Investigation of tracer tests on the Western Research Institute 10-ton retort

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6482893· OSTI ID:6482893

Turner, T. F.; Moore, D. F.

An oil shale rubble bed with contrasting permeability regions is investigated using a gas tracer in conjunction with a two-dimensional flow and tracer model and with a one-dimensional dispersion model. Six runs on the retort are discussed. Tracer injections are made into the main flow inlet and into five taps near the top of the retort. Detection taps are located at four levels in the retort with five taps on each level. The one-dimensional dispersion model is fit to the tracer response curves producing estimates of dispersion and space time in the retort. The dispersion model produces reasonable estimates where the fluid flow deviates only slightly from vertical. The two-dimensional flow model developed by Travis at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is compared to tracer velocities. The correlation between the model and the data is good in the last of the six tests. The correlation is not as good in the earlier tests and possible reasons for this are discussed.

• Research Organization: Western Research Inst., Laramie, WY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-83FE60177
• OSTI ID: 6482893
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE/60177-1664; ON: DE85001459
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040401* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLOW MODELS
FOSSIL FUELS
FRAGMENTATION
FUELS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
INFORMATION
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESSES
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
PERMEABILITY
PROCESSING
RETORTING
RETORTS
TRACER TECHNIQUES