or no excess carbon or oxygen. Therefore, the ratio of oxidizing components to fuel components is varied to attain the desired oxygen balance.
  • Ammonium nitrate has a positive oxygen balance of +20% while the oils and waxes of the fuel phase generally have negative oxygen balances in the range of -300% to -350%. Accordingly, the ratio of ammonium nitrate to fuel phase is generally largely in favor of ammonium nitrate.
  • the amine solutions and amine nitrate solutions utilized in the present methods also have a negative oxygen balance, such as -48% for hexamine nitrate solutions, which requires adjustment to the ratio of oxidizer phase to fuel phase when compared to convention explosive emulsion compositions.
  • a negative oxygen balance such as -48% for hexamine nitrate solutions
  • Hexamine nitrate has been used in water- based explosives in the past without confronting this viscosity problem because the continuous phase in water gels is the oxidizer phase and the ratio of oxidizer phase to fuel phase can be increased without increasing the viscosity of the water gel.
  • the concentration of hexamine nitrate solution is quite low (3-5%) compared to the concentration of conventional fudge point depressants, such as sodium perchlorate, which can regularly approach 10%. While a variety of amine solutions and amine nitrate solutions are suitably within the scope of the present disclosure, the oxygen balance of the solutions must be considered in determining the suitability of the solution and in determining the concentration of the solution in the final emulsion explosive composition.
  • Detonator sensitive explosive emulsion compositions have traditionally included emulsifiers in the fuel phase to facilitate the dispersion of the oxidizing phase in the fuel phase.
  • the emulsifying agents were typically selected and added in sufficient concentrations to resist crystallization of the oxidizer phase in the emulsion in response to shock and/or shear events. It has been found that when hexamine nitrate solution is added as the crystallization temperature depressant, less emulsifying agent is required to maintain the resistance to crystallization under the same shock and/or shear events. It is presently believed that other amine solutions and/or amine nitrate solutions within the scope of the present disclosure will provide the same result, i.e., allowing the emulsion composition to include a lower concentration of emulsifying agents while maintaining good resistance to oxidizer phase crystallization under shock and/or shear events. In addition to the cost savings attributable to the reduced need for emulsifying agents, the decreased concentration of emulsifying agents also helps reduce the viscosity of the emulsion.
  • interactions between the emulsifiers and the amine groups on the fudge point depressants may be at least partially involved in the stabilization of the emulsion.
  • many emulsifying agents use amines as the molecular head groups, which may interact with the amines on the fudge point depressants.
  • the resistance to crystallization even with reduced concentrations of emulsifying agents may be at least partially attributable to the lower crystallization temperature attained by using the present fudge point depressants compared to the conventional depressants, such as sodium perchlorate.
  • compositions and methods of the present disclosure may provide numerous advantages in the production of detonator sensitive emulsion explosive compositions.
  • the use of hexamine nitrate is notably safer and cleaner compared to the use of sodium perchlorate, due to the concerns for groundwater contamination. Additionally or alternatively, one or more of the following advantages may be achieved through application of the principles of the present disclosure.
  • Cost savings may be attained through the use of lower amounts of fudge point depressants, which may be required to maintain the desired oxygen balance and which may be possible due to the improved ability to lower the crystallization temperature of the emulsion composition.
  • the depressants within the scope of the present disclosure may be cheaper to produce compared to prior fudge point depressants.
  • hexamine nitrate solutions described herein are, at least at the present time, cheaper than sodium perchlorate solutions.
  • the use of an amine or amine nitrate based solution may enable the composition to include a lower concentration of emulsifying agents. It has also been observed that in at least some of the implementations consistent with the present disclosure, fewer microballoons have been required, which further reduces the cost of producing the present emulsion explosive compositions.
  • the explosive properties of the composition are also modified by the principles taught herein. For example, the sensitivity to crystallization by shock and/or shear events may be reduced. Additionally or alternatively, the shelf life of the composition may be equal to or better than conventional compositions. [0044] It has been observed that the total energy of the compositions including hexamine nitrate solutions as the fudge point depressant are slightly lower than the energies of similar compositions utilizing sodium perchlorate solutions. However, the lower energies are compensated for by the higher gas production of the emulsion compositions including hexamine nitrate solutions.
  • Emulsions utilizing sodium perchlorate produce a variety of reaction products, some of which are not gaseous at the working temperatures of the explosion.
  • the hexamine nitrate explosive produced 43.84 moles of gas per kilogram of explosive whereas the sodium perchlorate explosive produced only 40.97 moles of gas per kilogram of explosive.
  • the sodium perchlorate explosive exhibited a total energy of 2,608.07 kJ/kg while the hexamine nitrate explosive exhibited a total energy of 2,362.10 kJ/kg.
  • the roughly 9% lower total energy in the hexamine nitrate explosive is at least partially mitigated by the more than 7% greater total gas production.
  • One manner in which the different levels of gas production makes a difference in the explosive properties is in the velocity of detonation measurements done of the different compositions.
  • a low energy, general purpose sodium perchlorate composition has been observed to have a total energy of 851 cal/g and velocities of detonation in the range of 5400 to 5600 m/s in a 2" diameter configuration.
  • the explosive emulsion compositions of the present disclosure are able to provide a greater velocity of detonation, which is a significant advantage in some explosive applications, such as use as an ANFO booster.
  • the final emulsion explosive composition of the present disclosure includes an oxidizing phase, a fuel phase, and a crystallization temperature depressant.
  • the final composition may include one or more supplemental components common to explosive emulsions, such as aluminum, prill, microballoons, etc.
  • the exemplary emulsion explosive described above included wax as a viscosity modifier.
  • cross- linking agents may be used to obtain the desired rheology of the final composition.
  • the compositions may be modified to incorporate cross-linking agents by replacing the wax with a suitable amount of mineral oil and/or vegetable oil and adding an appropriate amount of cross-linking agent.
  • wax and cross-linking agents may be used together in the same compositions.
  • the wax may be replaced by mineral oil and about 0.2 w/w% of a maleanized polybutadiene may be added as the cross-linking agent.
  • Other cross-linking agents may be used and the suitable concentrations may be varied as necessary.
  • explosives within the scope of the present disclosure may omit wax and other viscosity modifiers entirely.
  • emulsion explosives according to the present disclosure may be configured as a bulk explosive wherein the viscosity modification is not required or desired.
  • the components and their respective concentrations may be varied to accomplish one or more objectives, some of which may be balanced against others. For example, it may be desirable to produce an emulsion explosive having explosive properties comparable or exceeding the explosive properties of sodium perchlorate-based emulsions but at a lower cost than the current products. Additionally or alternatively, without regard to costs, it may be desired to produce an emulsion explosive composition having a velocity of detonation at least as high as the currently available sodium perchlorate product. Additionally or alternatively, it may be preferred to produce an explosive emulsion composition having an average shelf life of about one year or more. Still additionally or alternatively, the energy and gap sensitivities may be at least as good as the currently available products. Other exemplary features of the present disclosure may be understood from the entirety of the present disclosure.
  • the emulsion explosive compositions of the present disclosure may be produced via any suitable method that combines an oxidizing phase, a fuel phase, and a crystallization temperature depressant in a manner that minimizes the amount of time during which the crystallization temperature depressant is subjected to elevated temperature conditions.
  • Exemplary methods may include batch process methods and continuous process methods.
  • each of the principle starting agents oxidizer phase 24, fuel phase 28, and crystallization temperature depressant 38
  • the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be stored separately and maintained under conditions that are optimal for the respective components.
  • the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be held at a low temperature while the oxidizing phase 24 may be held at an elevated temperature.
  • the reactor 18 may include any of a variety of process equipment 58 to facilitate the batchwise and/or continuous processes to produce the present explosive emulsion compositions.
  • An illustrative schematic batch process 60 is illustrated in Fig. 2 while an illustrative schematic continuous process 70 is illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • the reactor 18 is illustrated as including a ribbon blender 62 for mixing the various components of the emulsion composition.
  • suitable mixers and blenders may be used in the reactor 18 as well.
  • suitable blenders may include paddle blenders, screw blenders, scraped surface blenders, etc. Similar to Fig. 1 , the batch process 60 of Fig.
  • Fig. 2 includes an oxidizer source 12 providing an oxidizer phase 24, a fuel source 14 providing a fuel phase 28, and a crystallization temperature depressant source 16 providing a fudge point depressant 38. Additionally, Fig. 2 illustrates a plurality of supplement component sources providing one or more of the various supplemental components that may be incorporated into the final emulsion compositions. In the illustrated schematic, one such component source 20 provides a source of ammonium nitrate prill 52, while another provides a source of aluminum 54, and another provides a source of microballoons 56. Additional supplemental component sources 20 may provide one or more additional or alternative components as may be desired. [0051] Fig.
  • the batch process 60 of Fig. 2 may be adapted to minimize the time during which the crystallization temperature depressant is held at an elevated temperature.
  • the reactor may be maintained at a temperature of about 90 °C or more for less than about 24 hours after the crystallization temperature depressant is added to the reactor 18. In other implementations, the reactor temperature may be maintained above about 90 °C for less than about 12 hours or less than about 1 hour.
  • the oxidizer phase 24 may include supersaturated ammonium nitrate solution in water and may be maintained at a temperature of 90 °C or more while in the oxidizer source 12.
  • the reactor 18 may similarly be held at about 90 °C until the fudge point depressant 38 is added.
  • the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be added at substantially the same time as the oxidizer phase 24 and/or the fuel phase 28, or at least in temporal proximity with the same.
  • the time required for the batch process 60 including a ribbon blender 62 to effectively mix the components to form the emulsion may depend on a number of factors, such as volume of the blender 62, quantity of materials being mixed, and characteristics of the emulsion composition, such as density, viscosity, concentration of emulsifying agents, etc.
  • the contents of the reactor 18 may be moved to a finish processor 22 where the emulsion composition 64 is packaged and/or prepared for storage, shipment, etc.
  • the finish processor 22 may include cooling equipment to cool the emulsion composition to room temperature preparatory to the packaging and/or storage operations.
  • the cooling equipment of the finish processor 22 may be adapted to quickly cool the emulsion composition to further limit the time during which the fudge point depressant is held at elevated temperatures. Depending on the amount of time the emulsion composition spends in the reactor 18 and the conditions therein, the finish processor 22 may be adapted to provide a variety of cooling profiles to minimize the time the fudge point depressant is at an elevated temperature. Additionally or alternatively, the cooling equipment may be configured to provide controlled cooling at the lower end of the cooling process so as to avoid and/or limit the super-cooling of the emulsion composition, thereby limiting the unintentional crystallization and desensitization of the emulsion composition.
  • the emulsion composition may experience some cooling while still in the reactor 18. This cooling in the reactor 18 may occur due to an absence of applied heat while components at a lower temperature are being added to the reactor or may be caused through active cooling of the reactor.
  • the crystallization temperature depressant may be added at a temperature between about 10 °C and about 30 °C.
  • the ribbon blender 62 may be adapted to be maintained at or above about 90 °C until the crystallization temperature depressant 38 is added to the reactor, at which point the ribbon blender may be allowed to cool or induced to cool to at least about 75 °C.
  • the reactor 18 may be maintained at a temperature of about 90 °C or more for less than about 8 hours after the crystallization temperature depressant is added. In other implementations, the temperature of the reactor 18 may be maintained at about 90 °C or more for less than about 2 hours or even less than about 1 hour after the crystallization temperature depressant is added. For example, active cooling may be applied upon introduction of the crystallization temperature depressant to lower the reactor temperature to about 75 °C as discussed above. Additionally or alternatively, the temperature of the reactor 18 may remain at or above 90 °C or may be uncontrolled and allowed to fluctuate according to the input temperatures of the components.
  • Such an implementation may be acceptable in batch processes where the components of the emulsion composition are removed from the reactor 18 in less than twenty-four hours after the crystallization temperature depressant is added.
  • the ribbon blender 62 may be sufficiently efficient to complete the mixing of the emulsion composition 64 in 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours, or some other time sufficiently short to allow the emulsion composition to be cooled in the finish processor 22 without degrading the crystallization temperature depressant.
  • the batch process 60 of Fig. 2 may be operated with an oxidizer phase 24, a fuel phase 28, and a crystallization temperature depressant 38 as described above, in accordance with any one or more of the implementations or iterations described above. Similarly, the batch process 60 may be configured to produce an emulsion explosive composition 64 having one or more of the properties and features described above.
  • Fig. 3 provides a schematic representation of a continuous process 70 for producing emulsion explosive compositions within the scope of the present disclosure. While not specifically illustrated in the figures, the present disclosure encompasses methods in which one or more steps are continuous processes while other steps are batch processes.
  • the fuel source 14 may comprises a continuous process for producing the fuel phase wherein the continuous process includes mixing streams of oils, emulsifiers, and viscosity modifiers into a storage tank that is used to feed the method 10.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates that the schematic reactor 18 of Fig. 1 may include multiple pieces of process equipment 58 to facilitate the production of the emulsion explosive compositions 64.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates that the schematic reactor 18 of Fig. 1 may include multiple pieces of process equipment 58 to facilitate the production of the emulsion explosive compositions 64.
  • the method includes an oxidizer phase 24 and associated oxidizer feed stream 26, a fuel phase 28 and associated fuel feed stream 30, and a crystallization temperature depressant 38 and associated depressant feed stream 40.
  • the fuel phase 38 may include oils 32, emulsifying agents 34, and viscosity modifiers 36, among other possible components. As illustrated in Fig. 3, these components may be added to the fuel source 14 from their own sources, which may be separate sources to facilitate metering of the various components.
  • the reactor of Fig. 3 may include an emulsion mixer 72 adapted to combine at least the oxidizer phase and the fuel phase to produce an emulsion, which may be referred to as an intermediate emulsion 74 that is distinguished from the final explosive emulsion composition in that it does not yet include all of the intended components in the intended concentrations at the intended temperatures, etc.
  • the emulsion mixer 72 may be adapted to incorporate the crystallization temperature depressant 38 into the intermediate emulsion 74.
  • the oxidizer feed stream 26, the fuel feed stream 30, and the depressant feed stream 40 may all be initially mixed to form a single feed stream 76 to the emulsion mixer 72.
  • one or more of the oxidizer phase 24, the fuel phase 28, and/or the fudge point depressant 38 may be added separate from the others and at any stage of the emulsion mixer 72.
  • the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be added to the emulsion mixer at an inlet mixer, which may be inline with the feed stream containing the fuel phase and the oxidizer phase, or which may be offset therefrom.
  • the emulsion mixer 72 illustrated schematically in Fig. 3 represents the multitude of process equipment that may be implemented to produce an emulsion from the fuel feed stream and the oxidizer feed stream. One or more alternative apparatus may be used alone or in combination to produce an intermediate emulsion that is then modified to produce the final emulsion composition. [0061] Additionally or alternatively, some or all of the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be added to the intermediate emulsion 74 after the initial emulsion mixer 72.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates that the reactor 18 may include a secondary mixer 78, which may be a paddle mixer or other suitable mixer, following the emulsion mixer 72 and receiving the intermediate emulsion 74.
  • the secondary mixer 78 may be used to combine one or more supplemental components 50 into the intermediate emulsion 74.
  • Exemplary supplemental components 50 may include ammonium nitrate prill 52, aluminum 54, and/or microballoons 56, among other possible supplemental components.
  • some or all of the desired crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be added to the intermediate emulsion 74 in a secondary mixer.
  • the exemplary continuous process 70 shown in Fig. 3 illustrates particular components entering particular process equipment 58, it should be understood that one or more components may be introduced at any suitable point in the reactor 18.
  • the optional feed stream 80 of the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be configured to introduce the crystallization temperature depressant 38 into the intermediate emulsion 74 before the intermediate emulsion enters the secondary mixer 78.
  • the temperature of the crystallization temperature depressant 38, as well as the temperature of the other feed components, the intermediate compositions, and the final emulsion product may be monitored and/or controlled to obtain the desired explosive properties of the final emulsion composition.
  • Any one or more of the process equipment 58 that may constitute the continuous process 70 such as the equipment 58 illustrated as comprising the reactor 18 of Fig. 3, may be adapted to apply active heating and/or cooling, to allow the ambient conditions to affect the reaction or mixing conditions, and/or to insulate the equipment from the ambient conditions.
  • the secondary mixer 78 may be adapted to actively cool the intermediate emulsion 74 so as to maintain the temperature of the secondary mixer, and thereby the temperature of the depressant 38, within an acceptable range, such as the temperature ranges discussed above.
  • the output 84 of the secondary mixer 78 may proceed directly to the finish processor 22 for packaging, shipping etc. Additionally or alternatively, the output from the secondary mixer 78 may proceed via an internal output stream 86 to an optional cooler 88.
  • Cooler 88 may be adapted to cool the emulsion composition, which may be an intermediate emulsion or an emulsion already including all of its components, to maintain the temperature of the emulsion in the acceptable range so as to avoid crystallization of the emulsion and decomposition of the crystallization temperature depressant.
  • any one or more of the process equipment 58 may include cooling functionality that may render the additional cooler 88 unnecessary.
  • cooler 88 may be incorporated in lieu of adding cooling features to the other equipment or in addition to the cooling features of the other equipment.
  • the secondary mixer 78 may have a temperature monitoring system (not shown) associated with the material about to be, or being, output from the mixer.
  • the output may be directed to output stream 82. In the event that the temperature monitoring system determines that the temperature is too high, the output 84 may be directed to the internal output stream for direction to the cooler 88.
  • the cooler 88 may provide active cooling or may be configured to allow the output 84 to cool through exposure to ambient conditions.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates that an additional secondary mixer 90 may be included in the reactor 18. For example, it may be desirable to delay the addition of the crystallization temperature depressant 38 until the emulsion is sufficiently cooled to avoid decomposition of the depressant.
  • some or all of the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be added to the emulsion as the final step in the reactor, such as being added to a secondary mixer 90 downstream of the cooler 88 or other apparatus adapted to reduce the temperature of the emulsion.
  • the additional secondary mixer 90 may be of any suitable configuration, such as a paddle mixer or other available mixer.
  • some or all of the crystallization temperature depressant 38 may be directed via a bypass stream 92 to bypass the depressant feed stream 40 and the optional feed stream 90 and to feed into the reactor process streams downstream of the cooler 88, such as being input into the additional secondary mixer 90, as illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • the reactor process stream(s) entering the additional secondary mixer 90 may include the cooler stream 94 exiting the cooler, as shown in Fig. 3, or may come directly from the secondary mixer 78, such as when the secondary mixer 78 includes cooling functionality.
  • the various optional configurations of the continuous process 70 shown in Fig. 3 illustrates that the reactor 18 of the present disclosure may be configured in any suitable manner to produce an explosive emulsion composition wherein the crystallization temperature depressant 38 is held at an elevated temperature for a minimum amount of time. As described above, in the methods of the present disclosure the temperature of the reactor 18, or some component thereof, may preferably be maintained above about 90 °C for less than about 24 hours, less than about 12 hours, less than about 4 hours, and more preferably less than about 1 hour.
  • references to the temperature of the reactor 18 refer to the temperature of the reactor as a whole, an average temperature of the reactor, and/or the temperature of one or more components of the reactor. More particularly, such references refer to the temperature of the compositions in or passing through the reactor and specifically to compositions that include crystallization temperature depressant.

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Une composition d'émulsion explosive sensible à un détonateur comprend une phase oxydante renfermant une solution sursaturée de nitrate d'ammonium et une phase de combustible comprenant suffisamment d'agent émulsifiant pour permettre une dispersion de la phase d'oxydation dans la phase de combustible. La composition d'émulsion explosive sensible au détonateur comprend, en outre, un agent abaissant la température de cristallisation consistant essentiellement en au moins d'une amine ou d'un nitrate d'amine.
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