Catalytic Thermal Liquefaction of Oil Shale in Tetralin

Table 2

Yields of naphthalene (N) from tetralin (T) added, %, and maltenes (M), % from oil shale OM.

	No catalyst		KF 848					KF 1015
	—	—	Original	Original	Original	Original	Activated	Original	Activated
T (^°C)	400	400	380	400	400	400	400	400	400
𝑡, h	1.5	2	2	1	1.5	2	1.5	1.5	1.5
M	37.14	37.76	27.08	8.09	29.06	48.16	27.96	28.55	47.01
𝑇^∗/N	3.15	2.26	1.8	3.58	2.66	1.31	2.61	2.38	2.46
N	24.10	30.67	35.71	21.83	27.32	43.29	27.70	29.59	28.90

𝑇^∗: tetralin current concentration.