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Bates solar industrial process steam application environmental impact assessment

Description: It is planned to install 34,440 square feet of linear parabolic trough solar collectors at a new corrugator plant for making corrugated boxes. The system is to operate in parallel with a fossil fuel boiler. An assessment is presented of the impacts of the solar energy system on the existing environment and to determine whether or not a more detailed environmental impact statement is needed. The environmental assessment is based on actual operational data obtained on the collector, fluid, and he… more
Date: June 30, 1981
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal as an option for power generation in US territories of the Pacific

Description: A survey of general considerations relating to the use of coal in US territories and trust territories of the Pacific suggests that coal is a viable option for power generation. Future coal supplies, principally from Australia and the west coast of America, promise to be more than adequate, but large bulk carriers will probably not be able to land coal directly because of inadequate port facilities. Hence, smaller than Panamax-class vessels (60,000 dwt) or some arrangement utilizing self-loadin… more
Date: November 30, 1981
Creator: Borg, I. Y.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Study of the competitive viability of minority fuel oil marketers. Final report

Description: Previous studies on the competitive viability of the fuel oil heating market had addressed some of the unique problems facing minority fuel oil marketers (MFMs) within the total market sector (TMS). This study focused on identifying and developing quantitative information on MFMs in the TMS. The specific objective was to determine whether the business problems experienced by MFMs were directly related to their minority status or were characterstic of any firm in the TMS operating under comparab… more
Date: September 30, 1981
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparative analysis of LMFBR licensing in the United States and other countries - notably France. Executive summary

Description: The safety-related design aspects and licensing experiences of LMFBR projects in other democratic countries have been studied and contrasted to those in the United States in order to understand the importance of different approaches to safety, and also to understand better the system of the United States. The regulatory systems and LMFBR programs of France and the United States are contrasted in detail, and that of West Germany is also studied. The programs of Japan and the United Kingdom recei… more
Date: September 30, 1981
Creator: Golay, M.W. & Castillo, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biological and clinical dosimetry. Progress report, October 1, 1980-September 30, 1981

Description: A second measurement of the event size distribution for 20 MeV neutrons was carried out at Ohio University to determine the reproducability of results. Again a significant difference between measurement and theoretical calculations by Caswell and Coyne was found. The measured fraction of events due to alpha particles was significantly lower than that predicted by the calculation of Casell and Coyne. Furthermore, the discrepancies with the theoretical calculations made by Caswell and Coyne were … more
Date: September 30, 1981
Creator: Laughlin, J. S. & Zeitz, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of the dynamic roadway-powered electric-vehicle system

Description: The measurements, data reduction, and analysis contained herein are for the most part preliminary. The instrumentation system for dynamic measurements was not completed and so the measurements taken were in the static mode and a limited amount of instruments was used. Most of these preliminary measurements were made to characterize the losses in the roadway and the pickup of the dynamic RPEV system. By analysis of power, voltage, current and impedance-bridge measurements (at 100 Hz and 1000 Hz)… more
Date: October 30, 1981
Creator: Salisbury, J.D.; Mullenhoff, D. & Walter, C.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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TMI Unit-2 Technical Information and Examination Program Update

Description: Information is presented concerning a submerged demineralizer system for contaminated water; multilevel sampling; inspection of solar crane; entry on containment building; and shipment of EPICOR 2 resin canister.
Date: November 30, 1981
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medium-energy nuclear physics research. Final technical progress report, May 1, 1971-November 30, 1981

Description: Final results are summarized for this program with the primary emphasis on measurement of ten independent parameters for proton-proton elastic scattering at 800 MeV and four independent such parameters at 650 MeV. Inelastic proton-proton reactions have also been measured at 800 MeV. Proton-deuteron elastic scattering cross sections and polarization analyzing powers have been obtained at 800 MeV. Proton-nucleus total and total reaction cross sections were measured at 700 MeV for a number of nucl… more
Date: November 30, 1981
Creator: Willard, H.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flux of energy and essential elements through the continental shelf ecosystem. Progress report

Description: There are three distinct but not mutually exclusive areas of research in this contract, studies of intrusions of the west wall of the Gulf Stream onto the outer continental shelf, studies of the flux of materials across nearshore density fronts, and advances in understanding of the planktonic food web of the continental shelf. Studies of frontal events on the outer and inner continental shelf involve distinctive physical and chemical regimes and have proven to require distinctive biological app… more
Date: November 30, 1981
Creator: Pomeroy, L.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Underground home A/C system. Final report

Description: The purpose of the project was to transfer the heat of house air into the earth through an underground piping system, return the cooler to the house and disperse it throughout the house. The principle of the idea has been achieved, but not to the extent desired. It was originally hoped that the system would allow temperatures in the house to reach a maximum of 80/sup 0/ even during days where outside temperatures reached high 90/sup 0/. So far, a differential of 6/sup 0/ to 8/sup 0/ has been ac… more
Date: June 30, 1981
Creator: Outland, B.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of solid particles on the turbulent flow of a round gaseous jet. A mathematical and experimental study. Quarterly technical progress report, May 1, 1981-October 30, 1981

Description: Progress in mathematical and experimental studies aimed at modeling and measuring flows rates for the two-phase gases with dispersed particles turbulent flows in jets is reported. Exact transport equations of mass and momentum for the two phases, the carrier fluid's kinetic energy of turbulence and its dissipation rate have been derived for incompressible two-phase flows. The modeling of the various turbulence correlations has been completed. The finite-difference formulation of the equations i… more
Date: October 30, 1981
Creator: Elghobashi, S.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spheromak reactor-design study

Description: A general overview of spheromak reactor characteristics, such as MHD stability, start up, and plasma geometry is presented. In addition, comparisons are made between spheromaks, tokamaks and field reversed mirrors. The computer code Sphero is also discussed. Sphero is a zero dimensional time independent transport code that uses particle confinement times and profile parameters as input since they are not known with certainty at the present time. More specifically, Sphero numerically solves a gi… more
Date: June 30, 1981
Creator: Les, J.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analytical approach for confirming the achievement of LMFBR reliability goals

Description: The approach, recommended by GE-ARSD, for confirming the achievement of LMFBR reliability goals relies upon a comprehensive understanding of the physical and operational characteristics of the system and the environments to which the system will be subjected during its operational life. This kind of understanding is required for an approach based on system hardware testing or analyses, as recommended in this report. However, for a system as complex and expensive as the LMFBR, an approach which … more
Date: September 30, 1981
Creator: Ingram, G. E.; Elerath, J. G. & Wood, A. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CaO interactions in the staged combustion of coal. First quarterly technical progress report for the period September 23-December 31, 1980

Description: It is widely recognized that alkaline oxides, especially CaO, can be most effective in capturing sulfur in-situ. It is equally well recognized that NO/sub x/ emissions due to fuel-bound nitrogen in coal can be effectively minimized with staged combustion. Both these aspects have been demonstrated separately at Battelle and other laboratories. It is the overall objective of this program to develop the basis for optimizing sulfur capture by CaO under staged combustion. Our approach to accomplishi… more
Date: January 30, 1981
Creator: Levy, Arthur & Merryman, Earl L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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GRPAUT: a program for Pu isotopic analysis (a user's guide). ISPO task A. 76

Description: GRPAUT is a modular program for performing automated Pu isotopic analysis supplied to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) per ISPO Task A.76. Section I of this user's guide for GRPAUT presents an overview of the various programs and disk files that are used in performing a Pu isotopic analysis. Section II describes the program GRFEDT which is used in creating and editing the analysis parameter file that contains all the spectroscopic information needed at runtime by GRPAUT. An example… more
Date: January 30, 1981
Creator: Fleissner, J G
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laboratory/bench-scale testing and evaluation of the A. P. T. Dry-Plate Scrubber. Fourth quarterly technical progress report, December 1, 1980-February 28, 1981

Description: The A.P.T. Dry Plate Scrubber (DPS) uses a shallow, dense mobile bed of solid collector granules which move across a perforated plate. The gas stream containing fine particles and vapors is moved upward through the perforations to form high velocity gas jets. The fine particles are removed by inertial deposition onto the collector granules or by direct interception. Electrostatic forces also can be used to improve the collection efficiency and increase the adhesive forces between the particles … more
Date: March 30, 1981
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ocean thermal energy. Quarterly report, October-December 1981

Description: This quarterly report summarizes work on the following tasks: OTEC methanol; approaches for financing OTEC proof-of-concept experimental vessels; investigation of OTEC-ammonia as an alternative fuel; review of electrolyzer development programs and requirements; hybrid geothermal-OTEC power plants: single-cycle performance; estimates; and hybrid geothermal-OTEC power plants: dual-cycle performance estimates.
Date: December 30, 1981
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Synthetic-fuel aromaticity and staged combustion. Second quarterly technical progress report, January 1, 1981-March 31, 1981

Description: Five-gallon samples of naphtha, middle distillate, and heavy distillate were obtained. The middle and heavy distillate fractions were distilled into eleven 50 C-range cuts with boiling points ranging from <150/sup 0/C to >450/sup 0/C. Analyses were completed on all the samples to be used in the Task 2 pyrolysis study. Initial pyrolysis experiments using the drop-tube furnace procedure are not as satisfactory as desired. A new approach is being devised which will vaporize the sample and allow fo… more
Date: April 30, 1981
Creator: Levy, Arthur; Longanbach, James R. & Chan, Lisa K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation, design, development and delivery of a 1200-kV prototype termination. Ninth technical progress report, December 1, 1980-February 28, 1981

Description: Tests are continuing on the shatter-resistant weathercase models and small samples. Two epoxy weathercase material samples are still undergoing accelerated tensile creep tests. Progress is reported on the design of the full scale prototype termination.
Date: April 30, 1981
Creator: Billings, J S & Fischer, W H
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods for evaluating and ranking transportation energy conservation programs. Final report

Description: Methods for comparative evaluations of the Office of Transportation programs designed to help achieve significant reductions in the consumption of petroleum by different forms of transportation while maintaining public, commercial, and industrial mobility are described. Assessments of the programs in terms of petroleum savings, incremental costs to consumers of the technologies and activities, probability of technical and market success, and external impacts due to environmental, economic, and … more
Date: April 30, 1981
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safety review of the design, operation, and radiation sections of the General Electric Morris Operation Consolidated Safety Analysis Report

Description: A safety review was made of Sections 4 through 9 of the Consolidated Safety Analysis Report (CSAR) for the GE Morris Operation spent-fuel storage facility. The sections reviewed include Design Criteria and Compliance, Facility Design and Description, Radiation Protection, Accident Analysis, and Conduct of Operations. The safety review was performed in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 72, ''Licensing Requirements for the Storage of Spent Fuel in an Independent Spen… more
Date: January 30, 1981
Creator: McBride, J.P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Silicon materials task of the Low-Cost Solar Array Project: Phase IV. Effects of impurities and processing on silicon solar cells. Twenty-first quarterly report, October-December 1980

Description: The overall objective of this program is to define the effects of impurities, various thermochemical processes, and any impurity-process interactions upon the performance of terrestrial solar cells. The results of the study form a basis for silicon producers, wafer manufacturers, and cell fabricators to develop appropriate cost-benefit relationships for the use of less pure, less costly solar grade silicon. Cr is highly mobile in silicon even at temperatures as low as 600/sup 0/C. Contrasting w… more
Date: January 30, 1981
Creator: Hopkins, R. H.; Hanes, M. H.; Davis, J. R.; Rohatgi, A.; Rai-Choudhury, P. & Mollenkopf, H. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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