Process for making macro porous ceramic spheres

摘要

Process for making thermally stable macro porous spheres with or without central core cavity includes steps of homogenizing dry pulverized selective constituents with or without burnable core particles and with <25% combustibles; sprinkling over pan pelletizer wetted with PVA aqua sol binder and rolling to form spheres having <25% moisture and dry compacting in pelletizer before oven drying at 90-100° C. until moisture and core particles are partially destroyed and sintering under rotary motion of the spheres for 45-60 minutes at 1350-1380° C. before being rapidly cooled down to ambient temperature and sieving and recovering therefrom low-to-high temperatures >90% loose fill macro porous spheres for catalyst and moulded bricks/monoliths forming refractory insulation applications.