Issue 31, 2022

Study of the effect of in situ minerals on the pyrolysis of oil shale in Fushun, China

Abstract

Herein, the effect of Fushun oil shale minerals on its kerogen has been investigated. The samples were obtained under non-isothermal conditions at different final temperatures. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis revealed that the silicates were layered and the carbonates were tightly bound to each other. The combination of silicates and carbonates led to close combination of minerals and organic matter and the organic matter was contained in the minerals. The Brunner–Emmet–Teller (BET) experiments conclude that during the non-isothermal pyrolysis process, the specific surface area increased, and then, decreased, which proves the adsorption effect of silicates on oil shale pyrolysis products and the adsorption effect of carbonates was weak. The activation energy of four samples was calculated via Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO) and Friedman kinetic analysis under different heating rates in a non-isothermal process, wherein the average activation energy of the sample containing silicate was 177.60 kJ mol−1 at minimum while that of carbonate was 250.45 kJ mol−1 at maximum, which proves that the catalytic promotion effect of silicate was greater than the inhibition effect of carbonate. The pyrolysis products obtained by Flash pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) under isothermal pyrolysis conditions were primarily composed of aliphatic hydrocarbon structures, which had different degrees of impact on the production of heteroatoms. This work provides a reliable theoretical basis for future studies on the influence of minerals on pyrolysis of organic matter in oil shale.

Graphical abstract: Study of the effect of in situ minerals on the pyrolysis of oil shale in Fushun, China

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 May 2022
Accepted
04 Jul 2022
First published
13 Jul 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 20239-20250

Study of the effect of in situ minerals on the pyrolysis of oil shale in Fushun, China

W. Xinmin, W. Qing and W. Chunlei, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 20239 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA02822K

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