The Effect of Shale Formation Anisotropy on Temperature Distribution Under Local Heating

Abstract

Oil shales belong to lamellar rocks of sedimentary origin. Thermal processing of oil shale yields resins and gases that can be used as energy resources. In theoretical investigation of such processing, one of the primary issues is finding the temperature of external heating. The shale structure exhibits appreciable anisotropy of thermal conductivity, which is not taken account in many theoretical studies. Present work is devoted to theoretical investigation of the effect of anisotropy on the nature of oil shale specimen heating under different location of the heat source forming by high-frequency electromagnetic field.