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Preliminary results of five oil shale conversion experiments at Laramie Energy Research Center

Conference · · Q. Colo. Sch. Mines; (United States)
OSTI ID:7228357
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Preliminary results of five oil shale conversion experiments being conducted at the Laramie Energy Research Center are presented. These include some early results from the Rock Springs, site 9, in-situ retorting experiment; concurrent gasification and retorting studies that have produced gas, exiting from the retort varying in heating value from 50 to 1300 Btu/ft/sup 3/; retorting tests with the controlled state retort using air instead of nitrogen, resulting in some variation in the obtained results; retorting oil shale under pressure which indicated only slight decreases in oil recovery when using a nitrogen atmosphere, while large increases in oil recovery were observed when using hydrogen atmosphere, and conversion of kerogen to usable products, using carbon monoxide water reaction, resulting in higher kerogen conversion at lower temperatures.
Research Organization:
Laramie Research Center, WY
OSTI ID:
7228357
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Q. Colo. Sch. Mines; (United States) Journal Volume: 71:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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