Transfer of oil shale research data into the Morgantown Energy Technology Center data base

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5696908· OSTI ID:5696908

Merriam, N. W.

The US Department of Energy (DOE), Morgantown Energy Technology Center constructed a fossil energy research data base to make data readily available to the public, to avoid duplication of research, to guide future research, and to reduce costs of future research. Western Research Institute (WRI) was awarded a contract to put data from work done prior to 1983 into the data base. Most of the data that WRI transferred to DOE on magnetic tape was oil shale data because the underground coal gasification (UCG) data base was not ready to receive data until late in the contract period. The high cost of processing data in the manner specified prevented all of the highly ranked data from being transferred with available funding. One hundred and ten sets of data were transferred to DOE on magnetic tape: ninety-three sets of oil shale data and two sets of UCG data to the test data data base, and fifteen sets of oil shale data including assay, mineralogy, and lithology data from 12,907 samples using 7,972,404 computer words to the resource extraction data base. Two thousand and seventy sets of data were microfiched and transferred to DOE; these included 1111 sets of oil shale data, 211 sets of tar sands data, 195 sets of UCG data, and 216 sets of environmental data. Three recommendations are made for reducing the cost of transferring data into the data base: (1) eliminate the use of data input forms, (2) eliminate the waiting time between responses from the computer, and (3) keep the data base updated. 3 refs., 1 fig., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Western Research Inst., Laramie, WY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-85LC11054
• OSTI ID: 5696908
• Report Number(s): DOE/LC/11054-2444; ON: DE88004698
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
BITUMENS
DATA
COAL GASIFICATION
MORGANTOWN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
OIL SHALES
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA FORMS
DATA PROCESSING
IN-SITU GASIFICATION
INFORMATION
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
LITHOLOGY
MINERALOGY
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RECOMMENDATIONS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASIFICATION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
TAR
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
040000* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands
990300 - Information Handling