Underground coal gasification: environmental update

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5967751

Dockter, L; Mcternan, E M

To evaluate the potential for ground water contamination by underground coal gasification, extensive postburn groundwater monitoring programs are being continued at two test sites in Wyoming. An overview of the environmental concerns related to UCG and some results to date on the two field sites are presented in this report.

• OSTI ID: 5967751
• Report Number(s): CONF-841121-
• Resource Relation: Conference: AIChE annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 25 Nov 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
GROUND WATER
MONITORING
IN-SITU GASIFICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
COAL GASIFICATION
FIELD TESTS
WATER POLLUTION
WYOMING
FEDERAL REGION VIII
GASIFICATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
PROCESSING
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
WATER
010404* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Gasification
010900 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Environmental Aspects