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Development of BEACON technology. Quarterly report, January-March 1982

Description: The BEACON process involves the catalytic deposition of a highly reactive form of carbon from a gas stream which contains carbon monoxide. The carbon-depleted gas is combusted with air to produce power, and the carbon is reacted with steam to produce methane or hydrogen. Process conditions favoring the production of hydrogen were explored this quarter. Excess steam was found to suppress methane formation, and reduction of catalyst methanation activity was demonstrated. The effect of carbon load… more
Date: December 1, 1982
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BACA Project: geothermal demonstration power plant. Final report

Description: The various activities that have been conducted by Union in the Redondo Creek area while attempting to develop the resource for a 50 MW power plant are described. The results of the geologic work, drilling activities and reservoir studies are summarized. In addition, sections discussing the historical costs for Union's involvement with the project, production engineering (for anticipated surface equipment), and environmental work are included. Nineteen geothermal wells have been drilled in the … more
Date: December 1, 1982
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Ocean energy systems. Quarterly report, October-December 1982

Description: Research progress is reported on developing Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems that will provide synthetic fuels (e.g., methanol), energy-intensive products such as ammonia (for fertilizers and chemicals), and aluminum. The work also includes assessment and design concepts for hybrid plants, such as geothermal-OTEC (GEOTEC) plants. Another effort that began in the spring of 1982 is a technical advisory role to DOE with respect to their management of the conceptual design activity of… more
Date: December 1, 1982
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An LMA-Based Theorem Prover

Description: We describe here a theorem prover constructed from the facilities provided by Logic Machine Architecture (LMA). This program is not part of LMA itself, but illustrates the level of inference-based system which can be constructed from the LMA package of tools. It is a clause-based theorem prover supporting a wide variety of techniques which have proven valuable over the years in a long-running automated deduction research project. In addition, it is designed to present a convenient, interactive … more
Date: December 1982
Creator: Lusk, Ewing L. & Overbeek, Ross A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiological and Environmental Research Division Annual Report: Part 1, Fundamental Molecular Physics, October 1980-September 1981

Description: Annual report of the Argonne National Laboratory Radiological and Environmental Research Division regarding activities related to molecular physics and chemistry. This report discusses areas in the physics and chemistry of atoms and molecules related to their interactions with photons, electrons, and other external agents such as energetic ions.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Radiological and Environmental Research Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel Cycle Programs, Quarterly Progress Report: January-March 1982

Description: Quarterly report of the Argonne National Laboratory Chemical Engineering Division regarding activities related to properties and handling of radioactive materials, operation of nuclear reactors, and other relevant research.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Steindler, M. J.; Bates, J. K.; Cannon, T. F.; Couture, R. A.; Deeken, P. G.; Fagan, J. E. et al.
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Advanced Fuel Cell Development Progress Report: July-September 1981

Description: Quarterly report discussing fuel cell research and development work at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). This report describes efforts directed toward (1) improving understanding of component behavior in molten carbonate fuel cells and (2) developing alternative concepts for components.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Pierce, Robert Dean & Arons, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Physics Division Annual Review: 1 April 1981-31 March 1982

Description: The research program in nuclear physics in the Argonne Physics Division contributes to most of the major questions in this scientific discipline. The development of the superconducting rf linac technology has led to the ATLAS project now under construction, and is the major focus of the effort in heavy-ion research. The investigation of pion interactions in nuclei using the LAMPF facility helps delineate the dominant aspects of pion propagation and interactions in nuclei. Experiments on the wea… more
Date: December 1982
Creator: Schiffer, John P.
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Fuels for Research and Test Reactors, Status Review: July 1982

Description: A thorough review is provided on nuclear fuels for steady-state thermal research and test reactors. The review was conducted to provide a documented data base in support of recent advances in research and test reactor fuel development, manufacture, and demonstration in response to current US policy on availability of enriched uranium. The review covers current fabrication practice, fabrication development efforts, irradiation performance, and properties affecting fuel utilization, including the… more
Date: December 1982
Creator: Stahl, D.
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Fluidelastic Instability in Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers: A Framework for a Prediction Method

Description: A framework for a method to predict fluid-elastic instability in heat exchanger tube bundles is presented. The method relies on a three-dimensional, cylindrical coordinate, thermal-hydraulic analysis code to obtain a representation of the three-dimensional flow distribution within the heat exchanger. With this information, local cross-flow velocities corresponding to each tube in the exchanger are obtained by interpolation and resultant cross-flow velocity distributions are computed. With a kno… more
Date: December 1982
Creator: Wambsganss, M. W.; Yang, C. I. & Halle, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Evaluation of Structural Integrity of IPNS-I and ZING-P' Targets

Description: This report discusses the design, production, and evaluation of clad uranium-alloy targets that function as spallation neutron sources in the ZING-P' and IPNS-I facilities with a pulsed (10 to 30 Hz), 500-MeV proton beam. The methodology and results of theoretical nuclear-particle transport, heat transport, and stress analyses that were used in the development of a design for the targets are described. The production of a zirconium-clad uranium-alloy cylinder for ZING-P' and Zircaloy-2-clad ura… more
Date: December 1982
Creator: Carpenter, J.; Ahmed, H.; Loomis, B.; Ball, J.; Ewing, T.; Bailey, J. et al.
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A National CW GeV Electron Microtron Laboratory

Description: Rising interest in the nuclear physics community in a CW GeV electron accelerator reflects the growing importance of high-resolution short-range nuclear physics to future advances in the field. To meet this need, Argonne National Laboratory proposes to build a CW GeV Electron Microtron (GEM) laboratory as a national user facility. The microtron accelerator has been chosen as the technology to generate the electron beams required for the research discussed because of the advantages of superior b… more
Date: December 1982
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Logic Machine Architecture Inference Mechanisms: Layer 2 User Reference Manual

Description: Logic Machine Architecture (LMA) is a package of software tools for the construction of inference-based systems. This is the reference manual for layer 2 of LMA. It contains the information necessary to write LMA-based systems at the level of layer 3. Such systems would include theorem provers, expert system reasoning components, and customized deduction components for a variety of application systems.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Lusk, Ewing L. & Overbeek, Ross A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel Cycle Programs, Quarterly Progress Report: April-June 1982

Description: Quarterly report of the Argonne National Laboratory Chemical Engineering Division regarding activities related to properties and handling of radioactive materials, operation of nuclear reactors, and other relevant research.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Steindler, M. J.; Bates, J. K.; Cannon, T. F.; Couture, R. A.; Deeken, P. G.; Fagan, J. E. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of the Beijing Instrument Factory GDB-44F photomultipler

Description: Characteristics have been measured for the GDB-44F 2''-diameter photomultiplier. Some typical photomultiplier characteristics - such as gain, dark current, anode output current, transit and rise times as a function of voltage between anode and cathode, and photoelectron pulse-height spectrum, the quantum-efficiency and the single-electron transit time spread were measured. Descriptions of the measuring systems were also given.
Date: December 15, 1982
Creator: Young, E. & Lo, C.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of unthrottled combustion system options for light duty applications with future syncrude derived fuels. Alternative Fuels Utilization Program

Description: An experimental program examining the interaction between several fuel and light duty automotive engine combinations is detailed. Combustion systems addressed covered indirect and direct injection diesel and spark ignited stratified charge. Fuels primarily covered D2, naphtha and intermediate broadcut blends. Low ignition quality diesel fuels were also evaluated. The results indicate the baseline fuel tolerance of each combustion system and enable characteristics of the systems to be compared. … more
Date: December 1, 1982
Creator: Needham, J. R.; Cooper, B. M. & Norris-Jones, S. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydraulic testing of simulated DWPF waste slurries at the Georgia Iron Works Hydraulic Laboratory

Description: Pipeline tests of current simulations of Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) waste slurries were performed during August 1982 at the Georgia Iron Works Hydraulic Laboratory (GIW). Measurements of pressure gradient versus flow in 3-inch pipes and fittings were made for various concentrations of unformated sludge and formated sludge with frit. All slurries were shown to behave generally as Bingham Plastic fluids. Formated sludge/frit slurries behaved generally like unformated sludge slurries… more
Date: December 31, 1982
Creator: Lewis, D.P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recovery of uranium-233 from a thorium breeding blanket by pyrochemical techniques

Description: We have carefully evaluated several processes that might be suitable for uranium recovery from thorium metal, and have chosen two that hold great promise. Both are simple non-aqueous methods that can readily be performed by remote means, and both require only a few simple process steps.
Date: December 8, 1982
Creator: Coops, M.S. & Knighton, J.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geothermal Elastomeric Materials Technology-Transfer (GEM-TT) Program. Final report

Description: The primary objective, to promote broad use of the earlier developed elastomers technology appears to have been successfully accomplished. The expertise was transferred to three rubber products manufacturers, and is currently commercially available. Significant substantiation of the viability of the technology was fostered through supporting and tracking numerous test efforts in various industry laboratories and out in the field. Numerous papers were presented on the technology and information … more
Date: December 1, 1982
Creator: Hirasuna, A.R.; Friese, G.J. & Stephens, C.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reduction of radon daughter concentrations in structures. [UMTRA project]

Description: A structure was identified in Salt Lake City wherein uranium mill tailings had been used in the construction and where unusually high levels of radon daughter concentrations (RDC's) existed. The physical and radiological characteristics of the structure were assessed. Ventilation techniques were investigated to assess their effectiveness in reducing RDC's. A preferred set of equipment was identified, installed in the structure and operated to reduce RDC's. Parametric studies were conducted to d… more
Date: December 1, 1982
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Irradiation and compatibility testing of Li/sub 2/O materials at EBR-II

Description: A study was made of the neutron-irradiation behavior of /sup 6/Li-enriched Li/sub 2/O material in EBR-II. In addition, a stress corrosion study was performed ex-reactor to test compatibility of Li/sub 2/O materials with a variety of stainless steels. Results of the irradiation testing showed that tritium and helium retention in the Li/sub 2/O (approx. 89% dense) lessened with neutron exposure. Helium tritium retention appeared to approach steady-state after approx. 1% /sup 6/Li burnup. The effe… more
Date: December 1, 1982
Creator: Porter, D. L.; Krsul, J. R.; Laug, M. T.; Tetenbaum, M. & Walters, L. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Particle size for greatest penetration of HEPA filters - and their true efficiency

Description: The particle size that most greatly penetrates a filter is a function of filter media construction, aerosol density, and air velocity. In this paper the published results of several experiments are compared with a modern filtration theory that predicts single-fiber efficiency and the particle size of maximum penetration. For high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters used under design conditions this size is calculated to be 0.21 ..mu..m diam. This is in good agreement with the experimental… more
Date: December 1, 1982
Creator: da Roza, R.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analytical and experimental evaluation of a proposed self-forging fragment munition

Description: Analytical and experimental tools have been used to study the formation of a proposed self-forging fragment projectile. The primary objective of this study is the determination of the interior and exterior shape of the fully formed fragment, and to determine if the fragment tumbles in flight. In addition, it is of interest to compare computer predictions to experimental results. An experiment was performed using high speed photography and high-energy flash x-ray radiography to study liner and c… more
Date: December 27, 1982
Creator: Tuft, D.B. & Folsom, E.N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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