Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Rifat BATTALOĞLU, Sedef İLK, Mehmet ŞENER

Konular:Mühendislik

DOI:10.28948/ngumuh.502354

Anahtar Kelimeler:Oil shale,Microwave assisted extraction,Soxhlet extraction,Chemical analysis.

Özet: Today, the need for energy resources is rapidly increasing. The steady increase in oil prices has led to the search for new sources of energy. For this reason, new natural resources are needed to meet the energy needs of the world. Oil shale have an important place in organic rocks. Oil shales have been deposited from the Precambrian to the Tertiary, and they are distributed in Europe, South America, Western United States, and in Turkey. Middle Anatolia, Western Black sea, Aegean and Marmara regions are important in respect to oil shales in Turkey.    Oil shale are defined in our country as bituminous shale and bituminous marl. When heated, significant amounts of organic oil can be obtained. Oil shale reserves are among the natural resources. It is used as an important natural resource in many countries as an alternative to oil.    In this study; microwave - assisted soxhlet extraction method was applied in order to obtain maximum yield with solvents suitable for bituminous shale samples taken from different regions. The same procedures were reproduced by the soxhlet extraction method without using a microwave for comparison purposes. In the obtained organic matter, petroleum hydrocarbons  (C10-C40) were determined by gas chromatography. When the results obtained are compared, it has been observed that microwave energy has resulted in lower temperature and much shorter time.

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