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Solar heating and cooling of buildings, Phase 1 (non-residential). Recommendation for solar heating and cooling demonstrations as an integrated package

Description: Recommendations to ERDA of four solar heating and cooling demonstration projects are presented. Recommendations include (1) the Westchester Work Center Building owned by Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, (2) the Scottsdale County Courts Building in Scottsdale, Arizona, (3) Howard Johnson's Inc. Hotel in North Miami, Florida, and (4) a combination warehouse, manufacturing facility offered by Mr. John I. Ladd of Ladd Brothers, Pueblo, Colorado. A conceptual diagram and a fact sheet is inclu… more
Date: February 12, 1976
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hawaii Geothermal Project: initial Phase II progress report

Description: Results of Phase I of the Hawaii Geothermal Project (HGP), which consisted of a two-year study on the potential of geothermal energy for the Big Island of Hawaii, are reviewed. One conclusion from Phase I was that preliminary results looked sufficiently encouraging to warrant the drilling of the first experimental geothermal well in the Puna area of the Big Island. During the first two months of drilling, parallel activity has continued in all research and support areas. Additional gravity, sei… more
Date: February 1, 1976
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary review of critical shutdown heat removal items for common cause failure susceptibility on LMFBR's. [LMFBR]

Description: This document presents a common cause failure analysis for Critical LMFBR Shutdown Heat Removal Systems. The report is intended to outline a systematic approach to defining areas with significant potential for common causes of failure, and ultimately provide inputs to the reliability prediction model. A preliminary evaluation of postulatd single initiating causes resulting in multiple failures of LMFBR-SHRS items is presented in Appendix C. This document will be periodically updated to reflect … more
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Allard, L. T. & Elerath, J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Summary Report of Fuel-Dynamics Tests H2 and E4

Description: Results of two failure experiments using LMFBR-type fuel during simulated unprotected transient overpower accidents are reported and analyzed. In both experiments, a single fresh fuel pin in a Mark0IIA loop was subjected to a temperature-limited, step-reactivity irradiation in the TREAT reactor. Total energy was 490 MJ in Test H2 and in Test E4.
Date: February 1976
Creator: Doerner, R. C.; Rothman, A. B.; De Volpi, A.; Dickerman, Charles Edward; Deitrich, L. W.; Stahl, D. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analytical Investigation of Certain Aspects of LMFBR Subassembly-Failure Propagation

Description: An analytical investigation of certain problems in the area of subassembly-to-subassembly failure propagation in LMFBR's is described. Existing analyses of the response of the adjacent subassembly duct to mechanical loads are reviewed and summarized, and major uncertainties are identified. Additional analyses of the response of the adjacent subassembly to certain thermal loads are presented in two parts. In the first part, the effect of an external heat flux on duct melting and thermal stresses… more
Date: February 1976
Creator: Marr, William W.; Wang, P. Y.; Misra, B.; Padilla, A. & Crawford, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermoelectric materials evaluation program. Quarterly technical task report No. 46. [Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Technical Ceramic Products Div. , St. Paul, 10/1 to 12/31/1975]

Description: This forty-sixth Technical Task Report prepared under contract E(11-1)-2331 with the U.S. AEC and U.S. ERDA covers the performance period from October 1, 1975, to December 31, 1975. Highlights include the following tasks: N-type material development (material synthesis--gadolinium selenide compositions; material analyses; material processing; element contacting; ingradient compatibility and life testing; mechanical property characterization), TPM-217 P-type characterization (material preparatio… more
Date: February 1976
Creator: Hampl, E. F., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hawaii Geothermal Project initial Phase II progress report, February 1976

Description: Additional gravity, seismic, and electrical surveys were conducted; water and rock samples were collected; and analysis and interpretation of data has proceeded. The engineering program has expanded its earlier work on mathematical and physical modeling of geothermal reservoirs; continued with the analysis of liquid-dominated geothermal systems; and initiated studies on geothermal well testing. An environmental assessment statement of HGP No. 1 was prepared and baselines established for crucial… more
Date: February 1, 1976
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geothermal energy: feasibility study

Description: A research program initiated to investigate the feasibility of using the geothermal energy available in salt domes to generate electrical power and of using cavities developed in salt domes as high temperature, high pressure chemical reaction vessels for converting municipal wastes to fuel oil or gas is described. Power generation from geothermal was not found to be economically feasible. The conversion of waste to fuel is possible if the problems of cavity collapse can be avoided. (MHR)
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Hodgson, E.W. Jr. & Ziegler, R.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Specification requirements summary for the Brayton Isotope Power System (BIPS) Ground Demonstration System (GDS)

Description: This document provides a summary of the required program specifications and procedures for the ERDA Phase I Brayton Isotope Power System (BIPS) Program. Also included are document definitions, descriptions, and formats, and a listing of commonly used abbreviations. This document is intended to be used as a guide in document preparation and control.
Date: February 10, 1976
Creator: Thompson, E.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Niland Test Facility Startup Evaluation Task Force

Description: Task force recommendations that are considered essential for proper start up of the Niland Test Facility are presented, along with those desirable for start up, but not essential and those desirable during operation but having no direct effect on start up. (MHR)
Date: February 1, 1976
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some issues regarding regulatory policy, political participation, and social implications of geothermal resource development in the Imperial Valley

Description: The early stages of geothermal resource development in the Imperial Valley have been characterized by an emphasis on the technological expertise of private developers and government officials. Government officials have created a complex array of Federal, state and county regulations to monitor the development. Local control is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial County government. The County has as its responsibility the protection of the general welfare of its residents, including any poten… more
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Green, P. S. & Steinberger, M. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spin from isospin in a gauge theory. [SU-2 theory]

Description: It is shown that in an SU(2) gauge theory, with isospin symmetry broken by a triplet of scalar mesons, isospinor degrees of freedom are converted into spin degrees of freedom, in the field of a magnetic monopole.
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Jackiw, R. & Rebbi, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Influence of strain rate and temperature on the yield and fracture toughness behavior of selected steels for an LMFBR spent fuel shipping cask, a literature assessment

Description: The literature has been reviewed to determine the possible influences of strain rate and temperature on the yield and fracture toughness behavior of selected steels suggested for use in an LMFBR Spent Fuel Shipping Cask. Based on this information, recommendations have been made for further work which is intended to alleviate potential problems prior to their having a major impact on the shipping cask program.
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Rack, H. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Microinstabilities in Complex Magnetic Field Geometries and High- Beta. Sheared Sheath Structure. Progress Report, June 1, 1975--February 27, 1976

Description: A new approach for the solution of the Vlasov equation for complex magnetic field geometries has been developed using operator techniques. The general approach is illustrated by determining the perturbed distribution function and density operator for the problem of shear stabilization of drift waves for transverse and arbitrary directions of propagation. The ensuing corrections to stability criteria of current theories are obtained for certain domains of physical parameters. Preliminary work on… more
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Bakshi, P. & Kalman, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of actinide-sediment reactions with an annotated bibliography

Description: The annotated bibliography is divided into sections on chemistry and geochemistry, migration and accumulation, cultural distributions, natural distributions, and bibliographies and annual reviews. (LK)
Date: February 10, 1976
Creator: Ames, L. L.; Rai, D. & Serne, R. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Explicit inverses of some special matrices (with a few computer programs)

Description: Explicit inverses of some classes of special matrices are presented. In Section I, the tridiagonal matrices are discussed. In Section II a discussion is given of an algorithm due to Sherman and Morrison, which is useful in finding the inverse, when an explicit inverse is known for an unperturbed matrix. Section III presents inverses of some patterned matrices. Appendix A and Appendix B contain computer programs of some of the problems discussed in Sections I, II, and III. (auth)
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Uppuluri, V R. R. & Kirk, B L
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improved real gas routines for Sandia's NASA Ames flow field program

Description: The real gas subroutines in Sandia's version of the NASA Ames flow field code have been extensively revised. Using these modifications the required computer run time for a difficult high Mach number case has been reduced from 1330 seconds to 151 seconds. (auth)
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Eaton, R. R. & Larson, D. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Acceleration experienced by thermal converter implanted in calves. [Acceleration from walking, falling, and jumping]

Description: The objective of this study was to determine acceleration levels experienced by the ERDA thermal converter unit implanted abdominally in a calf. A full-scale weighted mock-up of the thermal converter was fabricated containing a triaxial accelerometer. The mock-up was implanted in calf cadavers which were subjected to falls from an operating table. Highest acceleration recorded was 34 g. The mock-up was implanted in living animals and acceleration measurements made under various maneuvers includ… more
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Koshino, I.; Sukalac, R.; Jacobs, G.; Kiraly, R. J. & Nose, Y.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiochemical studies for the nuclear chemical mining of copper. [Nuclear explosive fracturing]

Description: Experiments were performed to study the long-term reactions of radioactive materials that would be produced in the nuclear chemical mining of chalcopyrite copper ore. These reactions were carried out in autoclaves for up to eight months at 2.76 MPa of oxygen and 363 K. Dissolving rates of radioactive glass in copper-leaching product solutions were determined by the gamma-counting of solution aliquots. The glass decomposition rate was linear at approximately 1 x 10/sup -10/ kg/s.m/sup 2/. A radi… more
Date: February 19, 1976
Creator: Jackson, D. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Shock and vibration testing of an MX-missile upper-stage solid propellant rocket motor (project order No. SAMSO/ERDA-5-MNN-51). Progress report, June 11, 1975--January 31, 1976

Description: The engineering design of the shock and vibration fixtures has been completed. Detail drawings of the individual components are now in progress, and fabrication of the fixtures is expected to begin in April 1976.
Date: February 20, 1976
Creator: Fisher, D. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Incineration facilities for treatment of radioactive wastes: a review

Description: A description is given of incinerator installations in the US and in foreign countries. Included are descriptions of inactive incinerators, incinerator facilities currently in operation, and incinerator installations under construction. Special features of each installation and operational problems of each facility are emphasized. Problems in the incineration of radioactive waste are discussed in relation to the composition of the waste and the amount and type of radioactive contaminant.
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Perkins, B. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vibration of a group of circular cylinders in a confined fluid. [LMFBR]

Description: Understanding and modeling fluid/structure interaction in cylinder bundles is a basic requirement in the development of analytical methods and guidelines for designing LMFBR heat exchanger and reactor fuel assemblies that are free from component vibration problems. As a step toward satisfying this requirement, a method of analysis based on the potential flow theory is developed for analyzing free vibration of a group of cylinders immersed in a fluid contained in a cylinder. The method of analys… more
Date: February 1, 1976
Creator: Chung, H. & Chen, S. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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