Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project. Quarterly report, July-September 1980

Technical Report · Mon Nov 02 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6103886

Carley, J F ^[1]

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1. ed.

A preliminary process flowsheet for a countercurrent, above-ground gas-combustion retort system was developed and used to calculate the mass and energy balances for a 50,000-bbl/d shale oil plant. The ability of Campbell's kinetic model to predict gas evolution during pyrolysis of Colorado oil shales was tested. Losses of S during combustion of retorted shale and the fraction of char burned were determined. Leaching of oxidized shale in water removed Ca and Mg sulfates. 4 figures, 3 tables. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6103886
• Report Number(s): UCID-16986-81-3; ON: DE82003643
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
040900 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Waste management
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHARS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
DECOMPOSITION
DEGASSING
ELEMENTS
ENERGY BALANCE
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
KINETICS
LOSSES
MASS BALANCE
MATERIALS
NONMETALS
OIL SHALES
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS
REACTION KINETICS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RETORTING
SPENT SHALES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES