Apparatus for distilling shale oil from oil shale

Patent · Tue Feb 14 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:7037056

Shishido, T; Sato, Y

An apparatus for distilling shale oil from oil shale comprises: a vertical type distilling furnace which is divided by two vertical partitions each provided with a plurality of vent apertures into an oil shale treating chamber and two gas chambers, said oil shale treating chamber being located between said two gas chambers in said vertical type distilling furnace, said vertical type distilling furnace being further divided by at least one horizontal partition into an oil shale distilling chamber in the lower part thereof and at least one oil shale preheating chamber in the upper part thereof, said oil shale distilling chamber and said oil shale preheating chamber communication with each other through a gap provided at an end of said horizontal partition, an oil shale supplied continuously from an oil shale supply port provided in said oil shale treating chamber at the top thereof into said oil shale treating chamber continuously moving from the oil shale preheating chamber to the oil shale distilling chamber, a high-temperature gas blown into an oil shale distilling chamber passing horizontally through said oil shale in said oil shale treating chamber, thereby said oil shale is preheated in said oil shale preheating chamber, and a gaseous shale oil is distilled from said preheated oil shale in said oil shale distilling chamber; and a separator for separating by liquefaction a gaseous shale oil from a gas containing the gaseous shale oil discharged from the oil shale preheating chamber.

• Assignee: Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
• Patent Number(s): US 4431483
• OSTI ID: 7037056
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
040403 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Refining
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONDENSERS
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
DISTILLATION
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS FLOW
HEAT TREATMENTS
HEATERS
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RETORTING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SHALE OIL
VAPOR CONDENSATION
VAPOR CONDENSERS
VENTS