Oil shale, tar sands, and related materials

Book · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5377287

Stauffer, H C

This sixteen-chapter book focuses on the many problems and the new methodology associated with the commercialization of the oil shale and tar sand industry. Topics discussed include: an overview of the Department of Energy's oil shale R, D, and D program; computer simulation of explosive fracture of oil shale; fracturing of oil shale by treatment with liquid sulfur dioxide; chemistry of shale oil cracking; hydrogen sulfide evolution from Colorado oil shale; a possible mechanism of alkene/alkane production in oil shale retorting; oil shale retorting kinetics; kinetics of oil shale char gasification; a comparison of asphaltenes from naturally occurring shale bitumen and retorted shale oils: the influence of temperature on asphaltene structure; beneficiation of Green River oil shale by density methods; beneficiation of Green River oil shale pelletization; shell pellet heat exchange retorting: the SPHER energy-efficient process for retorting oil shale; retorted oil shale disposal research; an investigation into the potential economics of large-scale shale oil production; commercial scale refining of Paraho crude shale oil into military specification fuels; relation between fuel properties and chemical composition; chemical characterization/physical properties of US Navy shale-II fuels; relation between fuel properties and chemical composition: stability of oil shale-derived jet fuel; pyrolysis of shale oil residual fractions; synfuel stability: degradation mechanisms and actual findings; the chemistry of shale oil and its refined products; the reactivity of Cold Lake asphaltenes; influence of thermal processing on the properties of Cold Lake asphaltenes: the effect of distillation; thermal recovery of oil from tar sands by an energy-efficient process; and hydropyrolysis: the potential for primary upgrading of tar sand bitumen.

• OSTI ID: 5377287
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040000* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COMMINUTION
DECOMPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING
FABRICATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTURING
FUELS
GASIFICATION
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
MOLDING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OIL SAND INDUSTRY
OIL SANDS
OIL SHALE INDUSTRY
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PELLETIZING
PETROLEUM
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE
RETORTING
REVIEWS
SHALE OIL
SOLID WASTES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES