Liquid Fuels From Oil Shale

Abstract

N-T-U Retorts, S t m Bins. and Crushing Plant (leJt to right) at I'. S. lhiroau of Mines Oil-Shale Demonatration Plant, Rifle, Calo.

Pyrolysis of Coal and Shale

“…The greatest activity in oil shale continues to be centered, however, in the United States. The status of U. S. governmentsponsored research to date may be found in the latest report on synthetic fuels by the Secretary of the Interior (266) and in a survey by Hull and others (102). For a more technical discussion of the Green River shales and their products, see two excellent papers by Thorne, Murphy el al.…”

PILOT PLANTS. Hydrogenation of Shale-Oil Coker Distillate

“…The crude shale oil fed to the coking unit was obtained by retorting Colorado oil shale in an N-T-U retort. These retorts and their operation have been described (5,10). The facilities of the Bureau of Mines Demonstration Plant Shale Oil Refinery {6, 8) were used for the coking operation.…”

Identification of Normal Paraffins, Olefins, Ketones, and Nitriles from Colorado Shale Oil.

“…EXPERIMENTAL Preparation of Starting Material. Crude shale oil obtained from Colorado oil shale by N-T-U retort at the Rifle plant (7,13) was separated into seven fractions by fractional distillation under reduced pressure. Boiling ranges corrected to 760 mm.…”