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Method of processing oil-shale or tar sand

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5210907
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Oil-shale or tar sand is subjected to hydrogenating carbonization and the residue is passed into a combustion zone wherein residual coke in the residue is reacted with oxygen. At least part of the heat produced in the combustion zone is used to heat the hydrogen to be used for the carbonization step.
Assignee:
EDB-82-138253
Patent Number(s):
US 4319982
OSTI ID:
5210907
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040400* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONIZATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION HEAT
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENTHALPY
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HEAT
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TREATMENTS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGENATION
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
NONMETALS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXYGEN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REACTION HEAT
RECYCLING
RESIDUES
SHALE OIL
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION