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276 Canyonlands completion: negotiating the borders2009-08-20Canyonlands National ParkThink tank on Wallace Stegner and Western lands, Honors College, University of Utah, 2008-2009
277 Capitol Reef-Miners Mountain oil-impregnated rock occurrences1967The Capitol Reef bituminous sandstone area occurs mainly on the northern and northeastern portions of the area known as Miners Mountain. This is a dome structure of the Teasdale anticline, the axis of which parallels the Teasdale fault system.
278 Capturing the effect of near-and far-field dynamics on the combustion efficiency of multi-point ground flares2022Multi-point ground flares are frequently used in scenarios where flare gas flow rates can be high and pollution (noise, light, smoke) needs to be minimized. We have applied Arches, a large eddy simulation (LES) tool that we have developed for capturing the dynamics of flares (turbulent mixing, local...
279 Carbon dioxide sequestration: Effect of the presence of sulfur dioxide on the mineralogical reactions and on the injectivity of CO2+SO2 mixtures2010-01Carbon dioxide sequestration; CO2; Sequestration stream; Gas injection; CO2+SO2 mixture; Brine; Arkose; Calcite; Anhydrite; Calcium carbonate; CaCO3; Ankerite; Absolute permeabilities; Free-gas; Dissolved gas distribution; Saline formation; Contaminant gases; sulfur dioxide; SO2; Hydrogen sulfide; H...This report presents experimental and modeling data on certain aspects of carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. As different processes are developed and implemented to facilitate the capture of CO2, other contaminant gases (sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia) may be present in the sequestrat...
280 Catalytic upgrading of a Uinta Basin bitumen over a commercial HDM catalyst1994catalytic upgrading; Uinta Basin bitumen; commercial HDM catalystUinta Basin bitumen was hydrotreated over a sulfidcd commercial Ni-Mo on alumina hydrodemetallation catalyst. The catalyst was on-stream continuously for over 1.000 hours. The extent of heteroatoni removal, residuum conversion and molecular weight reduction were investigated as a function of process...
281 Census 2010 - a first look at Utah results2011Census; 2010; Utah; Demographics; Population; Age; Sex; Race; EthnicityEarly results from the long-awaited 2010 Census are revealing the outlines of the more detailed portrait that will not be available for at least a couple more years. This essay reviews the top-level population change and geographic distribution results primarily from the redistricting data set.1 We ...
282 Central Utah planning region manpower survey: a rural area report June, 19671967-06
283 CFD development for fired heater applications2022Industry values the ability to ‘virtually' verify and optimize burner performance through CFD simulation and to evaluate the suitability of burner and furnace designs. Inaccurate results may lead us to falsely reject good burner designs or accept a poor design. Field problems can be far more expen...
284 CFD modeling for entrained flow gasifiers2002-10-28CFD modeling; Entrained flow gasifiers; Reaction kinetics; Coal gasification; Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle power plants; IGCC; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Coal; Gasifier; GLACIERIn this paper we have described a CFD based modeling tool for entrained flow coal gasifiers. The model contains sub-models to properly model the reaction kinetics of coal gasification at high pressure, high solids loading and slagging walls. Comparisons between values predicted by our CFD model and ...
285 The changing composition of the State budget1976-04An issue of vital concern to all taxpayers and administrators of government is the distribution of state revenues from the various accounts to the departments of state government. A detailed account of the growth and changing patterns of state expenditures from 1969 to 1975 is presented in this issu...
286 Characterization and beneficiation of bitumen-free domestic tar sands1982-09The Federal Bureau of Mines conducted a study to determine if residues from fractional distillation represent a potential source of mineral values. Aliterature review and discussions with tar sand specialists failed to disclose the mineralogical nature of residues remaining after bitumen extraction....
287 Characterization of DOE reference oil shale: Tipton Member, Green River Formation oil shale from Wyoming1988-08Measurements have been made of the chemical and physical properties of a Tipton Member Green River Formation oil shale from Wyoming. This shale has been designated as a western reference shale by the Department of Energy. Material balance Fischer assays, carbon aromaticities, thermal properties, and...
288 Characterization of macromolecular structure elements from a Green River oil shale2013-10-14Macromolecular Structure; Green River; Oil Shale; 33rd Oil Shale Symposium; Golden, Colorado; Kerogen; Shale; Green River oil shale; BitumenThis work is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number DENT0005015. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect thoseof the United States Government or any agency thereof.
289 Characterization of nickel and vanadium compounds in tar sand bitumen by petroporphyrin quantitation and size exclusion chromatography coupled with element specific detection1988-02Previously, we have examined the Ni and V in heavy crude oils, residua, and processed products by several metal speciation techniques to ascertain molecular structure and processing behavior. Two classes 01 metal compounds were found -- metallopetroporphyrins and metallo-nonporphyrins - each having ...
290 Characterization of particulate emissions: Size fractionation and chemical speciation2003-12Particulate emissions; Size fractionation; Chemical speciation; DoD emission sources; Aircraft ground support vehicles; Rocket motors; Aircraft; Sandblasting operations; Aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer; ATOFMS; Photoelectric aerosol sensor; PAS; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; PAH; Photoa...This study developed and validated innovative techniques for characterizing the amount and composition of PM10, PM2.5, and smaller particles for four major classes of DoD emission sources: aircraft ground support vehicles, rocket motors, aircraft, and sandblasting operations. The techniques include ...
291 Characterization of Pyrolysis Products from a Utah Green River Oil Shale by 13C NMR, GC/MS, and FTIR2013-10-14Pyrolysis; Utah; Green River; Oil Shale; GC/MS; FTIR; 33rd Oil Shale Symposium; Kerogen; Oil shale kerogen; 13C; NMR; TGA
292 Characterization of Uinta Basin oil sand bitumens1992-11-15Uinta Basin; Oil sand bitumens; Southwest Whiterocks; Northwest Whiterocks; Asphalt Ledge; Sunnyside; Solvent extraction; Elution chromatography; Saturate and monoaromatic fractions; Polycyclic naphthenes; Naphthenoaromatics; Steranes; HopanesResults of the analyses of the saturate and monoaromatic fractions of four Uinta Basin bitumens (southwest Whiterocks, northwest Whiterocks, Asphalt ledge and Sunnyside) are presented in this paper. After separating the bitumen samples into several fractions using solvent extraction and elution chro...
293 Chemical kinetics and oil shale process design1993-07Oil shale processes are reviewed with the goal of showing how chemical kinetics influences the design and operation of different processes for different types of oil shale. Reaction kinetics are presented for organic pyrolysis, carbon combustion, carbonate decomposition, and sulfur and nitrogen reac...
294 Chemical looping combustion hierarchy2009-11-04Chemical looping combustion; CLC; hierarchical chart; CLC integration; ISCE; Research area; SubtasksHierarchical chart for the chemical looping combustion (CLC) research area hierarchical chart showing connectivity between subtasks. This chart helps illustrate CLC integration and focus and also serves as a management tool for the various subtasks. Subtasks in brown and orange are currently funded ...
295 Chemical looping combustion reactions and systems: Task 5 topical report2011-08Chemical looping combustion; CLC; Fuel combustion; CO2 capture; Electric power; Sequestration; FBR; CLOU; Thermogravimetric analysis; CO2; Carbon dioxideChemical Looping Combustion (CLC) is one promising fuel-combustion technology, which can facilitate economic CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants. It employs the oxidation/reduction characteristics of a metal, or oxygen carrier, and its oxide, the oxidizing gas (typically air) and the fuel source ...
296 Chemical looping combustion reactions and systems: task 5 topical report, Utah Clean Coal Program2014-03ICSE; Chemical looping combustion; CLC; Chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling; CLOU; Fuel-combustion technology; Economic CO2 capture; Oxygen Carriers; Simulation of dense-phase flows; Electric power; Solid fuel combustionChemical Looping Combustion (CLC) is one promising fuel-combustion technology, which can facilitate economic CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants. It employs the oxidation/reduction characteristics of a metal, or oxygen carrier, and its oxide, the oxidizing gas (typically air) and the fuel source ...
297 Chemical reaction model for oil and gas generation from type I and type II kerogen1993-06A global model for the generation of oil and gas from petroleum source rocks is presented. The model consists of 13 chemical species and 10 reactions, including an alternate pathway mechanism for kerogen pyrolysis. Reaction rate parameters and stoichiometry coefficients determined from a variety of ...
298 Chemistry and mineralogy of natural bitumens and heavy oils and their reservoir rocks from the United States, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela1989-12-21Twenty-one samples from natural bitumen and heavy oil deposits in seven States of the United States and six samples from outside the United States form the basis of this initial study. This Circular gives the mineral content of the reservoir rock, the trace-element distribution in the reservoir rock...
299 Chemistry and resources of heavy oil and natural bitumen deposits1989chemistry of heavy oil; chemistry of natural bitumen deposits; heavy oil resources; natural bitumen deposits; heavy oil; unconventional oil deposits; natural bitumenSupplies of conventional crude oil are diminishing; therefore, it is important to understand the reservoir characteristics of unconventional oil deposits. Reservoirs of unconventional deposits contain oils heavier than 20° gravity API and natural bitumens (tar sands and oil sands) are more viscous ...
300 Classification of natural bitumen: A physical and chemical approach1987natural bitumen; Classification of bitumen; physical properties of natural bitumen; chemical properties of natural bitumen; crude oil; natural bitumen; tar sands oil; bitumenBy correlation of various selected physical and chemical properties of heavy crude oils and natural bitumens, an attempt is made to solve classification problems. The criteria used here are, in descending order: viscosity, gravity, H/C atomic ratio, O/C atomic ratio, optical reflectivity; volatiles,...
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