Economic comparison of five process concepts for using eastern oil shale

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5289077

Parkinson, W J; Phillips, T T; Barnes, J W

This study compared costs of retorting eastern oil shales using western shale retorting technologies that need no more development with the cost of processing the same shales using technologies designed specifically for eastern shales. The eastern shale technologies need more development. The study was designed to answer the question: does process development work need to be done for eastern oil shale or will the existing western techniques suffice. A calculation for a power plant that burned eastern oil shale to produce electricity was included in the study. We studied the following processes: the Institute of Gas Technology's (IGT) HYTORT (eastern shale process), the Paraho C-H (combination heated) (eastern shale process), the Paraho D-H (direct heated) (western shale process), the TOSCO II (western shale process), and power plant. It was concluded that, without further development, western shale retorting processes are not adequate for use with eastern shale. The HYTORT process produces oil at a cost nearly competitive with oil from western shale however.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5289077
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-83-3041; CONF-840415-1; ON: DE84001738
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BLACK SHALES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHATTANOOGA FORMATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
HYTORT PROCESS
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PARAHO PROCESS
POWER PLANTS
RETORTING
SHALE OIL
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOSCO PROCESS