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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2006
James P. Yates, Charleston, IL (US);
Charles A. Arnold, Lakewood, CO (US);
Christopher A. Arnold, Indian Hills, CO (US);
William E. Hahn, Aurora, CO (US);
Melva Hahn, Aurora, CO (US);
James P. Yates, Charleston, IL (US);
Charles A. Arnold, Lakewood, CO (US);
William E. Hahn, Aurora, CO (US);
Micronizing Technologies, LLC, Allen, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods for liberating organic carbonaceous products from mineral matrices such as oil shale and the products liberated by the present methods inter alia, the invention in a preferred embodiment subjects oil shale to resonance disintegration including inter alia rapid pressure and directional changes to essentially instantaneously vary forces acting thereon. Oil shale processed by non-impact processing according to the invention liberates kerogen from the mineral matrix to permit subsequent conversion to shale oil or other utilization.