Formation, deposition, and drainage of mist in porous media with application to oil shale retorting

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:7080022

Goren, S L

The research is aimed at developing the technological base for understanding and ultimately modeling the physical processes which control droplet size and droplet deposition within oil shale retorts. Two types of experiments were performed for this study: (1) size distributions of oil mists formed by condensation of oil vapor in an inert carrier gas were measured for a wide range of cooling rates and vapor concentrations thought to be typical of retorting conditions. Most experiments were conducted using a steady state tubular condenser which simulates a typical channel through a packed bed. Some unsteady-state experiments were conducted using an initially cold bed of shale rock and following the size distribution of the mist with time as the thermal front propagated through the bed; (2) capture efficiencies of oil mists in packed beds were measured for a wide range of droplet sizes, and gas velocities thought to be typical of retorting conditions. Both clean beds and beds with simulated liquid loading were used. 50 figures.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AS20-80LC10350
• OSTI ID: 7080022
• Report Number(s): DOE/LC/10350-1616; ON: DE84009254
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
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DECOMPOSITION
DEPOSITION
DROPLETS
DYNAMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
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OIL SHALES
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SIZE
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE