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US 2026/0286794 A1Published application
Lost Circulation Material Comprising Reclaimed Fiberglass Wind Turbine Blades
AssigneeEverpoint Services Inc.
InventorJames Roper TIMMINS, JR.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides new and innovative material that is fabricated from mechanically reducing wind turbine blades to fragments (e.g., fibers, particles, etc.). The material includes fibrous materials from one or more wind turbine blades, such as fiberglass, carbon fiber, balsa wood, and resin. The material can be used as an additive in drilling mud or cement to treat the problem of lost circulation. In this way, fabricating the material from wind turbine blades provides safe and permanent disposal of industrial byproducts.
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A method comprising:
- adding a material to liquid drilling fluid or cement to thereby form a mixture, wherein the material includes a plurality of fragments and comprises two or more components selected from the list of components consisting of:
- fiberglass of one or more wind turbine blades;
- resin of one or more wind turbine blades;
- carbon fiber of one or more wind turbine blades;
- and
- balsa wood of one or more wind turbine blades,
- introducing the mixture into a geological formation;
- wherein at least some of the plurality of fragments have a transverse dimension within a range of 1 to 2000 microns, inclusive.
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A method comprising:
- introducing into a geological formation a mixture that includes a material and liquid drilling fluid or cement, wherein the material includes a plurality of fragments and comprises two or more components selected from the list of components consisting of:
- fiberglass of one or more wind turbine blades;
- resin of one or more wind turbine blades;
- carbon fiber of one or more wind turbine blades;
- and
- balsa wood of one or more wind turbine blades;
- wherein at least some of the plurality of fragments have a transverse dimension within a range of 1 to 2000 microns, inclusive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.