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Residential wood-combustion-equipment standards and testing workshop

Description: Explored are concerns related to proper safety, acceptable practices, and consumer protection as related to woodburning. Issues relating to safety and efficiency testing are discussed and the implications of these programs for the manufacturer, dealer and distributor are related. Also, consumer related problems regarding truth in advertising, product safety, building codes and standards, and insurance implications are dealt with. (LEW)
Date: December 1, 1980
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Experimental determimation of Compton scattering from pyrolytic graphite and glass-like carbons

Description: In pyrolytic graphite, PG, the X-ray scattering from a Bragg reflection is all Compton modified radiation. A comparison of direct measurements shows that the Compton fraction in the scattering from disordered carbons, e.g., glassy carbon, can be calculated from measurements on PG and the adsorption coefficient of the disordered carbon.
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Henry, L.G. & Bragg, R.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Edison's Geothermal Program - 1980 Update

Description: In 1975, negotiations were initiated with two major resource developers toward initiating power plant projects at three of the Imperial Valley resource areas, Brawley, Salton Sea and Heber. The projects at Brawley and Salton Sea are substantially different from that at Heber in objective, size and design. The reasons for these differences are related to the different nature of the geothermal brines and to different operating philosophies of the resource developers involved. The projects at Braw… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Crane, George K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proceedings: special panel on geothermal model intercomparison study

Description: Separate abstracts were prepared for five papers. Two papers were abstracted previously for EDB. Five panel responses to the project, three workshop session summaries, and conclusions drawn are also included in this report. (MHR)
Date: December 17, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Formation of hydrocarbons by bacteria and algae

Description: A literature review has been performed summarizing studies on hydrocarbon synthesis by microorganisms. Certain algal and bacterial species produce hydrocarbons in large quantities, 70 to 80% of dry cell mass, when in a controlled environment. The nutritional requirements of these organisms are simple: CO/sub 2/ and mineral salts. The studies were initiated to determine whether or not microorganisms played a role in petroleum formation. 90 references. (DMC)
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Tornabene, T.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Relative radiation sensitivity of insulators, stabilizers, and superconductors

Description: The operating conditions of the magnets including temperature and radiation fields are discussed. Comments were made on the nuclear heating. Components of the magnet system, including the materials used, the important properties, the atomic structure, the damage mechanism, and the effects of room temperature warmup are described. Some failure criteria for the various components are suggested. Available data concerning radiation effects on each component are discussed. Their radiation sensitivit… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Van Konynenburg, R.A. & Guinan, M.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Neutron streaming analysis for shield design of FMIT Facility

Description: Applications of the Monte Carlo method have been summarized relevant to neutron streaming problems of interest in the shield design for the FMIT Facility. An improved angular biasing method has been implemented to further optimize the calculation of streaming and this method has been applied to calculate streaming within a double bend pipe.
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Carter, L. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of light water reactor safety

Description: A review of the present status of light water reactor (LWR) safety is presented. The review starts with a brief discussion of the outstanding accident scenarios concerning LWRs. Where possible the areas of present technological uncertainties are stressed. To provide a better perspective of reactor safety, it then reviews the probabilistic assessment of the outstanding LWR accidents considered in the Reactor Safety Study (WASH-1400) and discusses the potential impact of the present technological… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Cheng, H.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of Fuzzy Set Theory to Data Display

Description: Categorization supports decision making and lets an analyst look at data from different perspectives and different levels of detail. An approach to data analysis is described in which membership in subjectively defined categories is modeled by the fuzzy nature of color categories and presented by means of computer graphics for visual inspection by the analyst. 3 figures.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Benson, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recent high precision surveys at PEP

Description: The task of surveying and aligning the components of PEP has provided an opportunity to develop new instruments and techniques for the purpose of high precision surveys. The new instruments are quick and easy to use, and they automatically encode survey data and read them into the memory of an on-line computer. When measurements of several beam elements have been taken, the on-line computer analyzes the measured data, compares them with desired parameters, and calculates the required adjustment… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Sah, R.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Detection of cadmium radioactivity in the marine environment

Description: Sediment and tissues from different marine organisms recently collected atolls of the Marshall Islands have been found to contain measurable amounts of /sup 113m/Cd previously deposited to the atolls during the testing of nuclear devices at the Pacific Proving Grounds. /sup 113m/Cd has been also detected in some internal organs of mullet collected from the east coast of the United States in an area contaminated only with global fallout debris. This is one of the few summaries to show that this … more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Noshkin, V. E.; Wong, K. M.; Eagle, R. J. & Anglin, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International training course on nuclear materials accountability for safeguards purposes

Description: The two volumes of this report incorporate all lectures and presentations at the International Training Course on Nuclear Materials Accountability and Control for Safeguards Purposes, held May 27-June 6, 1980, at the Bishop's Lodge near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The course, authorized by the US Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act and sponsored by the US Department of Energy in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, was developed to provide practical training in the design, implementatio… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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W's and Z's

Description: Ways of experimentally testing the intermediate vector boson masses calculated from the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model in Su(5) are discussed. 12 figures, 22 refs. (GHT)
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Trueman, T. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sensitivity of geothermal reservoir behavior to relative permeability parameters

Description: Three problems are considered: (1) the sensitivity of the total kinematic viscosity, ..nu..{sub t}, and the flowing enthalpy, h{sub f}, to variations in the relative permeability functions; (2) the determination of ..nu..{sub t} and h/sub f/ from well-test data, following which a method is suggested to use these results together with theoretical plots of the relative permeability functions versus h{sub f} to deduce the general shape of the relative permeability functions; and (3) the effect of … more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Bodvarsson, G. S.; O'Sullivan, M. J. & Tsang, C. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Numerical simulation of the natural evolution of vapor-dominated hydrothermal systems

Description: Simulation of the transient evolution of a cold hydrothermal system into a steady-state partially vapor-dominated system is described. Here the effects of salts and gases were neglected and it was assumed that rock properties are time independent and homogeneous within each part of the system. Despite these simplifications it is believed that the model demonstrates the essential features of a natural hydrothermal convection system. (MHR)
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Pruess, K. & Truesdell, A.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modified Weibull theory and stress-concentration factors of polycrystalline graphite

Description: Stress concentration factors (SCF) due to geometric discontinuities in graphite specimens are observed to be much less than the theoretical SCF in an elastic material. In fact, the experimental SCF is always less than two and sometimes even less than one. A four parameter Weibull theory which recognizes the grain size effect is found to give an adequate explanation of the above observed discrepancies.
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Ho, F.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carbon dioxide effects research and assessment program

Description: Information about the past and present concentrations of CO/sub 2/ in the atmosphere and variations in climate can be obtained from measurements of stable isotopes in tree rings; specifically carbon-13, oxygen-18 and deuterium. The analysis of these stable isotopes in tree rings is a relatively new and rapidly developing field. This proceedings volume contains most of the papers presented at the meeting. The first paper gives an overview of the status of carbon-13 research. Papers relating to c… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Jacoby, G. (ed.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Future relativistic heavy ion experiments

Description: Equations of state for nuclear matter and ongoing experimental studies are discussed. Relativistic heavy ion physics is the only opportunity to study in the laboratory the properties of extended multiquark systems under conditions such that quarks might run together into new arrangements previously unobserved. Several lines of further study are mentioned. (GHT)
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Pugh, H.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Winter experience of a passive solar retrofit. Final technical report

Description: An older home in St. Louis had 2 inch foam insulation added to the outside of masonry walls with stucco exterior finish applied. The south wall was modified so that there is a gross solar collection area of 26.2 m/sup 2/, with 13.2 m/sup 2/ of greenhouse, 8.6 m/sup 2/ of direct gain and 4.4 m/sup 2/ of Trombe components. The performance of the building and its data acquisition system are described. (MHR)
Date: December 23, 1980
Creator: Michels, T. I. & Andes, F. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion of metals in oil shale environments

Description: In the corrosion of mild, low alloy and stainless steel in elevated temperature in-situ oil shale retorting environments is being investigated. The catastrophic oxidation-sulfidation attack that can occur in in-situ retorts is documented for a thermowell consisting of a mild steel pipe protecting a stainless steel sheathed thermocouple assembly. The behavior of metals under a number of varying conditions such as service temperature, type of shale and oil content of shale is presented. The poten… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Levy, A. & Bellman, R. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ultrarelativistic heavy ions

Description: Studies with ultrarelativistic heavy ions combine aspects of cosmic ray physics, particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmogenesis. The leading theoretical concerns are the behavior of matter at very high-energy density and flux, the general behavior of space time in collisions, relativistic nuclear theory, and quantum chromodynamics. The field has developed over a period of more than thirty years, since the first observation of heavy nuclei in cosmic rays and the major developme… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Pugh, H.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Value of thermal storage in solar IPH systems

Description: The value of thermal storage for three solar industrial process heat systems has been determined for storage capacities of 3 to 4000 hours. The dominant source of storage value is backup fuel savings with additional value derived from increased capital equipment utilization and elimination. A computer simulation was used to model the operation of the solar IPH system and predict the amount of fuel saved by heat delivered from storage. Sensitivity of storage value to process temperature, collect… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Hock, S.M. & Karpuk, M.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oil/gas supply modeling considerations in long-range forecasting. [Use of LEAP: Long-Range Energy Analysis Program]

Description: Oil- and gas-supply modeling may not only generate forecasts on a stand-alone basis, but may provide input data and assumptions to large-scale, long-range integrated energy economy models. In such a framework, parameters that may not have seemed especially crucial in the stand-alone formulation may be found to have an unexpectedly great influence on the results. Additionally, it may become necessary to incorporate considerations that are usually omitted from conventional oil- and gas-supply mod… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Cherniavsky, E A
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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