Process for retorting oil shale with fluidized retorting of shale fines

Patent · Tue May 07 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6226508

Deering, R F

Hot particles removed from a retort, preferably retort-sized particles of oil shale removed from a retort operating at superatmospheric pressure, are crushed and fed to a fluidized surge zone maintained under non-oxidizing conditions at substantially the pressure of the retort to forestall escape of retort gases. Raw fines are introduced into the surge zone and retorted without agglomeration by heat transferred from the hot retorted particles and/or a heated fluidizing gas stream to educe hydrocarbonaceous vapors. Educed vapors are scrubbed, condensed and separated into liquid and gaseous product streams, a portion of the latter being recycled to provide fluidizing process gas streams.

• Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
• Patent Number(s): US 4515679
• OSTI ID: 6226508
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS FLOW
GASES
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PRODUCTION
RETORTING
RETORTS
SCRUBBING
SHALE OIL
VAPORS