ASTM D3904-90

Test Method for Oil From Oil Shale (Resource Evaluation by the Fischer Assay Procedure) (Withdrawn 1996)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Withdrawal Date: 09-Jan-1996
• ICS: 75.140 - Waxes, bituminous materials and other petroleum products
• Technical Committee: D02 - Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants

Standards Content (Sample)

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This srandard is issued under the fixed designation D 3904: the number immediately following the designation indicates 1ke year of
ortginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (0 indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
3.1‘1 QSSay--the determination of the potential yield of a
specific component from a resource material.
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the
3.12 gas-plus-loss-a term covering .evolved gases not
amount of oil, water, and spent shale obtained upon
condensed at 0 % 3°C plus experimental error. In addition to
prescribed heating of a representative oil shale sample that
experimental error, gas-plus-loss values arise from organic
has been crushed to an appropriate size (2.36 mm or 8
material and from minerals present in the oil shale that may
mesh). The amount of gas evolved can be calculated from
release hydrogen sulfide @I,§) or carbon dioxide (C02). An
data obtained in this procedure. This test method is appli-
example of these minerals are: dolomite (CaMg(CO,),) and
cable to oil shale, which upon heating evolves licprid and
pyrite (Fe§2).
gaseous products (Note 1). It has been tested over the range
3.1.3 oil shale-a sedimentary rock containing insoluble
19 to 227 L/Mg (5 to 60 gal/ton) of oil.
organic matter that upon heating yields an oil similar to
NOTE I-The test method does not include procedures for identi-
petroleum.
fying the nature of the gas.
3.1.4 resource evaluation-=+val~atio~ of an oil shale re-
1.2 The test method neither yields quantities that neces-
source is the determination of the approximate oil resource
sarily duplicate yields in experimental or commercial oil-
present in the deposit. Oil yield assay results combined with
shale processes nor does it yield products that necessarily
stratigraphic and geographic distribution permit estimation
duplicate in physical or chemical nature the products that
of a shale oil respurce.
may be obtained in such experimental or commercial
3.1.5 shale oil-the organic liquid-obtained from the
processes.
retorting of oil shale.
1.3 This standard muy involve hazardous-materials, oper-
4. Summary of Test Method
ations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to
address all of the safety problems associated with its use. It is
4.1 Crushed raw shale is sampled by riffle-splitting. The
the responsibility OJ the user of this standard to establish
determination of the amount of oil available from oil shale is
appropriate safety and health practices and determine the
made by heating the raw shale from ambient temperature to
applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For
500°C in cast aluminum-alloy retorts. The vapors distilled
specific hazard statements, see Notes 4 through 4.
from the sample are cooled and the condensed fraction is
collected. The oil and water fractions are separated, the water
2. Referenced Documents
volume (converted to weight equivalent) is measured and
subtracted from the oil plus water weight. The weight of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
uncondensable gases evolved (gas-plus-loss) is then calcu-
D 346 Test Methods for Collection and Preparation of
lated by difference.
Coke Samples for Laboratory Analysis’
D 1250 Petroleum Measurement Tables3
5. Bipilhme and Use
D 1796 Test Method for Water and Sediment in Fuel Oils
5.1 This test method provides standardized data useful for
by the Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure)’
oil-shale resource evaluation and is useful as a basis of
D 2013 Test Method for Preparing Coal Samples for
comparing the oil-producing capabilities of oil shales.
Analysis2
5.2 Because the U.S. Department of Energy, Laramie
E 11 Specification for Wire-Cloth Sieves for Testing Pur-
Energy Technology Center (formerly a U.S. Bureau of Mines
poses4
Laboratory) has developed an extensive record of data
concerning the properties of oil shales from various regions
3. Terminology
by the use of this test method, the test method provides a
3.1 Descriptions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
means of comparing oil shale deposits.
5.3 The extensive use of the procedure makes it a basis for
standardizing other evaluation methods for oil shale,
r This test method is under the iurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-2 on
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcom-
6. Interferences
mittee DOZ.05 on Properties of Fuels, Petroleum Coke, and Oil Shale.
Current edition approved April 27, 1990. Published June 1990. Originally
6.1 An erroneously
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