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Automatic lighting controls demonstration

Description: The purpose of this work was to demonstrate, in a real building situation, the energy and peak demand reduction capabilities of an electronically ballasted lighting control system that can utilize all types of control strategies to efficiently manage lighting. The project has demonstrated that a state-of-the-art electronically ballasted dimmable lighting system can reduce energy and lighting demand by as least 50% using various combinations of control strategies. By reducing light levels over c… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Rubinstein, F. & Verderber, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Molecular biological enhancement of coal biodesulfurization. [Rhodococcus]

Description: The objective of this project is to produce one or more microorganisms capable of removing the organic and inorganic sulfur in coal. The original specific technical objectives of the project were to: Clone and characterize the genes encoding the enzymes of the 4S'' pathway (sulfoxide/sulfone/sulfonate/sulfate) for release of organic sulfur from coal; Return multiple copies of genes to the original host to enhance the biodesulfurization activity of that organism; Transfer this pathway into a fas… more
Date: March 15, 1990
Creator: Litchfield, J. H.; Fry, I.; Wyza, R. E.; Palmer, D. T.; Zupancic, T. J. & Conkle, H. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Surveillance of 18 Hz and 60 Hz components of ground motion at the APS site

Description: The objectives of this study are to determine the location and source of the 18- and 60-Hz vibration and to eliminate or reduce its amplitude in the APS Facility. To accomplish this it is necessary to know the time of occurrence and then, to utilize triangulation methods to identify the location of the source. It its time sequence is known, it may be possible to correlate it with the operation of some equipment at or near the site. Therefore, a major effort was made to obtain the time sequence … more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Jendrzejczyk, J.A.; Wambsganss, M.W. & Smith, R.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High temperature catalytic membrane reactors

Description: Current state-of-the-art inorganic oxide membranes offer the potential of being modified to yield catalytic properties. The resulting modules may be configured to simultaneously induce catalytic reactions with product concentration and separation in a single processing step. Processes utilizing such catalytically active membrane reactors have the potential for dramatically increasing yield reactions which are currently limited by either thermodynamic equilibria, product inhibition, or kinetic s… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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New approaches to linear and nonlinear programming

Description: During the last twelve months, research has concentrated on barrier- function methods for linear programming (LP) and quadratic programming (QP). Some ground-work for the application of barrier methods to nonlinearly constrained problems has also begun. In our previous progress report we drew attention to the difficulty of developing robust implementations of barrier methods for LP. We have continued to refine both the primal algorithm and the dual algorithm. We still do not claim that the barr… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Murray, W. & Saunders, M.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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OTTER 2.0 Users Guide

Description: OTTER (Organized Techniques for Theorem-proving and Effective Research) is a resolution-style theorem-proving program for first-order logic with equality. OTTER includes the inference rules binary resolution, hyperresolution, URresolution, and binary paramodulation. Some of its other abilities are conversion from first-order formulas to clauses, forward and back subsumption, factoring, weighting, answer literals, term ordering, forward and back demodulation, evaluable functions and predicates, … more
Date: March 1990
Creator: McCune, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Technical Report

Description: Highlights of the Chemical Technology (CMT) Division's activities during 1989 are presented. In this period, CMT conducted research and development in the following areas: (1) electrochemical technology, including high-performance batteries (mainly lithium/iron sulfide and sodium/metal chloride), aqueous batteries (lead-acid and nickel/iron), and advanced fuel cells with molten carbonate and solid oxide electrolytes; (2) coal utilization, including the heat and seed recovery technology for coal… more
Date: March 1990
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Chemical Technology Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Matching Funds Requirement

Description: A matching funds requirement report sent to Robert Decker of the William E. Scott Foundation to consider making a one year grant of $10,000 to assist North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts in meeting their matching grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.
Date: March 9, 1990
Creator: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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PETC Review, Issue 1, March 1990

Description: This issue of PETC Review contains short discussion on the following topics: (1) SO{sub 2} Control and Duct Injection: A Solution to Acid Rain''--research on duct injection; (2) Acid Rain Abatement and Advanced Coal Cleaning: A Precombustion Option''--research on selective agglomeration and advanced froth flotation; (3) Two-Stage Liquefaction of Coal''--PETC's efforts to further the viability of this technology; (4) Clean Coal Technology: Energy and the Environment''--the Clean Coal Technology … more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Blaustein, B.; Reiss, J.; Martin, G.; Hammer, D. & Mills, J. (eds.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Combustion characterization of beneficiated coal-based fuels

Description: This three-year research project at Combustion Engineering, Inc. (CE), will assess the potential economic and environmental benefits derived from coal beneficiation by various advanced cleaning processes. The objectives of this program include the development of a detailed generic engineering data base, comprised of fuel combustion and ash performance data on beneficiated coal-based fuels (BCFs), which is needed to permit broad application. This technical data base will provide detailed informa… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fish and Wildlife Service: Compensation to Local Governments

Description: The Refuge Revenue Sharing Fund (RRSF) was enacted in response to the concern of local governments regarding losses to their tax base due to the presence of federally owned land under the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service. This report outlines recent history of RRSF payment levels. It examines the RRSF and describes how the fund differs in its treatment of reserved and acquired lands under the jurisdiction of FWS. The report also examines the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program … more
Date: March 6, 1990
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer Policies for the 1990s: a special report of OTA's assessment on emerging agricultural technology: issues for the 1990s

Description: This report addresses the central issues in the debate of the 1990 Farm Bill. It was requested as part of a larger study examining emerging agricultural technologies and related issues for the 1990s by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the House Committee on Agriculture.
Date: March 1990
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Computer Software and Intellectual Property

Description: This background paper examines existing intellectual-property protection for computer software-copyrights, patents, and trade secrets—and provides an overview of the often conflicting views and concerns of various stakeholders. It was prepared in response to a request from the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Date: March 1990
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coping With an Oiled Sea

Description: In the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in March, 1989, a myriad of investigations were initiated to evaluate the causes of that accident and to propose remedies. The Office of Technology Assessment was asked to study the Nation’s oil spill clean-up capabilities and to assess the technologies for responding to such catastrophic spills in the future.
Date: March 1990
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Yakima/Klickitat Production Preliminary Design Report, Appendix C: Yakima and Klickitat Preliminary Engineering Reports.

Description: This chapter describes the biological and physical fish culture requirements of the hatchery system from which the concepts for the design are formulated. It includes a discussion of the program goals for fish production in the Yakima Basin followed by a brief summary of selected sites. The biological criteria are presented for the water system, adult holding, incubation, rearing, and finally transportation and release. The biological criteria address the water and space requirements, the numbe… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Hill, CH2M & Associates., R.W. Beck and
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Yakima/Klickitat Production Project Preliminary Design Report, Appendix A: Refined Project Goals and Harvest Managment Plan : Experimental Design Plan : Genetic Risk Assessment.

Description: The purpose of the project as stated by the Northwest Power Planning Council is 'to test the assumption that new artificial production in the Yakima and Klickitat subbasins can be used to increase harvest and enhance natural production while maintaining genetic resources.'
Date: March 1990
Creator: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Economic Analysis of the Kilauea Geothermal Development and Inter-Island Cable Project

Description: A study by NEA completed in April 1987 shows that a large scale (500 MW) geothermal development on the big island of Hawaii and the inter-island power transmission cable is economically infeasible. This updated report, utilizing additional information available since 1987, reaches the same conclusion: (1) The state estimate of $1.7 billion for development cost of the geothermal project is low and extremely optimistic. more realistic development costs are shown to be in the range of $3.4 to $4.3… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Yakima/Klickitat Production Preliminary Design Report, Appendix B: Water Supply Analysis.

Description: From May 1988 to January 1990 the Bureau of Reclamation, under an interagency agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration, conducted the water supply analysis required by Task II of the Northwest Power Planning Council's (Council) approval of predesign work on the Yakima/Klickitat Production Project. The purposes of the analysis were to (1) document the adequacy of water supplies (quantity and quality) for the proposed artificial production facilities, and for anadromous fish spawning, i… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Reclamation., United States. Bureau of
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Fisheries Evaluation of the Wapato, Sunnyside and Toppenish Creek Canal Fish Screening Facilities, Spring 1988 : Annual Report.

Description: We evaluated the effectiveness of new screening facilities at the Toppenish Creek, Wapato, and Sunnyside canals in southcentral Washington State. Screen integrity tests indicated that fish released in front of the screens were prevented from entering the canal behind the screens. Screen efficiency estimates are 99% ({+-}0.6%) for Toppenish Creek, 99% ({+-}0.3%) for Wapato, and 98% ({+-}0.5%) for Sunnyside. During 1987 at the Wapato Canal, we estimated screen efficiency was 97% ({+-}l%). We cond… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Neitzel, Duane A.; Abernethy, C. Scott & Lusty, E. William (Pacific Northwest Laboratory)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Design Report for the Yakima/Klickitat Production Project; Executive Summary.

Description: A master plan for the Yakima/Klickitat Production Project (YKPP) was developed by the Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) on October 15, 1987, as a reasonable basis upon which the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) could proceed to fund predesign work on the project. The Council approved the predesign work on the condition that eight preliminary tasks were completed. These tasks are: Agreement on a refined statement of project goals. Completion of a technical analysis of water supplie… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Enzymatic desulfurization of coal

Description: Our experimental approach focuses on the use of enzymes which catalyze the addition of oxygen to organic compounds. In tailoring the application of these enzymes to coal processing, we are particularly interested in ensuring that oxidation occurs at sulfur and not at carbon-carbon bonds. Previous studies with DBT have shown that the reaction most frequently observed in microbial oxidative pathways is one in which DBT is oxidized at ring carbons. These reactions, as we have said, are accompanied… more
Date: March 23, 1990
Creator: Boyer, Y.N.; Crooker, S.C.; Kitchell, J.P. & Nochur, S.V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Umatilla River Basin, Anadromous Fish Habitat Enhancement Project : Annual Report 1989.

Description: The Umatilla habitat improvement program targets the improvement of water quality and the restoration of riparian areas, spawning and rearing habitat of steelhead, spring and fall chinook and coho salmon. The channelization of Meacham Creek by the Union Pacific Railroad combined with poor riparian livestock management created extreme channel instability and bedload movement within the project area. The resulting loss of riparian vegetation caused an increase in water temperatures, evaporative l… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Scheeler, Carl A.
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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