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Analysis of burner operation inside an enclosed ground flare | 2022 | Thermo-Acoustic Coupling; Enclosed Flare; LES CFD Model; Noise; Premixed Burner | An industrial enclosed ground flare used as part of a large refinery project has been analyzed to assess combustion stability and performance under low and high flow conditions. This flare includes a large combustion chamber directly above the burner deck with Low Flow (LF) burners that fire up to 9... |
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Analysis of crude shale oil | 1952-08 | | A laboratory method for examining crude shale oil is described. The method uses only about 500 ml. of sample and a limited number of analytical determinations. Results provide information on the general characteristics and composition of an oil and serve as a basis for comparing different oils. Howe... |
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Analysis of design and operation of multi-point ground flares | 2022 | | Multi-point ground flares (MPGF) are used to process large quantities of hydrocarbon gases generated in chemical processing or petrochemical refining. These flares use hundreds of flare burners arranged and fired in a staged fashion. A wind fence surrounds the MPGF to shield the flames from plant op... |
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Annual Report: University of Utah Staff Advisory Committee (UUSAC), 2013-2014 | 2014 | Annual report | Annual report of the University of Utah Staff Advisory Committee for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The contents include the Development Committee, Legislative Committee, Events Committee, Communications & Selections Committee and the Executive Board & Committee Chairs. |
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Apparatus and method for recovery of bituminous products from tar sands | 1978-06-20 | | An apparatus and method for (1) reducing agglomerated masses of tar sand and (2) recovering as a bituminous product the bituminous matrix material therefrom. The apparatus includes a vessel which is divided into an attrition zone enclosed by a screen member, a sand separation zone and a product reco... |
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Apparatus for separating organic material from particulate tar sands and coal and agglomeration of the particulate residue | 1976-10-05 | Patent; Tar sands; Coal; Agglomeration of particle residue; Agglomerating liquid; Immiscible; Varsol; Ball agglomerates | A rotatable drum having an interior which tapers in a horizontal direction has a first port at the smaller end for receiving particulate Tar Sands or coal, and an agglomerating liquid, e.g. water, and a second port at the larger end for receiving an organic material separating liquid, e.g. Varsol, w... |
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Appendix 1: User guide for characterizing particulate matter | 2003-09 | Air quality; Particulate matter; PM; Characterizing particulate matter; Sampling PM; PM background; Photoacoustic analyzer; PA; Photoelectric Aerosol Sensor; PAS; PAH; Aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer; ATOFMS; Dilution and Sampling; Soil; Dust; Smoke; Liquid droplets; Atmosphere; Nitrate; Su... | This User's Guide is intended to assist environmental or military personnel who work with air quality measurements, regulations, and planning for the Department of Defense. Specifically, it focuses on an evaluation of three newly developed instruments for characterizing particulate matter (PM), gene... |
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APPENDIX A - Analysis of environmental, legal, socioeconomic and policy issues critical to the development of commercial oil shale leasing on the public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming under the mandates of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009 | 2009-10 | Oil shale; Colorado; Utah; Wyoming; Energy Policy Act of 2005; Green River Formation; Environmental; Legal; Socioeconomic; Policy Issues; Oil shale deposits; BLM; Bureau of Land Management | The United States is home to the largest oil shale deposits in the world. This resource is located in the Green River Formation, spreading across the states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Despite the vast potential of this resource, successful commercial development has yet to occur. To date, concer... |
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APPENDIX B - Depositional heterogeneity and fluid flow modeling of the oil shale interval of the upper Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Utah - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009 | 2009-10 | Green River Formation; Uinta Basin; Utah; Uintah County; Oil shale; Deposition | In this project, a detailed geological analysis was performed followed by a reservoir modeling exercise. For the geological analysis, ~300 m of cores were correlated to gamma and density logs in well P4 in the lower to middle Eocene (49.5-48.0 million years ago (Ma)), upper Green River Formation of ... |
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APPENDIX C - In-situ production of Utah oil sands - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009 | 2009-10 | Utah; Uinta Basin; Oil sand reservoirs; Whiterocks; Sunnyside; Oil; Oil extraction; In-situ; Heavy oil production; Bitumen | Two oil sand reservoirs located in Utah's Uinta Basin were considered for analysis: Whiterocks, a small, steeply dipping, contained reservoir containing about 100 million barrels, and Sunnyside, a giant reservoir containing over four billion barrels of oil in place. Cyclic steam stimulation, steam a... |
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APPENDIX D - Meeting data needs to perform a water impact assessment for oil shale development in the Uinta and Piceance Basins, A subpart of project - Quantifying water availability impacts and protecting water quality while developing Utah oil shale and sands - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009 | 2009-06-23 | Uinta Basin; Piceance Basins; Water impact assessments; Oil shale development | The goal of this project was to mitigate water resources impacts from oil shale development in the U.S. by compiling geospatial data and water use estimates to assess water availability impacts. |
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APPENDIX E - Integrated treatment of produced water by chemical and biological unit operations, A subpart of project - Quantifying water availability impacts and protecting water quality while developing Utah oil shale and sands - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21st, 2006 to October 21st, 2009 | 2010-10-07 | Water treatment; Water quality - Utah; Oil shale and sands | Water generated along with oil, gas, and coal bed methane production is commonly known as produced water, formation water, or oilfield brine [1]. Produced water represents the largest waste stream volume in production operations on most offshore platforms [2]. According to the American Petroleum Ins... |
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APPENDIX F - Bitumen extraction and treatment and reuse of process water - A subpart of project quantifying water availability impacts and protecting water quality while developing Utah oil shale and sands - Final project report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009 | 2009-04-13 | | Produced 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... |
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APPENDIX G - Detailed study of shale pyrolysis for oil production - A subpart of project oil shale pyrolysis and in situ modeling - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009 | 2009-04-21 | Oil production; Shale assessment | The oil shale industry is going through a revolution of sorts. After the oil crisis in the 1970s, a great deal of effort was spent on research and development and on pilot scale technologies. Extensive research was conducted with on-surface and in-situ production methods. Even though some large pilo... |
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Application of a self-adaptive detector system on a triple quadrupole ms/ms to high explosives and sulfur-containing pyrolysis gases from oil shale | 1983-12 | | A totally computerized triple quadrupole MS/MS is being extended into a dynamic, self-adaptive chemical analysis system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. These first efforts toward Artificial Intelligence guided instrumentation (i.e. Expert Systems) involve the implementation of a self-adap... |
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Appraisal of the technical and economic potential of U.S. tar sands | 1986-11 | | U.S. tar sands constitute a large, essentially undeveloped resource that could, with technological advances. provide an important source for future liquid supplies of petroleum. The identified resource base, as reported in the update to the 19B3 report by the Interstate Oil Compact Commission (IDCC)... |
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Areawide and local effects of tar sands development at the Sunnyside site in Utah: A socioeconomic analysis | 1984-04 | | The Combined Hydrocarbon Leasing Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-78) provides guidelines for converting federal oil and gas leases to combined hydrocarbon leases in Special Tar Sands Areas (STSAs). The STSAs are designated by the U.S. Department of the Interior as areas that contain substantial deposits ... |
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Assay products from Green River oil shale | 1986-02-18 | Pyrolysis stoichiometry; Green River; Oil shale; Oil; Mahogany zone; Colorado; Utah; Pairwise correlation coefficients; Pyrolysis; Elemental analyses of shales and oils; Organic carbon; Gas composition; Elemental composition; Oil shale grade; Raw shale | Data from 66 material-balanced assays conducted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Laramie Energy Technology Center, and The Oil shale Corporation were compiled and analyzed to determine the pyrolysis stoichiometry for Green River formation oil shales originating in and near the Mahogany zon... |
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Assays of oil shale cuttings and cores, P. R. Spring and Hill Creek oil-impregnated sandstone deposits | 1977-07 | | In 1973 the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey drilled sixteen core holes in the P.R. Spring and Hill Creek oil-impregnated sandstone deposits in the southeast Uinta Basin, Uintah county, Utah (figures 1 and 2). The holes were drilled in cooperation the U.S. Bureau of Mines under a grant from that a... |
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Assessment and control of water contamination associated with shale-oil extraction and processing | 1979; 1980 | | The Los Alamos National Laboratory's research on assessment and control of water contamination associated with oil shale operations is directed toward the identification of potential water contamination problems and the evaluation of alternative control strategies for controlling contaminants releas... |
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Assessment of research needs for oil recovery from heavy-oil sources and tar sands | 1982-03 | | The Fossil Energy Research Working Group (FERWG), at the request of J. W. Mares (Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy) and A. W. Trivelpiece (Director, Office of Energy Research), has reviewed and evaluated the U.S. programs on oil recovery from heavy oil sources and tar sands. These studies were p... |
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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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Attachment 2 - Statement of program objectives: Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources | 2009-09-24 | ICSE; University of Utah; Energy; Oil shale; Oil sands; CO2 capture; Liquid fuel; In-situ thermal processing; NOx emissions; CO2 emissions; Flameless oxy-gas process heaters; Efficient CO2 capture; Large Eddy Simulation; LES | The University of Utah (the Recipient), via their Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (the Institute), shall pursue research to improve industry's ability to utilize the vast energy stored in domestic oil shale and oil sands resources in a manner that shall minimize environmental impact and effect... |
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Attachment 3--Statement of project objectives (mod 003) | 2009 | Project; Research; Tasks; Industry; Academic; Public outreach; ISCE; DOE; Department of Energy; Repository; Large Eddy Simulation; LES; ARCHES; Oxy-coal; DQMOM; Power generation; Retrofit; Gasification; Entrained-flow; Radiation modeling; In-situ fuel production; Mercury control | This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number FC26-08NT0005015. C. Tasks to be performed (Phase 2) |