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Pyrolysis of Oil Shale Based on Electromagnetic Heating Technology – A Review

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To meet the current and future demand for energy, unconventional energy has gradually attracted the attention of scholars around the world. Oil shale has become one of the most important members of the unconventional energy family because of its rich resource reserves and considerable comprehensive utilization value. The traditional mining method can only mine the shallow oil shale resources, and there are problems such as high cost and low efficiency. For this reason, the researchers have proposed electromagnetic heating technology, which is used to thermally crack oil shale underground by electromagnetic heating. It has the advantages of high oil production rate and low environmental pollution. This paper reviewed the electromagnetic heating technology, electromagnetic heating device and oil shale cracking research to provide a reference for future oil shale mining.

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Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation-Study on the pyrolysis of oil shale and the reservoirs simulation of heat migration under multi-field coupling 2021-MS-309

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    Wang Yanchao, Liu Yapeng, Li Dongsheng, Han Qiuju, Pan Yi, Ji Chengcheng, Li Lei & Li Jin

  2. Liaohe Oil Field Construction Company of China National Petroleum Company, Panjin, , Liaoning, China

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Translated from Khimiya i Tekhnologiya Topliv i Masel, No. 6, pp. 130–136 November – December 2022

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Yanchao, W., Yapeng, L., Dongsheng, L. et al. Pyrolysis of Oil Shale Based on Electromagnetic Heating Technology – A Review. Chem Technol Fuels Oils 58, 1083–1093 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-023-01491-y

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