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A new model for virtual radiometers | 2012-07-08 | virtual radiometers; radiative fluxes; reverse monte-carlo ray tracing algorithm; modeling radiometers | There exists a general need to compare radiative fluxes from experimental radiometers with fluxes computed in Thermal/Fluid simulations. Unfortunately, typical numerical simulation suites lack the ability to predict fluxes to objects with small view angles thus preventing validation of simulation re... |
| 277 |
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Recovery of bitumen from oil-impregnated sandstone deposits of Utah | 1976 | bitumen recovery; oil-impregnated sandstone deposits; fossil fuels; coal; oil shale; tar sands; Athabasca tar sands | Much attention is being given to fossil fuels such as coal, oil shale, and tar sands, as well as to nuclear, geothermal, wind, and solar energy sources. Characterization of the tar sands from the Uinta Basin is currently underway. Compared with bitumen presently being extracted commercially from Can... |
| 278 |
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On-line, mass spectrometric determination of ammonia from oil shale pyrolysis using isobutane chemical ionization | 1988-03 | Ammonia is the predominant nitrogen-containing species formed during the pyrolysis of oil shale. An on-line method of determining ammonia was developed to study kinetics and chemistry of formation and evolution. While fragmentation of water interferes with electron ionization mass spectrometry, chem... | |
| 279 |
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Water, Energy, and Carbon Management Issues and Assessment Models for Oil Shale Development in the Piceance Basin of the Western Energy Corridor | 2010-08-04 | fossil resources; oil shale; water management; energy management; carbon management; oil shale development; Piceance Basin; Western Energy Corridor | The Western United States contains rich fossil resources including abundant supplies of oil shale that could be used to develop substantial quantities of transportation fuel, enhancing energy security in the United States. Development of these resources poses significant questions regarding water re... |
| 280 |
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Some possible applications of thermal recovery in Utah | 1965-11 | thermal recovery; applications of thermal recovery; oil reserves; bituminous sandstones; thermal project; bituminous oil sand | The bituminous sandstones of the Rocky Mountain region have significant reserves of oil. Production costs of the reserves must be reduced to be equal to or lower than the cost of crude oil produced by conventional methods. Three Utah deposits alone, Sunny side, Vernal (Asphalt Ridge) and Whiterocks ... |
| 281 |
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The effect of feed source in the hot water processing of Utah tar sand | 1979-02 | Tar sand; Utah; Bitumen; Hot water separation; Froth flotation; energy demand | The processing strategy for the effective separation of bitumen from low grade (< 10 weight percent bitumen) Utah tar sands by a hot water process differs significantly from that used for the processing of high grade (> 10 weight percent bitumen) Utah tar sands. Excellent separations (coefficient of... |
| 282 |
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2012 Uintah Basin winter ozone study | 2012-05-15 | Uintah Basin; winter ozone; wintertime ozone formation; episodic ozone formation; high wintertime ozone | This is a presentation given at the 2012 University of Utah Unconventional Fuels Conference. |
| 283 |
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2012 Unconventional fuels conference introduction | 2012-05-15 | unconventional fuels; computational simulation and pilot-scale experiment; unconventional resources; emissions minimization; CO2 regulation; CO2 coal research | Presentation given at the 2012 Unconventional Fuels Conference. |
| 284 |
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Production of aviation turbine fuels from Kentucky and Utah bitumens | 1986-11-21 | aviation turbine fuels production; aviation turbine fuels; cost, yeild, characteristics, and chemical properties of aviation turbine fuels; Kentucky bitumen; Utah bitumen | This paper presents the results of the United States Air Force program to determine the costs, yields, physical characteristics and chemical properties of aviation turbine fuels, Grades JP-4 and JP-8, produced from Kentucky and Utah bitumens. The bitumens were upgraded by the Ashland Petroleum Compa... |
| 285 |
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Policy analysis of the Canadian oil sands experience | 2011-03-10 | policy analysis; Canadian oil sands experience; oil sands; federal oil sands resources; oil sands development; unconventional fuels | The presentation goes over analyzing the relevance of the Canadian experience to U. S. oil sands development. This report focuses on federal oil sands resources, specifically potential development in the STSA's. No Current development on federal lands, despite leasing authorization under the Combine... |
| 286 |
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Final report of the joint NSF-NSFC workshop on combustion related to sustainable energy | 2014-03-10 | Jinxi hotel; NSF-NSFC workshop; combustion; sustainable energy | A workshop on Combustion Related to Sustainable Energy was held in Hangzhou, China on March 10-12, 2014. The workshop was jointly sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and by the National Science Foundation in China (NSFC). The purpose of the workshop was to bring together a limite... |
| 287 |
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Unconventional fuels development and the environment | 2011-05-17 | Unconventional Fuels; development and environment; Uinta Basin case; indian country regulatory juristiction; clean air act; clean water act; Uinta Basin; NEPA; regulatory process | Presentation given at the 2011 Unconventional Fuels Conference. |
| 288 |
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Production of hydrogen for upgrading of heavy oil: Senior design project--Spring 2009 | 2009-04-22 | oil supply; conventional oil sources; unconventional oil sources; oil shale; synthetic crude production; shale oil | An 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... |
| 289 |
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Unconventional Fuels Conference: Oil shale and oil sands development in the western U. S. - Agenda | 2013-05-07 | unconventional fuels; oil shale development; oil sands development; agenda | Presentation given at the 2013 Unconventional Fuels Conference. |
| 290 |
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Wild lands and wilderness - Implications for Utah's unconventional fuels industry | 2011-05-17 | unconventional fuels industry; order 3310; maintain wilderness resource inventories; BLM; FLPMA; land management | Presentation given at the 2011 Unconventional Fuels Conference. |
| 291 |
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Recovery of bitumen from tar sands by a thermally coupled fluidized-bed process | 1985-07 | bitumen recovery; tar sands; thermally coupled fluidized-bed process; tar sands; biomass; heavy oil; oil shale; coal; bitumen deposits; synfuel industry; hydrocarbon recovery | Tar sands, biomass, heavy oil, oil shale, and coal are considered to be the primary contributors to the emerging synfuel industry. On a global basis, Meyer and Fulton (1982) estimate the total heavy oil and bitumen resource to be more than 4 trillion barrels, with in-place reserves estimated at 671 ... |
| 292 |
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Preliminary examination of oil bonding at sand surfaces and its influence on hot water separation | 1992-04 | oil bonding; sand surfaces; hot water separation; separating oil from sand particles; water-based separation; oil sand interactions; oil sand; tar sand processing | The efficiency of water-based separation of oil from sand particles is dependent on the nature of the oil-sand association and a preliminary examination of this bonding has been completed. The degree of hydration of the sand surface at the time of contact with oil was related to the subsequent effic... |
| 293 |
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Sunnyside tar sand--comments on source, degradation, and maturity of the heavy oil | 1988-01 | Sunnyside tar sand; heavy oil; Sunnyside oil; mined tar sand; oil | Conclusions: 1. Many compounds in the Sunnyside oil have been seen in products from the Green River shale, indicating a Tertiary source for the heavy oil contained in the Sunnyside tar sand. 2. The absence of n-alkanes, branched alkanes, cyclohexanes, benzenes, naphthalenes and phenanthrenes, as wel... |
| 294 |
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Petrography and diagenesis of the bitumen-and heavy-oil-bearing White Rim Sandstone Member of the Cutler Formation (Permian), Tar-Sand Triangle area, southeastern Utah | 1989 | petrography; diagenesis; bitumen; heavy oil; White Rim Sandstone Member; Cutler Formation; Tar-Sand Triangle are; heavy oil accumulations; oil; bitumen; geology | The Permian White Rim Sandstone Member of the Cutler Formation in the Tar Sand Triangle area of southeastern Utah hosts one of the largest tar sand and heavy oil accumulations in the United States. Major diagenetic events include pervasive calcite cementation, calcite and feldspar dissolution, and s... |
| 295 |
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2011 Unconventional Fuels Conference - Welcome/opening remarks | 2011-05-17 | unconventional fuels; opening remarks; coal; oil shale; power generation; transportational fuel infrastructures; carbon capture; agenda | Presentation given at the 2011 University of Utah Unconventional Fuels Conference. |
| 296 |
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Porosity modification related to tar sand process water | 1988-08 | porosity modification; tar sand process water; tar sand; petroleum recovery; oil resource; tar sand production; bitumen production | Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the effects of tar sand process water on the mineral components of a sandstone from a known tar sand deposit and on control samples of feldspars of varying compositions. Contact with the process water increased porosity and permeability in the test ... |
| 297 |
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On solar thermal processing and retorting of oil shale | 1988-05 | The general concept and a recent paper on solar oil shale retorting are critically reviewed. It is concluded that a recent paper by Berber and Fletcher (Energy 13. 13, 1988) contains erroneously high oil yields and provides no new valid information related to solar oil shale process design or econom... | |
| 298 |
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Oil shale retorting in dense phase hot-solid recycle systems | 1988-06 | Oil shale processing remains primitive despite more that a century of study and development. To expand the industry in China, and to develop an industry in the U.S.A., more efficient, environmentally acceptable oil shale retorting schemes are required. Rapid pyrolysis, solid-recycle retorts offer hi... | |
| 299 |
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Oil shale retorting processes: A technical overview | 1984-03 | The challenge facing the oil shale industry is to devise a simple and efficient retorting process that operates at low cost. This will require a thorough understanding of the important physical and chemical processes that occur during retorting, mathematical modeling to analyze the complex interacti... | |
| 300 |
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Oil vapor coking kinetics over oxidized Colorado oil shale | 1991-10-22 | A model for coking of shale oil vapors over porous oxidized recycle shale has been derived. This model includes mass transfer of the oil vapor through the gas film surrounding the shale particles with countercurrent flow of cracked low-molecular weight products, diffusion through the pore system, ad... |