|
<br />.., .
<br />.:',,:; Three pipes, no baggies mark alI-UtahAquatrain ~:~~s;:[n~~~~~~:;rl~~~,':;:';;\~~~
<br />; sornetimescalled soda.ash. from mines
<br />(. '.~ Continued /rom page 1 $m2iooght '!lll~nt b~_~~nd h$.l50 mhilliond.o~ have a separate saline water pipeline. in Wyoming. We looked at potash from
<br />l-.J Systems Inc.) has spent $300 million. rnl Ion i:l..'it:Uon t Ismuc stu y. a separate carbon dioxide slurry line Moab and phosphate materials,"
<br />., Many think we are farther ahead in "Baggies" dropped and a carbon dioxide return line. Asked about the proposed Chevron
<br />(.. \ solving our institutional problems "We dropped the baggie idea," said Using only one line and shutting it phosphate pipeline from Wyoming
<br />C., than they are after spending all that McKeever. referring to earlier plans to down periodically to send a slug load of into Utah, McKeever said, "They
<br />money." saline water increases the risk of should look at our system or a system
<br />Three years to prove it - 110 SAICW- .Jill aaDOla corrosion and erosion and increases like ours. They are very close to the
<br />"We have three years to prove it or II\lf~ 1'OW'E1l'lAf(T the risks at the start and end points. route of Aquatrain."
<br />abandon it," said Clinton. "That man. COJ -6"""t "If carbon- dioxide gets above' 88'. The water path. ,
<br />date comes from the market window. I ,"""" I U'\_ degrees Fahrenheit, it is always a gas, Discussing the all-Utah. 'system.
<br />We have to move saltwater and coal by but if we pressurize it to about 1000..... Clinton said, "The rights on the San
<br />the late 1980s. The cost of environ. ="':o~E':. I" "ICE-U.N r pounds per square inch and the pi~ ~Rafael and Price rivers are unappro-
<br />mental studies and corridor selection r+:!.4 IAFAflIMU- line stays at ground temperature, priated_ 'We have not flied, but there
<br />is being shared by W.R. Grace and the ' \ 'It - rv; which we think is about 60 or 70 appear to be no intevening users. We
<br />bureau with the bureau providing a (".. '6---' GLENWOOD- degrees Fahrenheit, it becomes a plan to work entirely through the state
<br />: EMEIY DOTSUO
<br />49 percent contribution. We have $1.8 _\ ~ ~"nPlAHT : WINGS .liquid. The pipeline would have to appropriations system.
<br />billion budgeted over fiscal 1983, 1984 (VlIGlN L ~ ....'1' contain this pressure. "When the water gets to IP? it will
<br />and 1985 for planning, but Reelama. I llVEI __ n~ "As an example, we might have a 30. be 90 percent consumed byevapor-
<br />tion will not participate in the capital 6..d1 _ SOU2W: Ml.IN! ."Tn - inch waterline, a 16-inch coal slurry ation in the cooling process, The re-
<br />~, COAL 4t-
<br />costs," HAllY CAIION DlOXIDt CO! line and a 12-inch carbon dioxide maining'lO percent will be wasted to
<br />McKeever says the objectives of the AUfIIl JOOA.ullmONAiiOii~ return line. If we provide w&ter for the ponds on the Sevier Dry Lake bed.
<br />program are to advance the salinity I,.OI'OUDI ~N':"~~~.I~~~~LIIIJ 6 IP? cooling loop, we might need a. 42- Using binary cooling towers (towers
<br />program and to provide a cost-effective inch waterline." where processing and cooling. waters
<br />transportation system at the same Aquatrain: Shortline plan.ned/or UtaA. "This works better because we move are separated by a sheet of mylar
<br />time. "Six hundred thousand acre feet put coal in large plastic bags to move three times the volume of coal only one- which transfers the heat) the final dis-
<br />of saline water enter the Colorado. downitream inside a large saline- third the distance," adds Clinton. "In solved solids will be about 120.000
<br />River each year. Our goal is to dispose water pipe, "and we are probably con- the old 'concept. we had a 36-inch line parts per million. We spoke with (State
<br />of half of it by 2010 and move some sidering three lines instead of one. with water moving at five feet per Engineer) Dee Hansen. Dee feels the
<br />coal. Right now it looks strongly in "They had trouble in Canada with second. The new idea has 25 percent exchanges proposed are within state
<br />favor of a pipeline with liquid carbon the bags tumbling. To prevent this, the carbon dioxide and 75 percent put- law and he is willing to effectuate the
<br />dioxide as the carrying medium. That bags have to be eight-tenths the dia- veri zed coal moving at 15 to 20 feet per exchanges necessary,"
<br />is what our pilot studies from Arthur meter of the pipe and the pipe has to second in the same size pipe. Instead of "We have targeted power plants
<br />D. Little Co. are telling us," have the same diameter from end to delivering 15 million tons of coal each along the way," said McKeever. "We
<br />Arthur D. Little Co., a Cambridge, end. You need a constant flow of saline year, we deliver 88 tons at full opera- will meet shortly with (Utah Power &
<br />Mass. consulting firm. and W.R. Grace water to make it work. We found that tion. When we get to the other end, the LigHt Co. Vice.president of Engineer~'
<br />& Co. share equally the patents on about half the'horsepower we. needed coal. and. carbon dioxide separate 98 ing) Frank Davis to see if we can work
<br />liquid carbon dioxide coal slurry- was going to move the weight of all percent using just gravity.~ out something for the Hunter plant in
<br />systems. "From the verbal reports we that water. We don't have those MeKeever added. "We could. baul Emery County. We have met privately
<br />have received from ADL, it looks like problems with carbon dioxide." things besides coal, althougl). we don't with Consolidated Coal, Getty, Coastal,
<br />carbon dioxide is the way to go to move Three pipea have pilot studies yet. One Utah con- Tower Resources and Mountain States
<br />the coal," said McKeever. "Vou wouldn't "The lowest risk comes from having cern- I won't name has asked us to move Resources as well as some others."
<br />want to spend $1 billion on it, but you three pipes," said McKeever:-'''You'. various clay products. We putthem on Contin~~.J!age S
<br />
<br />Pa~.i Utah WaterliM MaJlll. 1988
<br />.
<br />
<br />
<br />'"-'-"-..--"'- --;---
<br />
<br />..
<br />
<br />-',,;"
<br />
<br />,
<br />
<br /><..,.
<br />
<br />,
<br />
<br />A Perfect Match!
<br />WleAT, SeGOc,'
<br />and' YOU
<br />
<br />'.~-, .-...
<br />";.-: '. ~--
<br />
<br />~ ~.... ~.'-
<br />
<br />UINTEX consulting engineers will match your computer
<br />needs to affordable, dependable and up-to-dote
<br />WlCAT multl.user computer systems (16/32 bit) and
<br />SEGO workstotlon softwore-and help you get the
<br />most out of them:
<br />
<br />WI CAT /SEGO helps you with:
<br />
<br />Water Resources (A UINTEX speclolty)-
<br />surfacewater, groundwater, habitat simulation,
<br />'HEes, floOd routing and much more.
<br />Turnkey Automated Drafting System
<br />Business Systems-Accounting, payroll,
<br />order entry, word processing. office routines.
<br />Or, UINTEX engineers will design sonware for your individual needs.
<br />
<br />UINTEX also provides professional 24-hour or same
<br />day service, plus several hardware and software
<br />support plans.
<br />
<br />Call UINTEX today for free consultation and demonstrations.
<br />
<br />
<br />HYDIIOLOGY / GEOHYDROLOGY WICAT SYSTEMS / SEGO SOflWARE
<br />4S68 Highland Drive. No, 240 Salt Lake City. Ulah 84117 (801) 272-5230
<br />
|