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Kilowatt Isotope Power System: component test report for the Ground Demonstration System Alternator Stator

Description: Results are presented of acceptance tests conducted on the Alternator Stator, S/N 002, for the Kilowatt Isotope Power System. These results show that the Alternator Stator, S/N 002 for the Kilowatt Isotope Power System has satisfactorily completed the testing set forth within Sundstrand Test Specification 2538. Test requirements of TS 2538 were extracted from the Kilowatt Isotope Power System, and Phase I Test Plan.
Date: April 25, 1978
Creator: Brainard, E.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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10-MWe pilot-plant-receiver panel test requirements document solar thermal test facility

Description: Testing plans for a full-scale test receiver panel and supporting hardware which essentially duplicate both physically and functionally, the design planned for the Barstow Solar Pilot Plant are presented. Testing is to include operation during normal start and shutdown, intermittent cloud conditions, and emergencies to determine the panel's transient and steady state operating characteristics and performance under conditions equal to or exceeding those expected in the pilot plant. The effects o… more
Date: August 25, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Double-exposure collector system. Technical progress report, April 1-June 30, 1978

Description: A retrofit solar water-heating system has been installed in a three-story apartment building at Drexel University. The system employs two conventional collector banks (10 PPG collectors) mounted at the latitude angle for Philadelphia of 40 deg from the horizontal and two double-exposure collectors (DEC's) mounted vertically in mirrored enclosures. Although the DEC units are being used for year-round domestic water heating for the building, they are designed to provide maximum output in the… more
Date: July 25, 1978
Creator: Larson, D. C. & Savery, C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data gathering in support of phase O program for waste heat utilization from nuclear enrichment facilities, Ohio

Description: The gathering of demographic, community development, and economic data for the region impacted by the Pikeville (Ohio) Nuclear Enrichment Facility is described. These data are to be used for establishing possible community uses, e.g., space heating, domestic water heating, and industrial uses, of waste heat from the facility. It was concluded that although the economic feasibility of such waste heat utilization remains to be proven, the community would cooperate in a feasibility demonstration p… more
Date: June 25, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Special Conditions for HGP-A Wellhead Generator Proof-of-Feasibility Project, Specification S-00-001

Description: This specification applies to the general requirements of all purchased materials and equipment and provides general instructions for Suppliers. Purchaser as referred to here under is the Research Corp. of University of Hawaii. Rogers Engineering Co., Inc. is the authorized representative of the Research Corp. of University of Hawaii with respect to purchases made under this specification.
Date: October 25, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental power reactor dc generator energy storage study

Description: This study covers the use of dc generators for meeting the Experimental Power Reactor Ohmic Heating Energy Storage Requirements. The dc generators satisfy these requirements which are the same as defined in WFPS-TME-038 which covered the use of ac generators and homopolar generators. The costs of the latter two systems have been revised to eliminate first-of-a-kind factors. The cost figures for dc generators indicate a need to develop larger machines in order to take advantage of the economy-of… more
Date: August 25, 1978
Creator: Heck, F.M.; Smeltzer, G.S.; Myers, E.H. & Kilgore, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regional demand forecasting model: 1977-1978 versions. Task 3, supplement to final documentation report

Description: This appendix supplements Chapter II of the RDFOR Model documentation report. It consists of six tables: US total sector quantities, 1960-1975 in trillions of Btu; US fuel sector quantities, 1960-1975 in trillions of Btu; US fuel sector prices, 1960-1975 in constant 1975 dollars per million Btu; historical total sector quantities by region, 1960-1975 in trillions of Btu; historical energy prices by fuel/sector by region, 1960-1975 in constant 1975 dollars per million Btu; and historical energy … more
Date: September 25, 1978
Creator: Parhizgari, A M
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regional demand forecasting and simulation model: user's manual. Task 4, final report

Description: The Department of Energy's Regional Demand Forecasting Model (RDFOR) is an econometric and simulation system designed to estimate annual fuel-sector-region specific consumption of energy for the US. Its purposes are to (1) provide the demand side of the Project Independence Evaluation System (PIES), (2) enhance our empirical insights into the structure of US energy demand, and (3) assist policymakers in their decisions on and formulations of various energy policies and/or scenarios. This r… more
Date: September 25, 1978
Creator: Parhizgari, A M
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regional Demand Forecasting Model: 1977 and 1978 versions. Task 3, final documentation report

Description: This report documents the demand forecasting model, RDFOR. Chapter I presents an overview of the structure of RDFOR as well as its linkages with other models within the PIES model. An important link between RDFOR and PIES is the Demand Interface System (DFACE) which prepares the output of RDFOR for input into PIES. Chapter II provides an in-depth analysis of the data bases used in the estimation and simulation of RDFOR. It presents an analysis of trends in energy data by fuel and by sector for … more
Date: September 25, 1978
Creator: Parhizgari, A M
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electric gun: a new method for generating shock pressures in excess of 1 TPa

Description: By combining the electrically-driven, flying-plate, high-explosive initiator with well-known gas-gun technology, a novel method of generating and measuring shock pressures greater than 1 TPa has been developed. Called the electric gun, this system is competitive with laser or nuclear-driven, shock-wave, equation-of-state experiments in the 1 to 5 TPa range. Compared to those other methods, it has the advantage of simplicity, high precision, and low cost. In addition, its small size and low tota… more
Date: September 25, 1978
Creator: Steinberg, D.; Chau, H.; Dittbenner, G. & Weingart, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Muon polarization in e/sup +/e/sup -/. -->. mu. /sup +/. mu. /sup -/

Description: A calculation of the cross section for e/sup +/e/sup -/ ..-->.. ..mu../sup +/..mu../sup -/ interactions is performed assuming colliding beam conditions and propagation of a neutral intermediate vector boson. From this a derivation of the expression for the longitudinal polarization of the final state ..mu../sup -/ is made. The calculation, using relativistic, weak interaction, and field theory, demonstrates the connection between the polarization and the weak force parameters explicity. (JFP)
Date: May 25, 1978
Creator: Gary, J.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods of economic analysis applied to fusion research: discount rate determination and the fossil fuel price effect

Description: In current and previous efforts, ECON has provided a preliminary economic assessment of a fusion research program. Part of this effort was the demonstration of a methodology for the estimation of reactor system costs and risk and for the treatment of program alternatives as a series of steps (tests) to buy information, thereby controlling program risk and providing a sound economic rationale for properly constructed research programs. The first phase of work also identified two areas which grea… more
Date: September 25, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hybrid Staging of Geothermal Energy Conversion Processes

Description: A hybrid system consists of two or more energy conversion processes. This study examines the use of three energy conversion machines in hybrid systems: the conventional single-phase turbine, and the two-phase expanders known as the Lysholm engine and the radial outflow reaction turbine. Two hybrid systems are presented. The first is a two-stage, single-flash system with the Lysholm engine as the first stage, and a separator and conventional turbine as the second stage. The second system adds a … more
Date: September 25, 1978
Creator: Steidel, Robert F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of a radial-outflow reaction turbine concept for geothermal application

Description: The radial-outflow reaction turbine, a pure-reaction turbine designed to improve the conversion efficiency of geothermal energy into electrical power is described. It also has potential as a total-flow turbine for low-temperature water. The principle of incomplete expansion can be used to obtain a reduction in turbine size when the turbine exhausts into a low-pressure condenser. And, by adding this turbine to single- and two-stage flashed-steam systems, the conversion efficiency of systems util… more
Date: May 25, 1978
Creator: House, P.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Volume reduction system for solid and liquid TRU waste from the nuclear fuel cycle: April--June 1978

Description: The laboratory cyclone incinerator has been developed to study the effects of burning feed containing radionuclides other than plutonium-238. These isotopes, which will be primarily products of fission, must be efficiently removed from the off-gas if combustible waste containing such species is to be incinerated. Modifications to the original incinerator design were made to increase the efficiency of combustion and particulate removal in the system and to reduce its energy consumption. A drum c… more
Date: July 25, 1978
Creator: Alexander, B.M.; Lewis, E.L.; Doty, J.W. & Batchelder, D.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of beryllium parts for cosmos 954

Description: Operation Morning Light was conducted to search for the reactor core of Cosmos 954, the nuclear-powered Soviet satellite that crashed in the northwest territories of Canada in late January 1978. many of the satellite parts found were beryllium. This study discusses the geometry, condition, microstructure, and possible fabrication history of these beryllium parts.
Date: October 25, 1978
Creator: Hanafee, J.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thin film battery/fuel cell power generating system. Second quarterly report, July 1, 1978-September 30, 1978

Description: Progress is reported on the development of the high-temperature solid-oxide electrolyte fuel cell. Oxygen loss behavior in the lanthanum chromite interconnection material was investigated by the microweighing technique. RF sputtered interconnection bands have been produced that display suitable density to permit the technique to be used in the construction of cell stacks. Electrochemical vapor deposition equipment has been modified to enable preparation of 20 cell fuel cell stack fabrication to… more
Date: October 25, 1978
Creator: Feduska, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HP-67 calculator programs for thermodynamic data and phase diagram calculations

Description: This report is a supplement to a tabulation of the thermodynamic and phase data for the 100 binary systems of Mo with the elements from H to Lr. The calculations of thermodynamic data and phase equilibria were carried out from 5000/sup 0/K to low temperatures. This report presents the methods of calculation used. The thermodynamics involved is rather straightforward and the reader is referred to any advanced thermodynamic text. The calculations were largely carried out using an HP-65 programmab… more
Date: May 25, 1978
Creator: Brewer, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geochemistry, Petrology, and Basin Analysis. Quarterly Report

Description: Progress was made in all three areas this quarter--geochemistry, petrology, and basin analysis. In geochemistry the isotope work is well-established as is elemental analysis. Both are useful in application of data from other sources to the shales sequence, as shown. The V/Ni is proceeding well, and should be complete by July. The phenolic aldehyde work is not yet started because of equipment supply problems. In petrology some important progress was made in internal surface area studies of the s… more
Date: April 25, 1978
Creator: Maynard, J. B.; Potter, P. E. & Pryor, W. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Factors affecting the deformation of tungsten (a literature survey)

Description: Background information relative to wrought tungsten forming was required in support of development studies. Seven principal areas of tungsten metallurgy were of interest: fabrication methods, delamination, recrystallization, heat treatment, fracture characteristics, impurity effects, and surface treatments. Pertinent information in Metal Abstracts from 1967 to mid 1977 was summarized for each area. Only a few papers were reviewed in their entirety; the great majority of information was derived … more
Date: August 25, 1978
Creator: Ludwig, R.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim report on nuclear waste depository thermal analysis

Description: A thermal analysis of a deep geologic depository for spent nuclear fuel is being conducted. The TRUMP finite difference heat transfer code is used to analyze a 3-dimensional model of the depository. The model uses a unit cell consisting of one spent fuel canister buried in salt beneath a ventilated room in the depository. A base case was studied along with several parametric variations. It is concluded that this method is appropriate for analyzing the thermal response of the system, and that th… more
Date: July 25, 1978
Creator: Altenbach, T.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Total ozone retrieval from satellite multichannel filter radiometer measurements

Description: A total ozone retrieval model has been developed to process radiance data gathered by a satellite-mounted multichannel filter radiometer (MFR). Extensive effort went into theoretical radiative transfer modeling, a retrieval scheme was developed, and the technique was applied to the MFR radiance measurements. The high quality of the total ozone retrieval results was determined through comparisons with Dobson measurements. Included in the report are global total ozone maps for 20 days between May… more
Date: May 25, 1978
Creator: Lovill, J. E.; Sullivan, T. J.; Weichel, R. L.; Ellis, J. S.; Huebel, J. G.; Korver, J. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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