Influence of chemical characterization of oil shale solids on understanding water quality impacts

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5299307

Peterson, E J; Wagner, P

Synfuels technologies will yield products and effluents that are a function of the raw material being processed and the process variables. Chemical and mineralogic characterization of solids generated in synfuels production provide valuable insight into health and environmental impacts associated with synfuels processing (coal liquefaction or gasification and shale oil extraction). This report deals with considerations relating to leachate generation from solid wastes, but the suggested research approach is applicable to understanding the nature and extent of all effluents from synfuels operations. Solid characterization studies of one raw shale core and two spent shale cores from Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.'s Logan Wash site are described. These data are used to determine the effect of processing on the shale solids and also to evaluate a variety of water quality issues associated with in situ processing. The importance of solid characterization studies in developing an understanding of effluent composition and behavior and subsequently defining environmental impacts is described.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5299307
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-82-680; CONF-811160-2; ON: DE82011987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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040500* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Properties & Composition
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ANALCIME
ANORTHOSITES
ARSENIC
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BORON
CALCITE
CALCIUM
CALCIUM CARBONATES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONATE MINERALS
CARBONATES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLAYS
COHERENT SCATTERING
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DIFFRACTION
DISPERSIONS
DOLOMITE
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUORINE
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GABBROS
HALOGENS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
ILLITE
INFORMATION
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON SULFIDES
LEACHATES
MAGNESIUM CARBONATES
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
METALS
MICROSCOPY
MINERALOGY
MINERALS
MIXTURES
MOLYBDENUM
MULTI-ELEMENT ANALYSIS
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIC ROCKS
PYRITE
QUANTITY RATIO
QUARTZ
RETORTING
ROCKS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SCATTERING
SEMIMETALS
SILICATE MINERALS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SOLID WASTES
SOLUTIONS
SPENT SHALES
SULFIDE MINERALS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
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VANADIUM
WASTES
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