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Open Cycle Lithium Chloride Cooling System. Final Report, March 1, 1982-May 28, 1983

Description: A lithium chloride open cycle absorption chiller has been designed, built and tested. Solution reconcentration takes place in a small counter-current packed column supplied with solar heated air. Removal of non-condensable gases that enter the chiller dissolved in the strong solution and the make-up refrigerant streams is accomplished by a liquid-jet ejector and a small vacuum pump. Cooling capacities approaching 1.4 tons and COP levels of 0.58 have been achieved at non-optimum operating condit… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Lenz, T. G.; Loef, G. O.G.; Iyer, R. & Wenger, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geopressured geothermal bibliography. Volume II (geopressure thesaurus). Second Edition

Description: This thesaurus of terminology associated with the geopressured geothermal energy field has been developed as a part of the Geopressured Geothermal Information System data base. It is a compilation of terms displaying synomymous, hierarchical, and other relationships between terms. These terms, which are called descriptors, constitute the special language of the information retrieval system - the system vocabulary. The function of this thesaurus is to provide a standardized vocabulary for the in… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Sepehrnoori, K.; Carter, F.; Schneider, R.; Street, S. & McGill, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental evaluation of the steady state and dynamic performance characteristics of the interactive units of a coal gasification process. Quarterly report, 27 December 1982-3 April 1983

Description: A Test Plan Report has been prepared which details all the tests proposed for the 1983 operational season. One of these tests evaluates the thermal recycle mode which would be employed in a commercial configuration. In this mode, the condensate stream en route to the resaturator is passed back to the first gas cooler. The gas to liquid heat exchanger heats the condensate prior to resaturation. The analytical system simulation model, developed under this program, has been used to assess the oper… more
Date: May 1, 1983
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Colorado: basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM

Description: GEOTHERM sample file contains 225 records for Colorado. Three computer-generated indexes are found in appendices A, B, and C of this report. The indexes give one line summaries of each GEOTHERM record describing the chemistry of geothermal springs and wells in the sample file for Colorado. Each index is sorted by different variables to assist the user in locating geothermal records describing specific sites. Appendix A is sorted by the county name and the name of the source. Also given are lati… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Bliss, J. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geopressured geothermal bibliography. Volume I. Citation extracts. Second edition

Description: This annoted bibliography contains 1131 citations. It represents reports, papers, and articles appearing over the past eighteen years covering topics from the scientific and technical aspects of geopressured geothermal reservoirs to the social, environmental, and legal considerations of exploiting those reservoirs for their energy resources. Six indexes include: author, conference title, descriptor, journal title, report number, and sponsor. (MHR)
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Sepehrnoori, K.; Carter, F.; Schneider, R.; Street, S. & McGill, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Review of Leakage-Flow-Induced Vibrations of Reactor Components

Description: The primary-coolant flow paths of a reactor system are usually subject to close scrutiny in a design review to identify potential flow-induced vibration sources. However, secondary-flow paths through narrow gaps in component supports, which parallel the primary-flow path, occasionally are the excitation source for significant vibrations even though the secondary-flow rates are orders of magnitude smaller than the primary-flow rate. These so-called leakage flow problems are reviewed here to iden… more
Date: May 1983
Creator: Mulcahy, T. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Simulation and Optimization Study of a Solar-Seasonal-Storage District-Heating System: The Fox River Valley Case study

Description: A central solar-heating plant with seasonal heat storage in a deep underground aquifer is designed by means of a solar-seasonal-storage-system simulation code based on the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) code for Solar Annual Storage Simulation (SASS). This Solar Seasonal Storage Plant is designed to supply close to 100% of the annual heating and domestic-hot-water (DHW) load of a hypothetical new community, the Fox River Valley Project, for a location in Madison, Wisconsin. Some analyse… more
Date: May 1983
Creator: Michaels, Allan I.; Sillman, Sanford; Baylin, Frank & Bankston, Charles A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Algorithms for Automated Diagnosis of Faults in Physical Plant

Description: This report presents a diagnostic automation that can be used to investigate classes of systems without feedback loops. This report shows the input needed for the automation, the algorithm used, and the PROLOG program for the simulation.
Date: May 1983
Creator: Gabriel, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Study of Chromium-Free and Chromium-Reduced Steels

Description: The goal of this study was to develop an iron-based alloy, similar to Type 316 stainless steel in mechanical and corrosion properties but with a reduced chromium content or, ideally, no chromium. A total of twenty-six 225-g ingots and ten 2.5 to 12 kg ingots of various compositions in the Fe-Si-Mn-Ni-C system were prepared. All ingots contained from 5 to 11 w/o silicon and drew their corrosion resistance primarily from this component. The composition ranges of the remaining major alloying eleme… more
Date: May 1983
Creator: Wiencek, T. C. & Thresh, H. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Division of Biological and Medical Research Annual Technical Report 1982

Description: Computer graphic representation of the antigen-binding sites of two Bence-Jones proteins (antibody light chain diners), Loc (left) and Mcg (right). The spheres represent individual amino acids. Each binding site is composed of two variable domains and each domain consists of framework segments and the hyper-variable segments which confer the specificity to the antibody molecule.
Date: May 1983
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Division of Biological and Medical Research.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HTGR applications program advanced systems. Semiannual report, October 1, 1982-March 31, 1983

Description: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS 41) activities emphasize the advanced HTGR modular reactor system (MRS) for reformer (R) and steam cycle/-cogeneration (SC/C) applications. This report describes progress in system performance for a 250-MW(t) MRS-R and a 300-MW(t) MRS-SC/C plant; it details the groundrules and parameters for the FY-83 nuclear core design and examines and compares fuel cycle economics. This report gives results from a study on decay heat removal transients for the MRS-R and MRS-SC/C… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Snubber qualification and test requirements

Description: The use of snubbers for safety related piping systems has increased significantly during the last decade. A corresponding increase in snubber requirements (criteria) has also occurred. A review of these criteria indicates inconsistencies and contradictions, and reflects how rapidly knowledge and experience has been gained and applied. This study reviews and summarizes existing criteria, illustrates inconsistencies and recommends research to resolve conflicts.
Date: May 2, 1983
Creator: Onesto, A.T. & Larson, D.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technique for examining the fuel/cladding interface by TEM. [LMFBR]

Description: Fuel and fission-product interactions with the fuel-pin cladding is an area of concern and has been evaluated in the past principally by in-cell optical metallographic and electron-microprobe examinations. The applicability of three techniques for preparing specimens to reveal the microstructural details and local microchemistry of the fuel/cladding interface under conditions of high-resolution-scanning transmission-electron microscopy has been investigated. The specimen preparation techniques … more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Yang, W. J. S.; Makenas, B. J. & Thomas, L. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Utah: basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM

Description: This GEOTHERM sample file contains 643 records for Utah. Records may be present which are duplicates for the same analyses. A record may contain data on location, sample description, analysis type (water, condensate, or gas), collection condition, flow rates, and the chemical and physical properties of the fluid. Stable and radioactive isotopic data are occasionally available. Some records may contain only location and temperature. This compilation should contain all the chemical data for geoth… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Bliss, J. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind Loading and Strength of Cladding Glass

Description: Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on glass cladding behavior under wind loads. Procedures for investigating cladding behavior are discussed. This report includes graphs, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1983
Creator: Reed, Dorothy A. & Simiu, Emil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spec-Doc: A User's Guide to Spectrometer Software

Description: SPEC is the name of the operating system designed to control the NMR spectrometers in lab. SPEC is actually one large program which handles many functions necessary to control each spectrometer. The program handles all I/O with peripheral devices such as the console ('terminal' or 'CRT'). The program carries out its operations by accepting commands which each invoke specific subroutines to perform their function. There are a total of 60 commands in SPEC, each carrying out a different function. … more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Sinton, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Applicability of hydroxylamine nitrate reductant in pulse-column contactors

Description: Uranium and plutonium separations were made from simulated breeder reactor spent fuel dissolver solution with laboratory-sized pulse column contactors. Hydroxylamine nitrate (HAN) was used for reduction of plutonium (1V). An integrated extraction-partition system, simulating a breeder fuel reprocessing flowsheet, carried out a partial partition of uranium and plutonium in the second contactor. Tests have shown that acceptable coprocessing can be ontained using HAN as a plutonium reductant. Puls… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Reif, D.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineered waste-package-system design specification

Description: This report documents the waste package performance requirements and geologic and waste form data bases used in developing the conceptual designs for waste packages for salt, tuff, and basalt geologies. The data base reflects the latest geotechnical information on the geologic media of interest. The parameters or characteristics specified primarily cover spent fuel, defense high-level waste, and commercial high-level waste forms. The specification documents the direction taken during the concep… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Implications of polarized DT plasmas for toroidal fusion reactors

Description: Spin polarization of the deuterons and tritons in a reacting plasma can result in an increase in the fusion reactivity and variation of the angular distribution of emission of the fusion neutrons. The increased fusion reactivity relaxes the confinement-temperature conditions for breakeven and ignition. We have determined the effect of varying the angular distribution of the fusion neutrons on the spatial distribution of fusion neturon current and flux at the first wall, on the global tritium br… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Micklich, B. J. & Jassby, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Self-pumping impurity control by in-situ metal deposition

Description: A system for in-situ removal of helium by trapping in freshly deposited metal surface layers of a limiter or divertor has been studied. The system would trap helium on a limiter front surface, or a divertor plate, at low plasma edge temperatures, or in a limiter slot region, at high edge temperatures. Fresh material, introduced to the plasma and/or scrape-off zone, would be added at a rate of about five times the alpha production rate. The material would be reprocessed periodically, e.g., once … more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Brooks, J. N. & Mattas, R. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar thermal financing guidebook

Description: This guidebook contains information on alternative financing methods that could be used to develop solar thermal systems. The financing arrangements discussed include several lease alternatives, joint venture financing, R and D partnerships, industrial revenue bonds, and ordinary sales. In many situations, alternative financing arrangements can significantly enhance the economic attractiveness of solar thermal investments by providing a means to efficiently allocate elements of risk, return on … more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Williams, T. A.; Cole, R. J.; Brown, D. R.; Dirks, J. A.; Edelhertz, H.; Holmlund, I. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Optimization and preconceptual design of a 5 MWe salt-gradient solar pond power plant at Great Salt Lake

Description: The techniques used to optimize and design a solar salt-gradient pond (SSP) power plant for installation at the Great Salt Lake are described. The method and results of the site selection study are described as well as the characteristics of the selected site. The figure of merit used as well as the characteristics of the selected site. The figure of merit used in the optimization study, the general optimization approach, and the specific optimization method used for each subsystem are describe… more
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Drost, M. K.; Brown, L. M.; Barnhart, J. S.; Cavola, R. G.; Hauser, S. G. & Johnson, B. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Space nuclear-safety program, November 1982. Progress report

Description: This technical monthly report covers studies related to the use of /sup 238/PuO/sub 2/ in radioisotope power systems carried out for the Office of Special Nuclear Projects of the US Department of Energy by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Most of the studies discussed here are ongoing. Results and conclusions described may change as the work continues.
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Bronisz, S. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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