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751 Economic assessment of oil shale development scenarios in the Uinta Basin2013-10-15Economic assessment; Oil shale development; Uinta Basin; In situ; Ex situ
752 Economic comparison of the thermal and hot-water process for recovery of oil from tar sands1978-11A comparison of the economics of the Hot Water and Thermal Process for recovery of oil from the tar sands at Sunnyside is presented using a plant size of 25,000 B/D of hydrocarbon products. The Thermal Process will require an investment of approximately $120,000,000. The product is a low viscosity f...
753 Economic evaluation of oil shale and tar sands resources located in the state of Utah: Phase 11981-02-15Managing public lands for maximum social benefit is becoming an increasingly complex task. The growing need for domestically produced mineral raw materials and energy, and the conflicting interests over the use of public lands, have added new dimensions to the management issues. This report covers t...
754 Economic evaluation of oil shale and tar sands resources located in the state of Utah: Phase 21982-10Technically accurate economic evaluation of Utah resources is essential to the future health of Utah's economy and for the sound management of Utah's lands and mineral/hydrocarbon resources. This report presents the results of the second year of research aimed at resources in the State of Utah. The ...
755 Economic impact of synthetic fuels and M-X development on small business in the four corners region1981-06The development of asynthetic fuels industry and the deployment of the M-X nuclear weapons station within the Four Corners region raises serious questions about potential economic impacts. This report is a preliminary analysis of these economic impacts with special attention paid to the likely effec...
756 Economic impacts of U.S. liquid fuel mitigation options2006-07-08Oil; Oil shortages; United States dependence on oil imports; Energy Security; Vehicle fuel efficiency (VFE); Coal liquefaction; Coal-to-liquids (CTL); Oil shale; Enhanced oil recovery (EOR); Oil peaking; Liquid fuelsThe world is consuming more oil than it is finding, and at some point within the next decade or two, world production of conventional oil will likely peak. Peaking will lead to shortages and greatly increased prices and price volatility. In addition to peaking and its consequences, there are widespr...
757 The economic potential of domestic tar sands1982economical potential; domestic tar sands; Utah tar sand deposits; technical recovery potential; recovery estimates; net energy analysisThis report summarizes the analysis of the Utah tar sand deposits (see Exhibit 1) prepared for ERDA/Fossil Energy and the Laramie Energy Research Center. Background Like many oil producing countries, the United States contains considerable deposits of tar sands heavy petroleum (bitumen) that will no...
758 Economic potential of state-owned lands in the Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area Carbon County, Utah1985The Sunnyside oil-impregnated (tar sand) deposit is located in the southwestern portion of the Uinta Basin, approximately 25 miles east of Price, Utah (fig. 1). The tar sands are located in the Wasatch Formation and in the Douglas Creek Member of the Green River Formation, with up to 32 individual b...
759 Economic potential of the P.R. Spring oil-impregnated deposit, Uinta Basin, Utah1984-08The P.R. Spring oil-impregnated sandstone (tar sand) deposit is located in the southeastern portion of the Uinta Basin, approximately 50 miles northwest of Grand Junction, Colorado. These oil impregnated sandstones are in the Eocene Green River Formation and five zones have been identified. These zo...
760 Economic, demographic and fiscal impacts of closing Hill Air Force Base: a statewide and regional analysis2004-04The upcoming round of Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) is threatening the existence of Hill Air Force Base (Hill AFB). The Department of Defense is aggressively approaching this round of BRAC in its attempt to eliminate 20% to 25% of current capacity. The purpose of this study is to asses...
761 Economic, repeatable and environmentally responsible2012-05-15unconventional fuels; U.S. oil sands; oil sand; bitumenThis presentation and the Company's website referenced in this presentation contain forward-looking statements including expectations of future production and components of cash flow and earnings. Investors are cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of such information may prove to be in...
762 Ecoshale: Environmental alternative fuels2008-11-13Unconventional fuel; Oil industry; Oil shale; Utah; Colorado; Wyoming; Tar sand; Red Leaf; Duchesne County; Uintah Basin; Carbon County; Emery County; Grand County; Ecoshale; In-capsule process; Kerogen; Alternative Fule; Environmental; In-capsule; Economic
763 Effect of ethanol on the chemical structure of the soot extractable material of an ethylene inverse diffusion flame2007Soot extractable material; Ethylene inversion diffusion flame; Aromatic fused rings; Neat flame; Chloroform-extractable material; Aliphatic component; Incomplete combustion; Fossil fuels; Ethanol; Soot; Emission; Soot particles; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Potential carcinogenThe effect of fuel-side ethanol addition on the chemical structure of the soot extractable material generated in an ethylene inverse diffusion flame was evaluated by means of average structural parameters. The results indicate that the ethanol effect on the aromatic components was more pronounced, w...
764 The effect of feed source in the hot water processing of Utah tar sand1979-02Tar sand; Utah; Bitumen; Hot water separation; Froth flotation; energy demandThe processing strategy for the effective separation of bitumen from low grade (< 10 weight percent bitumen) Utah tar sands by a hot water process differs significantly from that used for the processing of high grade (> 10 weight percent bitumen) Utah tar sands. Excellent separations (coefficient of...
765 Effect of operating parameters on fired heater tube skin temperature measurement accuracy & the development of new improved tube skin thermocouple2022Refineries are often faced with challenges to meet production target, improve efficiency, process opportunity crudes with limited information on fouling characteristics etc. The common parameter that often becomes constraining are the tube skin temperatures which are critical in maintaining the inte...
766 Effect of pressure on copper/copper-oxide system functioning as an oxygen carrier in chemical looping combustion2010-06-10copper/copper-oxide system; chemical looping combustion; CLC; high pressure thermogravimetic analysisChemical Looping Combustion (CLC) is a promising technology that will utilize more efficient harvesting of energy along with decreased CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. In CLC system the emissions are composed of CO2 and H2O allowing the CO2 to be captured and disposed of in an environmentally more...
767 The effects of oxy-firing conditions on gas-phase mercury oxidation by chlorine and bromine: Topical report: April 2009 to June 20102010-10oxy-firing conditions; gas-phase mercury oxidation; bench-scale experiments; liquid-phase oxidationBench-scale experiments were conducted in a quartz-lined, natural gas-fired reactor with the combustion air replaced with a blend of 27 mole percent oxygen, with the balance carbon dioxide. Quench rates of 210 and 440 K/s were tested. In the absence of sulfur dioxide, the oxy-firing environment caus...
768 Effects of oxygen concentration and coal composition on aerosol chemistry in oxy firing2010-11-12aerosol chemistry; oxy firing; ICSE; coal aerosols; coal compositionOutline: 1) Objectives 2) Coals examined 3) Furnace, sampling, and analysis 4) Results 5) Conclusions. The objectives of the presentation is to provide a comparison of three different coal aerosols under two different oxy fired scenarios for predicting effects of coal composition on oxy firing. Exam...
769 Effects of partial pressure of oxygen on the stability of axial, oxy-coal, turbulent diffusion flames: Topical report task 82009-07-31Oxy-fuel combustion; Pulverized coal; Flue gas recirculation; CO2 sequestration; Near-burner zone environment; O2; CO2; Partial pressure of oxygen; Flame stability; Air combustion; Coal-jet ignition models; Predicting flame attachment; Retrofit; Oxy-coal combustion; Type 0 axial flames; Turbulent di...Oxy-fuel combustion of pulverized coal with flue gas recirculation is potentially one of the few technologies that may allow CO2 sequestration technologies to be applied to existing coal-fired boilers. One issue of interest is to understand and predict the effects of the near-burner zone environment...
770 Efficient parallelization of RMCRT for large scale LES combustion simulations2011-06monte carlo; RMCRT; parallelization; large scale LES combustion; combustion simulations; radiationAt the high temperatures inherent to combustion systems, radiation is the dominant mode of heat transfer. An accurate simulation of a combustor therefore requires precise treatment of radiative heat transfer. This is accomplished by calculating the radiative-flux divergence at each cell of the discr...
771 Employment and population analysis and projections Ogden Metropolitan Area, Utah and the United States1963-07Thomas A. McLean and M r s . Connie P„ F a u l k n e r , graduate s t u d e n t s , and David L . Sutton, a senior student, in the Department of Economics, r e n d e r e d very valuable a s s i s t a n c e in the p r e p a r a t i o n of this r e p o r t. The Utah Department of Employment Se...
772 Employment and population analysis and projections Provo metropolitan area, Utah and the United States1964-09This is the third and final report analyzing and projecting the employment profile and estimating the future population of Utah's three Metropolitan Areas Salt Lake, Ogden, and Provo--as part of a transportation study of each area by the Utah State Highway Department and local government agencies ...
773 Employment and population analysis and projections Salt Lake Metropolitan Area, Utah and the United States1962-09Thomas A. McLean and Mrs. Connie P. Faulkner, graduate students in the Department of Economics, rendered very valuable assistance in the preparation of this report. The Utah Department of Employment Security was most cooperative and helpful in making available the necessary basic data for this stud...
774 Employment, population, income and automobiles in Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo Metropolitan Area and State of Utah1966-12William C a r l i s l e and Michael A. Stoddard, graduate students in the Department of Economics, rendered v e r y valuable a s s i s t a n c e in the p r e p a r a tion of t h i s r e p o r t . Gregory M. Nielson, graduate student in Mathematics, a s s i s t e d in computer programming, and Iver...
775 Ending the energy stalemate: A bipartisan strategy to meet America's energy challenges2004-12Energy; Greenhouse gas emissions; Energy supplies; Energy security; Global climate change; National energy policy; Future U.S. energy policy; Bipartisan; Oil security; Vehicle fuel economy standards; Energy efficiency; Sustainable energy; Hybrid vehicles; Natural gas; Refrigerator; Alaska natural ga...This report recommends a revenue-neutral package of measures designed to ensure affordable and reliable supplies of energy for the twenty-first century while responding to growing concern about energy security and the risks of global climate change driven by energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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