LLL in situ coal gasification program. Quarterly progress report, January--March 1977. [16 refs]

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:7211530

Thompson, D S; Madsen, S K ^[1]

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1. eds.

During the second quarter of FY 1977, plans for a second major in situ gasification experiment at the Hoe Creek, Wyoming site were made. To increase understanding of the potential environmental effects of underground coal gasification, water from wells drilled at and around the site of Hoe Creek Experiment No. 1 was sampled. Contracts were granted for the development of a shaped charge that may be used to establish a permeable channel between production and injection wells. Attempts were also made to increase the accuracy of methods of predicting permeability enhancement caused by high explosives. The model of the gasification process was further refined this quarter. Considerable attention was devoted to newly available reports on Soviet-bloc underground coal gasification experiments.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7211530
• Report Number(s): UCRL-50026-77-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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