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Subtask 1.11 -- Spectroscopic field screening of hazardous waste and toxic...
Techniques for the field characterization of soil contamination due to spillage of hazardous waste or toxic chemicals are time-consuming and expensive. Thus more economical,... -
High-temperature pyrolysis mechanisms of coal model compounds
The degradation of the carboxylic acid group has been examined with respect to potential pretreatment strategies for fossil fuel conversion processes. In one potential... -
Fuel cells: Technology status report
This report documents the status of the US Department of Energy's Fuel Cells Program as of the end of FY 86. The report consists of (1) an overview of the Fuel Cells Program... -
Rapid pyrolysis with steam stabilization: Final report
This report describes the experimental and theoretical results of a study of rapid coal pyrolysis with steam stabilization. Avco's moderately large scale facility approaching... -
Advanced byproduct recovery: Direct catalytic reduction of sulfur dioxide to...
The team of Arthur D. Little, Tufts University and Engelhard Corporation are conducting Phase 1 of a four and a half year, two-phase effort to develop and scale-up an advanced... -
The Coal Tech Advanced Cyclone Combustor Demonstration Project: A DOE assessment
The objective of this project was to demonstrate a technology for retrofitting oil/gas designed boilers, and conventional pulverized coal-fired boilers, by using the patented... -
A novel geotechnical/geostatistical approach for exploration and production...
This paper is a status report on modeling gas flow and water production from coal reservoir systems in Alaska. No new activities under this task other than paperwork processes... -
Pennsylvania Spatial Data: Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for...
From the site: "This data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The... -
HIGH EFFICIENCY FOSSIL POWER PLANT (HEFPP) CONCEPTUALIZATION PROGRAM
This study confirms the feasibility of a natural gas fueled, 20 MW M-C Power integrated pressurized molten carbonate fuel cell combined in a topping cycle with a gas turbine... -
Naturally fractured tight gas reservoir detection optimization. Quarterly...
The geologic assessment of the Piceance Basin is progressing as originally planned. Considerable effort has been expended initially to organize logistics associated with the... -
Synthetic fuels from US oil shales: a technical and economic verification...
The objective is to fully demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of the HYTORT process as it applies to both Eocene and Devonian shales. Achievement of this... -
Eastern Gas Shales Project. Quarterly report, July 1--September 30, 1977
Progress on work tasks under twenty-one resource contracts, and thirteen technology contracts is summarized. Results are presented of work in tasks on physical characterization,... -
Advanced Reservoir Characterization and Evaluation of CO{sub 2} Gravity...
The overall goal of this project is to assess the economic feasibility of CO{sub 2} flooding the naturally fractured Spraberry Trend Area in West Texas. This objective is being... -
Marcellus and other Devonian Shales
Map layers associated with the Marcellus Shale in the interactive mapping system include various Onondaga map layers. This is confusing to many users--i.e., why don't we use... -
Characterization of solid wastes from conventional coal combustion processes
The program objective is to establish a data base that will assist in the evaluation of potential hazards of disposing solid wastes from fossil energy power plants. Twenty-four... -
Recycle of contaminated scrap metal, Volume 2. Semi-annual report, September...
Catalytic Extraction Processing (CEP) has been demonstrated to be a robust, one-step process that is relatively insensitive to wide variations in waste composition and is... -
Final report of special geological, geochemical, and petrological studies of...
The purpose of this study was to describe the geology, petrology, lithology, sedimentology, and stratigraphy of the Devonian Shales in the Appalachian Basin in order to... -
Microbial enhanced waterflooding Mink Unit and Phoenix field pilots. Final report
To determine the feasibility of improving oil recovery and the economics of microbial enhanced waterflooding in mature oil wells in the United States, two field pilots have been... -
ISO 14000 information platform. Quarterly report, January 1--March 31, 1998
GETE, through its ISO 14000 Information Platform, globeNet{trademark} (www.iso14000.net), seeks to provide FETC and the US Department of Energy (DOE) with a timely, accurate,... -
Decontamination systems information and research program -- Literature...
The US Department of Energy is responsible for approximately 3,000 sites in which contaminants such as carbon tetrachloride, trichlorethylene, perchlorethylene, non-volatile and...