Characterization of oil-shale retort effluents

Conference · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5537448

Fruchter, J S; Wilkerson, C L

Characterization studies involve the determination of the physical and chemical properties of all effluents, products and feed stocks involved in the retorting of oil shale to produce oil and/or gas. As such, characterization is an integral part of many environmental and process related studies of the oil shale industry. The characterization studies are described which emphasize environmental aspects of characterization rather than the process side. This paper addresses both what we do know from previous characterization studies of oil shale retorts plus a section on what we do not yet know and what remains to be done. Data are included on the characterization of gaseous pollutants, trace element distributions, refined products, retort waters, raw and spent shales, effluents from various retorting technologies, chemical fractionation studies, and mutagen screening of oil shale fractions. (DMC)

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5537448
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-8816; CONF-800822-7; ON: DE82010669
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040500* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Properties & Composition
040700 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Health & Safety
560302 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Microorganisms-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALUMINIUM
ARSENIC
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CADMIUM
CALCIUM
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
COBALT
COPPER
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
INFORMATION
IRON
LIQUID WASTES
MAGNESIUM
MANGANESE
MATERIALS
MERCURY
METALS
MOLYBDENUM
MULTI-ELEMENT ANALYSIS
MUTAGEN SCREENING
MUTAGENESIS
NICKEL
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARAHO PROCESS
POTASSIUM
QUANTITY RATIO
REFRACTORY METALS
RETORTING
RETORTS
SCREENING
SELENIUM
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
SODIUM
SPENT SHALES
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TOXICITY
TRACE AMOUNTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VANADIUM
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
ZINC