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1995-96 General Catalog | 1995 | University of Utah (catalogue;) Catalog | University of Utah, General Catalog Bulletin 1995-1996 |
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1996-97 General Catalog | 1996 | University of Utah catalogue; (Catalog) | University of Utah Bulletin General Catalog 96/97 |
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Colorful Gilson did more than promote gilsonite | 1996-03 | The following article from The Times-Independent in Moab pays tribute to the man for whom Gilsonite is named. Utah's American Gilsonite Company traces its roots to Sam Gilson. | |
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Combustion of municipal solid wastes with oil shale in a circulating fluidized bed | 1996-06-30 | The authors of this report have invented an integrated process for the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW). In this process, after recycling steps to save usable materials such as aluminum, other metals, and glass have been completed, the resulting refusederived fuel (RDF) is co-combusted with ... | |
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Crumb rubber dispersion in tar sand bitumen | 1996 | crumb rubber dispersion; tar sand bitumen; crumb rubber; scrap rubber; bitumen co-processing | The results from preliminary experiments of scrap rubber and bitumen co-processing aimed at preparation of a polymer-modified asphaltic product are presented. For 20 and 40 wt% rubber content in rubberized asphalt, complete rubber dispersion in the bitumen was obtained. |
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The development of a bench scale metal distillation furnace (retort) | 1995-06-19 | bench scale metal distillation furnace; retort; spent reactor fuel; actinides recovery | Processes for the recovery of actinides from spent reactor fuel being studied at Argonne National Laboratory required the design of a high-temperature vacuum furnace, the furnace has to be able to melt actinides, distill volatile metals (Zn and Mg), be operable in a nitrogen glovebox with low head r... |
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Diagenetic and burial history of the Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone in the Tar Sand Triangle, Paradox Basin, southeastern Utah | 1995 | Subsurface petrologic study and burial history reconstruction of the Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone in the Tar Sand triangle on the western edge of the Paradox Basin in southeastern Utah suggest that oil migrated into White Rim reservoirs after significant burial during the early Tertiary. Primar... | |
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Evaluation Committee Report: 1996 Full-scale evaluation | 1996 | Accreditation; Higher Education, University of Utah | Final report of the evaluation committee for the 1996 accreditation of the University of Utah |
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Evaluation of an eastern shale oil residue as an asphalt additive | 1995-09 | eastern shale oil; shale oil residue; asphalt additives | An evaluation of eastern shale oil (ESO) residue as an asphalt additive to reduce oxidative age hardening and moisture susceptibility was conducted by Western Research Institute (WRI). The ESO residue, having a viscosity of 23.9 Pa-s at 60°C (140°F), was blended with three different petroleum-deri... |
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Fluidization of coked sands and pyrolysis of oil sands in a fluidized bed reactor (Abstract only) | 1995-12 | fluidization of coked sands; pyrolysis of oil sands; fluidized bed reactor; coked sands; oil sands | A 7.62 cm diameter fluidized bed oil sands pyrolysis system was designed, installed, and operated. The studies conducted with this system included coked sands and oil sands feeding using a bin discharge auger feeder, the withdrawal of solids from a fluidized bed using a modified Lvalve, fluidization... |
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Ground-water flow and migration of hydrocarbons to the Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone, Tar Sand Triangle, southeastern Utah | 1995 | ground-water flow; migration of hydrocarbons; hydrocarbons; Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone; Tar Sand Triangle; heavy oil | The Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone in the Tar Sand Triangle of southeastern Utah contains an estimated 12.5-16 billion barrels of heavy oil. Despite the large size of the deposit, the source of its oil is unknown. This paper systematically discusses source rocks for this petroleum from the standp... |
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Heavy-oil resources of the United States | 1995 | heavy-oil resources; United States; petroleum; heavy oil | Petroleum is considered to originate from marine and terrestrial organic matter (composed principally of hydrogen and carbon) buried along with sediment. The organic molecules are eventually broken by thermal stress encountered during progressive burial. The product of this heating can be liquid and... |
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Is tar sand development part of our future? | 1995-04 | tar sand development; tar sand; oil production | What a difference a decade makes. It has been almost 10 years since the last of several attempts to produce oil from the tar sands at Asphalt Ridge near Vernal, Utah. The only activity since that time has been mining the tar sand for road repair and paving material. The problem is not availability, ... |
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Method and apparatus for the solvent extraction of oil from bitumen containing tar sand | 1996-07-09 | solvent extraction of oil; tar sand bitumen; patent | A method and apparatus for extracting bitumen whereby tar sand containing bitumen components is contacted with a heated thinning oil mixture to reduce the tar sand viscosity and dissolve bitumen to form a lower viscosity feed slurry. The feed slurry is contacted with a light oil in a separator where... |
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Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves | 1996 | Naval Petroleum Reserve; Oil shale reserves; California; Wyoming; Utah; Colorado; Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976; Annual Report; 1996 fiscal year | During fiscal year 1996, the Department of Energy continued to operate Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 in California and Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3 in Wyoming through its contractors. In addition, natural gas operations were conducted at Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3. All productive acreage owned b... |
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Oil Shale Process Model (OSP) user's manual | 1995-01-05 | Oil Shale Process model; OSP; 4TU-Pilot; Hot-Recycled-Solids; HRS; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | The Oil Shale Process (OSP) model has proven to be a useful tool for the analysis of the steady-state operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Hot-Recycled- Solids 4 tonne-per-day Pilot Retort (4TU-Pilot). This manual is being developed to serve as a guide to users of the OSP model. The... |
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Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: April 1 - June 30, 1995 | 1995 | shale oil; value enhancement | A 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... |
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Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: December 1, 1994 - February 28, 1995 | 1995 | shale oil; value enhancement | The 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... |
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Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: January 1 - March 31, 1996 | 1996 | shale oil; value enhancement; compound type analysis | Activities 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,... |
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Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: June 1 - August 31, 1996 | 1996 | shale oil; value enhancement; compound type analysis; kerogen derived products | The 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... |
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Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: March 1 - May 31, 1996 | 1996 | shale oil; value enhancement; compound type analysis of shale oil | The 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... |
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Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: October 1- December 31, 1996 | 1996 | shale oil; value enhancement; flow THDA reactor system; KPX product slate | Concurrent 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... |
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Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: September 1 - November 30, 1995 | 1995 | Shale oil; value enhancement; shale oil extraction products; extraction process | Activities 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... |
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State of Utah demographic and economic projection model system | 1995-05 | This document was prepared with multiple objectives and various audiences in mind. Its structure reflects this multiplicity. The differing levels of coverage of the various components of the model system are intentional. We consider this document to be an electronic filing cabinet which will be expa... | |
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Tar-sand resources of the Uinta Basin, Utah: A catalog of deposits | 1996-05 | tar sand; oil-impregnated sandstone; tar sand resources; solid hydrocarbon deposits; bitumous sandstone | Tar-sand, or oil-impregnated sandstone, deposits and occurrences of the Uinta Basin, Utah are summarized and presented. Twenty five tar-sand deposits/occurrences are reviewed with respect to geology, locations of bitumen saturated outcrops, land ownership, physiography, bitumen-analyses, development... |