 The mechanism of the terahertz spectroscopy for oil shale detectionHonglei Zhan, Mengxi Chen, Kun Zhao, Yizhang Li, Xinyang Miao, Haimu Ye, Yue Ma, Shijie Hao, Hongfang Li and Wenzheng Yue Energy, 2018, vol. 161, issue C, 46-51 Abstract: Terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) can directly detect oil shales. The absorption coefficient is related to the oil content in the rock. This value can be compared across regions to measuring the oil content in the oil shale. Here we studied three regions and included scanning electron microscope (SEM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to verify the amount of kerogen within oil shale prior to the constitution of the mineral matrix via the THz response. Aromatic and the aliphatic compounds contribute to the absorption of shales in the THz range due to the relatively high intramolecular interactions—this reveals the mechanism of THz radiation penetration through shales as reported in previous reports. The differences in quantum structure of a molecule between organic and inorganic materials suggest that THz-TDS can be applied to geophysical prospecting and improve the effectiveness of the detection of organics in oil shale. Keywords: Oil shale; Terahertz spectroscopy; Aliphatic compounds; Kerogen (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:161:y:2018:i:c:p:46-51 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.07.112 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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