Oil shale retort apparatus

Title: Oil shale retort apparatus

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A retorting apparatus including a vertical kiln and a plurality of tubes for delivering rock to the top of the kiln and removal of processed rock from the bottom of the kiln so that the rock descends through the kiln as a moving bed. Distributors are provided for delivering gas to the kiln to effect heating of the rock and to disturb the rock particles during their descent. The distributors are constructed and disposed to deliver gas uniformly to the kiln and to withstand and overcome adverse conditions resulting from heat and from the descending rock. The rock delivery tubes are geometrically sized, spaced and positioned so as to deliver the shale uniformly into the kiln and form symmetrically disposed generally vertical paths, or "rock chimneys", through the descending shale which offer least resistance to upward flow of gas. When retorting oil shale, a delineated collection chamber near the top of the kiln collects gas and entrained oil mist rising through the kiln.

Inventors:

Reeves, Adam A. ^[1]; Mast, Earl L. ^[2]; Greaves, Melvin J. ^[3]

(Grand Junction, CO)
(Norman, OK)
(Littleton, CO)

Issue Date:: 1990-01-01

Research Org.:: Paraho Development Corp., Grand Junction, CO (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 867487

Patent Number(s):: 4948468

Assignee:: New Paraho Corporation (Lakewood, CO) OAK

DOE Contract Number:: FC03-80ET14103

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: oil; shale; retort; apparatus; retorting; including; vertical; kiln; plurality; tubes; delivering; rock; top; removal; processed; bottom; descends; moving; bed; distributors; provided; gas; effect; heating; disturb; particles; descent; constructed; disposed; deliver; uniformly; withstand; overcome; adverse; conditions; resulting; heat; descending; delivery; geometrically; sized; spaced; positioned; form; symmetrically; paths; chimneys; offer; resistance; upward; flow; delineated; collection; chamber; near; collects; entrained; mist; rising; upward flow; moving bed; shale retort; oil shale; collection chamber; apparatus including; symmetrically disposed; oil mist; conditions resulting; retorting oil; vertical kiln; vertical paths; gas uniformly; delivery tube; /202/414/432/

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  abstractNote = {A retorting apparatus including a vertical kiln and a plurality of tubes for delivering rock to the top of the kiln and removal of processed rock from the bottom of the kiln so that the rock descends through the kiln as a moving bed. Distributors are provided for delivering gas to the kiln to effect heating of the rock and to disturb the rock particles during their descent. The distributors are constructed and disposed to deliver gas uniformly to the kiln and to withstand and overcome adverse conditions resulting from heat and from the descending rock. The rock delivery tubes are geometrically sized, spaced and positioned so as to deliver the shale uniformly into the kiln and form symmetrically disposed generally vertical paths, or "rock chimneys", through the descending shale which offer least resistance to upward flow of gas. When retorting oil shale, a delineated collection chamber near the top of the kiln collects gas and entrained oil mist rising through the kiln.},

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