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THIS RESEARCH WILL EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES AND RESULT IN THE DESIGN OF AN ACOUSTIC ENERGY GENERATOR FOR GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION IN INACCESSIBLE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THIS EFFORT WILL DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE OF ACOUSTIC SIGNAL REQUIRED AND WILL DEVELOP A TECHNIQUE FOR COUPLING THE SIGNAL GENERATOR TO THE EARTH. THE COUPLING TECHNIQUE WILL EXAMINE FORCES OTHER THAN GRAVITY TO ENSURE THAT THE SIGNAL ...

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THE COALBEDS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA CONTAIN OVER 1.6 BILLION TONS OF COAL RESERVES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SULFUR CONTENT, MARKETING OPPORTUNTIES AS A BOILER FUEL ARE LIMITED. IN THE SAME AREA THERE ARE OVER 100 SAWMILLS WHICH PRODUCE LARGE QUANITITIES OF SAWDUST AND OTHER WOOD WASTES. MOST OF THIS LARGE, RENEWABLE WOOD WASTE RESOURCE IS NOT USED IN ANY BY-PRODUCT RECOVERY OPERATION AND ...

IN ORDER TO RECOVER THE OVER 500 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL THAT CANNOT CURRENTLY BE RECOVERED BY CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DEVELOP MORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, ECO NOMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) METHODS. ONE KEY PROBLEM IS THERAPID, EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL CLEANUP OF PROCESS WATER FORREUSE OR DISPOSAL. SUCH PROCESS WATERS ARE OFTEN CONTAMINATE ...

IN MANY FLUID INJECTION PROCESSES USED FOR OIL RECOVERY, SUCH AS WATERFLOODING, THE INJECTED FLUIDS FLOW PREFERENTIALLY THROUGH THE ROCK ZONES OF HIGH FLOW CAPACITY (HIGH PERMEABILITY), BYPASSING OIL THAT IS PRESENT IN THE TIGHTER PARTS OF THE RESERVOIR ROCK. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH WATER-TO-OIL-PRODUCING RATIOS AND ABANDONMENT OF A PROJECT AT A RELATIVELY LOW VOLUMETRIC SWEEP EFFICIENCY. ONE APPR ...

ACTIVATED CARBON IS FREQUENTLY USED TO ABSORB ORGANIC MATERIALS FROM AIR AND WATER IN MANY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS. IN PARTICULAR, ACTIVATED CARBON IS USED TO ABSORB VOLATILE ORGANICS FROM THE EXHAUST AIR IN THE PRINTING AND PAINTING INDUSTRIES. A NECESSARY PART OF SUCH OPERATIONS IS THE REGENERATION OF THE ACTIVATED CARBON WITH SIMULTANEOUS RECOVERY OF THE ORGANIC MATERIAL, WHICH IS GENERALLY VERY ...

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NATURAL MICROBIAL LEACHING OF TOXIC HEAVY METALS FROM URANIUM AND OTHER MINE TAILINGS IS A PROCESS THAT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITHOUT GREAT EXPENSE. THE REMOVAL OF LEACHED CATIONIC HEAVY METALS FROM WATERS ORIGINATING AT THESE MINE TAILINGS COULD HELP PREVENT THE CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER, LAKES, AND STREAMS BY THESE TOXIC ELEMENTS. THESE METALS ALL BIND COVALENTLY TO THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED, ...

THE UNITED STATES HAS A LARGE NATURAL RESOURCE OF HEAVY OIL DEPOSITS RANGING FROM 85 TO 100 BILLION BARRELS. THE LARGEST OF THESE ARE IN CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA. TODAY OVER 80 PERCENT OF THE OIL FROM ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) RESULTS FROM STEAMFLOODING TECHNIQUES IN THESE LOW GRAVITY, HIGH VISCOSITY, OILCONTAINING RESERVOIRS. MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS ARE IN CALIFORNIA. THEY USE BOTH THE CON ...

INDEPENDENTS IN THE MID-CONTINENT AREA INCLUDING OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS, NEED A NEW AND NOVEL WATER SOLUBLE POLYMER FOR INDEPTH MOBILITY CONTROL IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) PROCESSES AT INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES OF 165 TO 200 FAHRENHEIT. PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDES AND NATURAL POLYMERS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN THE PRODUCTS USED IN THIS REGION. AND IN ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE EARLIER EOR PROJE ...