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Staff rosters for 1979: environmental programs

Description: The roster of the scientific and professional staffs of the Environmental Programs of the Department of Energy and Environment has been compiled as of December 1979. Staff members have been listed according to their organizational units, i.e., the Atmospheric Sciences Division, the Environmental Chemistry Division, the Oceanographic Sciences Division, and the Land and Freshwater Environmental Sciences Group. Educational background, research interests, professional activities, summary of experie… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic impact of using nonmetallic materials in low to intermediate temperature geothermal well construction. Volume 1

Description: The results are presented of an exhaustive literature search and evaluation concerning the properties and economics of commercially available nonmetallic well casing and screens. These materials were studied in terms of their use in low to intermediate temperature geothermal well construction.
Date: December 1, 1979
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Computational complexity in multidimensional neutron transport theory calculations. Final report

Description: Research to establish a general method to assess the performance and reliability of computer codes for the numerical approximation of linear operators is reported. The neutron transport operator was chosen as model. The general approach to solving the error problem and the use of benchmarks are sketched. This report contains only a brief administrative summary; references are given to forty reports and publications that contain detailed information. (RWR)
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Bareiss, E. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of the solar building, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Final report, April 1974-September 1978

Description: During portions of the 1974-1975 and 1975-1976 winter heating seasons, a field evaluation was made of a solar-assisted heat pump heating system in a small commercial office building in Albuquerque, N.M. The system was comprised of one main water-to-water heat pump and five small water-to-air heat pumps. The liquid-type solar collector array had an area equivalent to about 10% of the building floor area. Other than the ethylene glycol/water solution circulated through the solar collector array, … more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Gilman, S.F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic impact of using nonmetallic materials in low to intermediate temperature geothermal well construction

Description: Four appendices are included. The first covers applications of low-temperature geothermal energy including industrial processes, agricultural and related processes, district heating and cooling, and miscellaneous. The second discusses hydrogeologic factors affecting the design and construction of low-temperature geothermal wells: water quality, withdrawal rate, water depth, water temperature, basic well designs, and hydrogeologic provinces. In the third appendix, properties of metallic and nonm… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water chemistry and phytoplankton field and laboratory procedures

Description: The purpose of this manual is to serve as a guide for persons using these techniques in water quality studies and as a written record of the methods used in this laboratory at this time. It is anticipated that the manual will be updated frequently as new methods are added and the present ones are further refined. The present methods are all used routinely and have been in regular use for a year or longer. This manual is specifically written as a guide for the collection and analysis of lake wat… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Davis, C.O. & Simmons, M.S. (eds.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear materials research progress reports for 1979

Description: Research is presented concerning iodide stress corrosion cracking of zircaloy, self-diffusion of oxygen in hypostoichiometric urania, surface chemistry of epitaxial silicon deposition by thermal cracking of silane, kinetics of laser pulse vaporization of UO/sub 2/, gas laser model for laser induced evaporation, solubility of hydrogen in uranium dioxide, thermal gradient migration of metallic inclusions in UO/sub 2/, molecular beam studies of atomic hydrogen reduction of oxides, and thermal grad… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Olander, D.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of physical characteristics and phenomena, sensitivity and interaction effects, performance criteria and output requirements for a station keeping subsystem engineering evaluation tool (SKEET)

Description: The fundamental purpose for SKEET is to provide a means of simulating and evaluating OTEC platform SKSS performance. This evaluation capability may be employed in the process of a design review, comparison of alternative concepts, operational planning, establishing risk and reliability criteria and a host of other applications. However, the central requirement is that SKEET have the capability to predict the excursions on motions of the platform and loads on the SKSS as a result of environmenta… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Abbreviated RD and D program portfolio selection workbook

Description: A workbook for implementing an abbreviated version of the RD and D portfolio selection methodology described in A Resource Allocation Methodology for Establishing RD and D Budgetary Priorities is presented. The purpose of the abbreviated methodology is to allow a fast, first-cut analysis of a set of programs and to provide a means of discovering important issues that deserve more detailed analysis. The use of the abbreviated methodology in the overall process of evaluating RD and D programs is … more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Boyd, D.W.; Cohan, D. & Regulinski, S.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical program plan, Basalt Waste Isolation Project

Description: The Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) program as administered by the DOE's Richland Operations Office and Rockwell Hanford Operations is described. The objectives, scope and scientific technologies are discussed. The work breakdown structure of the project includes: project management and support, systems integration, geosciences, hydrology, engineered barriers, test facility design and construction, engineering testing, repository studies, and schedules. The budget of the program incl… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Powerplant Productivity Improvement Study: project summary report

Description: Key findings from the Illinois Powerplant Productivity Improvement Study are: (1) the historic performance (equivalent availability) of large generating units in Illinois is below national average performance; (2) cost-effective opportunities to improve performance exist, and utilities pursue many of these; (3) there are no strong regulatory disincentives to the undertaking of productivity improvement projects, but no strong incentives either; (4) current utility practices, procedures, and mana… more
Date: December 21, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of California's geothermal-related legislative and regulatory activity through 1979. Report No. 1116

Description: The findings of the 1977 State Geothermal Resources Task Force are divided into four main categories: well siting, power plant siting; environmental problems; and miscellaneous areas. California's 1978 legislation is described using the same categories. The key difficulties still harassing the state's geothermal industry are described including: control over air quality at the Geysers; powerplant finance; a binary cycle demonstration; federal land use decisions; and miscellaneous concerns. (MHR) more
Date: December 20, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stop bandwidths of nonlinear beam-beam resonances

Description: A general expression is given for the stop bandwidths, ..delta nu../sub N/, of nonlinear beam-beam resonances, which is expanded in powers of Y(s), the vertical beam orbit, and which is valid under certain assumptions regarding the orbits and charge distributions near the interaction regions. This result is applied to obtain results for the rms ..delta nu../sub N/ due to random vertical orbit errors, and due to random errors in ..beta../sub y/ at the crossing points. Numerical results are given… more
Date: December 8, 1979
Creator: Parzen, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy Technology Programs: program summaries for 1979

Description: The Energy Technology Programs in the BNL Department of Energy and Environment cover a broad range of activities, namely: electrochemical research, chemical energy storage, chemical heat pumps, solar technology, fossil technology, catalytic systems development, space-conditioning technology, and technical support/program management. Summaries of the individual tasks associated with these activities along with publications, significant accomplishments, and program funding levels are presented.
Date: December 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of an inter-layer solute transport algorithm for SOLTR computer program. Part 1. The algorithm

Description: In order to perform studies of the influence of regional groundwater flow systems on the long-term performance of potential high-level nuclear waste repositories, it was determined that an adequate computer model would have to consider the full three-dimensional flow system. Golder Associates' SOLTR code, while three-dimensional, has an overly simple algorithm for simulating the passage of radionuclides from one aquifier to another above or below it. Part 1 of this report describes the algorith… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Miller, I. & Roman, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regulatable elements in the high-level waste management program

Description: Regulatable elements of a deep geological nuclear waste isolation system are those characteristics of a candidate system which need to be specified to achieve control of its performance. This report identifies the regulatable elements with respect to waste form, repository design, site suitability, and the modeling and decision analysis processes. Regulatable elements in each section are listed and described briefly as they affect the short-term and long-term performance of a deep geological re… more
Date: December 26, 1979
Creator: Oakley, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy analysis of geothermal-electric systems

Description: Standard energy analysis was applied to 4 types of geothermal-electric technologies: liquid dominated, hot dry rock, geopressure, and vapor dominated. It was found that all are net energy producers. Expected uncertainties are not large enough to threaten this conclusion. Vapor dominated, the only technology in current commercial use to produce electricity in the US, has the highest energy ratio (13 +- 4). These results for energy ratio are equal to or less than some from other workers. In the c… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Herendeen, R.A. & Plant, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safety Analysis (SA) of the Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities (Buildings 514, 612, and 614) at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

Description: This safety analysis was performed for the Manager of Plant Operations at LLL and fulfills the requirements of DOE Order 5481.1. The analysis was based on field inspections, document review, computer calculations, and extensive input from Waste Management personnel. It was concluded that the quantities of materials handled do not pose undue risks on- or off-site, even in postulated severe accidents. Risks from the various hazards at these facilities vary from low to moderate as specified in DOE… more
Date: December 13, 1979
Creator: Odell, B.N. & Toy, A.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use of a General Nonlinear Least-Squares Curve Fitting Program With Nonclosed Form Relationships. [GNLS, in FORTRAN for CDC Computers]

Description: A use for GNLS, a general nonlinear least-squares curve fitting program, is presented. In this use GNLS determines a set of best parameters for relationships that cannot be written in closed form. This program can be useful for experimenters who need to determine experimental parameters by fitting nonclosed-form relationships to experimental data. Two examples are given to indicate how GNLS can be used for this type of problem. 11 figures.
Date: December 26, 1979
Creator: Abey, A. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Instrument evaluation, calibration, and installation for the heater experiments at Stripa

Description: Borehole instrumentation for the measurement of temperature, displacement, and stress was evaluated, modified, calibrated, and installed in an underground site at Stripa, Sweden where experiments are currently underway to investigate the suitability of granite as a storage medium for nuclear waste. Three arrays of borehole instrumentation measure the thermomechanical effects caused by electrical heaters which simulate the thermal output of canisters of radioactive waste. Because most rock mecha… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Schrauf, T.; Pratt, H.; Simonson, E.; Hustrulid, W.; Nelson, P.; DuBois, A. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Systems studies of coal-conversion processes using a reference simulator. Final report, March 12, 1976-August 12, 1979

Description: Methodology and general purpose software were developed which do allow computer-aided design and analysis of large scale coal conversion processes. The LINBAL package for larger scale balance calculations was demonstrated to be quick and efficient in solving problems involving over 100 streams, 20 species, and 80 or more flowsheet units. The LSP simulation package embodies constraint handling, recycle calculation, and information management features which are an advance of the state of the art.… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Reklaitis, G.V.; Sood, M.K.; Soni, Y.; Overturf, B.W.; Wiede, W.; Clark, S. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final report on Development of a model and computer code to describe solar grade silicon production processes

Description: Models and computer codes which may be used to describe flow reactors in which high purity, solar grade silicon is produced via reduction of gaseous silicon halides are described. A prominent example of the type of process which may be studied using the codes developed in this program is the SiCl/sub 4//Na reactor currently being developed by the Westinghouse Electric Corp. During this program two large computer codes were developed. The first is the CHEMPART code, an axisymmetric, marching cod… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Gould, R K & Srivastava, R
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Insulation development for high-temperature batteries for electric vehicle application. Final report

Description: The objective of this contract is to develop and demonstrate a high performance, vacuum insulation which is capable of withstanding 15 psi plus battery loading with low compression operating in the 660 to 840/sup 0/F range. The developed insulation would allow construction of rectangular, lightweight and low-cost, vacuum-insulated enclosures for electric vehicles using Na/S or Li/MS batteries. The goals of the program are to develop a vacuum insulation with the following properties: thermal con… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy-conserving site-design case study, Radisson, New York. Appendix

Description: Materials included in this Appendix to Final Report to CONS-4212-T2) provide support and background data for the body of that report. Data selected for inclusion are intended to provide background analysis or to clarify methodology. In most instances, the Appendix information is referenced to the body of the final report. Sections are devoted to: climate; building design data;energy-simulation data; and resources and contracts. 36 references.
Date: December 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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