Three-dimensional structure of the siskin green river oil shale kerogen model: A comparison between calculated and observed properties

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 702-710

  Orendt, Anita M ^a   Pimienta, Ian S O ^a,c   Badu, Shyam R ^a   Solum, Mark S ^a   Pugmire, Ronald J ^a   Facelli, Julio C ^a,b   Locke, Darren R ^d   Chapman, Karena W ^d   Chupas, Peter J ^d   Winans, Randall E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; 3-D MODELING; 3D MODELS; AB INITIO; ATOMIC PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GENERAL METHODOLOGIES; GREEN RIVER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURAL MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) STRUCTURE;

CALCULATIONS; KEROGEN; MODEL STRUCTURES; RIVERS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84874132270     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef3017046     Document Type: Article

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