Gas combustion retorting of oil shale under Anvil Points lease agreement: Stage I

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1969

OSTI ID:5299737

Ruark, J R; Sohns, H W; Carpenter, H C

Results are presented of mining operations and of research and development work done during stage I of the gas combustion retorting research program conducted by the Colorado School of Mines Research Foundation and 6 major oil companies at the U.S. Bureau of Mines Anvil Points Oil Shale Facilities. A brief description of the gas combustion process is given and the experimental program is discussed. Included in this discussion are: (1) air-gas distributor development; (2) results of gas and shale distribution studies; and (3) effects of other process variable studies. A statistical evaluation of experimental results is given. Two appendixes present a chronological account of the experimental work and tabulations of data for all retorting runs conducted during stage I.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5299737
• Report Number(s): BM-IC-7303
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040300* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
Fracturing & Mining
040400 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
ANVIL POINTS RESEARCH FACILITY
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS COMBUSTION PROCESS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OIL SHALE PROCESSING PLANTS
OIL SHALES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RETORTING
US BUREAU OF MINES
US DOI
US ORGANIZATIONS