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The Mesaba Energy Project: Clean Coal Power Initiative, Round 2

Description: The Mesaba Energy Project is a nominal 600 MW integrated gasification combine cycle power project located in Northeastern Minnesota. It was selected to receive financial assistance pursuant to code of federal regulations (?CFR?) 10 CFR 600 through a competitive solicitation under Round 2 of the Department of Energy?s Clean Coal Power Initiative, which had two stated goals: (1) to demonstrate advanced coal-based technologies that can be commercialized at electric utility scale, and (2) to accele… more
Date: July 31, 2014
Creator: Stone, Richard; Gray, Gordon & Evans, Robert
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Multiparameter Fiber Optic Sensing System for Monitoring Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Description: The goal of this project was to design, fabricate and test an optical fiber cable which supports multiple sensing modalities for measurements in the harsh environment of enhanced geothermal systems. To accomplish this task, optical fiber was tested at both high temperatures and strains for mechanical integrity, and in the presence of hydrogen for resistance to darkening. Both single mode (SM) and multimode (MM) commercially available optical fiber were identified and selected for the cable base… more
Date: December 4, 2014
Creator: Challener, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy Savings and Peak Demand Reduction of a SEER 21 Heat Pump vs. a SEER 13 Heat Pump with Attic and Indoor Duct Systems

Description: This report describes results of experiments that were conducted in an unoccupied 1600 square foot house--the Manufactured Housing (MH Lab) at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)--to evaluate the delivered performance as well as the relative performance of a SEER 21 variable capacity heat pump versus a SEER 13 heat pump. The performance was evaluated with two different duct systems: a standard attic duct system and an indoor duct system located in a dropped-ceiling space.
Date: March 1, 2014
Creator: Cummings, J. & Withers, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Post-Closure Report for Closed Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Units, Nevada National Security Site, Nevada for fiscal year 2013 (October 2012 - September 2013)

Description: This report serves as the combined annual report for post-closure activities for the following closed Corrective Action Units (CAUs): CAU 90, Area 2 Bitcutter Containment; CAU 91, Area 3 U-3fi Injection Well; CAU 92, Area 6 Decon Pond Facility; CAU 110, Area 3 WMD U-3ax/bl Crater; CAU 111, Area 5 WMD Retired Mixed Waste Pits; and, CAU 112, Area 23 Hazardous Waste Trenches.
Date: January 31, 2014
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NetMOD version 1.0 user%3CU%2B2019%3Es manual.

Description: NetMOD (Network Monitoring for Optimal Detection) is a Java-based software package for conducting simulation of seismic networks. Specifically, NetMOD simulates the detection capabilities of seismic monitoring networks. Network simulations have long been used to study network resilience to station outages and to determine where additional stations are needed to reduce monitoring thresholds. NetMOD makes use of geophysical models to determine the source characteristics, signal attenuation along … more
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Merchant, Bion John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strategies for Probing Nanometer-Scale Electrocatalysts: From Single Particles to Catalyst-Membrane Architectures

Description: The project primary objectives are to prepare and elucidate the promoting properties of materials that possess high activity for the conversion of hydrogen and related small molecules (water, oxygen, carbon monoxide and methanol) in polymer electrolyte fuel cells. One area of research has focused on the study of catalyst materials. Protocols were developed for probing the structure and benchmarking the activity of Pt and Pt bimetallic nanometer-scale catalyst against Pt single crystal electrode… more
Date: January 20, 2014
Creator: Korzeniewski, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Post-irradiation Examination Plan for ORNL and University of California Santa Barbara Assessment of UCSB ATR-2 Irradiation Experiment

Description: New and existing databases will be combined to support development of physically based models of transition temperature shifts (TTS) for high fluence-low flux (φ < 10{sup 11}n/cm{sup 2}-s) conditions, beyond the existing surveillance database, to neutron fluences of at least 1×10{sup 20} n/cm{sup 2} (>1 MeV). All references to neutron flux and fluence in this report are for fast neutrons (>1 MeV). The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) task of the Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program is… more
Date: January 25, 2014
Creator: Nanstad, R. K.; Yamamoto, T. & Sokolov, M. A.
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Sample Results From The Extraction, Scrub, And Strip Test For The Blended NGS Solvent

Description: This report summarizes the results of the extraction, scrub, and strip testing for the September 2013 sampling of the Next Generation Solvent (NGS) Blended solvent from the Modular Caustic Side-Solvent Extraction Unit (MCU) Solvent Hold Tank. MCU is in the process of transitioning from the BOBCalixC6 solvent to the NGS Blend solvent. As part of that transition, MCU has intentionally created a blended solvent to be processed using the Salt Batch program. This sample represents the first sample r… more
Date: March 3, 2014
Creator: Washington, A. L. II & Peters, T. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future: Modeling Social Unrest in Karachi, Pakistan

Description: Social unrest represents a major challenge for policy makers around the globe, as it can quickly escalate from small scale disturbances to highly public protests, riots and even civil war. This research was motivated by a need to understand social instability and to unpack the comments made during a spring 2013 conference hosted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Center for Global Security and the U.S. Institute for Peace, where policymakers noted that models considering social instabil… more
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Olson, Jarrod; Kurzrok, Andrew J.; Hund, Gretchen & Fagley, Erik M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strategic Energy Analysis (Fact Sheet)

Description: NREL complements its scientific research with high-quality, credible, technology-neutral, objective analysis that informs policy and investment decisions as renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies move from innovation through integration. This sheet highlights NREL's analytical capabilities and achievements.
Date: February 1, 2014
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Self-organisation Processes In The Carbon ARC For Nanosynthis

Description: The atmospheric pressure carbon arc in inert gases such as helium is an important method for the production of nanomaterials. It has recently been shown that the formation of the carbon deposit on the cathode from gaseous carbon plays a crucial role in the operation of the arc, reaching the high temperatures necessary for thermionic emission to take place even with low melting point cathodes. Based on observed ablation and deposition rates, we explore the implications of deposit formation on th… more
Date: February 2, 2014
Creator: Ng, J. & Raitses, Yefgeny
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Site Raptor Nest Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) conducts ecological monitoring on the Hanford Site to collect and track data needed to ensure compliance with an array of environmental laws, regulations, and policies governing DOE activities. Ecological monitoring data provide baseline information about the plants, animals, and habitat under DOE-RL stewardship at Hanford required for decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Comprehensive Environme… more
Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Nugent, John J.; Lindsey, Cole T. & Wilde, Justin W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Multi-Hybrid Power Vehicles with Cost Effective and Durable Polymer Electrolyte

Description: Anima Bose, the principal investigator of the project, originally proposed to develop composite membranes to operate PEMFCs at much higher temperatures than 80{degrees}C and to alleviate the flooding problems often encountered in Nafion menmbrane containing fuel cells. The PI has successfully created composite membranes by blending small quantities of octasilane-poss (OSP) with Nafion. The composite membranes exhibited temperature tolerance up to 110{degrees}C without scarifying cell performanc… more
Date: February 28, 2014
Creator: Bose, Anima
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stratigraphic Profiles for Selected Hanford Site Seismometer Stations and Other Locations

Description: Stratigraphic profiles were constructed for eight selected Hanford Site seismometer stations, five Hanford Site facility reference locations, and seven regional three-component broadband seismometer stations. These profiles provide interpretations of the subsurface layers to support estimation of ground motions from past earthquakes, and the prediction of ground motions from future earthquakes. In most cases these profiles terminated at the top of the Wanapum Basalt, but at selected sites profi… more
Date: February 1, 2014
Creator: Last, George V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Report: Unconventional Fossil Energy Resource Program (30 September 2013)

Description: Yee Soong, Technical Coordinator, George Guthrie, Focus Area Lead, UFER Annual Report, NETL-TRS-UFER-2013, NETL Technical Report Series, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013, p 14.
Date: March 11, 2014
Creator: Soong, Yee & Guthrie, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Executive Order 13514: Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance; Comprehensive Federal Fleet Management Handbook (Book)

Description: A comprehensive Federal Fleet Management Handbook that builds upon the "Guidance for Federal Agencies on E.O. 13514 Section 12-Federal Fleet Management" and provides information to help fleet managers select optimal greenhouse gas and petroleum reduction strategies for each location, meeting or exceeding related fleet requirements, acquiring vehicles to support these strategies while minimizing fleet size and vehicle miles traveled, and refining strategies based on agency performance.
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Daley, R.; Ahdieh, N. & Bentley, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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