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Census 2010 - a first look at Utah results | 2011 | Census; 2010; Utah; Demographics; Population; Age; Sex; Race; Ethnicity | Early 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 ... |
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Fast-tracking Wasatch Front transit investments: economic and demographic impacts of a 2025 build-out | 2011 | | Over the next 30 years, the Wasatch Front will significantly expand its transit network. Plans include the construction of an additional 25 miles of light rail, 76 miles of commuter rail, 227 miles of bus rapid transit, and 29 miles of mountain transportation rail line. These projects will be built ... |
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Solar Parking Project | 2011 | Solar Energy; Parking; University of Utah | Feasibility study to install photo voltaic structures at the University of Utah. |
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Atomistic modeling of oil shale kerogens and asphaltene along with their interactions with the inorganic mineral matrix | 2011-04 | atomistic modeling; oil shale kerogens and asphaltene; inorganic mineral matrix | The goal of this project is to obtain and validate three dimensional atomistic models for the organic matter in both oil shales and oil sands. In the case of oil shales the modeling was completed for kerogen, the insoluble portion of the organic matter; for oil sands it was for asphaltenes, a class ... |
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Attachment 2 - Statement of program objectives clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources | 2011-12 | ICSE; Oil shale research; Energy; Oil sands resources; Domestic oil shale; Environmental impact; Basin scale simulation; Liquid fuel production; In-situ thermal processing; Environmental; Legal; Policy issues; University of Utah | This Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO) reflects the performance period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2013. It includes tasks/subtasks funded in fiscal year 2009 (Phase 1) and tasks/subtasks funded in fiscal year 2010 (Phase II). Tasks/subtasks initiated during Phase I that are anti... |
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Chemical looping combustion reactions and systems: Task 5 topical report | 2011-08 | Chemical looping combustion; CLC; Fuel combustion; CO2 capture; Electric power; Sequestration; FBR; CLOU; Thermogravimetric analysis; CO2; Carbon dioxide | Chemical 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 ... |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: July 2011 to September 2011 | 2011-09 | ICSE; University of Utah; Uinta Basin; Oil and gas production; Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining; NOx emissions; American Shale Oil; AMSO; Flameless oxy-gas process heaters; Efficient CO2 capture | The Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. In this quarter, the Clean and Secure Energy program cosponsored the 2011 Energy Forum, which was held in ... |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: October 2010 to December 2010 | 2011-01 | ICSE; Oil shale; Oil sands; University of Utah; Marriott Library; Macroscale CO2 analysis; CO2 capture; Flameless oxy-gas process heaters; Liquid fuel production; In-situ thermal processing | The Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. In this quarter, the Clean and Secure Energy program circulated External Advisory Board recommendations an... |
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Core-based integrated sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and geochemical analysis of the oil shale bearing Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah | 2011-04 | Utah; Green River Formation; Lake Uinta; Mahogany zone; Lake evolution; Oil shale development; Uinta Basin | An integrated detailed sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and geochemical study of Utah's Green River Formation has found that Lake Uinta evolved in three phases 1) a freshwater rising lake phase below the Mahogany zone, 2) an anoxic deep lake phase above the base of the Mahogany zone and 3) a hypersali... |
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Efficient parallelization of RMCRT for large scale LES combustion simulations | 2011-06 | monte carlo; RMCRT; parallelization; large scale LES combustion; combustion simulations; radiation | At 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... |
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Gasification studies - Task 4 topical report, Utah Clean Coal Program, Reporting period October 2009 - July 2011 | 2011-10 | Gasification; pressurized entrained-flow coal gasifiers; coal | A key objective of the Task 4 activities has been to develop simulation tools to support development, troubleshooting and optimization of pressurized entrained-flow coal gasifiers. The overall gasifier models (Subtask 4.1) combine submodels for fluid flow (Subtask 4.2) and heat transfer (Subtask 4.3... |
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Policy analysis of produced water issues associated with in-situ thermal technologies: Topical report: October 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010 | 2011-01 | topical report; produced water issues; in situ thermal technologies; oil shale/sands; water rights; domestic energy source | Commercial scale oil shale and oil sands development will require water, the amount of which will depend on the technologies adopted and the scale of development that occurs. Water in oil shale and oil sands country is already in scarce supply, and because of the arid nature of the region and limita... |
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Salt Lake City census 2000 atlas | 2011-03 | Demographics; Salt Lake City; Utah; Census | This volume presents the basic demographic characteristics of residents of Salt Lake City as recorded in the 2000 Census of Population and Housing. Every ten years these federal governm ent counts of people are the basis of congressional apportionment and political redistricting. Data in this volume... |
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Clean and secure energy from coal - Phase 3 statement of project objectives | 2011-07-01 | ICSE; University of Utah; CO2 capture; Oxy-coal combustion; Domestic coal resources; Stationary power generation; Clean coal utilization; Chemical looping combustion; CLC; High-pressure entrained-flow coal gasification; IGCC; SNG; NGCC; CNG | The University of Utah (the Recipient), via their Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE), shall pursue research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is orga... |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: April 2011 to June 2011 | 2011-07-01 | ICSE; Oil shale; Oil sands; University of Utah; Uinta Basin; Vernal, Utah; CLEARuff model; Oxy-gas burner; Bitumen; Kerogen; X-ray fluorescence analysis; Thermogravimetric analysis; CHNS analysis; Lattice Boltzmann model; American Shale Oil; AMSO | The Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. In this quarter, the Clean and Secure Energy program sponsored the University of Utah Unconventional Fuels... |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: January 2011 to March 2011 | 2011-04-01 | ICSE; Oil shale; Oil sands; University of Utah; Utah; Oxy-gas; Kerogen; X-ray fluorescence analysis; Thermogravimetric analyzer; TGA; Lattice Boltzmann simulation; Flameless oxy-gas process heaters; CO2 capture; American Shale Oil; AMSO; Greenhouse gas emissions; GHG | The Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. In this quarter, the Clean and Secure Energy program held a Project Review meeting on the University of Ut... |
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Climate change regulation via the back door | 2011-05-17 | | |
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Conjunctive surface and groundwater management in Utah: Implications for oil shale and oil sands development | 2011-12-31 | Unconventional fuel development; Conjunctive water use; Surface water; Groundwater; Utah; Utah water law; Oil shale; Oil sands | Unconventional fuel development will require scarce water resources. In an environment characterized by scarcity, and where most water resources are fully allocated, prospective development will require minimizing water use and seeking to use water resources in the most efficient manner. Conjunctive... |
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Federal oil shale development: Status of Bureau of Land Management oil shale activities | 2011-05-17 | oil shale development; oil shale; land management; Bureau of Land Management; domestic oil shale | |
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Integrated Sedimentary and Geochemical Investigation of Core from Upper Green River Formation Lacustrine Deposits, Uinta Basin, Utah | 2011-05-17 | geochemical investigation; Green RIver; oil shale; lacustrine deposits | Description of the upper Green River Formation has been largely based on outcrop exposures, but this core-based investigation provides new detailed subsurface data that can be used to examine basin-wide lithologic and geochemical variability of the Parachute Creek Member of the upper Green River For... |
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Land and resource management topical report and produced water topical report | 2011-03-08 | water topical report; land management; resource management; oil sands; oil shale | |
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Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 | 2011-01-31 | domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; LES; DQMOM approach; oxy-coal flames; coal | The University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug... |
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Phase II: Clean and Secure Energy from Coal: Quarterly Progress Report: January 1, 2011 to March 30, 2011 | 2011-05-01 | domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; coal; Oxycoal simulation team; coal sequestration | The University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug... |