Oil Shale Research at BYU

Journal Articles

Fletcher, T. H., D. Barfuss, and R. J. Pugmire, “Modeling Light Gas and Tar Yields from Pyrolysis of Green River Oil Shale Demineralized Kerogen Using the CPD Model,” Energy & Fuels, 29, 4921-4926 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01146

Fletcher, T. H., R. Gillis, J. Adams, T. Hall, C. L. Mayne, M. S. Solum, and R. J. Pugmire, “Characterization of Macromolecular Structure Elements from a Green River Oil Shale, II. Characterization of Pyrolysis Products by 13C NMR, GC/MS, and FTIR,” Energy & Fuels, 28, 2959−2970 (2014). dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef500095j

Solum, M. S., C. L. Mayne, A. M. Orendt, R. J. Pugmire, J. Adams, T. H. Fletcher, “Characterization of Macromolecular Structure Elements from a Green River Oil Shale, I. Extracts,” Energy and Fuels, 28, 453-465 (2014). dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef401918u

Hillier, J. L., T. H. Fletcher, M. S. Solum, and R. J. Pugmire, “Characterization of Macromolecular Structure of Pyrolysis Products from a Colorado Green River Oil Shale,” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 52, (44), 15522-15532 (2013). dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie402070s

Hillier, J. L. and T. H. Fletcher, “Pyrolysis Kinetics of a Green River Oil Shale Using a Pressurized TGA,” Energy & Fuels, 25, 232-239 (2011).

Book Chapters

Fletcher, T. H., R. J. Pugmire, M. S. Solum, C. L. Mayne, A. M. Orendt, and J. C. Facelli, “Chapter 5: Chemical and Structural Characterization of Oil Shale from the Green River Formation,” in Utah Oil Shale: Science, Technology, and Policy Perspectives, edited by J. Spinti, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 87-117 (2017). ISBN-13: 978-1-4987-2172-1

Fletcher, T. H., R. J. Pugmire, M. S. Solum, C. L. Mayne, “Chapter 6: Oil Shale Pyrolysis Rates and Mechanisms,” in Utah Oil Shale: Science, Technology, and Policy Perspectives, edited by J. Spinti, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 119-156 (2017). ISBN-13: 978-1-4987-2172-1

Presentations

Hillier, J. and T. H. Fletcher, “Kinetics of Kerogen Extracted from Green River Oil Shale Measured at Different Pressures,” oral presentation and poster at the 22nd Annual ACERC Conference, Provo, Utah (February 26-27, 2008).

Hillier, J. and T. H. Fletcher, “An Improved Method for Determination of Kinetic Parameters from Constant Heating Rate TGA Oil Shale Pyrolysis Data,” oral presentation and poster at the 23rd Annual ACERC Conference, Provo, Utah (February 23-24, 2009).

Hillier, J. and T. H. Fletcher, “Kinetics of Kerogen Extracted from Green River Oil Shale Measured at Different Pressures,” presented at the ACS National Meeting, Storch Award presentation session, New Orleans, LA (April, 2008).

Hillier, J. L., J. S. Fletcher, C. Isackson, J. Orgill, and T. H. Fletcher, “An Improved Method for Determination of Kinetic Parameters from Constant Heating Rate TGA Oil Shale Pyrolysis Data,” presented at the ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (March 22-26, 2009).

Fletcher, T. H., A. M. Orendt, J. C. Facelli, M. S. Solum, C. L. Mayne, and M. Deo, “Oil Shale Pyrolysis Kinetics and Product Characterization,” Unconventional Fuels Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (May 15, 2012).

T. H. Fletcher, “Oil Shale 1: Chemical Structure and Pyrolysis,” short course presentation to Statoil, Trondheim, Norway (October 8, 2012).

Pugmire, R. J., T. H. Fletcher, J. Hillier, M. Solum, C. Mayne, and A. Orendt, “Detailed Characterization and Pyrolysis of Shale, Kerogen, Kerogen Chars, Bitumen, and Light Gases from a Green River Oil Shale Core,” presented at the 33rd Oil Shale Symposium, Golden, CO (Oct 14-16, 2013).

Fletcher, T. H., R. Gillis, J. Adams, T. Hall, C. L. Mayne, M. S. Solum, and R. J. Pugmire, “Characterization of Pyrolysis Products from a Utah Green River Oil Shale by 13C NMR, GC/MS, and FTIR,” presented at the 33rd Oil Shale Symposium, Golden, CO (Oct 14-16, 2013).

Fletcher, T. H., D. C. Barfuss, and R. J. Pugmire, “Modeling Oil Shale Pyrolysis using the Chemical Percolation Devolatilization Model,” presented at the 34th Oil Shale Symposium, Golden, CO (October 13-15, 2014).

Fletcher, T. H., J. Hillier, R. Gillis, J. Adams, D. Barfuss, C. L. Mayne, M. S. Solum, R. J. Pugmire, “Oil Shale: Structure and Reactions,” invited seminar, BYU Chemistry Department (January 13, 2015).

Fletcher, T. H., J. Hillier, R. Gillis, J. Adams, D. Barfuss, C. L. Mayne, M. S. Solum, R. J. Pugmire, “Oil Shale: Structure and Reactions,” invited seminar, College of Engineering, University of Alabama Huntsville (January 29, 2015).

Barfuss, D. and T. H. Fletcher, “Modeling Oil Shale Pyrolysis using the Chemical Percolation (CPD) Devolatilization Model,” presented at the ninth annual Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Dixie State University, St. George, Utah (February 27th, 2015).

Fletcher, T. H. and R. J. Pugmire, “Using 13C NMR Chemical Structure Data to Model Oil Shale Pyrolysis for Green River and Estonian Oil Shale,” presented at the 35th Oil Shale Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah (October 5-6, 2015).

Fletcher, T. H., B. Adams, and C. Adams, “The CHESS Process: Environment Friendly, Low Cost Shale Oil Recovery,” presented at the 35th Oil Shale Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah (October 5-6, 2015).

PhD Dissertations

Hillier, J. L., “Pyrolysis Kinetics and Chemical Structure Considerations of a Green River Oil Shale and its Derivatives,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University (April, 2011).