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Development of a Thin-Liquid-Film Membrane Device for Reverse Osmosis

Description: Report issued by the Office of Saline Water over studies conducted on reverse-osmosis plants. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: April 1971
Creator: Davies, D. S.; Bemberis, I.; Wong, Chung-ming; Savage, W. F. & Channabasappa, K. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Selected Annotated Bibliography on the Geochemistry of Gold

Description: A bibliography of about 200 selected references which contain information on source materials dealing with the genesis and geochemistry of gold and geochemical prospecting for gold deposits.
Date: 1971
Creator: Cooper, Margaret
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determining Seepage Characteristics of Mill-Tailings Dams by the Finite-Element Method

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of mill-tailings dams, and disposal. Methods and development of tailings dams are discussed. This report includes tables, charts, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: January 1971
Creator: Kealy, C. Daniel & Busch, Richard A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development Report Number 9: V.T.E. Process Development, Freeport Test Facility, Freeport, Texas

Description: Report presenting accounts of testing saline water conversion and the economics thereof. This report covers the fifteenth and sixteenth Development Runs, which evaluated the following: the performance of the plant's double-fluted tube bundle and titanium tube bundle; the condensate handling-restrictions in the 5 effect module; a sump to sump brine transfer system modification; porcelain spray nozzles; enhanced surface tubes; and an oxygen scavenging system.
Date: October 1971
Creator: Campbell, Keith S. & Williams, Donald L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical Studies Report: Project Wagon Wheel

Description: The following document is a compilation of technical reports concerning the technical aspects of the Wagon Wheel Project studies, studies that analyze underground nuclear explosions.
Date: December 31, 1971
Creator: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Eagle Valley Evaporite, Northwest Colorado--A Regional Synthesis

Description: The following report presents a regional study of the extent, thickness, lithology, stratigraphic relations, age, depositional environment, and tectonic history of thick sulfate deposits and associated salts of sodium and potassium.
Date: 1971
Creator: Mallory, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Resources of the Glacier Primitive Area, Wyoming

Description: The following report follows a mineral survey of the Glacier Primitive Area and adjoining area in Wyoming, that was made in 1968 and 1969.
Date: 1971
Creator: Granger, H. C.; McKay, E. J.; Mattick, Robert E.; Patten, Lowell L. & McIlroy, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use of Steam-Electric Power Plants to Provide Thermal Energy to Urban Areas

Description: This report presents the results of a study that argues the importance of providing thermal energy from steam-electric power plants to urban areas.
Date: January 1971
Creator: Miller, A. J.; Payne, H. R.; Lackey, M. E.; Samuels, G.; Heath, M. T.; Hagen, E. W. et al.
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Operation of the Multi-Effect Multi-Stage Flash Distillation Plant (Clair Engle), Fourth Report (Semi-Annual), San Diego, California

Description: From Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations: "The operation and development programs carried out in the CEP, E-1A and LMC plant during the period July 1, 1970 to December 31, 1970 are described in this report. Data was developed on several development tasks as follows. A summary is presented of material evaluation studies made over the past three and a half years. Data on the experiences with coatings, mortar linings, elastomers, and nonferrous and ferrous metals are included. Details are pr… more
Date: April 1971
Creator: Catalytic, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Second Annual Report: Operation of the Muti-Stage Flash Distillation Plant, San Diego, California

Description: From Introduction: "The Office of Saline Water (OSW) maintains the MSF Module at the San Diego Test Facility, Chula Vista, California, for the purpose of further advancing and developing the state of art of the multistage flash distillation process and thereby reduce the cost of seawater conversion. The MSF Module has been built and operated to obtain engineering design and operating data to serve as a basis for: a. Future process development. b. Improved full scale plant design. Improved full … more
Date: March 1971
Creator: Catalytic Construction Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison Study of a 2.5 MGD VTE Upflow Versus Downflow

Description: Report comparing "the capital and operating costs of an upflow and downflow plant" (p. 2). Cost saving recommendations are made.
Date: February 1971
Creator: Marwede, M. & Schroeder, P. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of Roswell Test Bed Plant Reports (1963-1968)

Description: From Summary: "This report summarizes the analyses of the operating data for the period 1963-1969 for the Test Bed Plant and the Auxiliary Test Unit (ATU) located at Roswell, New Mexico."
Date: September 1971
Creator: Phillips Scientific Corporation
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Third Report on Horizontal-Tube Multiple-Effect Process Pilot Plant Tests

Description: From Summary: "This report describes the continuing work on HTME distillation plants, the first portions of which were reported in References 1 and 2. A major purpose in the testing of the three-effect pilot plant was to demonstrate mutiple-effect operability of the the horizontal tube method, when utilizing basically the same construction methods and materials as those proposed for commercial HTME plants."
Date: October 1971
Creator: Matta, G. A.; Karpf, J. Z.; Pascale, A. S. & Cardello, J. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis and Summary of Reports and Data From the Freeport, Texas, Test Bed Plant (1961-1969)

Description: Report issued by the Office of Saline over a summary of all work conducted at the Freeport, Texas test bed plant. The work done at the plant between 1961 and 1969 is presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Shroff, G. H.; Watson, I. C. & Cross, R. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transport-Depletion Desalination Pilot Plant

Description: From Summary: "The transport-depletion data obtained by the Southern Research Institute and by the Bureau of Reclamation at Denver, Colorado and at Webster, South Dakota, was reviewed. This data review made it possible to develop a design methodology for the pilot plant, and to identify the additional data required to adequately predict the performance of a transport-depletion stack."
Date: April 1971
Creator: Redman, Ralph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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