Underground coal conversion program. Volume III. Resources

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6682177

This volume identifies, characterizes, and quantifies United States coal resources that are of possible interest for underground coal gasification (UCG). The material presented can be used as a starting point for identifying candidate site areas, but it is not sufficiently detailed to be useful in the selection of specific sites. Section 1.0, the introduction, discusses geological and other factors affecting UCG site selection. It also explains why coal rank, seam thickness, and seam depth were selected as the preliminary screening criteria used to define UCG resources. Section 2.0 discusses eastern United States coal resources for UCG, and Section 3.0 discusses western states resources. Each state's resources that meet the preliminary screening criteria are discussed, with available tonnage estimates, chemical analyses, and information on depth, location, and thickness being included. Other data of possible use in evaluating resource suitability for UCG are also provided, and a subjective evaluation of each resource's potential suitability is made.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Oil, Gas, Shale and In Situ Technology
• OSTI ID: 6682177
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET-0008/3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010404* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Gasification
ASHES
BITUMINOUS COAL
BLACK COAL
BROWN COAL
CALORIFIC VALUE
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
COAL
COAL DEPOSITS
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL RANK
COAL RESERVES
COAL SEAMS
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
DEPTH
DIMENSIONS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASIFICATION
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGY
IN-SITU GASIFICATION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
KINETICS
LIGNITE
NORTH AMERICA
OVERBURDEN
PERMEABILITY
PROCESSING
REACTION KINETICS
RESERVES
RESIDUES
RESOURCE POTENTIAL
RESOURCES
SITE SELECTION
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THICKNESS
TRACE AMOUNTS
USA