| Show OIL SHALE TREATING introducing a short description of the tr il r shale treating process the mountain states mineral M I 1 of denver says milton J seems to h have ay e sue s u c 1 cess fully fractionated shale oil into gasoline kerosene kerosen ep gast gash oil and lubricating stock in one operation 0 oil il produced 1 V 1 by the process is said to lack the disagreeable odors that indicate a high percentage of un unsaturated saturates ais ac light in gravity and is reported to yield up to 72 p perene e gasoline ft K costs per ton of shale ssi f A cost of 2 to 3 cents a gallon g allon for refined oils madei from oil by the process is is estimated estimate t plant to handle 1000 tons in 24 hours will 0 operate I 1 bratte at 35 to 40 cents per ton of shale A company to own the process and erect plan plants s r be organized is the report from california plants will wil ia be sold outright without royalty astonishing results have been secured from on from different districts in colorado wyoming an dUtah and utah as well as orr on coals from all over the world worlds the process described retort is vertical in type with 3 sap sets of chambers the top ones being called pre heaters beate i rs shale crushed to size not larger than ya of an inc inch is sg fed into the pre heaters where steam is admitted t to 0 c carrel ai off ammonia water to condensers where it is saved from the pre heaters the shale drops into the di dis j til lation chai chamber aber containing 6 steam at 1400 degrees under great pressure oil and water vapors pass from the distillation til lation chamber through a turbine resulting in dav development of enough electric power to operate a crusher or on oth others machinery j S P t from the turbine the vapors go to the condensers of V which there are several the condensable non gasses gol goj t to a scrubber and then are used as fuel the hot air irenr the condensers goes to the still or topping unit of the blant hot shale heats steam v A from the distillation chamber the spent shale d drops r int into 0 the cooling chamber into which the saturated in is admitted the hot shale raises the temperature me steam which then passes into the cc all heat is supplied by burning the gasses that do avi condense and as a all 11 water used is ii S condensed andu 1141 fedt 11 again a comparatively small supply is required aired 0 W milton J ble inventor of the process is is inventory of other processes used in oil refining an and d it is believed ti 4 that he sold rights t of on one e process for 1000 andi and that haV he receives 1 annually from royalties described Describe cHas I 1 a an unassuming an and d having plenty funds for his 1 eap exp expert ments li he e n lias nas h not at sought sough t laibl publicity lacity aw f |
