Open AccessOil shale technology. Final report
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/459877
Subject(s) - oil shale , pyrolysis , shale oil , combustion , oil shale gas , sulfur , petroleum engineering , shale oil extraction , environmental science , green river formation , effluent , shale gas , mineralogy , unconventional oil , environmental chemistry , waste management , chemistry , geology , environmental engineering , engineering , organic chemistry
This collaborative project with industrial participants studied oil shale retorting through an integrated program of fundamental research, mathematical model development and operation of a 4-tonne-per-day solid recirculation oil shale test unit. Quarterly, project personnel presented progress and findings to a Project Guidance Committee consisting of company representatives and DOE program management. We successfully operated the test unit, developed the oil shale process (OSP) mathematical model, evaluated technical plans for process scale up and determined economics for a successful small scale commercial deployment, producing premium motor fuel, specility chemicals along with electricity co-production. In budget negotiations, DOE funding for this three year CRADA was terminated, 17 months prematurely, as of October 1993. Funds to restore the project and continue the partnership have not been secured