BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 illustrates a conceptual design of a radio frequency heating system to recover shale oil.
FIG. 2 illustrates a conception design to heat shallow, moist oil sand deposit by low frequency 60 Hz power.
FIG. 3 illustrates a conceptual design for the Shell ICP thermal diffusion process from embedded electrical heaters.
FIG. 4 shows the vertical thermal loss for a stratified representative petroleum reservoir.
FIG. 5 describes the energy flow for a gas fired combined cycle electrical power source to heat by RF absorption and recover fuel from an oil shale deposit.
FIG. 6 shows a functional block diagram that integrates the system of FIG. 5 into the electrical grid and product recovery pipelines and storage.
FIG. 7
a shows the time history of the output capacity from a conventional generator, wind power generator and transmission line.
FIG. 7
b shows the time history of the expected load, the RF oil shale load and the maximum power line delivery capacity.
FIG. 8 shows a simplified combination of conventional and wind power sources with reactive compensation, commercial loads and RF oil shale load.
FIG. 9 shows a functional block diagram for an RF shale oil extraction process as integrated into the instrumentation, electrical grid and pipe lines.