Treatment of shale

Patent · Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 1930

OSTI ID:7213340

Zieley, J D; Rudolf, F A; Ryder, J C

A process is described for distilling oil shale comprising continuously blowing the finely divided oil shale with sodium chloride into an elongated chamber and cooling portions of the vapors evolved during the destructive distillation of the shale by withdrawing the vapors from the chamber at various levels and returning them with condensate to the chamber. The flow of the shale through the chamber is retarded by injecting a stream of superheated steam in direction opposing the flow of the shale, and injecting into the chamber near the bottom a gaseous fuel mixture of air and fuel proportioned to produce a flame to destructively distill the oil shale.

• Assignee: Petroleum Derivatives, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 1773839
• OSTI ID: 7213340
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION
DISTILLATION
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FLAMES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEATING
OIL SHALES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
STEAM
SUPERHEATING