Comparison of retorting and supercritical extraction techniques on El-Lajjun oil shale

Energy Sources

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 453-463

  Tucker, J David ^a   Masri, Bassam ^a   Lee, Sunggyu ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN; OIL SHALE RETORTING; PYROLYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; WATER;

OIL YIELD; RETORTING; SOLVATION;

OIL SHALE;

EID: 0034214237     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310050013866     Document Type: Article

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