Extraction of reference eastern shale with hydrogen donor and nondonor solvents

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5991071

McKay, J F; Blanche, M S

Oil shale from the New Albany Formation in Bullitt County, Kentucky, was treated with water together with hydrogen-donor and nondonor solvents at 400/sup 0/C and extracted with benzene-methanol. The purpose of the experiments was to measure the amount of liquid organic material recovered with hydrogen-donor and nondonor solvents. Liquid organic material amounting to approximately double that recovered by a Fischer assay experiment was recovered with tetralin, a hydrogen-donor solvent, and with naphthalene, a nondonor solvent. The shale was also treated with tetralin and water for periods of 5 minutes to 60 minutes to measure the effect of time on yield of liquid product. The results showed that yields increased with time and that treatment times of about 30 minutes were required to recover more liquid product than that produced by a Fischer assay experiment. 10 refs., 1 fig., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Western Research Inst., Laramie, WY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-83FE60177
• OSTI ID: 5991071
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE/60177-0040; ON: DE86009060
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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