TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of several methods of extraction of oil from a Jordanian oil shale
AU - Fei, Yi
AU - Marshall, Marc
AU - Jackson, William
AU - Gorbaty, Martin
AU - Amer, Mohammad
AU - Cassidy, Peter
AU - Chaffee, Alan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A Jordanian oil shale from the El Lajjun deposit has been reacted with N(2), H(2) and CO in the presence and absence of water in the temperature range 300-425 degrees C. The effect of adding Fe, Cu, Ni, Sn and NaAlO(2) as potential catalysts to some of these reactions has been studied but none led to improved oil yields. Most of the organic material in the oil shale was converted to asphaltene at 355 degrees C, but the oil yield was low at this temperature. At 425 degrees C nearly all the organic product was in the form of oil.
AB - A Jordanian oil shale from the El Lajjun deposit has been reacted with N(2), H(2) and CO in the presence and absence of water in the temperature range 300-425 degrees C. The effect of adding Fe, Cu, Ni, Sn and NaAlO(2) as potential catalysts to some of these reactions has been studied but none led to improved oil yields. Most of the organic material in the oil shale was converted to asphaltene at 355 degrees C, but the oil yield was low at this temperature. At 425 degrees C nearly all the organic product was in the form of oil.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/science/article/pii/S0016236111004741
U2 - 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.08.019
DO - 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.08.019
M3 - Article
VL - 92
SP - 281
EP - 287
JO - Fuel
JF - Fuel
SN - 0016-2361
IS - 1
ER -