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Research Investigations in Oil Shale, Tar Sand, Goal Research, Advanced Exploratory Process Technology, and Advanced Fuels Research Volume I -- Base Program: Final Report - October 1986 - September 1993

Smith, Verne E.

University of Wyoming Research Corporation

Section 1 is pages 1-50 and is 3.15MB.

Section 2 is pages 51-101 and is 3.25MB.

Section 3 is pages 102-155 and is 3.20MB.

Table of Contents

 

FOREWORD v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v
DISCLAIMER v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vi
 
OIL SHALE 1
  Kerogen Decomposition 3
Shale Oil Residua for Paving Applications 12
Inorganic Geochemical Characterization of Retorted Oil Shale 15
Organic Characterization of Retorted Oil Shale and Product Water 23
Ion Speciation of Process Waters and Fossil Fuel Leachates 29
Studies on Development of Western Oil Shale 37
Oil Shale References 41
 
TAR SAND 45
  In Situ Combustion Simulation Testing of Tar Sand 45

Validation of Steady-State Operating Conditions for the Recycle Oil Pyrolysis and Extraction (ROPETM) Process

 54
Development of an Inclined Liquid Fluid-Bed Reactor System for Processing Tar Sand 58
An Evaluation of Oil Produced from Asphalt Ridge (Utah) Tar Sand as a Feedstock for the Production of Asphalt and Turbine Fuels 61
Evaluation of the Potential End Use of Oils Produced by the ROPETM Process from California Tar Sand 66
Tar Sand References 71
 
COAL RESEARCH 73
  Groundwater Remediation Activities at the Rocky Mountain 1 Underground Coal Gasification Test Site 75
Groundwater Monitoring at the Rocky Mountain 1 Underground Coal Gasification Test Site 78
Initial Study of Coal Pretreatment and Coprocessing 82
Evaluation of Coal Pretreatment Prior to Coprocessing 85
Investigations into Coal Coprocessing and Coal Liquiefaction 90
Value-Added Coal Products 95
Coal References 97
 
ADVANCED EXPLORATORY PROCESS TECHNOLOGY 99
  The Use of Oil Shale as a Sulfur Sorbent in a Circulating Fluidized-Bed Combustor 101
Treatment of Well-Block Pressures in Reservoir Simulation 104
Thermal Reservoir Modeling 114
Development of the CROWTM Process 116
Steamflood Enhancement in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs 1221
Preliminary Evaluation of a Concept Using Microwave Energy to Improve an Adsorption-Based, Natural Gas Clean-Up Process 126
Advanced Exploratory Process Technology References 130
 
ADVANCED FUELS RESEARCH 133
  Evaluation of Western Shale Oil as a Feedstock for High-Density Aviation Turbine Fuel 135
Evaluation of Processes for the Utilization of Eastern Shale Oil as a Feedstock for High-Density Aviation Trubine Fuel 139
Evaluation of Coal-Derived Liquid as a Feedstock for High-Density Aviation Turbine Fuel 144
Advanced Fuels Research References 149