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Oil Shale Retort: Arrhenius Pyrolysis Kinetics (2D)

2D oil-shale retort lab: real first-order Arrhenius kinetics for kerogen decomposition, a live temperature-ramp heating profile, an S-shaped conversion-vs-temperature curve, and a shale-oil / gas / char yield readout driven by activation energy, heating rate and final temperature.

Energy & Thermodynamics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Details

CategoryEnergy & Thermodynamics

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsDrag the heating-rate, final-temperature, activation-energy, pre-exponential-factor and oil-fraction sliders, then use Reset & start heating, Pause or Speed to watch the kerogen conversion curve build.

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This 2D companion drives the same retorting process as the 3D version through real first-order Arrhenius chemical kinetics rather than a decorative heating animation: kerogen conversion is integrated from dC/dt = −A·exp(−Ea/RT)·C as the retort temperature ramps linearly, producing the genuine S-shaped conversion-vs-temperature curve real oil-shale pyrolysis exhibits, with a live shale-oil/gas/char yield readout that responds correctly to heating rate, shale grade (activation energy) and final temperature.

⚙ Under the hood

2D oil-shale retort lab with real first-order Arrhenius kinetics for kerogen decomposition, a live temperature-ramp heating profile, an S-shaped conversion-vs-temperature curve, and a shale-oil/gas/char yield readout.

oil shalekerogen pyrolysisarrhenius kineticsactivation energyfirst-order reactionretorting

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install