Retorting oil shale with iron oxide impregnated porous pellets
Patent
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OSTI ID:5807144
Oil shale is mixed and retorted with hot porous pellets. The porous pellets have a surface area of at least 10 square meters per gram. Iron oxide is deposited or impregnated on the pellet surface area prior to retorting. The iron oxide imparts special properties to the pellets. After retorting, the pellets are separated from the processed oil shale solids, reheated and returned to a retort. At least a portion of the pellets are separated by a magnetic separator. 3 claims.
- Assignee:
- Atlantic Richfield Co.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4158620
- OSTI ID:
- 5807144
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTORS
CONCENTRATORS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HEAT SOURCES
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON OXIDES
MAGNETIC SEPARATORS
MATERIALS
OIL SHALES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PELLETS
POROUS MATERIALS
RETORTING
RETORTS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTORS
CONCENTRATORS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HEAT SOURCES
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON OXIDES
MAGNETIC SEPARATORS
MATERIALS
OIL SHALES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PELLETS
POROUS MATERIALS
RETORTING
RETORTS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS