MODELING OF THE PROCESS OF PYROLYSIS
OF SHALE PARTICLES

G. Ya. Gerasimov

UDC 662.67

Based on an analysis of experimental data on the pyrolysis 
of Baltic shale, a kinetic model of the process with allowance for 
the polydispersity of fuel particles, secondary chemical reactions, 
and fragmentation of the particles has been constructed.

Institute of Mechanics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 
1 Michurin Ave., Moscow, 117192, Russia; email: gerasimov@imec.msu.ru. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 76, No. 6, pp. 
97-103, November-December, 2003. Original article submitted 
December 30, 2002; revision submitted May 20, 2003.