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Bibliography of Publications on Compounds of Gas Hydrate Type

Description: "This is the first of a series of bibliographical reports listing references on a particular subject which is of special interest to the Office of Saline Water. The initial bibliography was prepared by K. W. Allen of the University of Pittsburgh with subsequent additions and editing by Dr. Karl Kase of the Office of Saline Water" (p. ii).
Date: August 1963
Creator: University of Pittsburgh
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Bolsa Island Nuclear Power and Desalting Project Facilities (Cost and Description) and Cost of Desalted Water

Description: Report that contains information regarding the plans for a combined nuclear power plant and water desalination facility on a man-made island in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Includes the estimated costs associated with the conceptual plant as well as unit costs for desalted water.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.)
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Development of Tubular Reverse Osmosis Module Assembly Techniques

Description: Report concerning the development of equipment and processes required for the production of porous wall reverse osmosis tubes lined with membrane material deposited by extrusion. These include a chilled water membrane gellation system, "a heat treat fixture permitting simultaneous heat treatment of several reverse osmosis tubes" (p. 1), and the optimization of the structure of fiberglass filament/resin composite material.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Fluke, G. A.
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Freon-12 Hydrate Desalting Process

Description: Report that "evaluates an operation program of a hydrate process for the desalination of sea water in a 10,000 GPD plant located at the Office of Saline Water Research and Development Test Station (Wrightsvile Beach Test Facility at Wrightsville Beach, New Carolina) for the period march 1967 through July 1968" (p. i).
Date: August 1968
Creator: Garrison, Kenneth; Slape, R. J. & Snedden, L. L.
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The Mechanism of Desalination by Reverse Osmosis

Description: From Introduction: " With the ultimate objective of improving the process, a study of the mechanism(s) of material transport across the membrane was undertaken; the OSW sponsored a fundamental program of investigation of the Reverse Osmosis Process. Following a brief review of the results of the first year's investigations, the body of this report will cover the accomplishments of the second year's effort."
Date: August 1964
Creator: Keilin, B.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Vertical Tube Evaporator Pilot Plant Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1969

Description: From Summary: "This report summarizes the down-flow heat transfer performance of enhanced surface tubes and operations at the four-effect Vertical Tube Evaporator Pilot Plant at the Office of Saline Water East Coast Test Station, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The period from July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1969 is covered in this report."
Date: August 1970
Creator: Stearns-Roger Corporation
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Operation of Reverse Osmosis Pilot Plants

Description: From Introduction: "This report includes the sixth segment of a continuing effort begun early in 1963. Purpose of the work is the scale-up of reverse osmosis from a laboratory curiosity to an economical system for the production of potable water from salty feeds."
Date: August 1968
Creator: DeHaven, C. G.; Jarvis, M. A. & Wunderlich, C. R.
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Saline Water Conversion by Freezing: An Integral Processing unit Using a Secondary Refrigerant

Description: From Introduction: "The study of the conversion of saline water by direct freezing using a secondary refrigerant has been sponsored by the the Office of Saline Water at Cornell University since the beginning of 1958. This report first considers the energy relationships which can be the basis for much controversy regarding the freezing process."
Date: August 1960
Creator: Weigandt, H. F.
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