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Title: Effect of oil shale type and retorting atmosphere on the products from retorting various oil shales by the controlled-state retort

Abstract

Six oil shales from different locations (the Green River formation of Colorado and Utah, the Antrim Basin of Michigan, and Morocco) having different Fischer Assay oil yields were retorted using three retorting atmospheres (N/sub 2/, N/sub 2//steam, and N/sub 2//steam/O/sub 2/) under the same retorting conditions. The products (oils, gases, waters, and shales) were analyzed and the data are reported. Changing retorting atmospheres had little observable effect on the product oils; however, there was a great deal of change in the composition and amount of gas produced. Steam in the retorting atmosphere increased the amount of carbon dioxide produced and decreased the amount of carbonate and organic carbon in the retorted shale. Addition of oxygen to N/sub 2//steam and increasing the maximum temperature compounded the above effect. 3 figures, 20 tables.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Department of Energy, Laramie, WY (USA). Laramie Energy Technology Center
OSTI Identifier:
5630510
Report Number(s):
LETC/RI-80/2
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS; OIL SHALES; IN-SITU RETORTING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GASES; MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESSES; NITROGEN; OIL YIELDS; OXYGEN; SHALE OIL; SIMULATION; SPENT SHALES; STEAM; WASTE WATER; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYOGENIC FLUIDS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IN-SITU PROCESSING; LIQUID WASTES; MINERAL OILS; NONMETALS; OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PROCESSING; RETORTING; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHALES; SYNTHETIC FUELS; SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM; WASTES; WATER; YIELDS; 040401* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- In Situ Methods, True & Modified

Citation Formats

Duvall, J J, and Mason, K K. Effect of oil shale type and retorting atmosphere on the products from retorting various oil shales by the controlled-state retort. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Duvall, J J, & Mason, K K. Effect of oil shale type and retorting atmosphere on the products from retorting various oil shales by the controlled-state retort. United States.
Duvall, J J, and Mason, K K. 1980. "Effect of oil shale type and retorting atmosphere on the products from retorting various oil shales by the controlled-state retort". United States.
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title = {Effect of oil shale type and retorting atmosphere on the products from retorting various oil shales by the controlled-state retort},
author = {Duvall, J J and Mason, K K},
abstractNote = {Six oil shales from different locations (the Green River formation of Colorado and Utah, the Antrim Basin of Michigan, and Morocco) having different Fischer Assay oil yields were retorted using three retorting atmospheres (N/sub 2/, N/sub 2//steam, and N/sub 2//steam/O/sub 2/) under the same retorting conditions. The products (oils, gases, waters, and shales) were analyzed and the data are reported. Changing retorting atmospheres had little observable effect on the product oils; however, there was a great deal of change in the composition and amount of gas produced. Steam in the retorting atmosphere increased the amount of carbon dioxide produced and decreased the amount of carbonate and organic carbon in the retorted shale. Addition of oxygen to N/sub 2//steam and increasing the maximum temperature compounded the above effect. 3 figures, 20 tables.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5630510}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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