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Title: Pressurized fluidized-bed hydroretorting of Eastern oil shales. Progress report, June--August, 1992

Abstract

The Devonian oil shales of the Eastern United States are a significant domestic energy resource. The overall objective of the multi-year program, initiated in October 1987 by the US Department of Energy is to perform the research necessary to develop the pressurized fluidized-bed hydroretorting (PFH) process for producing oil from Eastern oil shales. The program also incorporates research on technologies in areas such as raw shale preparation, beneficiation, product separation and upgrading, and waste disposal that have the potential of improving the economics and/or environmental acceptability of recovering oil from oil shales using the PFH process. The program is divided into the following active tasks: Task 3. testing of process improvement concepts; Task 4. beneficiation research; Task 6. environmental data and mitigation analyses; Task 8. project management and reporting; and Task 9. information required for the National Environmental Policy Act. In order to accomplish all of the program objectives, the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT), the prime contractor, is working with four other institutions: The University of Alabama/Mineral Resources Institute (MRI), the University of Alabama College of Engineering (UA), University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK-CAER), and Tennessee Technological University (TTU). This report presents the work performed duringmore » the program quarter from June 1, 1992 through August 31, 1992.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10128761
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/11089-3212
ON: DE93008639
DOE Contract Number:  
AC21-87MC11089
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS; OIL SHALES; HYDROTORTING PROCESS; PROGRESS REPORT; FLUIDIZED BEDS; DEVONIAN PERIOD; SAMPLE PREPARATION; FLOWSHEETS; WASTE WATER; GRINDING; FLOTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CAPITALIZED COST; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; 040402; 040900; SURFACE METHODS

Citation Formats

Roberts, M J, Mensinger, M C, Rue, D M, and Lau, F S. Pressurized fluidized-bed hydroretorting of Eastern oil shales. Progress report, June--August, 1992. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/10128761.
Roberts, M J, Mensinger, M C, Rue, D M, & Lau, F S. Pressurized fluidized-bed hydroretorting of Eastern oil shales. Progress report, June--August, 1992. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10128761
Roberts, M J, Mensinger, M C, Rue, D M, and Lau, F S. 1992. "Pressurized fluidized-bed hydroretorting of Eastern oil shales. Progress report, June--August, 1992". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10128761. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10128761.
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title = {Pressurized fluidized-bed hydroretorting of Eastern oil shales. Progress report, June--August, 1992},
author = {Roberts, M J and Mensinger, M C and Rue, D M and Lau, F S},
abstractNote = {The Devonian oil shales of the Eastern United States are a significant domestic energy resource. The overall objective of the multi-year program, initiated in October 1987 by the US Department of Energy is to perform the research necessary to develop the pressurized fluidized-bed hydroretorting (PFH) process for producing oil from Eastern oil shales. The program also incorporates research on technologies in areas such as raw shale preparation, beneficiation, product separation and upgrading, and waste disposal that have the potential of improving the economics and/or environmental acceptability of recovering oil from oil shales using the PFH process. The program is divided into the following active tasks: Task 3. testing of process improvement concepts; Task 4. beneficiation research; Task 6. environmental data and mitigation analyses; Task 8. project management and reporting; and Task 9. information required for the National Environmental Policy Act. In order to accomplish all of the program objectives, the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT), the prime contractor, is working with four other institutions: The University of Alabama/Mineral Resources Institute (MRI), the University of Alabama College of Engineering (UA), University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK-CAER), and Tennessee Technological University (TTU). This report presents the work performed during the program quarter from June 1, 1992 through August 31, 1992.},
doi = {10.2172/10128761},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10128761}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992}
}