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1 Research AgenciesResearch agencies; Higher education; University of UtahResearch agencies for the University of Utah.
2 Research investigations in oil shale, tar sand, coal research, advanced exploratory process technology, and advanced fuels research: Volume 2--jointly sponsored research program1994-09oil shale; tar sand; coal research; advanced exporatory process technology; advanced fuels research; JSRP; Contained Recovery of Oily WastesThis report summarizes the major research investigations conducted by the Western Research Institute (WRI) under Cooperative Agreement DE-FC21-86MCll076 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) over the period October 1986 through September 1993. In 1989 a Jointly Sponsored Research Program (JSRP) w...
3 Kerogen oil value enhancement research2002-05-22Kerogen; Kerogen oil; oil value enhancement; pure compounds; broad range concentrates; sweet refinery feedstock.Three general categories of products from the Estonia Kukersite kerogen oil were defined: pure compounds, broad range concentrates, and sweet refinery feedstock. Product development and market research center on these three categories. Further attempts were made to identify and test chemical approac...
4 University Research Cyberinfrastructure Committee Interim Report2006-08-31Cyberinfrastructure; Computing; Information Technology; Strategic Plan"Campus cyberinfrastructure is not just about technology." Beyond access to technology, Cyberinfrastructure (CI) defines a new information technology paradigm that includes people and their expertise, enabling technologies, software and tools, and provides a foundation for an integrated approach t...
5 Research investigations in oil shale, tar sand, coal research, advanced exploratory process technology, and advanced fuels research: Volume 1--base program1994-05oil shale; tar sand; coal research; dvanced exploratory process technology; advanced fuels research; COMPCOALThis report summarizes the major research investigations conducted by the Western Research Institute under Cooperative Agreement DE-FC21-86MC11076 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) over the period October 1986 through September 1993. In 1989 a Jointly Sponsored Research Program (JSRP) was inc...
6 LETC tar sand research - North Asphalt Ridge1985LETC tar sand research; North Asphalt Ridge; tar sand; in situ recovery methods; classifying tar sand deposits; in situ recovery process; tar sand depositsThis report describes work done by the United States Department of Energy's Laramie Energy Technology Center (LETC) from 1971 through 1982 to develop technology for future recovery of U.S. tar sands. The objectives of the program are: 1. To determine the feasibility of in situ recovery methods appli...
7 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 ...
8 Survey of geologic research on Green River oil shale1977Survey; geologic research survey; geologic survey; oil shale deposits; Green River oil shale; mineral deposit studyIn the last decade, geologic research on oil-shale deposits and associated rocks of the Green River Formation in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming has mushroomed largely in response to the Department of the Interior's oil-shale leasing program and to the active interest of private and governmental groups ...
9 Petroleum technology advances through applied research by independent oil producers2000-01petroleum technology; independant oil producers; National Oil Research Program"Petroleum Technology Advances Through Applied Research by Independent Oil Producers" is a program of the National Oil Research Program, U.S. Department of Energy. Between 1995 and 1998, the program competitively selected and costs shared twenty-two projects with small producers. The purpose was to ...
10 Research and information needs for management of tar sands development1983tar sands management; research needed; tar sandsThe purpose of this report is to review the research needed to support the regulatory and managerial role of the agencies in the development of tar sands resources. The material reviewed in preparation for this report was assembled and presented at the Workshop on Research Needs for the Management o...
11 Shale oil value enhancement research - Qarterly report: July 1 - September 30, 19941994shale oil; value enhancement; process sequence alternativesActivities during this quarter focused on using the phase-l results to define process sequence alternatives for phase-ll. Two process alternatives have been devised while obtaining the desired marketable product slate. The status of required process units has been evaluated. While there are some uni...
12 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: April 1 - June 30, 19951995shale oil; value enhancementA review of the marketing, compositional analysis, and process data has pointed to a simplification of the process scheme envisaged for the phase-II continuous process work. This translates into a higher probability of success, both for the R&D and the likelihood of securing an industrial partner fo...
13 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: January 1 - March 31, 19961996shale oil; value enhancement; compound type analysisActivities during this quarter focused on (a) compound type analysis of shale oil and its extraction products, (b) thermal hydrodealkylation of the > 290°C polar fraction, and (c) economic analysis of the SPX project. At the end of this quarter, Mr. Jerry Wiser - the chief process engineer of JWBA,...
14 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: June 1 - August 31, 19931993shale oil; value enhancement; shale oil-derived productsAll tasks are on schedule, or ahead of schedule. Particular progress has been made in identifying industrial entities, commodities and specialty products of target interest for shale oil-derived products. There is clearly a major emphasis worldwide on new chemicals and shale oil-derived structures a...
15 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: June 1 - August 31, 19961996shale oil; value enhancement; compound type analysis; kerogen derived productsThe quarter's efforts were concentrated on (a) THDA and reaction of alkylpyridines at elevated conditions, (b) compound type analysis of kerogen oil and its derived products, (b) thermal hydrodealkylation of the >290 °C polar fraction, (c) secondary reactions of pyridinic type compounds to form mar...
16 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: March 1 - May 31, 19941994shale oil; value enhancement; identification of molecular types in shale oil; molecular compositionActivities during this quarter focused on integrating the various tasks and elements. During Phase-I, substantial effort was placed on designing and automating the identification of molecular types present in shale oil. The ability to know the molecular composition and to track a given "target" spec...
17 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: March 1 - May 31, 19961996shale oil; value enhancement; compound type analysis of shale oilThe quarter's efforts were concentrated on (a) compound type analysis of shale oil and its extraction products, (b) thermal hydrodealkylation of the >290 °C polar fraction, (c) reaction of pyridinic type compounds to form secondary products, (d) updating SPX economic analysis, and (e) preparation o...
18 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: October 1 - December 31, 19931993Shale oil; value enhancement; molecular types of shale oilThe first year of this effort was focussed on the following broad objectives: -Analyze the molecular types present in shale oil (as a function of molecular weight distribution ); - Determine the behavior of these molecular types in liquid-liquid extraction; -Develop the analytical tools needed to sy...
19 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: October 1 - December 31, 19931993shale oil; value enhancement; raw shale oil; market shale oil projectA major push was made to identify the hydrocarbon and heteroatom types present in raw shale oil. A comprehensive, qualitative picture of the <400°C material has been obtained. In addition to the expected types, e.g., pyridines, pyrroles, indoles and phenols, the presence of aliphatic carboxylic aci...
20 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: October 1- December 31, 19961996shale oil; value enhancement; flow THDA reactor system; KPX product slateConcurrent activities are ongoing in all key area, namely, (a) construction and startup of a flow THDA reactor system, (b) development of KPX product slate, and (c) conducting industrial liaison for assembly of the KPX consortium. Excellent progress is being made in all cases. Our market analysis an...
21 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: September 1 - November 30, 19951995Shale oil; value enhancement; shale oil extraction products; extraction processActivities during this quarter focused on compound type analysis of shale oil extraction products and improvement of the continuous extraction process. We have installed a walk-in fume hood to improve the ventilation of our working environment while handling of larger amounts of shale oil and volati...
22 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: September 1, - November 30, 19941994shale oil; value enhancement; polars processing schemeThe focus of the phase-l research effort is now on exploratory level verification of the candidate process schemes. We are quite confident of the basic strategy, namely, division of the barrel by polarity and separate processing of the polar and non-polar streams. Processing of the non-polar stream ...
23 Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: December 1, 1994 - February 28, 19951995shale oil; value enhancementThe quarter's efforts were aimed towards completing phase-l. We expect to complete phase-l in the next quarter. The final in phase-l will produce the new economic estimates to use as guidelines for phase-l I activities. Progress on phase-ll has been initiated with the focus being on completing fabri...
24 Assessment of research needs for oil recovery from heavy-oil sources and tar sands1982-03The 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...
25 Clean coal program research activities: Final report: Reporting period 07/01/2006-05/31/20092010-05Environment; Emissions; NOx; SOx; Mercury emission; CO2 emissions; Utah Clean Coal Program; Carbon capture and sequestration; CCS; Green field plants; Simulation; Mergury control; Oxycoal combustion; Gasification; Sequestration; Chemical looping combustion; CLC; Materials investigations; NETL; Coal ...Although remarkable progress has been made in developing technologies for the clean and efficient utilization of coal, the biggest challenge in the utilization of coal is still the protection of the environment. Specifically, electric utilities face increasingly stringent restriction on the emission...
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