Current Activities
Alternative Energy, Energy Conservation
- Fuel cell research www.members.tripod.com/trungvannguyen/
- Electric motors and batteries www.members.tripod.com/trungvannguyen/
- Energy efficient building design www.saud.ku.edu/mariom/Research-funded.htm
- Biomass utilization
- Wind Power in Kansas (Kansas Energy Information Network) www.kansasenergy.org/ wind.htm
Fossil Energy
- Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery www.kgs.ku.edu/ERC/CO2Pilot
- Linked Energy Systems -- Co-generation, Ethanol Production and CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: Model for Environmentally and Economically Sound Linked Energy Systems www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/Poster/2002/2002-6
- CO2 sequestration – landfill gas, sewage treatment for feedlots www.midcarb.org/
- Polymer gelled systems in IOR
- Hugoton Gas Field Initiative -- www.kgs.ku.edu/Hugoton
- Coal-bed methane www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/publication/2003/ofr2003-28
- Shallow gas storage issues, www.kgs.ku.edu/Hydro/Hutch
- Cost-efficient 3-D seismic modeling www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/publication/2000/ofr84
- Evaluating targets for horizontal drilling www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/publication/OFR99_22/horzdrill.html
Energy Informatics and Technology Transfer
- Kansas Energy Information Network (KEIN), www.kansasenergy.org.
- Broadening base for energy studies between Regents Institutions and Kansas Corporation Commission (funded by KCC Energy Office)
- Facilitating collaborations on development of Wind Energy in Kansas
- MIDCARB -- Midcontinent Interactive Digital Carbon Atlas and Relational DataBase, www.midcarb.org/
- GEMINI – Geo-engineering Modeling through INternet Informatics, www.kgs.ku.edu/Gemini/index.html
- North Midcontinent PTTC, www.nmcpttc.org
Energy Summary & Policy
- Collaborate on development and dissemination of Kansas Energy Plan 2003 -- www.kansasenergy.org/2003EnergyPlan.pdf
- Participation in Senator Roberts Energy Task Force
- Kansas Oil and Gas Production Forecasts in 2002 -- www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/publication/2002/ofr2002-57/ofr2002-57.pdf
- Kansas Energy Abstract 2003
Ks Geological Survey Technical Series 18, Scott White, ERC, co-compiler
August 2003
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