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Advanced development of a pressurized ash agglomerating fluidized-bed coal gasification system. Fourth quarter progress report, July 1-September 30, 1982

Description: The overall objective of the Westinghouse coal gasification program is to demonstrate the viability of the Westinghouse pressurized, fluidized bed, gasification system for the production of medium-Btu fuel gas for syngas, electrical power generation, chemical feedstocks, or industrial fuels and to obtain performance and scaleup data for the process and hardware. Technical progress summaries and reports are presented for the following tasks: (1) process development unit (PDU) test operations and… more
Date: February 17, 1983
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Fluidized-Bed Waste-Heat Recovery System development. Semiannual report, 1 August 1982-31 January 1983

Description: The Fluidized-Bed Waste-Heat Recovery (FBWHR) System is designed to preheat this combustion air using the heat available in dirty flue gas streams. In this system, a recirculating medium is heated by the flue gas in a fluidized bed. The hot medium is then removed from the bed and placed in a second fluidized bed where it is fluidized by the combustion air. Through this process, the combustion air is heated. The cooled medium is then returned to the first bed. Initial development of this concept… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Cole, W.E.; DeSaro, R. & Joshi, C.
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Tube Vibration in Industrial-Size Test Heat Exchanger (90° Square Layout)

Description: Tube vibrations in heat exchangers are being systematically investigated in a series of tests performed with an industrial-size test exchanger. Results from water-flow tests of eleven different tube bundles, in six- and eight-cross-pass configurations on a 90 degree square layout with a pitch-to-diameter ratio of 1.25 are reported. The test cases include full tube bundles, no-tubes-in-window bundles, finned tube bundles, and proposed field and design fixes. The testing focused on identification… more
Date: February 1983
Creator: Halle, Henry & Wambsganss, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiments on Tubes Conveying Fluid

Description: Tests are conducted for tubes conveying fluid for six types of support conditions. The objectives are to understand the dynamic characteristics of such systems for different support conditions and to explore the methods to control tube stability. Transition from one instability mechanism to another is examined, and the feasibility of using feedback control to increase the critical flow velocity is demonstrated.
Date: February 1983
Creator: Jendrzejczyk, J. A. & Chen, S. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of Testing Methods for Latent-Heat-Storage Devices

Description: ASHRAE Standard 94-77, Method of Testing Thermal Storage Devices Based on Thermal Performance, was developed to allow manufacturers of thermal energy storage devices to compare their products in a meaningful way. When Standard 94-77 was used for thermal energy storage products based on latent heat storage, the Standard was found to be inadequate for comparison of these devices. Standard Project Committee SPC 94.1 was established to devise a Standard that would be adequate for comparing latent h… more
Date: February 1983
Creator: Cole, Roger Lynn; Hull, J. R.; Lwin, Y. & Cha, Y. S.
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Passive-solar-cooling system concepts for small office buildings. Final report

Description: This report summarizes the efforts of a small group of building design professionals and energy analysis experts to develop passive solar cooling concepts including first cost estimates for small office buildings. Two design teams were brought together at each of two workshops held in the fall of 1982. Each team included an architect, mechanical engineer, structural engineer, and energy analysis expert. This report presents the passive cooling system concepts resulting from the workshops. It su… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Whiddon, W. I. & Hart, G. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Upper Sand Mountain Parish Solar Construction Workshops. Final performance report

Description: The Upper Sand Mountain Parish continues to employ its initial strategy for involving high school vocational students with the pre cutting and instructional assembly aid to area families. The parish project works with high school vocational classes in pre fabbing solar devices into kit form. Then, students are employed to serve as instructors for Saturday construction workshops at the local electric cooperative. Trained teams of older and unemployed adults work with youth in building solar gree… more
Date: February 1, 1983
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Evaluation of Construction Loads in Multistory Concrete Buildings

Description: Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over construction loads of multistory concrete buildings. Evaluations of the construction loads are discussed. This report includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1983
Creator: Fattal, S. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tube vibration in industrial-size test heat exchanger (90/sup 0/ square layout)

Description: Tube vibrations in heat exchangers are being systematically investigated in a series of tests performed with an industrial-size test exchanger. Results from waterflow tests of eleven different tube bundles, in six- and eight-crosspass configurations on a 90/sup 0/ square layout with a pitch-to-diameter ratio of 1.25 are reported. The test cases include full tube bundles, no-tubes-in-window bundles, finned tube bundles, and proposed field and design fixes. The testing focused on identification o… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Halle, H. & Wambsganss, M.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat-transfer characteristics of flowing and stationary particle-bed-type fusion-reactor blankets

Description: The heat-transfer characteristics of flowing and stationary packed-particle beds have recently become of interest in connection with conceptual designs of fusion reactor blankets. A detailed literature survey has shown that the processes taking place in such beds are not fully understood despite their widespread use in the chemical industry and other engineering disciplines for more than five decades. In this study, two experimental investigations were pursued. In the first, a heat-transfer loo… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Nietert, R.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Atomic photoelectron-spectroscopy studies using synchrotron radiation

Description: Photoelectron spectroscopy combined with tunable synchrotron radiation has been used to study the photoionization process in several atomic systems. The time structure of the synchrotron radiation source at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) was used to record time-of-flight (TOF) photoelectron spectra of gaseous Cd, Hg, Ne, Ar, Ba, and Mn. The use of two TOF analyzers made possible the measurement of photoelectron angular distributions as well as branching ratios and partial … more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Kobrin, P.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fabrication of tungsten wire needles

Description: Fine point needles for field emissoin are conventionally produced by electrolytically or chemically etching tungsten wire. Points formed in this manner have a typical tip radius of about 0.5 microns and a cone angle of some 30 degrees. The construction of needle matrix detector chambers has created a need for tungsten needles whose specifications are: 20 mil tungsten wire, 1.5 inch total length, 3 mm-long taper (resulting in a cone angle of about 5 degrees), and 25 micron-radius point (similar … more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Roder, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Behavior of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Storage System Components in Dry Interim Storage. Revision 1

Description: Irradiated nuclear fuel has been handled under dry conditions since the early days of nuclear reactor operation, and use of dry storage facilities for extended management of irradiated fuel began in 1964. Irradiated fuel is currently being stored dry in four types of facilities: dry wells, vaults, silos, and metal casks. Essentially all types of irradiated nuclear fuel are currently stored under dry conditions. Gas-cooled reactor (GCR) and liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) fuels are sto… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Johnson, A. B., (Jr.); Gilbert, E. R. & Guenther, R. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and evaluation of small water turbines. Final report

Description: An evaluation was made of the design and hydromechanical performance characteristics for three basic turbine types: axial flow (Jonval), inward radial flow (Francis) and crossflow (Banki). A single commercially available turbine representative of each type and within the appropriate power range (<5hp) was obtained for evaluation. Specific turbine selections were based on price, availability and suitability for operation at heads of 50 feet or less and flows under 2 cubic feet per second. In gen… more
Date: February 17, 1983
Creator: Marquis, J.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve site brine disposal monitoring, Year I report. Volume 5 Supporting data for estuarine hydrology, discharge plume analysis, chemical oceanography, biological oceanography, and data management. Final report

Description: This project centers around the Strategic Petroleum Site (SPR) known as the West Hackberry salt dome which located in southwestern Louisiana, and which is designed to store 241 million barrels of crude oil. Oil storage caverns are formed by injecting water into salt deposits, and pumping out the resulting brine. Studies described in this report were designed as follow-on studies to three months of pre-discharge characterization work, and include data collected during the first year of brine lea… more
Date: February 1983
Creator: DeRouen, L. R.; Hann, R. W.; Casserly, D. M.; Giammona, C. & Lascara, V. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve site brine-disposal monitoring, Year I report. Volume 3. Biological oceanography. Final report

Description: The Department of Energy's Strategic Petroleum Reserve Program began discharging brine into the Gulf of Mexico from its West Hackberry site near Cameron, Louisiana in May 1981. The brine originates from underground salt domes being leached with water from the Intracoastal Waterway, making available vast underground storage caverns for crude oil. The effects of brine discharge on aquatic organisms are presented in this volume. The topics covered are: benthos; nekton; phytoplankton; zooplankton; … more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: DeRouen, L. R.; Hann, R. W.; Casserly, D. M.; Giammona, C. & Lascara, V. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International fuel cycle and waste management technology exchange activities sponsored by the United States Department of Energy: FY 1982 evaluation report

Description: In FY 1982, DOE and DOE contractor personnel attended 40 international symposia and conferences on fuel reprocessing and waste management subjects. The treatment of high-level waste was the topic most often covered in the visits, with geologic disposal and general waste management also being covered in numerous visits. Topics discussed less frequently inlcude TRU/LLW treatment, airborne waste treatment, D and D, spent fuel handling, and transportation. The benefits accuring to the US from techn… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Lakey, L.T. & Harmon, K.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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500-watt commercialized concentrator system

Description: A passively cooled, single-axis tracking, polar-axis mounted photovoltaic concentrator system has been designed, fabricated, installed, and tested. System description, design considerations, system performance and a production cost estimate are detailed.
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Ronney, K. & Aerni, E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar hot water systems for the southeastern United States: principles and construction of breadbox water heaters

Description: The use of solar energy to provide hot water is among the easier solar technologies for homeowners to utilize. In the Southeastern United States, because of the mild climate and abundant sunshine, solar energy can be harnessed to provide a household&#x27;s hot water needs during the non-freezing weather period mid-April and mid-October. This workbook contains detailed plans for building breadbox solar water heaters that can provide up to 65% of your hot water needs during warm weather. If fuel … more
Date: February 1, 1983
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West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve site brine-disposal monitoring, Year I report. Volume 2. Physical and chemical oceanography. Final report

Description: This project centers around the Strategic Petroleum Site (SPR) known as the West Hackberry salt dome which is located in southwestern Louisiana, and which is designed to store 241 million barrels of crude oil. Oil storage caverns are formed by injecting water into salt deposits, and pumping out the resulting brine. Studies described in this report were designed as follow-on studies to three months of pre-discharge characterization work, and include data collected during the first year of brine … more
Date: February 1983
Creator: DeRouen, L. R.; Hann, R. W.; Casserly, D. M.; Giammona, C. & Lascara, V. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve site brine-disposal monitoring, Year I report. Volume 4. Bibliography and supporting data for physical oceanography

Description: This project centers around the Strategic Petroleum Site (SPR) known as the West Hackberry salt dome which is located in southwestern Louisiana and which is designed to store 241 million barrels of crude oil. Oil storage caverns are formed by injecting water into salt deposits, and pumping out the resulting brine. Studies described in this report were designed as follow-on studies to three months of pre-discharge characterization work, and include data collected during the first year of brine l… more
Date: February 1983
Creator: DeRouen, L. R.; Hann, R. W.; Casserly, D. M.; Giammona, C. & Lascara, V. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve site brine-disposal monitoring, year 1 report. Volume 1. Executive summary. Final report

Description: The physical, chemical and biological attributes are described for: (1) a coastal marine environment centered about a Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) brine disposal site located 11.4 km off the southwest coast of Louisiana; and (2) the lower Calcasieu and Sabine estuarine systems that provide leach waters for the SPR project. During the study period, the daily discharge averaged 529,000 barrels of 216 0/00 brine, representing a loading of 18,000 metric tons of salt per da… more
Date: February 1983
Creator: DeRouen, L. R.; Hann, R. W.; Casserly, D. M.; Giammona, C. & Lascara, V. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Magnetoresistance, electrical conductivity, and Hall effect of glassy carbon

Description: These properties of glassy carbon heat treated for three hours between 1200 and 2700/sup 0/C were measured from 3 to 300/sup 0/K in magnetic fields up to 5 tesla. The magnetoresistance was generally negative and saturated with reciprocal temperature, but still increased as a function of magnetic field. The maximum negative magnetoresistance measured was 2.2% for 2700/sup 0/C material. Several models based on the negative magnetoresistance being proportional to the square of the magnetic moment … more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Baker, D.F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lysimeter study of commercial reactor waste forms: waste form acquisition characterization and full-scale leaching

Description: This report describes work conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) as part of a joint program with Savannah River Laboratory. Typical full-scale (55-gallon drum size) waste forms were acquired by BNL from a boiling water reactor (BWR) and a pressurized water reactor (PWR). Liquid waste stream activity concentrations were analyzed by gamma spectroscopy. This information was used to determine the waste from activity inventory, providing the necessary source term for lysimeter and leachi… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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