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Method For Releasing Organics From Shale And Like Materials To Produce A Liquid Shale Fuel

a technology of organics and shale, which is applied in the direction of liquid carbonaceous fuels, hydrocarbon oil treatment, waste based fuels, etc., can solve the problems of environmental impact, low temperature and pressure operation, and low water consumption, and achieves low temperature, low water consumption, and low energy consumption.

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-03-04
OSAT
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[0018]None of the described processes have the desired characteristics of low temperature and pressure operation, low water consumption, small energy consumption, and low environmental impact when extracting hydrocarbons into a liquid solvent medium from organic shale. The invention overcomes known problems by providing a process to treat shale in a liquid media by acoustic vertical streams using vibrations, including, ultrasound waves that is: (1) low cost; (2) does not consume water; (3) does not cause environmental damage; (4) requires no burning of shale or its' inorganic matter; (5) produces sulfur-free fuel; (6) does not employ chemical catalysts; (7) has small energy consumption; (7) has negligible heat emission and hence no need for cooling; (8) the inorganic leftover can be used as feedstock for the cement production thus creating an overall non-waste technology; (9) enables modular deployment and upscaling; and (10) possibility to use lean and small shale deposits.
[0024]In another embodiment, a sample of a finely ground shale is submerged in a solvent (e.g. ethanol) and subject to ultrasound excitation (sonication). The sonication causes cavitation and the emergence of (vortical) turbulent streams. The cavitation produces free radicals, where the free radicals extract hydrocarbons from the shale (primarily benzene derivatives) and mix with the solvent, thus creating a solution with new features. These features include high flammability and high caloric value, meaning that the obtained solution can be used (possibly after slight reforming, alteration) as an efficient fuel. The leftover of the shale (primarily inorganic matter) precipitates and can be used in the cement manufacturing process.

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None of the described processes have the desired characteristics of low temperature and pressure operation, low water consumption, small energy consumption, and low environmental impact when extracting hydrocarbons into a liquid solvent medium from organic shale.
The result can be extremely high shear forces for micromixing and the appearance of reactive species such as free radicals within the bubbles.

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[0033]The organic release method according to the invention comprises a process for pulverizing shale oil into powdery grains by, for example, a mechanical means; mixing grains in a liquid and treatment of the mixture by vortical movements, wave movements, acoustical streams, or combinations thereof; foaming; removing the foam, which contains the organic materials of shale oil, from the mixture; mixing the foam containing organic materials with the liquid solvent, for example ethanol; and processing this mixture by vortical movements, wave movements, acoustical streams, or combinations thereof. The processing forms a liquid, which contains derivates of benzene (see Table 1) and light fractions of hydrocarbons, for example, Toluene, Xylene and others (see Table 2) that are released from organic materials of shale oil. The non-organic solids from the shale oil consist of, for example, Calcite, Clay, and minerals (see Table 3). The whole process takes place under ambient temperature an...

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Method for release of organic materials from shale oil and like solid substances, by treating shale oil powder in a liquid medium, with vortical movements, wave movements, acoustic turbulent streams, or combinations thereof. The treatment causes foaming of the liquid medium followed by separation of the foam from the liquid medium, whereby the foam is enriched with organic materials released from the shale oil powder. The foam can be placed in a liquid organic solvent and treated with vortical movements, wave movements, acoustic turbulent streams, or combinations thereof. The treatment causes the extraction of hydrocarbons into the solvent, and the inorganic shale material to precipitate. The remaining inorganic sold material can be utilized in the manufacture of construction materials. The obtained solution of the extracted hydrocarbons into the solvent represents a synthetic fuel, which could be used after slight reforming as motor fuel, jet fuel, or the like.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 816,857 filed on Jun. 28, 2006.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention resides in the field of an improved processes and equipment used in the treatment of materials in a liquid media by acoustic vortical streams using ultra sound waves. More specifically, this invention relates to an improved process using acoustic vortical streams to extract hydrocarbons into a liquid solvent medium from organic shale.[0004]2. Description of the Prior Art[0005]The use of ultrasound for driving chemical reactions is known. Examples of publications that describe chemical uses of ultrasound are Suslick, K. S., Science, vol. 247, p. 1439 (1990), and Mason, T. J., Practical Sonochemistry, A User's Guide to Applications in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ellis Norwood Publishers, West Sussex, England (1991). Of the various sonicating systems...

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IPC IPC(8): C10G1/04
CPCC10G1/00C10G1/006C10G2300/805Y02E50/30C10G2300/44C10G1/04
Inventor FAERMAN, VLADIMIR
Owner OSAT
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