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1 GEOMECHANICAL AND FLUID TRANSPORT PROPERTIESGEOMECHANICAL AND FLUID TRANSPORT PROPERTIES Topical Report
2 Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources Quarterly Progress ReportQuarterly report, CASE quarterly reportClean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources Quarterly Progress Report for Project Period: April 2015 to June 2015
3 P. R. spring oil-impregnated sandstone deposit Uintah and Grand Counties, Utah1970-02oil-impregnated sandstone beds; oil impregnation; oil shale; lenticular sandstones; siltstonesOil-impregnated sandstone beds underlie at least 214 square miles in the southeastern Uinta Basin and may extend northward beneath cover. One to as many as five principal saturated zones, 3 to 75 feet thick, occur in a 250-foot interval that dips gently northward. The northernmost outcrops are overl...
4 Sedimentology of oil-impregnated, lacustrine and fluvial sandstone, P.R. Spring area, southeast Uinta Basin, Utah1970-08sedimentology; lacustrine and fluvial sandstone; P. R. Spring area; Oil-impregnated lacustrine and fluvial sandstoneOil-impregnated intervals, up to 75 feet thick within a stratigraphic interval of about 250 feet in the Garden Gulch and Parachute Creek Members of the Green River Formation (Eocene), are exposed in beds that dip gently northward in the P. R. Spring area. Reserve estimates indicate that there may be...
5 Recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands1979-11-30oil recovery; Utah tar sands; hot water recovery; thermal processing; synthetic fuelThis project is designed to develop necessary engineering data and technology for recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands. Progress reports for four major aspects of this project, namely Hot Water Recovery, Energy Recovery in Thermal Processing, Effect of Variables in Thermal Processing and Bitumen Pr...
6 Recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands1983-03-31Utah tar sands; bitumen cleaning; PRS-R tar sands; fluidized bed thermal recoveryThis report covers the work accomplished at the University of Utah on Utah's tar sands during the period: October 1, 1979 to March 31, 1983. The work reported is a continuation of the program carried out over a period of years at the University. The primary effort of the work covered in this report ...
7 A technical, economic, and legal assessment of North American heavy oil, oil sands, and oil shale resources: In response to Energy Policy Act of 2005 Section 369(p)2007-09Oil sands; Oil shale; Heavy oil; Energy Policy Act; 2005; Climate Change; Petroleum; Oil Cost; United States; North American heavy oil; Utah Heavy Oil Program; UHOP; World economic development; Energy; Canadian oil sands; Unconventional resources ;Technical; Economic; Legal assessmentAgainst the backdrop of world population growth, rapid economic expansion in the world's most populous countries, challenging political climates in many oil-producing nations, and the specter of climate change, worldwide energy consumption is projected to increase from the 2004 level of just over 40...
8 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: January 1, 2010 to March 31, 20102009-01-30domestic coal resources; ICSE; capture CO2; stationary power generation; velocity model; bitumous coal; coalThe 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...
9 Bitumen extraction and treatment and reuse of process water2009-04-13bitumen extraction; bitumen treatment; reuse of process water; produced water; crude oil production; gas production; pressure-assisted ozonation technology; oil removal from water; wastewater treatment; hydrocarbon removalProduced water from gas and crude oil production is voluminous, requiring extensive treatment before it can be safely discharged or reused. This project has used a newly developed pressure-assisted ozonation technology to remove oil from water and prevent oil sheen at the water surface. The new proc...
10 Production of hydrogen for upgrading of heavy oil: Senior design project--Spring 20092009-04-22oil supply; conventional oil sources; unconventional oil sources; oil shale; synthetic crude production; shale oilAn important technical hurdle to the production of oil from abundant oil shale resources is how to create enough hydrogen for upgrading the heavy oils produced from the shale prior to transport through pipelines. In order to avoid clogging pipelines during transport roughly 350scm (standard cubic me...
11 Utah Clean Coal Center: Gasification research activities2009-09clean coal center; gasification research; UC3; gasification; low CO2 production; electric power from coal; entrained-flow gasification; simulation tools for coal gasifiersThe Utah Clean Coal Center (UC3) was established at the University of Utah through a cooperative agreement from the U.S. DOE / NETL. The center had five thrust areas critical for successful development of advanced technologies for power production from coal with minimal environmental impact. One of ...
12 Chemical looping combustion kinetics2009-12-01chemical looping; combustion kinetics; CO2 capture; coal-fired power plants; CLCOne of the most promising methods of capturing CO2 emitted by coal-fired power plants for subsequent sequestration is chemical looping combustion (CLC). A powdered metal oxide such as NiO transfers oxygen directly to a fuel in a fuel reactor at high temperatures with no air present. Heat, water, and...
13 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...
14 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: October 1, 2009 to December 31, 20092010-01-30domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; oxy-coal flames; coal gasification processThe 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...
15 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: October 2009 to December 20092010-02-03ICSE; Clean and Secure Energy program; CASE; Itasca Group; Red Leaf Resources; Enshale's; Vernal, Utah; oxy-fuel; CO2 capture; Oil shale; Oil sands; Crude oil; CO2 emissions; International Flame Research Foundation; Pyrolysis; Lattice Boltzmann; Kerogen; Oil recovery simulation; TGA; Dry shale; Pyro...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. The program was officially launched on October 1, 2009. The project management plan was submitted for revi...
16 Policy analysis of water availability and use issues for domestic oil shale and oil sands development: Topical Report: October 1, 2009 to March 31, 20102010-03oil shale/sands resources; energy source; unconventional fuels; water demands; water availability; domestic oil shale/sands development; topical reportOil shale and oil sands resources located within the intermountain west represent a vast, and as of yet, commercially untapped source of energy. Development will require water, and demand for scarce water resources stands at the front of a long list of barriers to commercialization. Water requiremen...
17 Quarterly Progress Report Phase 3: Clean and Secure Energy from Coal - January 1, 2012 to March 30, 20122010-05-01domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; OFC simulationThe 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...
18 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...
19 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: April 1, 2010 to June 30, 20102010-08-01domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; DQMOM approachThe 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...
20 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...
21 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: July 1, 2010 to September 30, 20102010-10-01domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; Oxycoal; OFC; coalThe 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...
22 Accelerating deployment of retrofitable CO2 capture technologies through predictivity: (Simulation, verification, validation / uncertainty quantification) - 2010 Annual report (for year 1 of 3) to DOE NNSA from The University of Utah2011CO2; CO2 capture technologies; predictivity; fossil-fuel utilizationThere is an ever increasing national awareness that an effective, sustainable energy future must include fossil-fuel utilization that deploys cost-efficient technologies (both new and retrofit) that significantly improve energy efficiencies and reduce CO2 emissions over existing electric power and t...
23 Land and resource management issues relevant to deploying in-situ thermal technologies: Topical Report: October 1, 2009 to December 31, 20102011-01in-situ; oil shale; domestic energy source; oil sandsUtah is home to oil shale resources containing roughly 1.3 trillion barrels of oil equivalent and our nation's richest oil sands resources. If economically feasible and environmentally responsible means of tapping these resources can be developed, these resources could provide a safe and stable dome...
24 Policy analysis of produced water issues associated with in-situ thermal technologies: Topical report: October 1, 2009 to December 31, 20102011-01topical report; produced water issues; in situ thermal technologies; oil shale/sands; water rights; domestic energy sourceCommercial 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...
25 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: October 1, 2010 to December 31, 20102011-01-31domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; LES; DQMOM approach; oxy-coal flames; coalThe 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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