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Photovoltaic systems concept study. Volume IV. Final report

Description: This report has been prepared in nine sections plus appendices, separated into five separate volumes. This volume contains three sections. Separate abstracts were prepared for each section. (MHR)
Date: April 1, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Kilowatt isotope power system. Component test procedure for the ground demonstration system radiator bypass valve

Description: This test procedure provides a detailed description of the verification methods which shall be used in the developmental program to be conducted on the Kilowatt Isotope Power System (KIPS) Radiator Bypass Valve, to fulfill the requirements of the Ground Demonstration System Design Criteria. The test objective is to demonstrate the bypass flow characteristics of the valve as a function of the Jet Condensor Inlet Temperature. To accomplish the test objective the pump discharge temperature (TPO) w… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic assessment of the utilization of lead-acid batteries in electric utility systems. Final report

Description: Specific applications in which lead--acid batteries might be economically competitive on an electric utility system are identified. Particular attention is given to searching the Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE and G) system for installations of batteries which could defer or cancel costly transmission and/or distribution projects. Although the transmission and distribution data are based on specific applications on the PSE and G system, the generation data are based on a national … more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Johnson, A.C.; Hynds, J.A.; Nevius, D.R.; Nunan, G.A. & Sweetman, N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final report of fuel dynamics Test E7

Description: Test data from an in-pile failure experiment of high-power LMFBR-type fuel pins in a simulated $3/s transient-overpower (TOP) accident are reported and analyzed. Major conclusions are that (1) a series of cladding ruptures during the 100-ms period preceding fuel release injected small bursts of fission gas into the flow stream; (2) gas release influenced subsequent cladding melting and fuel release (there were no measurable FCI's (fuel-coolant interactions), and all fuel motion observed by the … more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Doerner, R. C.; Murphy, W. F.; Stanford, G. S. & Froehle, P. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Massive hydraulic fracturing well, Federal No. 498-4-1, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Final report

Description: This project is an MHF of a previously untreated Mesaverde interval in a well in northwest Colorado. The rocks involved may have been deposited during a marine invasion of long-continued, swamp environments. If so, they would have possessed superior primary reservoir properties. The logging program, identical to those used in the nearby Rio Blanco Nuclear and MHF Project wells, supplied contradictory information. The frac could furnish better understanding of the log suite, better parameters fo… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: van Poollen, H.K.; Ishteiwy, A.A. & Chancellor, R.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Theoretical study of the tube flow of one component sticky foam solutions. [As access deterrents in Safeguard program]

Description: A theoretical model describing the flow of a solution that foams during tube flow was developed. The larger viscosity and smaller density of the foam phase relative to the original solution are responsible for the large resistance to flow that occurs when foaming takes place. The experimental observations of P.B. Rand and K.C. Goettsche that describe a maximum in flow rate as the temperature is increased are explained by the model. The temperature-dependence of the Freon 12 vapor pressure cause… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Kraynik, A.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geothermal down-well instrumentation. Final report

Description: Work to develop a telemetry link between a Sperry downwell geothermal turbo-pump and the well-head, without the requirement for cables within the pipe-string, is described. Two methods were studied, built, and tested in a well at Heber, California, during the first field tests on the pump. These were: (a) an acoustic scheme which transmitted a modulated 4 kHz acoustic carrier on the pipe-string and (b) an electromagnetic scheme which used the exhaust steam pipe annulus as a coaxial transmission… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Monfort waste conversion demonstration. Quarterly progress report, January 1, 1977--March 31, 1977

Description: Research efforts on the development of a mobile fermentation system centered on the evaluation of various start-up procedures. Although good gas production has been achieved with a system operated at 125/sup 0/F/51.7/sup 0/C and with a total volatile acid concentration of 2000 to 4000 mg/l, it is suggested that these conditions might cause stresses on the system that would make it more susceptible to failure. Progress in tests on start-up and operation of the system at 135/sup 0/F/57.2/sup 0/C … more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Turk, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Neutron-induced angular and energy distributions: graphical experimental data

Description: Graphs of neutron-induced distributions have been generated, based on the data found in the Experimental Cross Section Information Library (ECSIL) as of April 1, 1977. Angular and energy distributions as well as Legendre coefficients have been presented for all secondary particles emitted from the nucleus (e.g., neutrons, protons, deuterons, etc.). The data have been plotted with error bars when they have been available.
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Cullen, D.E.; Howerton, R.J.; MacGregor, M.H. & Perkins, S.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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WIPP conceptual design report. Addendum A. Design calculations for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Description: The design calculations for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) are presented. The following categories are discussed: general nuclear calculations; radwaste calculations; structural calculations; mechanical calculations; civil calculations; electrical calculations; TRU waste surface facility time and motion analysis; shaft sinking procedures; hoist time and motion studies; mining system analysis; mine ventilation calculations; mine structural analysis; and miscellaneous underground calculat… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HERMES II experimenters' manual (revised)

Description: The HERMES II is a high-intensity laboratory photon source for gamma-ray radiation effects experiments as well as a high-energy pulsed electron beam generator for a variety of potential applications. The purpose of this manual is to serve as a basic source of information for prospective users of HERMES. Included is a brief discussion of the design and operation of the accelerator system as well as a summary of environmental data for x-ray operation and output characteristics for electron beam m… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Schuch, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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REBA experimenters' manual. [Relativistic Electron Beam Accelerator (REBA)]

Description: The REBA is a high-energy, pulsed electron beam or bremsstrahlung x-ray generator whose operational purpose is to provide an energy source of short duration for conducting experiments, primarily to determine material responses to rapid surface and in-depth deposition of energy. The purpose of this manual is to serve as a basic source of information for prospective users of REBA. Included is a brief discussion of the design and operation of the facility as well as a summary of output characteris… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Schuch, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Passive Electronic Components for Instrumentation of Improved Geothermal Logging Tools and Components. Semiannual Progress Report. Report No. 1. [For Temperatures Up to 500/sup 0/C]

Description: Research progress is reported on the development of passive components, resistors, capacitors, metallization, and passivation, that will withstand well logging temperatures to 500/sup 0/C and have extremely low temperature coefficients. The lower the temperature coefficients, the more exacting the instrumentation designs can be without elaborate compensation techniques. The method of fabricating the thin film components is that of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) which is a major deviation from … more
Date: April 20, 1977
Creator: Raymond, L. S.; Hamilton, D. J. & Kerwin, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Photovoltaic systems concept study. Final report

Description: The following appendices are included: economic theory, electric utilities, and peak load pricing; evaluating the total cost of an on-site solar energy system; derivation of PEPS cost model; PEPS economic analysis model; scenarios; the effect of governmental ''subsidies'' on the nuclear power industry; discussion of energy industry subsidies; extension of the Hottel-Whillier-Bliss model to the analysis of combined photovoltaic/thermal flat plate collectors; analysis of solar-augmented rock-bed/… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Photovoltaic systems concept study. Final report

Description: The work performed in the conceptual design and systems analysis of three sizes of photovoltaic solar electric power systems is contained in five volumes consisting of nine sections plus appendices. Separate abstracts were prepared for the two sections in this volume. (MHR)
Date: April 1, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermodynamic properties of fluid n-H/sub 2/ in the range 75 to 307 K and 2 to 20 kbar

Description: An empirical equation of state (EOS) is developed which reproduces our simultaneous measurements of P, V, T, and sound velocity v/sub s/ in fluid n-H/sub 2/ from 75 to 307 K and 2 to 20 kbar. We then derive various thermodynamic properties from the EOS and give values in tabular form at rounded kbar pressures and 25 K temperature intervals over the experimental range. Included are the isobaric thermal expansion coefficient ..cap alpha../sub p/, heat capacity at constant pressure C/sub p/, isoth… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Liebenberg, D.H.; Mills, R.L. & Bronson, J.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Kaon-nucleus physics at low and medium energies

Description: Topics discussed for the treatment of kaon--nucleus physics at low and intermediate energies include K/sup +/ and K/sup -/ interactions exotic resonances, anti KN amplitudes optical potential graphs, kaon wave function in /sup 12/C, energy levels in /sup 12/C hypernuclei, and possibility of stable light systems with S = -. (JFP)
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Dover, C. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production economics for hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol during the 1980--2000 period

Description: Refinery hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol, the principal industrial hydrogen products, are now manufactured mainly by catalytic steam reforming of natural gas or some alternative light-hydrocarbon feed stock. Anticipated increases in the prices of hydrocarbons are expected to exceed those for coal, thus gradually increasing the incentive to use coal gasification as a source of industrial hydrogen during the 1980 to 2000 period. Although the investment in industrial hydrogen plants will exceed th… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Corneil, H G; Heinzelmann, F J & Nicholson, E W.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coincidence logic modules for criticality alarming

Description: A coincidence Logic Module and a companion contact closure Relay Module utilizing the NIM Standard have been developed for criticality alarming. The units provide an ALARM whenever two or more out of N detectors become activated. In addition, an ALERT is generated whenever one or more detectors is activated or when certain electronic component failures occur. The number of detector inputs (N) can be expanded in groups of six by adding modules. Serial and parallel redundancy were used to reduce … more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Schaief, C.C. III
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental radiation safety source term evaluation program

Description: Plutonium-238 is currently used in the form of a pure refractory oxide as a power source on a number of space vehicles that have already been or will be launched during the next few years. Although the sources are designed and built to withstand re-entry into the earth's atmosphere and impact with the earth's surface without releasing any plutonium, the possibility of such an event can never be absolutely excluded. Three separate tasks were undertaken in this study. The interactions between soi… more
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Moss, O. R.; Filipy, R. E.; Cannon, W. C. & Craig, D. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of Open-Cycle Coal-Fired MHD Generators. Quarterly Technical Summary Report No. 3, January 1--March 31, 1977. [Negative Ion Formation, Electron/Slag Interaction, and Alkali/Slag Interaction]

Description: The purpose of this contract effort is to understand how nonfuel components of coal will affect the electron and alkali seed chemistry in a high temperature coal combustion system like that envisioned for direct fired MHD generators. Three specific problems are being considered during this contract period. The first problem area is to characterize the formation of negative ions due to electron attachment processes in the combustion flow. While some stable negative ions may be formed from hydroc… more
Date: April 15, 1977
Creator: Kolb, C. E.; Yousefian, V.; Wormhoudt, J.; Martinez-Sanchez, M. & Kerrebrock, J. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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