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P-377<br />

Oil shales occurring in M<strong>on</strong>golia<br />

Vadim Saveliev 1 , Namkhainorov Jargalsaikhan 2 , Galina Pevneva 1 , Anatoly Golovko 1<br />

1 Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russian<br />

Federati<strong>on</strong>, 2 Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the M<strong>on</strong>golian Academy of Sciences, Ulan<br />

Batar, M<strong>on</strong>golia (corresp<strong>on</strong>ding author:savel@ipc.tsc.ru)<br />

Geological resources of oil shales occurring in<br />

M<strong>on</strong>golia amount to about 788.0 milli<strong>on</strong> t<strong>on</strong>s. Only<br />

20 % of them are characterized in detail including<br />

estimati<strong>on</strong> and kinds of geological resources of the<br />

natural caustobioliths. The oil shales occurring in<br />

M<strong>on</strong>golia can be c<strong>on</strong>sidered as alternative<br />

hydrocarb<strong>on</strong> raw material.<br />

The present work is aimed to investigate<br />

compositi<strong>on</strong> of organic matter in oil shales occurring<br />

in M<strong>on</strong>golia for possible producti<strong>on</strong> of liquid and<br />

gaseous products.<br />

Six samples of raw oil shales mined from Baliin<br />

jis, Khuut bulag, Tukhurmiin nuur and Khugshin gol<br />

fields have been investigated. Ash c<strong>on</strong>tent of the<br />

samples reaches 70-83 % mass. A mineral<br />

c<strong>on</strong>stituent of oil shales is mainly presented by<br />

carb<strong>on</strong>ates, 15-52 %, and silicates, 18-66 %. The<br />

yield of volatile products varies from 14.7 (a sample<br />

from Tukhurmiin nuur field) to 26.6 % mass (Baliin<br />

jis). The kerogens were separated by a method<br />

described in work [1]. The c<strong>on</strong>tent of kerogenes in<br />

oil shales amounts to 4-15% mass and that of<br />

chloroform bitumoids A – 0.2–1.0 % mass.<br />

Table – Characteristics of kerogens in oil shales<br />

Kerogen Н/С О/С S<br />

Sample yield, %<br />

mass<br />

Baliin jis 4.2 2.3 0.2 1.9<br />

Khuut bulag-1 8.0 1.8 0.1 0.4<br />

Khuut bulag–2 15.3 2.2 0.1 1.3<br />

Khuut bulag-3 11.1 1.5 0.1 0.6<br />

Tukhurmiin nuur 13.1 2.3 0.2 2.1<br />

Khugshin gol 15.2 2.0 0.1 1.9<br />

By the values of atomic ratios of the basic<br />

elements (С, Н and О) kerogenes refer to type I,<br />

they were generated under similar c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s from<br />

marine sediments enriched with algal lipids<br />

accumulated in reducing envir<strong>on</strong>ment [2].<br />

The data of IR-analysis of structural features of<br />

kerogens in oil shales proved shale bel<strong>on</strong>ging to<br />

OM of I type. C<strong>on</strong>siderable excess of aliphatic<br />

fragments over aromatic structures in OM assumes<br />

predominance of low-molecular hydrocarb<strong>on</strong><br />

comp<strong>on</strong>ents and a low yield of shale resin in the<br />

products of the oil shale pyrolysis.<br />

We used a thermal analysis to reveal specific<br />

character of the compositi<strong>on</strong>s of organic and mineral<br />

substances in oil shales. Diagrams of mass losses in<br />

oil shales depending <strong>on</strong> the temperature are<br />

presented in the Figure below.<br />

The mass loss in shales occurs up to the<br />

temperature range of 200-250 0 С caused by<br />

exudati<strong>on</strong> of moisture – hygroscopic and ―bound‖<br />

water. Destructi<strong>on</strong> of organic compounds bound by<br />

heteroatomic elements is also possible. The mass<br />

losses in oil shales in this temperature interval<br />

amount to 1.5-4.8 %.<br />

At temperature increase up to 500-550 0 С<br />

thermal-oxidative c<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong>s of OM proceed at<br />

high rates. Relatively easy oxidati<strong>on</strong> of oil shales<br />

testifies predominance in OM structure of labile<br />

comp<strong>on</strong>ents of mainly aliphatic nature, with which<br />

oxygen reacts first as with the most energyweakened<br />

secti<strong>on</strong>s of molecules [2]. The loss of<br />

mass was maximal in this temperature interval and<br />

amounted to 10-25 %.<br />

Thermal-oxidative destructi<strong>on</strong> of a mineral<br />

c<strong>on</strong>stituent in oil-shales proceeds in the temperature<br />

range of 600-900 0 С at negligible changes in the<br />

rate of mass loss. For the samples mined from<br />

Baliin jis and Tukhurmiin nuur <strong>on</strong>e determined a<br />

sharp increase in the rate of mass loss at 730-780<br />

0 С, typical for decompositi<strong>on</strong> of low-basic calciumsodium<br />

hydrosilicates. [3]. The samples of oil shales<br />

mined from Khuut bulag-1and Khuut bulag–3 fields<br />

have the highest oil-generating potential.<br />

Thus, a high c<strong>on</strong>tent of hydrogen and rather<br />

low c<strong>on</strong>tents of sulfur and nitrogen as well as<br />

structural features of kerogen are the reas<strong>on</strong>s to<br />

suppose the producti<strong>on</strong> of high-quality and<br />

ecologically pure ―synthetic‖ oil at complex<br />

processing of oil-shales occurring in M<strong>on</strong>golia.<br />

Reference<br />

1. B. P. Tissot, D. H. Welte. Oil generati<strong>on</strong> and<br />

distributi<strong>on</strong>. M.: Mir. – 1981.-501 p.<br />

2. Goftman M.V. Applied chemistry of solid fuel. M.:<br />

1963., 235 P.<br />

3. Sidorovich Ya.I. // Oil shale.1984. V. 1. №2. P. 171-<br />

174.<br />

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