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151 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: October 1, 2010 to December 31, 20102011-01-31domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; LES; DQMOM approach; oxy-coal flames; coalThe University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug...
152 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: July 1, 2010 to September 30, 20102010-10-01domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; Oxycoal; OFC; coalThe University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug...
153 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: April 1, 2010 to June 30, 20102010-08-01domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; DQMOM approachThe University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug...
154 Petrographic criteria for recognition of lacustrine and fluvial sandstone, P.R. Spring oil-impregnated sandstone area, southeast Uinta Basin, Utah1971-06oil; lacustrine sandstone; fluvial sandstone; Petrographic criteriaReserve estimates indicate about 3.7 billion barrels of oil in place in the P. R. Spring area, most of which is in lacustrine sandstone of the Garden Gulch and Parachute Creek members of the Green River Formation (Eocene). Fluvial sandstone bodies in the Wasatch Formation (Paleocene-Eocene) produce ...
155 Phase 2: Clean and secure energy from coal: Quarterly progress report: October 1, 2009 to December 31, 20092010-01-30domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; oxy-coal flames; coal gasification processThe University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug...
156 Petrologic aspects of some bitumen-bearing sandstones from Sunnyside, Utah1986bitumen sandstones; Ecocene rocksSandstones from the bitumen deposit near Sunnyside, Utah, exhibit many diagenetic modifications that should be considered in any attempt to recover the bitumen. The sandstones generally are subfeldspathic to feldspathic arenites, with varying amounts of carbonate lithic fragments. Detrital feldspars...
157 Modeling study of carbonate decomposition in LLNL's 4TU pilot oil shale retort1994-10-144 tonne-per-day oil shale Pilot Retort; 4TU-Pilot; Carbonate decomposition; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) 4 tonne-per-day oil shale Pilot Retort (4TU-Pilot) has been modeled to study the degree of carbonate decomposition occurring in the process. The modeling uses a simplified version of the processes occurring in the retort to allow parametric studies to ...
158 Policy analysis of water availability and use issues for domestic oil shale and oil sands development: Topical Report: October 1, 2009 to March 31, 20102010-03oil shale/sands resources; energy source; unconventional fuels; water demands; water availability; domestic oil shale/sands development; topical reportOil shale and oil sands resources located within the intermountain west represent a vast, and as of yet, commercially untapped source of energy. Development will require water, and demand for scarce water resources stands at the front of a long list of barriers to commercialization. Water requiremen...
159 Policy analysis of produced water issues associated with in-situ thermal technologies: Topical report: October 1, 2009 to December 31, 20102011-01topical report; produced water issues; in situ thermal technologies; oil shale/sands; water rights; domestic energy sourceCommercial scale oil shale and oil sands development will require water, the amount of which will depend on the technologies adopted and the scale of development that occurs. Water in oil shale and oil sands country is already in scarce supply, and because of the arid nature of the region and limita...
160 Petroleum technology advances through applied research by independent oil producers2000-01petroleum technology; independant oil producers; National Oil Research Program"Petroleum Technology Advances Through Applied Research by Independent Oil Producers" is a program of the National Oil Research Program, U.S. Department of Energy. Between 1995 and 1998, the program competitively selected and costs shared twenty-two projects with small producers. The purpose was to ...
161 P. R. spring oil-impregnated sandstone deposit Uintah and Grand Counties, Utah1970-02oil-impregnated sandstone beds; oil impregnation; oil shale; lenticular sandstones; siltstonesOil-impregnated sandstone beds underlie at least 214 square miles in the southeastern Uinta Basin and may extend northward beneath cover. One to as many as five principal saturated zones, 3 to 75 feet thick, occur in a 250-foot interval that dips gently northward. The northernmost outcrops are overl...
162 Paraho oil shale module: Design plan for demonstration of a surface oil shale retorting module1981-10oil shale; plant performance; minesA critical item in the demonstration plant is one that has a notable impact on plant performance. Generally, these items have required that decisions be made throughout the course of the Phase I work to facilitate design work and preparation of estimates. The approach taken in each case represents t...
163 Palynology and petrography of some solid bitumens of the Uinta Basin, Utah1976-07bitumen; petrologic character; palyonogic content; plant material found in bitumenSeveral solid bitumens and bituminous substances of the Uinta Basin found in veins, brecciated fissures, cracks, joints, and porous rocks have been examined for petrologic character and palynologic content. Some samples of solid ozocerite, a native wax, intercalated in the matrix of brecciated zones...
164 Oxidized oil shale for removal of nitrogen oxides in combustion gas streams1993-01-15oxidized oil shale; hot recycled solids; HRS; oil shale retorting; removing nitrogen oxidesOxidized oil shale from the combustor in the LLNL Hot-Recycled-Solids (HRS) oil shale retorting process has been found to be catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides from laboratory gas streams using NH3 as a reductant. Oxidized Green River oil shale heated at 10°C/min in an Ar/02/NO/NH3 mixture (~ 93...
165 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Apr 1986)1986-04ammonia evolution; triple quadruple mass spectrometer; biomaker identification; oil shale; ammonia emissionsI. Ammonia Evolution. II. Development of the Use of a Triple Quadruple Mass Spectrometer as an On-Line Ammonia Monitor. III. Biomarker Identification by TQMS Improved by Artificial-Intelligence Tuning, IV. Products from Contact of Oil Shale with Reactive Gases.
166 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Nov 1984)1984-11retort modeling; oil shale; sulfur containing gases; TQMS; recycle gasI. Retort Modeling. II. Sulfur Containing Gases by Triple Quadruple Mass Spectrometer (TQMS), both Grab and On-Line Analysis. III. Visitors.
167 Mineralogy of oil shale in the upper part of Parachute Creek member of the Green River Formation in the Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah1976Parachute Creek; Green River Formation; Uinta Basin; Utah; X-ray diffraction; Oil shale; Curly bed; Wavy bed tuffs; Mahogany zone; Naval Oil Shale Reserve No. 2; Federal Prototype Oil Shale Leas Tract Ua; Smectite; MineralogyThe relative abundance and distribution of major and minor minerals have been determined by X-ray diffraction for samples of Green River Formation oil shale in three drill cores from the eastern part of the Uinta Basin, Utah. The samples in each core are from the same rock stratigraphic interval bet...
168 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Jun 1982)1982-06-04oil shale; retorted shale; retort modeling; oil hold up; fluidized-bed pyrolysis; saline zone oil shale; recycle chemistryI. Fluidized-bed Combustion of Retorted Shale. II. Retort Modeling. III. Oil Holdup. IV. Fluidized-bed Pyrolysis. V. Saline Zone Oil Shale. VI. Biological Markers for Retort Diagnostics. VII. Recycle Chemistry. VIII. The Application of Triple Quadruple MS/MS (TQMS) to the Determination of Trace Sulp...
169 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Jun 1984)1984-06oil shale processing; solids-recycle retort system; sulfur gas analysis; oil shale; sulfur and nitrogen in oil shale; above ground retortingI. Sulfur and Nitrogen in Oil Shale Processing. II Initial Operation of the Solids-Recycle Retort System. III. Sulfur Gas Analysis by Triple Quadruple Mass Spectrometry. IV. Retort Modeling. V. Publications and Presentations. VI. Visitors.
170 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Feb 1985)1985-02retort modeling; Retort Oil Collection System; pyrolysis gas; oxidized oil shale; oil shaleI. Retort Modeling. II.Toulene to be Used in Retort Oil Collection System. III. Sulfur Species in Pyrolysis Gas by Triple Quadruple Mass Spectrometry. IV. Rate of Reaction of Oxidized Oil Shale with Hydrogen Sulfide. V. Visitors.
171 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Oct 1986)1986-10chemical reaction modeling; carbonate decomposition; oil shale; retorting processI. Carbonate Decomposition Reaction Scheme and Kinetics. II. Chemical Reaction Modeling.
172 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Jun 1987)1987-06isomerization of alkenes; shale oil by kaolinite; oil shale enthalpy relations; fluid-bed pyrolzer; retorting; oil shaleI. Isomerization of Alkenes in the Shale Oil by Kaolinite. II. Oil Shale Enthalpy Relations. III. Simulation of Fluid-bed Pyrolzer/Lift-pipe Combustor Retort. IV. Yields from the Cross-swept, Packed-bed Pyrolzer Depend on Sweep, Run Conditions, and Shale Type
173 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Mar 1987)1987-03n-Butane pyrolysis; Ammonia from pyrolysis; Devonian oil shale; oil shale; dustI. Dust. II. Pyrolysis of n-Butane. Ammonia from Pyrolysis of Devonian Oil Shale.
174 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale (Oct 1988)1988-10Pyrolzer reactions; oil shale; pyrite decomposition; Green River Formation oil shale; water vapor concentrations in oil shaleI. Secondary Reactions in the Pyrolzer, H2S Release from Devonian Oil Shale. II. Pyrite Decomposition in Oil Shale. III. More on Organic/Inorganic Nitrogen in Green River Formation Oil Shale. IV. Fast and Accurate Measurements of Water Vapor Concentrations. V. References.
175 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale project (Nov 1981)1981-11-02gas-combustion retort system; flowsheet data; retort modelA preliminary process flowsheet for a commercial-size, aboveground, countercurrent, gas-combustion retort system has been developed. Flowsheet data are based on an overall mass and energy balance code which uses the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory one-dimensional retort model in conjunction w...
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