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Oxy-coal Combustion Studies Task 3 Topical Report, Utah Clean Coal Program | 2012-01-06 | oxy-coal combustion; Utah Clean Coal Program; carbon capture; large eddy simulations; near-field aerodynamics of oxy-coal flames; single-particle oxy-CO2 combustion; ash partitioning | The objective of this project is to move toward the development of a predictive capability with quantified uncertainty bounds for pilot-scale, single-burner, oxy-coal operation. This validation research brings together multi-scale experimental measurements and computer simulations. The combination o... |
| 127 |
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Regulatory promotion of emergent CCS technology - Topical report | 2014-01 | CCS technology; climate change; mitigation strategies; carbon capture and sequestration | Despite the growing inevitability of climate change and the attendant need for mitigation strategies, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has yet to gain much traction in the United States. Recent regulatory proposals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), limited in scope to new-buil... |
| 128 |
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Validation/Uncertainty Quantification for Large Eddy Simulations of the heat flux in the Tangentially Fired Oxy-Coal Alstom Boiler Simulation Facility - Task 9 Topical Report, Utah Clean Coal Program | 2014-10 | large eddy simulations; Utah Clean Coal Program; heat flux; Tangenitally Fired Oxy-coal Alstom Boiler Simulation Facility; task 9; oxy-coal boilers; BSF; coal | The objective of this task is to produce predictive capability with quantified uncertainty bounds for the heat flux in commercial-scale, tangentially fired, oxy-coal boilers. Validation data came from the Alstom Boiler Simulation Facility (BSF) for tangentially fired, oxy-coal operation. This task b... |
| 129 |
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Underground coal thermal treatment - Task 6 topical report, Utah Clean Coal Program | 2015-01 | transformational energy production; insitu thermal treatment of a coal seam; coal reserves; underground coal thermal treatment; Utah Clean Coal Program; coal resources | The long-term objective of this task is to develop a transformational energy production technology by in situ thermal treatment of a coal seam for the production of substitute natural gas and/or liquid transportation fuels while leaving much of the coal's carbon in the ground. This process converts ... |
| 130 |
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Chemical looping combustion kinetics | 2009-12-01 | chemical looping; combustion kinetics; CO2 capture; coal-fired power plants; CLC | One of the most promising methods of capturing CO2 emitted by coal-fired power plants for subsequent sequestration is chemical looping combustion (CLC). A powdered metal oxide such as NiO transfers oxygen directly to a fuel in a fuel reactor at high temperatures with no air present. Heat, water, and... |
| 131 |
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Bitumen extraction and treatment and reuse of process water | 2009-04-13 | bitumen extraction; bitumen treatment; reuse of process water; produced water; crude oil production; gas production; pressure-assisted ozonation technology; oil removal from water; wastewater treatment; hydrocarbon removal | 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... |
| 132 |
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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... | |
| 133 |
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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... |
| 134 |
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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... |
| 135 |
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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... |
| 136 |
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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... |
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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... | |
| 138 |
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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... | |
| 139 |
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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... | |
| 140 |
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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 ... |
| 141 |
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Underground coal thermal treatment - Task 6 topical report, Utah Clean Coal Program - Reporting Period: October 2009 - September 2011 | 2012-01-11 | SNG; substitute natural gas; coal pyrolysis; in-situ; underground coal thermal treatment; UCTT; Geochemists Workbench; GWB | The long-term objective of this work is to develop a transformational energy production technology by in-situ thermal treatment of a coal seam for the production of substitute natural gas (SNG) while leaving much of the coal's carbon in the ground. This process converts coal to a high-efficiency, lo... |
| 142 |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - April 2014-June 2014 | 2014 | domestic oil shale resources; domestic oil sands resources; ICSE; developing oil resources; CO2 management; utilization of oil shale and oil sands; liquid fuel production; in-situ thermal processing of oil shale | The 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 ... |
| 143 |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil sands and oil shale resources: Quarterly progress report - January 2014-March 2014 | 2014 | domestic oil shale; domestic oil sands; ICSE; CO2 management; liquid fuel production; in-situ thermal processing of oil shale; oil production | The 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 ... |
| 144 |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - July 2014-September 2014 | 2014 | domestic oil shale; domestic oil sands; ICSE; utilization of oil shale and oil sands resources with CO2 management; liquid fuel production; in-situ thermal processing of oil shale; shale oil and pyrolysis products | The 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 ... |
| 145 |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - April 2013-June 2013 | 2013 | domestic oil sands; domestic oil shale; ICSE; unconventional fuels development; life-cycle analysis | The 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 ... |
| 146 |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - October 2014-December 2014 | 2014 | domestic oil shale; domestic oil sands; ICSE; CO2 management; clean energy; oil and gas production; liquid fuel production; thermal processing of oil shale/sands | The 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 ... |
| 147 |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - October 2013-December 2013 | 2013 | domestic fuel resources; ICSE; CO2 management; unconventional fuels; Flameless Oxy-gas Process Heaters; Efficient CO2 Capture; Production Modules for CLEARuff | The 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 ... |
| 148 |
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Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - January 2013-March 2013 | 2013 | clean energy; domestic fuels; oil shale resources; oil sands resources; CO2 management; liquid fuel procuction; in-situ thermal processing; oil shale processing | The 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 ... |
| 149 |
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Utah Clean Coal Center: Gasification research activities | 2009-09 | clean coal center; gasification research; UC3; gasification; low CO2 production; electric power from coal; entrained-flow gasification; simulation tools for coal gasifiers | The 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 ... |
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Uinta Basin tar sand deposits | 1990 | Uinta Basin; Tar sand deposits; Utah | This 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... |