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151 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: July 2011 to September 20112011-09ICSE; University of Utah; Uinta Basin; Oil and gas production; Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining; NOx emissions; American Shale Oil; AMSO; Flameless oxy-gas process heaters; Efficient CO2 captureThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. In this quarter, the Clean and Secure Energy program cosponsored the 2011 Energy Forum, which was held in ...
152 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: July 2012 to September 20122012-10ICSE; Kerogen liquefaction; Oil shale thermal treatment; Trondheim, Norway; Statoil; Uinta Basin; Greenhouse gases; Well drilling; White River oil shale samples; Demineralized kerogen pyrolysis; Oil shale; Char; American Shale Oil; AMSO; Genie Energy; TOTALThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. In its outreach efforts this quarter, ICSE finalized materials for a short course on kerogen liquefaction ...
153 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: July 2013 to September 20132013Quarterly progress report; July 2013 to September 2013; DE-FE0001243; CO2 management; oxyfiring; CO2 capture; Unconventional fuels; Uinta Basin; Utah; Oil shale; Oil sands; Greenhouse gas control; NER; NEER; GHG; In situ; Ex situDisclaimer: "This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for th...
154 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: October 2009 to December 20092010-02-03ICSE; Clean and Secure Energy program; CASE; Itasca Group; Red Leaf Resources; Enshale's; Vernal, Utah; oxy-fuel; CO2 capture; Oil shale; Oil sands; Crude oil; CO2 emissions; International Flame Research Foundation; Pyrolysis; Lattice Boltzmann; Kerogen; Oil recovery simulation; TGA; Dry shale; Pyro...The Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. The program was officially launched on October 1, 2009. The project management plan was submitted for revi...
155 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: October 2010 to December 20102011-01ICSE; Oil shale; Oil sands; University of Utah; Marriott Library; Macroscale CO2 analysis; CO2 capture; Flameless oxy-gas process heaters; Liquid fuel production; In-situ thermal processingThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. In this quarter, the Clean and Secure Energy program circulated External Advisory Board recommendations an...
156 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: October 2011 to December 20112012-01ICSE; University of Utah; AMSO; American Shale Oil; Strategic Alliance Reserve; SAR; Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining; DOGM; Large eddy simulation; LES; International Flame Research Foundation; IFRF; Flamelet; Pyrolysis; Kerogen; Thermogravimetric analysis; TGA; CO2 enhanced oil recovery; EORThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. The Clean and Secure Energy program hosted an External Advisory Board on November 1-2, 2011 and the kickof...
157 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: October 2012 to December 20122013-01ICSE; Oil shale; oil sands; CO2 management; Uinta Basin; Liquid fuel production; In-situ thermal processing; White River oil shale; Green River Formation; American Shale Oil; AMSO; X-ray flourescence; Pyrolysis; Demineralized kerogenThe 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 ...
158 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: October 2013 to December 20132014ICSE; Quarterly report; Clean and secure energy; Oil shale; Oil sands; Uinta Basin; CO2 management; AMSO; Greenhouse gas control; Shale formation; In situ; Ex situ; TEA-CEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 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 t...
159 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...
160 Climate change 2007: The physical science basis--summary for policymakers2007-02Climate change; Greenhouse gases; Aerosols; Solar radiation; Radiative forcing; Third Assessment Report; TAR; Solar activity; Carbon dioxide; CO2; Methane; CH4; Nitrous oxide; N2O; Fossil Fuel; Land use; Agriculture; Land surface properties; Warming; Melting of snow and ice; Rising seal level; Globa...The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report describes progress in understanding of the human and natural drivers of climate change1, observed climate change, climate processes and attribution, and estimates of projected future climate change. It builds upon past IPCC assess...
161 Climate change regulation via the back door2011-05-17
162 Climate change--current understanding and implications2008-05-23Global warming; Climate change; Coal; CO2; Carbon dioxide; Temperature; Radiative Forcing; Emissions; Greenhouse gases; Arctic warming; Sea level rise; Fossil fuel; RenewableFour Primary Questions: 1-Is global warming (climate change) occurring? 2-What is the cause? 3-What will be the consequences? 4-What can/should we do?
163 Co-simulation for design and optimization of advanced energy systems with carbon capture2009-10NETL; APECS; IGCC; U.S. Energy challenges; Design and optimization of advanced energy systems; CFD; Reduced Order Models; ROMs; Carbon capture; Virtual power plant; Carbon management; Fossil Energy Industry; Ultra-supercritical; USC; Oxy-combustion; Chemical looping combustion; CLC; Integrated gasif...Outline of Presentation: 1-Introduction: -U.S. Energy Challenges -Design and Optimization of Advanced Energy Systems; Simulation Tools and Challenges 2-Advanced Process Engineering Co-Simulation (APECS): -Basic Features; Process/CFD Workflow/Integration, Engineering Knowledge Manager(Trademark), Red...
164 Coal devolatilization at very slow heating rates2007coal devolatilization ; slow heating rates; volatiles; coal; devolatilization temperatures; volatile yeilds; atmospheric gasesThe yield of volatiles of liquid and gaseous species is a function of operational conditions, including effects of reactor atmosphere gases, coal ranks, heating rates, ultimate devolatilization temperatures, pressure, soak time at ultimate temperatures, and catalysts. One important factor of coal de...
165 Coal in a changing climate and challenges for CCS deployment2008-05-23NRDC; Climate change; Coal; CCS deployment; CCS; Carbon Capture and Storage; Business-as-usual; BAU; world CO2 emissions; coal plant emissions; Appalachia; Wyoming; Montana; North Dakota; Colorado; New Mexico; IPCC; Powerplants; Arctic iceOutline: 1-Climate and coal 2-"Clean" coal? 3-Carbon Capture & Storage: can we (just) do it? 4-To-do list 5-A changing world
166 Coking contaminated oil shale or tar sand oil on retorted solid fines1985-03-26Patent; Heavy oil; Oil shale; Tar sand oil; Coking; Pyrolysis oil vapors; Retorted solid fines; Pyrolysis oil; Inert stripping gas; Coking contaminatedHeavy oil fraction of pyrolysis oil vapors containing concentrated contaminants is coked on retorted fine solids contained in a coking zone separate from a retorting vessel characterized by the presence of an inert stripping gas of a rate sufficient to lower the dew point of the pyrolysis oil.
167 Coking poor coking coals and hydrocracked tar sand bitumen binder1980-11-18A process is described for producing metallurgical coke from poor coking coals in which there is combined with the poor coking coals a small amount of an additive consisting of a bitumen residue obtained from hydrocracking of bitumen from tar sands. The residue used is that from vacuum distillation ...
168 Colorful Gilson did more than promote gilsonite1996-03The 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.
169 Combination solvent-noncondensible gas injection method for recovering petroleum from viscous petroleum-containing formations including tar sand deposits1978-08-29Patent; Petroleum; Tar sand deposits; Petroleum recovery; Viscous petroleum-containing formations; Gas injection; Unreactive; Combination solvent-noncondensible gas injection method; BitumenPetroleum may be recovered from viscous petroleum-containing formations including tar sand deposits by injecting into the formation a solvent which is liquid at formation conditions and simultaneously therewith injecting a substance which will remain totally gaseous at the pressure and temperature c...
170 Combined surface and in situ tar sand bitumen production1985-02-19Patent; Combined surface and in situ tar sand bitumen product; In-situ combustion; Tar sand; Unminable tar sand formation; Hydrogen sulfide; H2S; Minable tar; Forward in-situ combustion; Reverse in-situ combustionIn-situ combustion of tar sand formations is improved by introducing into an unminable tar sand formation prior to initiation of in-situ combustion hydrogen sulfide produced from upgrading tar sands from a minable tar sand formation in an area proximate the area of the unminable formation. The strea...
171 Combustion of municipal solid wastes with oil shale in a circulating fluidized bed1996-06-30The 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 ...
172 Commercial oil shale leasing under the energy policy act: An analysis of when, where, and how2008-03-12Oil shale; Oil sands; PEIS; EPA; BLM; FLPMA; RD&D; Research, Demonstration, & Development; Tar sands; Utah; Colorado; WyomingDiscussion of the alternatives for oil shale development outlined in the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Bureau of Land Management.
173 Common conditions for heavy oils1987Heavy oils; Colloidal admixtures; Hydrocarbons; Asphaltenes; Trace metals; Organic residues; Alberta basin; Eastern Venezuela basin; Athabasca; Orinoco; Heavy-oil depositys; Common conditions for heavy oilsField evidence suggests that conditions for the collection and retention of various hydrocarbons exert control over the composition of resident hydrocarbon mixtures. Heavy-oil deposits demonstrate that control very clearly. Heavy oils are essentially colloidal admixtures of hydrocarbons, usually acc...
174 Comparative study of organic rich solids present in Utah and Athabasca oil sands1989organic rich solids; Utah oil sands; Athabasca oil sands; comparative study of oil sandsThe presence of humic matter modifies the hydrophilic character of some oil sand solids surfaces and thereby results in serious problems in bitumen recovery using water-based processes. In the present work the fraction enriched with humic matter was separated from the bulk of Utah oil sand solids, u...
175 Comparing 10 methods for solution verification and linking to model validation2005-03-25Grid convergence; V&V process; Solution Verification; Discretized continuum; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Computational analyses; Discretization; Continuum process; Finite elemental analysesGrid convergence is often assumed as a given during computational analyses involving discretization of an assumed continuum process. In practical use of finite difference and finite element analyses, perfect grid convergence is rarely achieved or assured, and this fact must be addressed to make stat...
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