Some results from the operation of a 150-ton oil shale retort
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6960285
To determine the retorting characteristics of a column of mine-run, ungraded oil shale ranging in size from fines to pieces weighing as much as 5 tons, a 150-ton batch retort was designed and constructed. The retort vessel is 45 feet high by 11-1/2 feet in inside diameter and is supported in a 92-foot-high steel super-structure. Mine-run shale assaying about 25 gallons of oil per ton, is currently being used as the test shale. To date, three runs have been completed. Results of the second and third runs are reported in the paper. The two runs considered in the report are the first of a series of nine to determine operating conditions that will yield maximum oil recovery from a column of mine-run shale. Variables studied are the oxygen content of the retorting gas and the space velocity of the retorting gas expressed as cu ft gas/sq ft bed/min. Oil recoveries for the two runs reported are 62.2 volume percent of Fischer assay for the run using higher oxygen and a lower space velocity were used.
- Research Organization:
- Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6960285
- Report Number(s):
- PB-197-932
- 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
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290500 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FIELD TESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
OILS
OPERATION
OPTIMIZATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PILOT PLANTS
RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RETORTING
RETORTS
SHALE OIL
TESTING
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290500 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FIELD TESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
OILS
OPERATION
OPTIMIZATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PILOT PLANTS
RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RETORTING
RETORTS
SHALE OIL
TESTING