Overview

The last 15 years has seen the development of a number of innovative process concepts, such as fluid-bed pyrolysis and hydroretorting which have enabled considerably higher oil yields to be obtained than by simple retorting. To understand these phenomena, detailed structural information is clearly required on the organic matter present in shales. Indeed, the organic geochemistry and analytical chemistry communities have made considerable strides in the application of advanced analytical methods to assess the structure and biological origins of kerogens. Therefore, it has been timely to bring together leading scientists from the analytical/geochemistry and chemical engineering communities involved in fossil fuel research through a NATO-ASI to prepare an up-to-date coverage of oil shale composition, geochemistry and conversion. The book comprises over 20 review articles, together with a number of research contributions. It is intended for both research workers entering the field and academics/industrialists to keep abreast of developments in solid fuel research.

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Author:   C.E. Snape
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1995 ed.
Volume:   455
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.990kg
ISBN:  

9780792333432

ISBN 10:   0792333438
Pages:   505
Publication Date:   31 January 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I Reviews: Geochemistry & Characterisation.- 1. Organic petrography: principles and techniques..- 2. Organic petrography of oil shales..- 3. Demineralisation and kerogen maceral separation and chemistry..- 4. Alkane biomarkers. Geochemical significance and application in oil shale geochemistry..- 5. Solid state 13C NMR in oil shale research: an introduction with selected applications..- 6. Introduction to mass spectrometric techniques for fossil fuel analysis..- 7. An introduction to open-tubular gas chromatography — analysis of fossil and synthetic fuels..- 8. Speciation of organic sulphur forms in solid fuels and heavy oils..- 9. Detailed structural characterization of the organic material in Rundle Ramsay Crossing and Green River oil shales..- II Review: Conversion: Processing, Mechanisms and Products.- 1. Economic considerations of the oil shale and related conversion processes..- 2. Oil shale beneficiation for processing..- 3. Methods of oil shale analysis..- 4. Relationship between hydrous and ordinary pyrolysis..- 5. Fluidized bed retorting of oil shale..- 6. Steam and co-processing of oil shales..- 7. Chemical kinetics and oil shale process design..- 8. Hydropyrolysis: fundamentals, two-stage processing and PDU operation..- 9. The bitumen intermediate in isothermal and non-isothermal decomposition of oil shales..- 10. Aqueous organic chemistry: geochemical aspects..- 11. Asphaltites composition and conversion..- 12. Oil shale residues as a feedstock for carbon materials..- 13. Combustion reactivity of chars..- III Research contributions.- 1. A probe for the rapid analysis of Vanadium: An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and theoretical perspective..- 2. Characterization of Jurassic black shales from Asturias (Northern Spain): evolution and petroleumpotential..- 3. n-Alkanoic compounds in sulphur-rich macromolecular substances: a detailed investigation of sulphur incorporation and cross-linking..- 4. Biodegradation of hydrocarbons by sulphate reducing-bacteria in the Cretaceous Bahloul Formation (Tunisia)..- 5. Origin, evolution and petroleum potential of a Cambrian source rock: implications of pyrolysate and bitumen composition..- 6. Carbon isotopic compositions of individual alkanes/alkenes in leaf fossils and sediments from the P-33 site of the Miocene Clarkia deposit..- 7. Atmospheric pressure temperature programmed reduction (AP-TPR) as a tool to investigate the changes in sulphur functionalities in solid fuels..- 8. Organic geochemical characterization of some carboniferous coal seams of the Zonguldak basin (N.W. Turkey)..- 9. X-ray studies of the structure of coals and cokes..- 10. The aspects of microscopic studies as exemplified by the macroporous structure of cokes from bituminous coal range..- 11. Determination of organic sulphur forms in Type I/II kerogens by high pressure temperature programmed reduction..

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