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Fuel conservation opportunities through changes in mode of freight transportation. Final report

Description: The study identifies opportunities for and barriers to increased use of railroads to promote fuel conservation. Transportation officials were interviewed from 9 companies in the processed food, metals, chemicals, and transportation vehicle industries. These industry personnel identified unreliable delivery times and equipment shortages as the key issues in their decision not to use the railroads. A range of actions that railroad management could take to improve transit time reliability is ident… more
Date: June 1, 1979
Creator: Corbett, R. M. & Moon, A. E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Validation of the Cumberland Energyplex concept. Volume 3. Appendixes. Final report

Description: This volume contains brief appendixes of three types: (1) some topics, although their analyses were not directly requested in the contract work statement, are examined because they are central to determining the validity of the Energyplex concept (e.g., socioeconomic effects and anaerobic digestion of animal wastes to recovery energy). (2) Methane from Illinois coal beds is discussed as a potential energy resource; however detailed analysis has been prevented by the paucity of necessary geologi… more
Date: June 1, 1979
Creator: Barkhordar, P.M.; Crooks, G. & Martin, P.J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Validation of the Cumberland Energyplex concept. Volumes 1 and 2. Executive summary and analysis detail. Final report

Description: The definition and goal of the Energyplex, available and required resources, Energyplex elements and their economics, Energyplex products and markets, environmental residuals, electricity in Illinois, and have the goals are met are included. Elements of the Energyplex described are: ammonia from coal, synthetic natural gas plant, coal liquefaction, enhanced oil recovery, use of reject heat from power generation units, greenhouse environmental control, aquaculture, livestock enclosures, and corn… more
Date: June 1, 1979
Creator: Barkhordar, P. M.; Chatterjee, A. K.; Clark, C. F.; Crooks, G.; Dore, J. S.; Martin, P. J. et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transportation energy conservation studies. Technical status report No. 1, April 24-June 3, 1978

Description: The technical status report covering the period April 24 through June 3, 1978 dealing with the study on potential for conserving energy by shifting some shipments of manufactured products from motor trucking to railroads is presented. The work activities for the period comprise eight subtasks, consisting of the identification of shippers relevent to the study, three rounds of interviews and analysis, preparation of interim and final reports, and discussions with railroads. Some transport data o… more
Date: June 9, 1978
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Novel catalytic methods for heteroatom removal in coal liquids upgrading. Quarterly report No. 3, March 1, 1983-June 1, 1984

Description: The goal of this project is to optimize the reaction conditions for upgrading coal liquids. Our results for this quarter are summarized: Last quarter we found that H/sub 2/S aids in the HDN process. During this quarter, we have undertaken an H/sub 2/S concentration study on this reaction and found a direct correlation between the amount of added H/sub 2/S and the reduction in nitrogen content. For comparison, we also used H/sub 2/O and Na/sub 2/S as additives; however, neither appears to be as … more
Date: June 1, 1984
Creator: Laine, R. M.; Hirschon, A. S. & Wilson, R. B., Jr.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Diesel cars in the United States

Description: The purpose of this study was to develop a better understanding of the causes of the recent increased interest in diesel cars, thereby providing insight into the related behavior of institutions and individuals. This knowledge may improve the formulation of federal policies for diesel, electric, and other more energy-efficient car systems. The study describes developments in the diesel car field over the past few years, and discusses the present status of diesel cars. Historical data were assem… more
Date: June 1, 1978
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research and development to overcome fouling of membranes

Description: During this first year of the program, we have successfully accomplished the main objective of demonstrating the feasibility of using piezoelectrically assisted ultrafiltration to reduce membrane fouling and enhance the flux through ultrafiltration membranes. A preliminary economic evaluation, accounting for the power consumption of the piezoelectric driver and the extent of permeate flow rate enhancement, has also shown that piezoelectrically assisted ultrafiltration is cost effective and econ… more
Date: June 1, 1992
Creator: Narang, S. C.; Sharma, S. K.; Ventura, S. C.; Roberts, D. L. & Ahner, N.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research and Development to Overcome Fouling of Membranes. First Annual Report, October 1, 1989--October 31, 1990

Description: During this first year of the program, we have successfully accomplished the main objective of demonstrating the feasibility of using piezoelectrically assisted ultrafiltration to reduce membrane fouling and enhance the flux through ultrafiltration membranes. A preliminary economic evaluation, accounting for the power consumption of the piezoelectric driver and the extent of permeate flow rate enhancement, has also shown that piezoelectrically assisted ultrafiltration is cost effective and econ… more
Date: June 1, 1992
Creator: Narang, S. C.; Sharma, S. K.; Ventura, S. C.; Roberts, D. L. & Ahner, N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Diffusion Coatings for Corrosion-Resistant Components in Coal Gasification Systems

Description: Heat-exchangers, particle filters, turbines, and other components in integrated coal gasification combined cycle system must withstand the highly sulfiding conditions of the high-temperature coal gas over an extended period of time. The performance of components degrades significantly with time unless expensive high alloy materials are used. Deposition of a suitable coating on a low-cost alloy may improve its resistance to such sulfidation attack, and decrease capital and operating costs. The a… more
Date: June 30, 2006
Creator: Krishnan, Gopala N.; Malhotra, Ripudaman; Alvarez, Esperanza; Lau, Kai-Hung; Perez-Mariano, Jordi & Sanjurjo, Angel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spin Properties of Transition-Metallorganic Self-Assembled Molecules

Description: This report summarizes SRI's accomplishments on the project, 'Spin Properties of Transition-Metallorganic Self-Assembled Molecules' funded by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, US Department of Energy. We have successfully carried out all tasks identified in our proposal and gained significant knowledge and understanding of spin-polarized electronic structure, spin relaxation, and spin-dependent transport in transition-metallorganic molecules and enhohedral fullerenes. These molecules contain… more
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Yu, Zhi Gang
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of ceramic membrane reactors for high temperature gas cleanup. Final report

Description: The objective of this project was to develop high temperature, high pressure catalytic ceramic membrane reactors and to demonstrate the feasibility of using these membrane reactors to control gaseous contaminants (hydrogen sulfide and ammonia) in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) systems. Our strategy was to first develop catalysts and membranes suitable for the IGCC application and then combine these two components as a complete membrane reactor system. We also developed a computer… more
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Roberts, D. L.; Abraham, I. C.; Blum, Y.; Gottschlich, D. E.; Hirschon, A.; Way, J. D. et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Diffusion Coatings for Corrosion-Resistant Components in Coal Gasification Systems Quarterly Technical Progress Report: Number 10

Description: Heat-exchangers, particle filters, turbines, and other components in integrated coal gasification combined cycle system must withstand the highly sulfiding conditions of the high-temperature coal gas over an extended period of time. The performance of components degrades significantly with time unless expensive high alloy materials are used. Deposition of a suitable coating on a low-cost alloy may improve its resistance to such sulfidation attack, and decrease capital and operating costs. The a… more
Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: Krishnan, Gopala N.; Malhotra, Ripudaman; Alvarez, Esperanza; Lau, Kai-Hung & Sanjurjo, Angel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced separation technology for flue gas cleanup: Quarterly technical report No. 16, January 1996--March 1996

Description: The objective of this work is to develop a novel system for regenerable SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} scrubbing of flue gas that focuses on (a) a novel method for regeneration of spent SO{sub 2} scrubbing liquor and (b) novel chemistry for reversible absorption of NO{sub x}. In addition, high efficiency hollow fiber contactors (BFC) are proposed as the devices for scrubbing the SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} from the flue gas. The system will be designed to remove more than 95% of the SO{sub x} and more tha… more
Date: June 1, 1996
Creator: Bhown, A. S.; Bahman, A.; Sirkar, K. K.; Majumdar, S. & Bhaumick, D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced separation technology for flue gas cleanup. Final report, February 1998

Description: The objective of this work by SRI International was to develop a novel system for regenerable SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} scrubbing of flue gas that focuses on (1) a novel method for regenerating spent SO{sub 2} scrubbing liquor and (2) novel chemistry for reversible absorption of NO{sub x}. High efficiency, hollow fiber contactors (HFCs) were proposed as the devices for scrubbing the SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} from the flue gas. The system would be designed to remove more than 95% of the SO{sub 2} an… more
Date: June 1, 1998
Creator: Bhown, A. S.; Alvarado, D.; Pakala, N.; Tagg, T.; Riggs, T.; Ventura, S. et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Novel catalysts for methane activation. Quarterly report number 10, January 1--March 31, 1995

Description: Fullerenes are a recently discovered allotrope of carbon that possess unusual properties, some of which may be ideal for methane activation. This project is designed to evaluate these carbon-based materials for conversion of methane into higher hydrocarbons. The project is divided into three technical tasks: synthesis and characterization of the fullerenes and fullerene soots; testing of catalysts; and evaluation of the results and technical reporting. The authors had two objectives for this qu… more
Date: June 10, 1995
Creator: Hirschon, A. S.; Du, Y.; Wu, H. J.; Malhotra, R. & Wilson, R. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Novel catalysts for methane activation. Final progress report, September 30, 1992--April 30, 1996

Description: This final report summarizes the results of our research under Contract No. DE-AC22-92PC92112, Novel Catalysts for Methane Activation. In this research we prepared and tested fullerene soots for converting methane into higher hydrocarbons. We conducted the methane conversions using dehydrocoupling conditions, primarily in the temperature regimes of 600{degrees}-1000{degrees}C and atmospheric pressures. The research was divided into three sections. The first section focused on comparing fulleren… more
Date: June 11, 1996
Creator: Hirschon, A. S.; Du, Y.; Wu, H. J.; Malhotra, R. & Wilson, R. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Direct catalytic conversion of methane and light hydrocarbon gases. Final report, October 1, 1986--July 31, 1989

Description: This project explored conversion of methane to useful products by two techniques that do not involve oxidative coupling. The first approach was direct catalytic dehydrocoupling of methane to give hydrocarbons and hydrogen. The second approach was oxidation of methane to methanol by using heterogenized versions of catalysts that were developed as homogeneous models of cytochrome-P450, an enzyme that actively hydroxylates hydrocarbons by using molecular oxygen. Two possibilities exist for dehydro… more
Date: June 1, 1995
Creator: Wilson, R. B., Jr.; Posin, B. M. & Chan, Yee-Wai
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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