| Title |
Thermal recovery of oil from tar sands |
| Publication Type |
dissertation |
| School or College |
College of Engineering |
| Department |
Chemical Engineering |
| Author |
Jayakar, Krishnakumar Moreshwar |
| Date |
1979-06 |
| Description |
A process for thermal recovery of oil from tar sands is described, which consists essentially of two steps. In the first step, mined and suitably sized tar sand is pyrolyzed at temperatures of 450 to 550 degrees Celsius in an inert atmosphere to crack and volatilize most of the contained bitumen. The bitumen vapor is then condensed and collected to give synthetic crude oil. In the second step, coke formed as a by-product in the first step is combusted with air at temperatures of about 55 to 650 degrees celsius. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
University of Utah |
| Subject |
Oil sands |
| Dissertation Institution |
University of Utah |
| Dissertation Name |
PhD |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation is Version of |
Digital reproduction of "Thermal recovery of oil from tar sands", J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections, |
| Rights Management |
© Krishnakumar Moreshwar Jayakar |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
9,880,462 bytes |
| Identifier |
undthes,4385 |
| Source |
Original: University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections, TN7.5 1979 .J39 |
| Master File Extent |
9,880,462 bytes |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6862j81 |
| Setname |
ir_etd |
| ID |
191286 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6862j81 |
