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Conceptual Design of Electrical Balance of Plant for Advanced Battery Energy Storage Facility. Annual Report March 1979

Description: Large-scale efforts are in progress to develop advanced batteries for utility energy storage systems. Realization of the full benefits available from those systems requires development, not only of the batteries themselves, but also the ac/dc power converter, the bulk power interconnecting equipment, and the peripheral electric balance of plant equipment that integrate the battery/converter into a properly controlled and protected energy system. This study addresses these overall system aspects… more
Date: January 1980
Creator: King, Joseph M., Jr.; Vivirito, Joseph R. & Kornbrust, Frederick J.
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Development of Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for High-Temperature Ceramic Heat Exchanger Components : Third Annual Report, October 1979-September 1980

Description: The goals of the present program are not only to develop hardware and procedures for efficiently inspecting ceramic heat-exchanger components in conventional ways, but also to develop advanced NDE techniques that will allow effective failure prediction. The main objectives in FY 1980 have been to (a) develop a computer-interfaced ultrasonic bore-side probe for pre-service and in-service inspection, (b) develop and assess techniques for inspection of SiC tubing by acoustic microscopy, and (c) ca… more
Date: 1980
Creator: Kupperman, D. S.; Yuhas, D.; Sciammarella, Cesar A.; Caines, M. J. & Winiecki, A.
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A Preliminary Estimate of the Manufacturing Cost for Lithium/Metal Sulfide Cells for Stationary and Mobile Applications

Description: A preliminary estimate has been made of the manufacturing cost for lithium/iron sulfide cells for stationary energy-storage and electric-vehicle applications. This preliminary cost analysis indicated that the manufacturing cost (in 1979 dollars) is $24 to 41/kW-h for stationary energy-storage cells and $31 to 55/kW-h for electric-vehicle cells. The materials cost was found to contribute between 52 and 65% of this manufacturing cost. The most expensive materials and components were lithium (meta… more
Date: January 1980
Creator: Chilenskas, A. A.; Schaefer, J. C.; Towle, W. L. & Barney, Duane L.
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Lithium/Iron Sulfide Batteries for Electric-Vehicle Propulsion and Other Applications Progress Report for October 1979-March 1980

Description: This report covers the research and development activities of the program at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) on lithium/iron sulfide batteries during the period October 1979-March 1980.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Barney, Duane L.; Steunenberg, R. K.; Chilenskas, A. A.; Gay, E. C.; Battles, J. E.; Miller, W. E. et al.
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High-Performance Batteries for Stationary Energy Storage and Electric-Vehicle Propulsion, Progress Report: October 1978-September 1979

Description: This report covers the research, development, and management activities of the programs at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and at contractors' laboratories on high-temperature batteries during the period October 1978-September 1979. These batteries are being developed for electric-vehicle propulsion and for stationary energy-storage applications. The present cells, which operate at 400-500 C, are of a vertically oriented, prismatic design with one or more inner positive electrodes of FeS or F… more
Date: March 1980
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
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Argonne Solar Energy Program Annual Report: 1979

Description: This report describes the R&D work done at Argonne National Laboratory on solar energy technologies during the period October 1, 1978, to September 30, 1979. Technical areas included in the ANL solar program are solar energy collection, heating and cooling, thermal energy storage, ocean thermal energy conversion, photovoltaics, biomass conversion, satellite power systems, and solar liquid-metal MHD power systems.
Date: June 1980
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
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Argonne Solar Energy Program Annual Report: 1979

Description: This report describes the R&D work done at Argonne National Laboratory on solar energy technologies during the period October 1, 1978, to September 30, 1979. Technical areas included in the ANL solar program are solar energy collection, heating and cooling, thermal energy storage, ocean thermal energy conversion, photovoltaics, biomass conversion, satellite power systems, and solar liquid-metal MHD power systems.
Date: June 1980
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
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SLIDES: a Program to Draw Slides and Posters

Description: SLIDES is a program which takes text and commands as input and prepares lettered slides and posters. When run on the time-sharing computer, the program can display its output on an interactive graphics terminal; in batch, it can direct its graphical output to a variety of plotters. The program uses DISSPLA graphical subroutines and standard ANL plotter subroutines. This report contains material written for the novice computer user, who should be able to produce useful slides or posters by follo… more
Date: August 1980
Creator: Bertrand, Richard M.
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Corrosion Behavior of Several Metals in Ethylene Glycol-Base Heat-Transfer Fluids under Conditions Encountered in Solar Energy Systems

Description: The corrosion behavior of aluminum, copper, and iron in inhibited ethylene glycol-ASTM corrosive water solutions was evaluated in a laboratory loop under isothermal and heat-flux conditions for 1000 h at temperatures between 378 and 413 degrees K, in static autoclave tests at 450 degrees K for 500 h, and by potentiodynamic polarization measurements at temperatures between 298 and 348 degrees K. The effect of time, temperature, and ethylene glycol concentration of the heat-transfer fluid on the … more
Date: January 1980
Creator: Zeman, G. J.
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Experiments on Cold-Trap Regeneration by NaH Decomposition

Description: Cold-trap regeneration may be very important in future LMFBRs because of the expected high hydrogen source from the steam generators. This hydrogen precipitates as NaH in the cold trap and may fill the trap within one year of operation. Several methods of cold-trap regeneration were considered, but the simplest and least expensive appears to be decomposition of NaH under vacuum at elevated temperatures. Experiments were done to assess the feasibility of this method for cold-trap regeneration. S… more
Date: June 1980
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Chemical Engineering Division.
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Branching Fraction in the Radioactive Decay of ⁸⁵mKr

Description: The branching fraction in the decay of the fission product ⁸⁵m-krypton⁸⁵m to the ground state ⁸⁵krypton (10.75 y) was measured relative to the total decay to both ⁸⁵krypton and ⁸⁵Rb. Samples of uranium-235 were highly irradiated in a high-flux reactor and dissolved. ⁸⁵Rb was measured by isotope-dilution mass spectrometry, and the ⁸⁵krypton was counted in GM tubes the counting efficiencies of which were calibrated with a standardized ⁸⁵krypton gas of known disintegration rate. The branching frac… more
Date: February 1980
Creator: Jaffey, A. H.; Steinberg, E. P.; Gindler, J. E.; Gray, J.; Horwitz, E. P.; Hughes, J. P. et al.
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Corrosion and Mechanical Behavior of Materials for Coal Gasification Applications

Description: A state-of-the-art review is presented on the corrosion and mechanical behavior of materials at elevated temperatures in coal-gasification environments. The gas atmosphere in coal-conversion processes are, in general, complex mixtures which contain sulfur-bearing components (hydrogen sulfide, SO2, and COS) as well as oxidants (carbon dioxide/carbon monoxide and water/hydrogen). The information developed over the last five years clearly shows sulfidation to be the major mode of material degradat… more
Date: May 1980
Creator: Natesan, K.
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SACO-1: a Fast-Running LMFBR Accident-Analysis Code

Description: SACO is a fast-running computer code that simulates hypothetical accidents in liquid-metal fast breeder reactors to the point of permanent subcriticality or to the initiation of a prompt-critical excursion. In the tradition of the SAS codes each sub-assembly is modeled by a representative fuel pin with three distinct axial regions to simulate the blanket and core regions. However, analytic and integral models are used wherever possible to cut down the computing time and storage requirements. Th… more
Date: January 1980
Creator: Mueller, C. J.; Cahalan, J. E. & Vaurio, J. K.
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COMMIX-SA-1: a Three-Dimensional Thermohydrodynamic Computer Program for Solar Applications

Description: COMMIX-SA-1 is a three-dimensional, transient, single-phase, compressible-flow, component computer program for thermohydrodynamic analysis. It was developed for solar applications in general, and for analysis of thermocline storage tanks in particular. The conservation equations (in cylindrical coordinates) for mass, momentum, and energy are solved as an initial-boundary-value problem. The detailed numerical-solution procedure based on a modified ICE (Implicit Continuous-Fluid Eulerian) techniq… more
Date: November 1980
Creator: Sha, W. T.; Lin, E. I. H.; Schmitt, R. C.; Liu, K. V.; Hull, J. R.; Oras, J. J., Jr. et al.
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The Delayed-Neutron Fraction in a Pulsed Spallation Neutron Source

Description: The fraction of delayed neutrons beta in slow-neutron beams from a uranium-238 pulsed spallation neutron source is 0.0053 for 300 MeV protons. This measurement appears to be the first one of this quantity. The result indicates that, for most classes of measurements, the delayed-neutron background in time-of-flight instruments will be unimportant, and places constraints on the physics description of spallation targets. The measurement was performed at the prototype pulsed spallation neutron sour… more
Date: February 1980
Creator: Carpenter, J. M.
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Fast Critical Assembly Safeguards Summary Report, October 1978 - September 1979, Volume 1

Description: Nuclear material inventory verification techniques for large split-table type fast critical assemblies are being studied under this program. Emphasis has been given to techniques that minimize fuel handling in order to reduce facility down time and radiation exposure to the inventory team. The techniques studied include autoradiography, reactivity, and spectral index measurements.
Date: February 1980
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
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Fast Critical Assembly Safeguards. Summary Report, October 1978 - September 1979, Volume 2

Description: PART 1: The effectiveness of a neutron well correlation counter (NWCC) and a random driver (RD) for plutonium-containing item assay and loss detection has been studied. The items were 4 in. x 2 in. x 1/4 in. stainless steel-clad metal plates and 6 in. x 3/8 in. stainless steel-clad oxide rods, each in two types of containment. PART 2: A neutron-counting/fuel-weighting system has been developed to provide the capability to assay the ZPR-6 and -9 plutonium fuel canisters rapidly and accurately. T… more
Date: September 1980
Creator: Winslow, G. H.; Bellinger, F. O.; Scharping, R. A.; Rusch, G. K. & Groh, E. F.
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Fast Critical Assembly Safeguards: NDA Methods for Highly Enriched Uranium. Summary Report, October 1978 - September 1979, Volume 3

Description: Nondestructive assay (NDA) methods, principally passive gamma measurements and active neutron interrogation, have been studied for their safeguards effectiveness and programmatic impact as tools for making inventories of highly enriched uranium fast critical assembly fuel plates. It was concluded that no NDA method is the sole answer to the safeguards problem, that each of those emphasized here has its place in an integrated safeguards system, and that each has minimum facility impact.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Bellinger, F. O. & Winslow, G. H.
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Radiological and Environmental Research Division Annual Report: Part 1, Fundamental Molecular Physics, October 1979-September 1980

Description: Annual report of the Argonne National Laboratory Radiological and Environmental Research Division regarding activities related to molecular physics and chemistry. This report discusses the Section's work on the physics and chemistry of atoms, ions, and molecules - especially their interactions with external agents such as photons and electrons.
Date: 1980?
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Radiological and Environmental Research Division.
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Materials Technology for Coal-Conversion Processes Quarterly Report: April-June 1980

Description: Quarterly report on the activities of the Argonne National Laboratory Materials Science Division regarding studies on ceramic (refractory) and metallic materials presently being used or intended for use in coal-conversion processes. The program entails research in the fields of nondestructive testing and failure analysis, together with studies of erosive wear, corrosion, and refractory degradation.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Ellingson, W. A.
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Materials Technology for Coal-Conversion Processes Quarterly Report: January-March 1980

Description: Quarterly report on the activities of the Argonne National Laboratory Materials Science Division regarding economical conversion of coal into clean and usable alternate fuels will be advanced through the use of durable materials systems. This program is designed to provide part of the materials information necessary for successful operation of coal-conversion systems.
Date: June 1980
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Materials Science Division.
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