Paraho II™ technology demonstration plant
The technology demonstration plant at QER’s New Fuels Development Centre features the Paraho II™vertical retort for extracting oil from the oil shale which is extracted from the adjacent oil shale mine.
The demonstration plant features:
- A crushing plant where the oil shale is crushed to an average size of 10mm in diameter
- A screening and sizing plant which includes a briquetter to produce material from finer pieces of oil shale (resembles a BBQ bead)
- A shale dryer
- The Paraho II™ retort
- Measure tanks
- Process water treatment tower
- Gas treatment works
- An oil upgrading facility (mini refinery)
- Storage tanks
- Product roll-out facility