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Apparatus for the destructive distillation of oil shale

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5291781
An apparatus is described for the distillation of oil from oil shales comprising a retort, means for injecting superheated steam into the retort, a chamber mounted upon the retort, a cone-shaped gas collector located in the top of the chamber and provided at its top with a dome, an outlet pipe connected with the dome, and a hopper mounted directly above the dome of the gas collector and spaced therefrom so that the oil shale may flow down onto the dome along the outer surface of the gas collector to be distributed in the chamber above the retort.
Assignee:
TIC; EDB-78-048897
Patent Number(s):
US 1618038
OSTI ID:
5291781
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English