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10 MW Solar Thermal Pilot Plant Dynamic Simulation Volume 1 Computer Program Description

Description: This report is written as a partial account of work performed for the Department of Energy on the 10 MW Solar Thermal Pilot Plant Project. This report is in two parts: Computer Program Description and Computer Program Source Listing.
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Best, E. N.; Duroux, J. W.; Laurence, C. L.; Maxwell, F. D. & Randall, C. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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1978 source book for fusion--fission hybrid systems

Description: This study summarizes the promise and timing of the hybrid concept and culminates in a generic R and D timetable. This document emphasizes the meaningfulness of the concept to tomorrow's energy needs and energy production systems rather than strict analysis of technical feasibility. (MOW)
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Crowley, J. H.; Pavlenco, G. F. & Kaminski, R. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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1978 source book for fusion--fission hybrid systems. Executive summary

Description: The 1978 Source Book for Fusion--Fission Hybrid Systems was prepared by United Engineers and Constructors Inc. for the U.S. Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute. It reviews the current status of fusion--fission hybrid reactors, and presents the prevailing views of members of the fusion community on the RD and D timetable required for the development and commercialization of fusion--fission hybrids. The results presented are based on a review of related references as we… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Crowley, John H.; Pavlenco, G. F. & Kaminski, R. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air leakage in refrigerated vans. Final report

Description: The Air Leakage in Refrigerated Vans Project was initiated by the Department of Energy to assess the impact of air leakage on fuel consumption of highway transport refrigeration equipment. The project, conducted from September of 1977 to December of 1978 collected air leakage data on refrigerated trailers, containers and truck bodies. A Prototype Air Leakage Test Set was developed, designed and constructed to take measurements, and a total of 92 representative vehicles were examined. The result… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analog Subsystem for the Plutonium Protection System

Description: An analog subsystem is described which monitors certain functions in the Plutonium Protection System. Rotary and linear potentiometer output signals are digitized, as are the outputs from thermistors and container ''bulge'' sensors. This work was sponsored by the Department of Energy/Office of Safeguards and Security (DOE/OSS) as part of the overall Sandia Fixed Facility Physical Protection Program.
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Arlowe, H. Duane
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis and experimental tests of a high-performance evacuated tubular collector

Description: A high-performance collector based on the use of all-glass, evacuated tubular collector elements is described and analyzed, and supporting experimental data presented. The collector operates with excellent efficiency at temperatures high enough to drive existing air conditioning units, and shows good performance under diffuse light and low insolation conditions. collector efficiency is insensitive to operating temperature, ambient temperature, and wind speed. In addition, air as well as liquid … more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Beekley, D. C. & Mather, Jr., G. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of airborne radiometric data. Volume 1. Evaluation of the DELPHI/MAZAS computer code. Final report

Description: Testing and evaluation of the code MAZAS/DELPHI led to the following conclusions: its precision is better than the Window method for the analysis of uranium, comparable for the analysis of potassium, and worse for the analysis of thorium. Its accuracy of MAZAS is consistently better than the Window method when used on simulated data. The accuracy of the average values of the individual gamma-ray intensities obtained with MAZAS is good over the entire energy spectrum for the uranium and thorium … more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Sperling, M.; Shreve, D. C. & Reed, J. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of airborne radiometric data. Volume 2. Description, listing, and operating instructions for the code DELPHI/MAZAS. Final report

Description: The computer code DELPHI is an interactive English language command system for the analysis of airborne radiometric data. The code includes modules for data reduction, data simulation, time filtering, data adjustment and graphical presentation of the results. DELPHI is implemented in FORTRAN on a DEC-10 computer. This volume gives a brief set of operations instructions, samples of the output obtained from hard copies of the display on a Tektronix terminal and finally a listing of the code.
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Sperling, M. & Shreve, D. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of federal incentives used to stimulate energy production: an executive summary

Description: Federal incentives used in the past to stimulate development of nuclear power, hydroelectric power, coal production, petroleum production, natural gas production, and electric power generation and transmission are analyzed in order to determine the feasibility and possible extent of the use of federal incentives to stimulate solar energy development. (JSR)
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Cone, B. W.; Brenchley, D. L.; Brix, V. L.; Brown, M. L.; Cochran, K. E.; Cohn, P. D. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of the economic feasibility of the Kloswall longwall mining system. Final technical report: volume 1

Description: This study was performed to evaluate the economic feasibility of the Kloswall longwall mining system. The Kloswall system utilizes a deep web mining concept. It was studied both to determine its own economic efficiency and to compare it to the economic efficiency of conventional longwall and continuous mining systems. A broad-range of mine scenarios and equipment configurations was studied for each mining system. The principal economic factor used in the analysis was Rate of Return on Investmen… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Schroeder, E. W.; Davis, R. P.; Gabrill, C. P.; Pimental, R. A. & Douglas, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of the effect of operator splitting and of the sampling procedure on the accuracy of Glimm's method

Description: A study is made of Glimm's method, a method for constructing approximate solutions to systems of hyperbolic conservation laws in one space variable by sampling explicit wave solutions. It is extended to several space variables by operator splitting. Two fundamental problems are addressed. A highly accurate form of the sampling procedure, in one space variable, based on the van der Corput sampling sequence is proposed. Error bounds are derived for Glimm's method, with van der Corput sampling, as… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Colella, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual abstracts of the National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems

Description: The National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems at Brookhaven has been in operation since January 1976. This 1978 Annual Abstracts report illustrates the scope of activities of the Center involving the integrated analyses of technological, economic, environmental, and social aspects of energy at the regional, national, and international levels. The major ongoing activities of the Center include: analysis of energy-economic relationships; regional energy and environmental policy; comparative … more
Date: December 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual highlights of the energy technology programs

Description: The Energy Storage and Conversion Division reports summary activities in the following: electrolysis-based hydrogen energy storage systems; an electrochemically regenerative hydrogen--halogen energy storage system; fuel cells (materials and electrolysis); high temperature water electrolysis; hydrogen energy storage systems for automobile propulsion; program planning for research related to energy conservation; New York Energy Office oil retrofit pilot program; burner-boiler/furnace testing; and… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual highlights of the National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems

Description: The National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems at Brookhaven has been in operation since January 1976. This annual highlights report outlines the scope of activities of the Center involving the integrated analyses of technological, economic, environmental, and social aspects of energy at the regional, national, and international levels. The objectives of the Center and major accomplishments of 1978 are described along with a list of active projects and publications. The energy data bases an… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Hoffman, K C
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of downhole and surface geothermal heat flux and thermal conductivity transducers in geothermal reserve assessments

Description: How a downhole rod heat flux transducer can be modified with clamp-on tubular sections so that it can fit into holes of different sizes is described. In addition, methods are discussed by which a downhole thermal conductivity probe can be modified to be used in holes with different diameters. Also, a short, cylindrical thermal conductivity transducer for use at the bottom of a hole is described and evaluated. For the sake of completeness, heat flux and thermal conductivity transducers for use a… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Poppendiek, H. F.; Sabin, C. M.; Sellers, A. J. & Connelly, D. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of inertial confinement fusion to weapon technology

Description: This report reviews aspects of the military applications of the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) program at Sandia Laboratories. These applications exist in the areas of: (1) weapon physics research, and (2) weapon effects simulation. In the area of weapon physics research, ICF source technology can be used to study: (1) equations-of-state at high energy densities, (2) implosion dynamics, and (3) laboratory simulation of exoatmospheric burst phenomena. In the area of weapon effects simulation,… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Toepfer, A.J. & Posey, L.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of quality assurance human factors and reliability principles to the prevention of major environment, safety, and health incidents

Description: The study described in this report is part of a program to investigate how proven principles and techniques from the disciplines of quality assurance, reliability, and human factors might be used, or modified, to support environment, health, and safety programs. This report describes a study undertaken to determine whether there appears to be genuine, potential benefit from the use or modification of such principles or techniques in accident prevention. Results are based on a hindsight analysis… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Trauth, Charles A., Jr.; Ellingson, Aandrew C.; Farr, Donald E. & Jercinovic, Leo M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of x-ray emission spectra to the identification of particulate sulfur compounds in ambient air

Description: X-ray emission spectra was found to be an effective method for the observation of the chemical form of particulate sulfur in ambient air. Realizing the unique spectral characteristics of sulfate, an instrument for analyzing pollution filters for sulfate concentrations can be considered. A knowledge of the peak positions and relative peak intensities dispenses with the need to perform time consuming scans. A sealed, helium fille Bragg spectrometer that allows for precise external rotation of the… more
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Ramponi, A.J. & Jaklevic, J.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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