Study of the kinetics and mechanisms of thermal decomposition of Moroccan Tarfaya oil shale and its kerogen

Oil Shale

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-443

  Aboulkas, A ^a,b   Harfi, K El ^a,b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; COATS-REDFERN METHOD; KINETIC EXPRESSION; KINETICS AND MECHANISM; NON-ISOTHERMAL HEATING; PROCESS MECHANISMS; PYROLYSIS EXPERIMENTS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HEATING RATE; KINETICS; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMER BLENDS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

KEROGEN;

EID: 61349085475     PISSN: 0208189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/oil.2008.4.04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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