Oil shale, tar sand, underground coal gasification, advanced process technology, advanced fuels research. Quarterly technical progress report, April-June 1989.

摘要

Progress made in five research programs is described. The subtasks in the oil shale study include the chemical and physical characterization of oil shales; ROPE process studies; environmental base studies; and miscellaneous basic concepts (unconventional applications, markets for western oil shales, and ground water analyses). The tar sand study consists of the following: resource characterization and ROPE process development, mathematical modeling, product characterization, kinetics, and environmental impact assessment. Three tasks are described in the study of underground coal gasification: Rocky Mountain 1 support; site environmental evaluation; and Hanna and Hoe Creek restoration. Advanced process technology studies are investigating heavy oil, shale, and tar sand extraction and conversion processes, coal drying concepts, and concepts for the mitigation of environmental impacts from processing. Advanced fuels research include: characterization studies and the processing of coal liquids and shale oils by thermal and non-thermal methods. Studies have been indexed separately for inclusion on the data base. (CK)