Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project. Quarterly report, April-June 1982

Technical Report · Tue Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:7155166

Carley, J F ^[1]

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1. ed.

The effect of the proportion of oxidized shale to raw shale, on the heat of combustion of retort product was studied in a fluidized sand bed at 500/sup 0/C. Results show a significant increase in the heat of combustion, produced by the activity of the oxidized shale. The functionality of organic sulfur in various oil shale types is being investigated. An oil shale pyrolyzer for aboveground retorting is being studied in an engineering facility. Thermochemical and experimental equations were developed for the heat of combustion of raw shale. A heat balance was calculated for 24.6 gal/ton Colorado oil shale. The rapid-pyrolysis data was analyzed to determine the best kinetic scheme for retort modeling. Incipient fluidization velocity measurements were made for various crushed oil shale mixtures of different particle sizes. 10 figures, 1 table. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7155166
• Report Number(s): UCID-16986-82-2; ON: DE83000503
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040400* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Oil Production
Recovery
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BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION HEAT
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY
ENERGY BALANCE
ENERGY SOURCES
ENTHALPY
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FLUIDIZATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HEAT
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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PARTICLE SIZE
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PYROLYSIS
REACTION HEAT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RETORTING
SIZE
SPENT SHALES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
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