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26 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - October 2013-December 20132013domestic fuel resources; ICSE; CO2 management; unconventional fuels; Flameless Oxy-gas Process Heaters; Efficient CO2 Capture; Production Modules for CLEARuffThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program, part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah, is focused on engineering, scientific, and legal research surrounding the development of these resources in ...
27 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - January 2013-March 20132013clean energy; domestic fuels; oil shale resources; oil sands resources; CO2 management; liquid fuel procuction; in-situ thermal processing; oil shale processingThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program, part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah, is focused on engineering, scientific, and legal research surrounding the development of these resources in ...
28 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 ...
29 Uinta Basin tar sand deposits1990Uinta Basin; Tar sand deposits; UtahThis report addresses an important need to the State of Utah; to define, tabulate, and document an economic resource which has aroused the interest of industry and academia and which is vastly undeveloped and little understood as to its potential. The need for this report has grown since the last ta...
30 U.S. tar sand oil forecasts (1985-1995)1979-11Domestic tar sands; Oil production forecast; United States; 1985-1995This Technical Report forecasts production of oil from domestic tar sands through 1995 under low, medium and high world oil price scenarios. It also includes background information such as the extent, nature, and location of tar sands in the United States, as well as the status of technology and a f...
31 Rates and mechanisms of oil shale pyrolysis: A chemical structure approach2014-11Green River oil shale; oil and natural gas technology; oil shale pyrolysis; chemical structure of oil shaleThree pristine Utah Green River oil shale samples were obtained and used for analysis by the combined research groups at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Oil shale samples were first demineralized and the separated kerogen and extracted bitumen samples were then studied by a host...
32 Oil shale heat-capacity relations and heats of pyrolysis and dehydration1987-05-06Green River shale; Enthalpy changes; Kerogen pyrolysis; Bound-water dehydration; Devonian shalesNew relations are developed for calculating enthalpy changes during heating, retorting, or cooling of raw, spent, or burned oil shales of various compositions. The relations describe the sensible heats of the minerals, kerogen, and char, and the reaction heats of kerogen pyrolysis and bound-water de...
33 Policy issues associated with using simulation to assess environmental impacts2014-11oil and natural gas technology; policy issues with using simulation; environmental impacts; simulation-based science; judicial assessments and models; environmental policymakingThis report examines the relationship between simulation-based science and judicial assessments of simulations or models supporting evaluations of environmental harms or risks, considering both how it exists currently and how it might be shaped in the future. This report considers the legal standard...
34 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - Jul. 2013-Sept. 20132013domestic oil shale resources; domestic oil sands resources; utilization of oil shale and oil sands with CO2 management; liquid fuel productionThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program, part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah, is focused on engineering, scientific, and legal research surrounding the development of these resources in ...
35 Validation results for core-scale oil shale pyrolysis2015-02oil and natural gas technology; validation results; core-scale oil shale pyrolysis; in situ production of oil from oil shale; oil shale; pyrolysis of oil shaleThis report summarizes a study of oil shale pyrolysis at various scales and the subsequent development a model for in situ production of oil from oil shale. Oil shale from the Mahogany zone of the Green River formation was used in all experiments. Pyrolysis experiments were conducted at four scales,...
36 Utah Heavy Oil Program - Final Scientific/Technical Report - Project Period: June 21, 2006 to October 20, 20092010-01-31Utah heavy oil program; heavy oil; UHOP; developing heavy oil resources; oil sands resources; oil shale resourcesThe Utah Heavy Oil Program (UHOP) was established in June 2006 to provide multidisciplinary research support to federal and state constituents for addressing the wide‐ranging issues surrounding the creation of an industry for unconventional oil production in the United States. Additionally, UHOP w...
37 Overburden map and thickness determinations, Sunnyside oil-impregnated sandstone deposit, Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah1986Oil-impregnated sandstone; Sunnyside deposits; Carbon County; Duchesne County; UtahThis investigation into the overburden and oil-impregnated sandstone thicknesses within the Sunnyside deposits, Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah is done under Contract No. YA-553-CT0-1059 between the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
38 Organic and pyritic sulfur determination in oil shale1983-03-01H2S; Pyritic sulfur; Oil shale; Kentucky; Ohio; Colorado; Utah; Wyoming; Oil shale deposits; SulfurSulfur forms in oil shale are defined according to their reduction rates to H2S in the presence of hydrogen-donor solvents. A linear increase in temperature with time is applied to a reaction system of oil shale and hydrogen-donor solvents. The different temperatures at which H2S is detected corresp...
39 Oil-impregnated sandstone mapping project Nine Mile Canyon area Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah: A field examination for the Utah Geological Survey1971-10-04Tributaries; Nine Mile canyon; Argyle canyon; Uinta Basin; Deltaic facies; Green River Formation; Parachute CreekA reconnaissance survey of tributaries to Nine Mile and Argyle canyons in the southern Uinta Basin showed widespread but erratic distribution of oil-impregnated sandstones. The occurrences are mainly in the Deltaic facies of the Green River formation. The bituminous material is believed to have been...
40 Oil shale project run summary, small retort: Run S-241981-10-07Oil shale; MIS; Modified in-situ oil shale retorting; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. Objective. Previous Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pilot retort experiments, simulating modified in-situ (MIS) oil shale retorting, have employed relatively high (1-3 m/day) retorting rates. Such rates not only would have an obvious commercial economic advantage but, in pilot retort trial...
41 Oil-impregnated sandstones in Utah and Wayne Counties, Utah1972Thistle; Utah County; Jurassic sandstone; Thousand Lake Mountain; Wayne County; Oil-impregnated sediments; Asphalt-bearing Tertiary bedsTwo little known occurrences of oil-impregnated sediments are discussed briefly. One is a fairly extensive area of asphalt-bearing Tertiary beds in the vicinity of Thistle, Utah County. The other is a very limited exposure of Jurassic sandstone permeated with dead oil on Thousand Lake Mountain in Wa...
42 Oil shale quarterly report1990-09-05Aboveground oil shale retorting; Hot-Recycled-Solid; HRS; Pyrolysis; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryWe are studying aboveground oil shale retorting and have developed the LLNL Hot-Recycled-Solid (HRS) process as a generic, second-generation, rapid pyrolysis retorting system in which recycled shale is the solid heat carrier. In 1984-87, we operated a 1-tonne-per-day FIRS pilot plant to study retort...
43 Oil-impregnated sandstones of Raven Ridge, Vernal, Utah1972Oil-impregnated sandstone; Raven Ridge; Vernal, Utah; Uinta Basin; Utah; Colorado; Wasatch Formation; Green River Formation; Uinta FormationThe area of this report is in the northeastern part of the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. The area covers approximately 52 square miles of what is regionally called Raven Ridge. Raven Ridge, a series of hogback ridges, trends northwest-southeast, and includes three Eocen...
44 Oil shale project small retort run summary: Run S-15 addendum computer tables1981-03Run summary; Oil shale project small retort; Lawrence Livermore LaboratoryThe Run Summary for S-15 was published quite some time ago (UCID 18282-Sept. 1979). At that time we had not completely analyzed the data using the computer as we had done in other run summaries. We have now gone back and processed that data. This report presents the computer generated run summary da...
45 Oil shale project run summary, large retort: Run L-11981-11-23Oil yield loss; Combustion retorting; Oil shale; Rubble bed; Run L-1; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryThe overall goals were to study oil yield loss and operating characteristics in combustion retorting of a rubble bed with physical characteristics comparable to some of those anticipated in field retorts. Shale particle size range and bed porosity were the two parameters selected for simulation (alo...
46 Oil shale project large retort run summary: Run L-31981-11-23Oil shale project large retort run; Run L-3; Tract C-a; Anvil Points; Cracking; Oxidation; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryThe major objectives of Run L-3 were: for a broad size distribution, investigate the effects of a step grade change on retort operations and demonstrate control of retort temperatures; evaluate effects of different shale on retort operations (i.e. Tract C-a versus Anvil Points) and retort oil yield;...
47 Oil shale retort run summary: Run C-41981-10-02Oil shale retort; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. Run Characteristics. Retort Run C-4 comprised four combustion run segments in a continuous aboveground retort conducted June 23 through June 27, 1980. The shale was -2.5 +1.3 cm (-1 +1/2 in) from Anvil Points. The retorting rates were approximately 40 and 65 m/d (130 and 220 ft/d), and the feed g...
48 Oil shale project run summary, small retort: Run S-71981-12-11Oil shale; Combustion run; Retorting; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryRun S-7 went smoothly except for loss of nitrogen flow for a short period early in the run. The thermal front developed rapidly and appeared to travel through the bed in a stable and uniform fashion. The exit gas composition stayed relatively constant for most of the last 3/4 of the run. The traveli...
49 Oil shale project run summary, large retort: Run L-21981-08-10Oil shale; Retorting behavior; Modified in-situ combustion retorting; MIS; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. Run Objective. To determine the retorting behavior of individual oil shale blocks in a shale rubble matrix during simulated modified in-situ (MIS) combustion retorting. B. Conclusions. The interiors of large particles are delayed in retorting (compared to a surrounding matrix of small particles) ...
50 Oil shale report run summary, small retort: Run S-191981-04Retort performance; Oil shale; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratorySmall retort run S-19 was designed to demonstrate the effects of increased steam rate on retort performance. Reduction in peak temperatures and possibly greater separation of the retort and combustion zones were expected. Greater oil yield (reduced oil losses) and more effective use of process heat ...
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