Predictive heat model for Australian oil shale drying and retorting

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2592-2600

  Berkovich, Adam J ^a   Levy, John H ^b   Young, Brent R ^c   Schmidt, S James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Southern Pacific Petroleum (Development) Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; ENTHALPY; EXTRACTION; HEAT TRANSFER; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE RETORTING; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE;

OIL SHALE DRYING; PREDICTIVE HEAT MODEL;

OIL SHALE;

DRYING; EXTRACTION PROCESS; HEAT TRANSFER; OIL; SHALE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ENTHALPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OIL INDUSTRY; PREDICTION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034215033     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990942g     Document Type: Article

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