Assay products from Green River oil shale

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Publication Type report
Research Institute Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE)
Author Singleton, M. F.; Koskinas, G. J.; Burnham, A. K.; Raley, J. H.
Title Assay products from Green River oil shale
Date 1986-02-18
Description Data from 66 material-balanced assays conducted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Laramie Energy Technology Center, and The Oil shale Corporation were compiled and analyzed to determine the pyrolysis stoichiometry for Green River formation oil shales originating in and near the Mahogany zone. Shale samples came from four sites in Colorado and one in Utah, and ranged in oil content from 12 to 258 L/Mg (3 to 62 gal/ton). Average values and pairwise correlation coefficients are reported for all data available on the shales, e.g., elemental analyses of shales and oils, distribution of organic carbon in products, gas composition, and some ratios of elemental composition. Some sulfur data have been added to the assay sheets in the revised publication and appear with the stoichiometry and average values, but not with the correlation studies. The wide range of organic carbon contents made it possible to demonstrate the sensitivity of assay product distribution to oil shale grade. A linear correlation for shale grade as a function of weight percent organic carbon in raw shale is presented. An average stoichiometry for pyrolysis of the organic material is also calculated and compared with others available in the literature.
Type Text
Publisher Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Subject Pyrolysis stoichiometry; Green River; Oil shale; Oil; Mahogany zone; Colorado; Utah; Pairwise correlation coefficients; Pyrolysis; Elemental analyses of shales and oils; Organic carbon; Gas composition; Elemental composition; Oil shale grade; Raw shale
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Singleton, M. F., Koskinas, G. J., Burnham, A. K., & Raley, J. H. (1986). Assay products from Green River oil shale.
Relation Has Part UCRL-53273, rev. 1.
Rights Management (c)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tx6dgs
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