%0 Journal Article
%T Experimental Study on Solvent Extraction of Quseir Oil Shale in Egypt
%A Ehssan Nassef
%A Aya Soliman
%A Ramadan Abou Al-Alla
%A Yehia Eltaweel
%J Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology
%P 147-153
%@ 2161-489X
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jsemat.2015.53016
%X In the present work, the effect of solvent on the extraction of the organic matter from Quseir¡¯s oil
shales was studied. The experimental results revealed that the extraction yield obtained by the
tetrahydrofuran was very high compared to other solvents. In addition, the solvent had a significant
effect on the yield and the composition of the obtained oil. The analysis carried out on the extracted
oil showed that the tetrahydrofuran was a very efficient solvent for oil shale extraction,
giving a better quality of the oils extracted containing a large proportion of aromatics compounds
and fewer amounts of sulphur and paraffin compounds.
%K Oil Shale
%K Solvent Extraction
%K Oil
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=57716