| Description |
1 online resource (431 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Plates; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I -- COAL; Chapter 1 -- Nature of the Resource; Coal: Characteristics and Classifications; America's Coal Deposits; Colorado's Coal Deposits; Chapter 2 -- Exploration Overview; Chapter 3 -- Recovery Methods; Surface Mining; Underground Mining; Chapter 4 -- Coal Cleaning; Chapter 5 -- Commercial Development Considerations; Leasing of Coal Lands; Permit System; Capital and Operating Costs; Financial Factors; Market Considerations; Taxes |
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Labor Unions and ProductivityReclamation Costs; Chapter 6 -- Environmental Considerations; Environmental Legislation; Environmental Planning; Environmental Problems; Mining and Reclamation; Beneficiation; Burning; Sulfur; Air Pollution Emission Controls; Conversion; Solvent Refined Coal; Water Availability and Use; Other Environmental Impacts; Summary of Environmental Problems; Chapter 7 -- Colorado Coal: Importance and Impact; Production and Use; Transportation; Unit Trains; Slurry Pipelines; Contrasts -- Pipelines vs. Railroads; On-Site Electric Power Generation; Synfuels; Water Use |
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Transportation Policy IssuesEmployment, Manpower and Training; Socio-Economic Impacts; Mining Safety; Chapter 8 -- Technological Factors Affecting Coal Use; Power Generation; Energy Conversion Efficiencies; Water Use; Typical Coal-Fired Power Plant; Coal Gasification and Liquefaction; Gasification; Liquefaction; Methanol; Chapter 9 -- Coal Production Constraints; Economic Factors; Technological Factors; Environmental Factors; Socio-Economic Factors; Regulatory Factors; Chapter 10 -- The Future: Observations and Concerns; References: Coal; Appendix A -- Coal Mines in Colorado; Part II -- OIL SHALE |
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Chapter 11 -- Nature of the ResourceOil Shale: Physical Description and Characteristics; America's Shale Deposits; Colorado's Oil Shale Deposits; Water Requirements and Uses; Chapter 12 -- Oil Shale Mining; Open-Pit Mining; Surface Disturbances; Underground Mining; Factors for an Underground System; Chapter 13 -- Shale Oil Processing; Surface Retorting; Types of Retorts; In-Situ Retorting; Permeability; Heating; Modified In-Situ Retorting; Current Sites in Operation and Assessment of Trends; Federal Tracts W-a and W-b; Federal Tracts U-a and U-b; Federal Tract C-a; Federal Tract C-b |
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Anvil Points Oil Shale Research CenterColony Property; D.A. Shale Property; Union Oil Property; Western Oil Shale Company; Sand Wash Unit; Talley -- Frac; Geokinetics; Superior Oil Company; Equity Oil In-Situ; DOE Modified In-Situ Experimental; Additional Possibilities; Scale of Operations; Product Recovery; Shale Oil Properties; The Upgrading Process; Shale Oil Refining; Chapter 14 -- Commercial Development Consideration; Leasing of Oil Shale Lands; Permit System; Capital and Operating Costs; Financial Factors; Economic Uncertainties; Taxes; Financing and Risk |
| Notes |
Reclamation and Environmental Costs |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Power resources -- Colorado
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Power resources
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Colorado
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429707421 |
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0429707428 |
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