Summary of raw- and spent-shale characterization studies from the Occidental Oil Shale, Inc. , Logan Wash site and implications for water quality

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5943266

Peterson, E J; Wagner, P

This report summarizes the research efforts of Los Alamos National Laboratory in characterizing raw and spent shale samples from the Occidental Oil Shale, Inc., Logan Wash site in the Piceance Creek Basin of Colorado. Our activities have focused on the interaction of the raw material and the process variables and their influence on the ultimate identify and behavior of the spent shale, the resultant leachates, and the chemistry of other aqueous effluents. Both the raw shale material and the retorting process parameters influence the behavior of spent shale solids. The process parameters define the mineral reactions that occur in the spent shale, and the major and trace element residences and mobilities from the raw shale determine how extensively these elements are incorporated in the spent shale matrix and ultimately the composition of the leachate generated by the spent shale/water interaction. The leachate and the solid waste are dependent variables, and the raw shale and process parameters are independent variables. In this report, we summarize our experimental results, including the mineralogy trace element concentrations in solids, and leaching characteristics of the raw and spent shales. We also discuss implications for water quality, which may be affected by aquifer bridging and leaching of spent shales. A major purpose of our research has been to explore new environmental control strategies and to provide information to supplement other research efforts. 6 tables.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5943266
• Report Number(s): LA-9777-MS; ON: DE83014804
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLORADO
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
INFORMATION
LEACHATES
LEACHING
MATERIALS
MINERALOGY
MIXTURES
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PICEANCE CREEK
PROCESSING
RETORTING
RIVERS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
SPENT SHALES
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
WATER
WATER QUALITY