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Manufactured Homes Acquisition Program : Heat Loss Assumptions and Calculations, Heat Loss Coefficient Tables.

Description: This manual is intended to assist builders of manufactured homes in assessing the thermal performance of structural components used in the Manufactured Housing Acquisition Program (MAP) sponsored by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). U-factors for these components are calculated using the ASHRAE (1989) parallel heat loss method, with adaptations made for the construction practices found in the Pacific Northwest manufactured home industry. This report is divided into two parts. The first… more
Date: May 1, 1992
Creator: Davis, Bob & Baylon, David
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Linear accelerator driven (LADR) and regenerative reactors (LARR) for nuclear non-proliferation

Description: Linear accelerator breeders (LAB) could be used to produce fissile fuel in two modes, either with fuel reprocessing or without fuel reprocessing. With fuel reprocessing, the fissile material would be separated from the target and refabricated into a fuel element for use in a burner power reactor. Without reprocessing, the fissile material would be produced in-situ, either in a fresh fuel element or in a depleted or burned element after use in a power reactor. In the latter mode the fissile mate… more
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: Steinberg, M.; Takahashi, H.; Powell, J. R. & Kouts, H. J.C.
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Measured Infiltration and Ventilation in Manufactured Homes : Residential Construction Demonstration Project, Cycle II.

Description: Air infiltration is an important factor in heat loss and indoor air quality; in modern well-insulated homes, it may account for as much as half of the total heat loss. Due to the recent emphasis by home buyers and manufacturers on energy efficiency, tighter homes are being constructed. In the past, it was assumed that natural infiltration would provide adequate ventilation to maintain acceptable indoor air quality, but this is no longer the case in modern energy-efficient homes. This report sum… more
Date: April 28, 1992
Creator: Palmiter, Larry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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properties of low-index laser materials

Description: Measurements of n/sub 2/ for a large class of oxide and fluoride crystals and glasses have been made using 100-ps, 1.06-..mu..m laser pulses and time-resolved interferometry. Values of n/sub 2/ for various glasses are summarized.
Date: May 9, 1980
Creator: Weber, M. J.
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The role of market research in the commercialization of technology

Description: The objectiv eof this report is to provide information on available empirical work that describes criteria used by the residential consumer market in selectign energy and energy-related products. This market is important to the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Building and Community Services (OBCS), which sponsors the developement of many energy-conserving technologies ultimately used by the residential consumer. In this report, the consumer decision-making process is described, and ca… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Ivey, D.L. & Smith, S.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar house heating system using reflective pyramid optical condensing system. Evaluation of performance, June 1, 1975--December 31, 1976

Description: The prototype system, previously built on Westover Road, Stamford, Connecticut, was upgraded, instrumented, and evaluated. It was found to perform essentially as expected, but the open construction was found to have problems. A fully enclosed model Pyramidal Optics house was built by Better Homes of Delaware near Rehoboth, Delaware. After a number of significant improvements were made in the optical concentrating system and the flat plate receiver assembly, the system was monitored throughout t… more
Date: January 1, 1978
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Environmental influences contributing to window failure of the SLAC 50 MW klystron

Description: The additional heating of the klystron window is due to the intense x-ray level, produced inside the klystron, illuminating the entrance of the output wave guide. Photo-electric effect, although of low efficiency, produces enough electrons at the right location and right phase to start multipactor, which progresses with increasing intensity towards the window. The intercepted charge and the concomitant x-radiation heat the window, but the heating is not the cause of the breakdown per se. The ac… more
Date: March 1, 1984
Creator: Krienen, F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Krypton fluoride laser mirror study. Final report, October 1978-November 1979

Description: Rare gas halide lasers at 193 and 248/nm will require lower-loss optics if mirrors ad windows are not to be limiting factors in advanced DOE applications in laser fusion and photochemistry. This project addresses this problem in a number of ways, including materials investigations, test coatings, and fabrication of new uv laser coating designs, as described in more detail in the previous quarterly reports. Described in the final report are the process of making uv laser mirrors and the experime… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Flint, B.K.; Najmi, A. & Stelmack, L.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design options for low-conductivity window frames

Description: The window industry's commercialization of low-emissivity coatings and low-conductivity gas-filling over the past few years has helped to drastically reduce heat transfer rates through the glazed areas of windows. However, few changes have taken place in the design and construction of window frames and edges, leaving these elements to account for most of the heat transfer through today's state-of-the-art windows. This paper presents design and material requirements for the manufacture of low-co… more
Date: October 1, 1990
Creator: Byars, N. & Arasteh, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some numbers on the SLAC klystron windows

Description: The attenuation in our standard copper rectangular wave guides at 10 cm wave length is known to be 0.7 db/100 ft. If the wave guide were made of 70/30 Cupro-nickel, the same alloy the window sleeve is made of, the attenuation constant would go up by the inverse square root of the ratio of the conductivities (skin effect formula). Thus the attenuation constant would be ..beta.. = 12.8 10/sup -3/ m/sup -1/. The length of the sleeve L = 23 mm. Hence a piece of rectangular wave guide of equal lengt… more
Date: March 1, 1984
Creator: Krienen, F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiation damage in diagnostic window materials for the TFTR

Description: The general problem of evaluating diagnostic window materials for the TFTR at the tank wall location is described. Specific evaluations are presented for several materials: vitreous silica, crystal quartz, sapphire, zinc selenide, and several fluorides: lithium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, and calcium fluoride; and seal glasses are discussed. The effects of the neutrons will be minimal. The major problems arise from the high flux of ionizing radiation, mainly the soft x rays which are absorbed… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Primak, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar greenhouses in Minnesota

Description: After a discussion of solar greenhouse phenomena and the potential for heat collection and food production, design recommendations are provided for attached heat collecting solar sunspaces and for attached food producing solar greenhouses. Also, design of a single solar structure to maximize heat collection and food production is considered. A method of predicting the performance for attached heat collecting solar sunspaces is given in which the solar savings fraction is calculated. (LEW)
Date: December 1, 1981
Creator: Polich, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spectrometer detectors

Description: Comparisons of different techniques for position measurements in spectrometer focal plane detector systems are made. Capabilities and limits of gas proportional detectors are discussed.
Date: January 1, 1981
Creator: Morris, C.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Passive-solar construction handbook

Description: Many of the basic elements of passive solar design are reviewed. Passive solar construction is covered according to system type, each system type discussion including a general discussion of the important design and construction issues which apply to the particular system and case studies illustrating designed and built examples of the system type. The three basic types of passive solar systems discussed are direct gain, thermal storage wall, and attached sunspace. Thermal performance and const… more
Date: February 1, 1981
Creator: Levy, E.; Evans, D. & Gardstein, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conversion of administration buildings entry to a greenhouse. Final status report

Description: A project is briefly described that was to convert an administration building's entry to a greenhouse. The plan calls for extra insulation, a Trombe wall, berming, and double-glazed window units. The social and economic benefits of the project and qualifications of key people are listed. (LEW)
Date: August 9, 1982
Creator: Nolan, A.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiation-induced rf loss measurements and thermal-stress calculations for ceramic windows

Description: Irradiation with high energy neutrons can cause increases in loss tangent and thermal resistivity for some ceramics. Loss tangents over the range 0.02 to several MHz have been measured for single and polycrystalline aluminum oxide and polycrystalline beryllium oxide, after irradiation with a spallation neutron source. Some samples of single crystal aluminum oxide were also irradiated with 14-MeV neutrons at RTNS-II to compare spectral effects. Significant increases in loss tangent were observed… more
Date: January 1, 1983
Creator: Fowler, J.D. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy conserving site design case study-Radisson, New York. Final report

Description: A case study of project planning and design for energy conservation at Radisson New Community, Baldwinsville, New York is described. The new community includes a 95-acre residential site and a 51-acre town center. Energy-conserving plans developed for both sites have focused on passive measures to reduce energy use for space heating. Utility systems options have been identified for both sites. The case study overview contains data on location, climatology, local meteorology. Development plans f… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar assisted heat pump system with volume solar collector. Technical report

Description: The system uses the attic of the house with a large south facing window as the solar collector. An air-to-water heat pump uses the attic air as a heat source to heat a volume of storage water during the heating season. During the cooling season the attic is ventilated and the heat pump uses the attic air as a heat sink while cooling the storage water. The computer program was developed to include a heat exchanger in the attic which could by-pass the heat pump condenser cooling water, thus permi… more
Date: September 1, 1978
Creator: Sabnis, J.S.; Hickox, W.J.; Drucker, E.E.; Ucar, M. & LaGraff, J.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-R Window Technology Development : Phase II Final Report.

Description: Of all building envelope elements, windows always have had the highest heat loss rates. However, recent advances in window technologies such as low-emissivity (low-E) coatings and low- conductivity gas fillings have begun to change the status of windows in the building energy equation, raising the average R-value (resistance to heat flow) from 2 to 4 h-ft{sup 2}-{degrees}F/Btu. Building on this trend and using a novel combination of low-E coatings, gas-fills, and three glazing layers, the autho… more
Date: January 1, 1991
Creator: Arasteh, Dariush
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effectiveness of Solar Shading for an Office Building

Description: Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over the effectiveness of solar screens on office buildings. The effectiveness of solar shading is discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1984
Creator: Treado, S.; Barnett, J. & Remmert, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Macro-meso-microsystems integration in LTCC : LDRD report.

Description: Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic (LTCC) has proven to be an enabling medium for microsystem technologies, because of its desirable electrical, physical, and chemical properties coupled with its capability for rapid prototyping and scalable manufacturing of components. LTCC is viewed as an extension of hybrid microcircuits, and in that function it enables development, testing, and deployment of silicon microsystems. However, its versatility has allowed it to succeed as a microsystem medium in its… more
Date: March 1, 2007
Creator: De Smet, Dennis J.; Nordquist, Christopher Daniel; Turner, Timothy Shawn; Rohrer, Brandon Robinson; Walker, Charles A.; Ho, Clifford K.. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PINCH WELD TESTING TO SUPPORT CHANGE IN MANUFACTURING OIL AT THE KCP

Description: This task supports the change from an oil mixture termed 50:50 oil (an equal parts mixture of Milpro 634 and Pennex N47) to a new oil mixture (Castrol Illocut 334). This change was necessitated by a KCP vendor no longer supplying the Pennex N47 component of the 50-50. In order to continue production of machined parts, a detailed process was followed to ensure that high quality parts could be manufactured and that the cutting oil selected would provide acceptable human performance characteristic… more
Date: February 28, 2008
Creator: Korinko, P & David Maxwell, D
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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