Thermal recovery of oil from tar sands

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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
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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
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6862j81
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