Auto-oxidation potential of raw and retorted oil shale. Summary report

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5715177

Green, D A

This paper discusses an EPA-sponsored study to assess the potential environmental impacts of leachates from raw mined western oil shales. The study was undertaken as a cooperative effort of the Environmental Protection Agency, Colorado State University, Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company, Cathedral Bluffs Shale Oil Company, and the Oil Shale Project Office of the Bureau of Land Management. This paper presents the results of three years evaluation of the quantity and chemical characterization of leachates generated from onsite field collectors along with laboratory shale tests on raw mined oil shales from the C-a and C-b Federal lease tracts in western Colorado. The findings are indicators of the levels of common and trace species that can be expected to occur in field generated raw shale leachates.

• Research Organization: Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5715177
• Report Number(s): PB-85-156248/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
041000* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Environmental Aspects
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LEACHATES
LEACHING
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
OIL SHALES
OXIDATION
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RETORTING
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
SPECIFIC HEAT
SPENT SHALES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES