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Ocean thermal energy. Quarterly report, April-June 1982

Description: This quarterly report includes summaries of the following tasks: (1) OTEC pilot plant conceptual design review; (2) OTEC methanol; (3) management decision requirements for OTEC construction; (4) hybrid geothermal - OTEC (GEOTEC) power plant performance estimates; and (5) supervision of testing of pneumatic wave energy conversion system.
Date: June 30, 1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ocean energy systems. Quarterly report, October-December 1982

Description: Research progress is reported on developing Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems that will provide synthetic fuels (e.g., methanol), energy-intensive products such as ammonia (for fertilizers and chemicals), and aluminum. The work also includes assessment and design concepts for hybrid plants, such as geothermal-OTEC (GEOTEC) plants. Another effort that began in the spring of 1982 is a technical advisory role to DOE with respect to their management of the conceptual design activity of… more
Date: December 1, 1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vacuum deposited polycrystalline silicon films for solar cell applications. Quarterly report, September 15-December 31, 1979

Description: Polycrystalline silicon films 14-22 ..mu..m thick and with average grain diameters of 20-40 ..mu..m were deposited by vacuum deposition onto both ceramic and sapphire substrates which were previously coated with a thin (1-2 ..mu..m) TiB/sub 2/ conducting layer. The large grains are the result of an interaction in the initial growth stages between silicon and TiB/sub 2/. SIMS studies of B/Ti/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, B/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, and Ti/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, interactions are reported as part of a … more
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Feldman, C.; Arrington, C. H.; Blum, N. A. & Satkiewicz, F. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ocean thermal energy. Quarterly report, January-March 1982

Description: This quarterly report summarizes work of the following tasks as of March 31, 1982: OTEC pilot plant conceptual design review; OTEC methanol; review of electrolyzer development programs and requirements; financial and legal considerations in OTEC implementation; potential Navy sites for GEOTEC systems; hybrid geothermal-OTEC power plants: single-cycle performance estimates; and supervision of testing of pneumatic wave energy conversion system.
Date: March 30, 1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low-cost flywheel demonstration program. Final report

Description: The Applied Physics Laboratory/Department of Energy Low Cost Flywheel Demonstration Program was initiated on 1 October 1977 and was successfully concluded on 31 December 19'9. The total cost of this program was $355,190. All primary objectives were successfully achieved as follows: demonstration of a full-size, 1)kWh flywheel having an estimated cost in large-volume production of approximately $50/kWh; developmeNt of a ball-bearing system having losses comparable to the losses in a totally magn… more
Date: April 1, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vacuum deposited polycrystalline silicon films for solar cell applications. Second quarterly technical progress report. January 1-March 31, 1980

Description: A careful study of a specially formed thin silicon layer on TiB/sub 2/-coated sapphire reveals that the interaction layer of TiSi/sub 2/ is composed of larger grains. Processing steps were developed which lead closer to the goal of fabricating polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic devices completely by vacuum deposition. Both n-type and p-type silicon are now being deposited. New deposition masks were made for depositing the n-regions upon the p-layers. New electrode deposition masks were also m… more
Date: May 1, 1980
Creator: Feldman, C.; Arlington, III, C. H.; Blum, N. A. & Satkiewicz, F. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vacuum deposited polycrystalline silicon films for solar cell applications. Quarterly report, 1 April-30 June 1980

Description: Polycrystalline p-type films were vacuum deposited onto TiB/sub 2/ coated alumina and sapphire substrates. Epitaxial layers were also formed on single crystal silicon substrates. Junctions in the layers were created by both gaseous diffusion in a tube furnace and by vacuum deposition. The TiB/sub 2/ vacuum deposited bottom electrodes have resistivities between 30 and 40 ..mu.. ..cap omega..-cm. All-vacuum-deposited solar cells were fabricated for the first time. Efficiencies approaching those i… more
Date: August 1, 1980
Creator: Feldman, C.; Arrington, III, C. H.; Blum, N. A. & Satkiewicz, F. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ocean energy systems. Quarterly report, January-March 1983

Description: Progress is reported on the development of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems that will provide synthetic fuels (e.g., methanol), energy-intensive products such as ammonia (for fertilizers and chemicals), and aluminum. The work also includes assessment and design concepts for hybrid plants, such as geothermal-OTEC (GEOTEC) plants. Another effort that began in the spring of 1982 is a technical advisory role to DOE with respect to their management of the conceptual and preliminary des… more
Date: March 30, 1983
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Atlantic Coastal Plain. Geothermal energy and the eastern US: a scenario for geothermal energy development

Description: A brief narrative outline is presented of a scenario for the development of the Atlantic Coastal Plain hydrothermal resources for geothermal space heating and cooling. Listed below are the basic assumptions made in the construction of this scenario. Since this scenario is to serve as a planning document, the steps involved in geothermal development are listed and time-phased. The most critical steps in this process are indicated. This scenario summarizes geothermal development in the entire Atl… more
Date: October 1, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geothermal energy development in the Eastern United States. Technical assistance report No. 4. Geothermal space heating: Pittsville Middle/Elementary School, Pittsville, Maryland

Description: A technical evaluation was made to determine whether geothermal energy obtained from a well could be used to space heat the new school building being constructed as well as the existing elementary wing of the Pittsville School. The first part deals with space heating the new school building only; the second part pertains to space heating the new school building together with the new existing wing. An addendum was added for new well and production pump costs. (MHR)
Date: June 1, 1980
Creator: Briesen, R.V. & Yu, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Problems of hydroelectric development at existing dams: an analysis of institutional, economic, and environmental restraints in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland

Description: The methodology that has been developed to analyze the impact of possible government actions on the development of small-scale hydroelectric power in the United States is described. The application of the methodology to a specific region of the United States is also described. Within the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) region, the methodology has been used to evaluate the significance of some of the existing institutional and economic constraints on hydroelectric development at existing … more
Date: April 1, 1979
Creator: Taylor, R. J. & Green, L. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: a scenario for geothermal energy development

Description: A scenario for the development of potential geothermal resources in the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain states of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida is explained and discussed. A description of the resources and the nature of the potential applications and energy market in this region are given. A ranking of the resources as to their energy content, potential market, etc., is described, and the assumptions and strategy used to generate the scenario are discussed. A more complete report on the detailed… more
Date: February 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental assessment of Chalk Point cooling tower drift and vapor emissions

Description: An assessment is provided of selected environmental effects of operating the cooling towers and stacks of Units No. 3 and No. 4 of the Potomac Electric Power Company's generating station at Chalk Point, Maryland. The emphasis is on the magnitude of salt deposition to the area surrounding the cooling tower due to saline water drift. A secondary but important consideration is the magnitude of salt loading due to saline drift from the stack which uses saline river water in scrubbing flue gases. Th… more
Date: March 1, 1979
Creator: Davis, E. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low-cost flywheel demonstration program. Final report, 1 October 1977-31 December 1979

Description: The Applied Physics Laboratory/Department of Energy Low Cost Flywheel Demonstration Program was initiated on 1 October 1977 and was successfully concluded on 31 December 1979. The total cost of this program was $355,190. All primary objectives were successfully achieved as follows: demonstration of a full-size, 1-kWh flywheel having an estimated cost in large-volume production of approximately $50/kWh; development of a ball-bearing system having losses comparable to the losses in a totally magn… more
Date: April 1, 1980
Creator: Rabenhorst, D. W.; Small, T. R. & Wilkinson, W. O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the Nonmetals Division: Fiscal Year 1942

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the operations of the Nonmetals Division during 1942. The work done by the division is discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1942
Creator: Ralston, Oliver C. & Stern, A. George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy programs at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Quarterly report, January--March 1979

Description: Work on developing energy resources, utilization concepts, and storage methods is summarized and divided into three sections. The first, Geothermal Energy Development Planning, contains reports on the progress of those geothermal-related tasks where effort was concentrated during the quarter. The tasks include an ongoing Atlantic Coastal Plain Geothermal Energy Market Survey, the Delmarva Geothermal Development Prospectus, Evaluation of Federal Strategies for Hydrothermal Developments, and comm… more
Date: April 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coastal plain in Southern Arkansas

Description: A brief narrative outline is given of a scenario for the development of geothermal heating and cooling, (1) in the Hot Springs, Little Rock, and Pine Bluff area of central Arkansas, and (2) in the southern Arkansas area. Basic assumptions about details of the scenario and the data included therein are listed. The scenario in chart form is included. (MHR)
Date: October 1, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Overview of the Chalk Point Cooling Tower Project, 1972-1979

Description: The objectives, methodologies, data, and analytical results of the Chalk Point Cooling Tower Program are reviewed. The overview intergrates the concepts and activities of the various program elements to provide a coherent view of the program in its entirety. Samples of the various data acquired are included together with very brief summaries of the conclusions. The report is extensively referenced to provide specific directions to the more extensive treatments of the program, data tabulations, … more
Date: March 1, 1979
Creator: Moon, M.L. (ed.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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GPHS motion studies for heat pulse intervals of reentries from gravity-assist trajectories. [General Purpose Heat Source Module (GPHS)]

Description: Motion studies of the General Purpose Heat Source Module, GPHS, were conducted in the heat pulse interval associated with entries from earth gravity assist trajectories. The APL six-degree-of-freedom reentry program designated TMAGRA6C was used. The objectives of the studies were to (1) determine the effect of ablation on GPHS motion, and (2) determine whether the GPHS module entering the earth's atmosphere from an earth-gravity-assist trajectory has a preferred orientation during the heat puls… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Lucero, E. F. & Sharbaugh, R. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Potential geothermal energy use at the Naval Air Rework Facilities, Norfolk, Virginia and Jacksonville, Florida, and at the naval shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina

Description: The feasibility of geothermal energy use at naval installations in Norfolk, VA, Jacksonville, FL, and Charleston, SC was assessed. Geophysical and geological studies of the above areas were performed. Engineering and economic factors, affecting potential energy use, were evaluated. The Norfolk and Jacksonville facilities are identified as candidates for geothermal systems. System costs are predicted. Economic benefits of the proposed geothermal systems are forecast, using the net present value … more
Date: May 1, 1984
Creator: Costain, J. K.; Glover, L., III & Newman, R. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy programs at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Quarterly report, October--December 1978

Description: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, under contracts with the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, U.S. Maritime Administration, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is engaged in developing energy resources, utilization concepts, and storage methods. This report is divided into four sections. The first, Geothermal Energy Programs, contains reports on various geothermal investigation… more
Date: January 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geothermal energy and the eastern US (ERDA/DGE Region 5). Second progress report

Description: This report contains state-by-state fact sheets; selected scenarios for Arkansas, South Dakota, and the Coastal Plain; ERDA/DOD interfacing at selected bases in Region 5, other activities of interest; and a summary of action items/future plans. (MHR)
Date: July 11, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy programs. Quarterly report, January-March 1978

Description: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is engaged in the development of energy resources, energy utilization concepts, and energy storage methods. This Quarterly Report, summarizing work completed on the various tasks as of 31 March 1978, contains comments on limited tasks, short descriptions of meetings, trips, presentations, and other limited tasks of note performed in connection with major program tasks and articles that describe these program tasks briefly, summarize the pr… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of potential geothermal resource areas

Description: A method for the comparative evaluation of geothermal prospects in the Eastern United States is proposed and illustrated. Comparisons are based on quantified data from geologic, engineering, and socio-economic sources including temperature gradient, depth to basement, drilling costs, population, and distribution by town size, as well as energy use in residential, commercial, and industrial applications.
Date: July 1, 1979
Creator: Mitchell, Franklin O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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