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GIS Method for Developing Wind Supply Curves

Description: This report describes work conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as part of the Wind Technology Partnership (WTP) sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This project has developed methods that the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) intends to use in the planning and development of China's 30 GW of planned capacity. Because of China's influence within the community of developing countries, the methods and the approaches here may help fo… more
Date: June 1, 2008
Creator: Kline, D.; Heimiller, D. & Cowlin, S.
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Regional Consumer Hydrogen Demand and Optimal Hydrogen Refueling Station Siting

Description: Using a GIS approach to spatially analyze key attributes affecting hydrogen market transformation, this study proposes hypothetical hydrogen refueling station locations in select subregions to demonstrate a method for determining station locations based on geographic criteria.
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Melendez, M. & Milbrandt, A.
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An Aerial Radiological Survey of Selected Areas of the City of North Las Vegas

Description: As part of the proficiency training for the Radiological Mapping mission of the Aerial Measuring System (AMS), a survey team from the Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis (RSL-Nellis) conducted an aerial radiological survey of selected areas of the city of North Las Vegas for the purpose of mapping natural radiation background and locating any man-made radioactive sources. Survey areas were selected in collaboration with the City Manager's office and included four separate areas: (1) Las Vegas Moto… more
Date: June 1, 2008
Creator: Wasiolek, Piotr
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Exposure information in environmental health research: Current opportunities and future directions for particulate matter, ozone, and toxic air pollutants

Description: Understanding and quantifying outdoor and indoor sources of human exposure are essential but often not adequately addressed in health-effects studies for air pollution. Air pollution epidemiology, risk assessment, health tracking and accountability assessments are examples of health-effects studies that require but often lack adequate exposure information. Recent advances in exposure modeling along with better information on time-activity and exposure factors data provide us with unique opportu… more
Date: February 1, 2007
Creator: McKone, Thomas E.; Ryan, P. Barry & Ozkaynak, Haluk
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Class I Cultural Resource Overview for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Areas in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

Description: In August 2005, the U.S. Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58. In Section 369 of this Act, also known as the 'Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005', Congress declared that oil shale and tar sands (and other unconventional fuels) are strategically important domestic energy resources that should be developed to reduce the nation's growing dependence on oil from politically and economically unstable foreign sources. The Bureau of L… more
Date: November 1, 2007
Creator: O'Rourke, D.; Kullen, D.; Gierek, L.; Wescott, K.; Greby, M.; Anast, G. et al.
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Facilitating Oil Industry Access to Federal Lands through Interagency Data Sharing

Description: Much of the environmental and technical data useful to the oil and gas industry and regulatory agencies is now contained in disparate state and federal databases. Delays in coordinating permit approvals between federal and state agencies translate into increased operational costs and stresses for the oil and gas industry. Making federal lease stipulation and area restriction data available on state agency Web sites will streamline a potential lessors review of available leases, encourage more a… more
Date: May 31, 2007
Creator: Jehn, Paul & Grunewald, Ben
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Feasibility Assessment of Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants

Description: Water energy resource sites identified in the resource assessment study reported in Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources, DOE/ID-11111, April 2004 were evaluated to identify which could feasibly be developed using a set of feasibility criteria. The gross power potential of the sites estimated in the previous study was refined to determine the realistic hydropower potential of the sites using a set of development criteria assuming they are dev… more
Date: January 1, 2006
Creator: Hall, Douglas G.
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Robotic Surveying

Description: ZAPATA ENGINEERING challenged our engineers and scientists, which included robotics expertise from Carnegie Mellon University, to design a solution to meet our client's requirements for rapid digital geophysical and radiological data collection of a munitions test range with no down-range personnel. A prime concern of the project was to minimize exposure of personnel to unexploded ordnance and radiation. The field season was limited by extreme heat, cold and snow. Geographical Information Syste… more
Date: March 1, 2007
Creator: Cantor-McKinney, Suzy & Kruzic, Michael
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Automated Energy Distribution and Reliability System (AEDR): Final Report

Description: This report describes Northern Indiana Public Service Co. project efforts to develop an automated energy distribution and reliability system. The purpose of this project was to implement a database-driven GIS solution that would manage all of the company's gas, electric, and landbase objects.
Date: July 1, 2008
Creator: Buche, D. L.
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Rapid Mapping Tool: An ArcMap Extension

Description: Cartographic production laboratories produce large volumes of maps for diverse customers. Turnaround time and consistency are key concerns. The Rapid Mapping Tool is an ArcMap based tool that enables rapid creation of maps to meet customer needs. This tool was constructed using VB/VBA, ArcObjects, and ArcGIS templates. The core capability of ArcMap is extended for custom map production by storing specifications associated with a map or template in a companion XML document. These specifications … more
Date: January 1, 2002
Creator: Linger, Steve P.; Rich, Paul M.; Walther, Douglas; Witkowski, Marc S.; Jones, Marcia A. & Khalsa, Hari S.
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Overview of the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center's urban research and development activities

Description: This presentation describes the tools and services provided by the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for modeling the impacts of airborne hazardous materials. NARAC provides atmospheric plume modeling tools and services for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear airborne hazards. NARAC can simulate downwind effects from a variety of scenarios, including fires, industrial and transportation accidents, radiation dispersa… more
Date: September 5, 2007
Creator: Lundquist, J K; Sugiyama, G A & Nasstrom, J
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Identification, Verification, and Compilation of Produced Water Management Practices for Conventional Oil and Gas Production Operations

Description: The project is titled 'Identification, Verification, and Compilation of Produced Water Management Practices for Conventional Oil and Gas Production Operations'. The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is the principal investigator and the IOGCC has partnered with ALL Consulting, Inc., headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in this project. State agencies that also have partnered in the project are the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commissio… more
Date: September 30, 2007
Creator: Henderson, Rachel
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Renewable Energy Planning: Multiparametric Cost Optimization; Preprint

Description: This paper describes a method for determining the combination of renewable energy technologies that minimize life-cycle cost at a facility, often with a specified goal regarding percent of energy use from renewable sources. Technologies include: photovoltaics (PV); wind; solar thermal heat and electric; solar ventilation air preheating; solar water heating; biomass heat and electric (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion); and daylighting. The method rests upon the National R… more
Date: May 1, 2008
Creator: Walker, A.
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Environmental Biosciences Program Quarterly Report

Description: Current research projects have focused Environmental Biosciences Program (EBP) talent and resources on providing the scientific basis for risk-based standards, risk-based decision making and the accelerated clean-up of widespread environmental hazards. These hazards include trichloroethylene, low-dose ionizing radiation (gamma and neutron) and alpha radiation from plutonium. Trichloroethylene research has been conducted as a joint collaborative effort with the University of Georgia. Work on the… more
Date: January 30, 2009
Creator: Mohr, Lawrence C.
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Esmeralda Energy Company Final Scientific Technical Report, January 2008, Emigrant Slimhole Drilling Project, DOE GRED III (DE-FC36-04GO14339)

Description: The Emigrant Slimhole Drilling Project (“ESDP”) was a highly successful, phased resource evaluation program designed to evaluate the commercial geothermal potential of the eastern margin of the northern Fish Lake Valley pull-apart basin in west-central Nevada. The program involved three phases: (1) Resource evaluation; (2) Drilling and resource characterization; and (3) Resource testing and assessment. Efforts included detailed geologic mapping; 3-D modeling; compilation of a GIS database; and … more
Date: January 22, 2008
Creator: Deymonaz, John; Hulen, Jeffrey G.; Nash, Gregory D. & Schreiner, Alex
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Umatilla River Basin Anadromus Fish Habitat Enhancement Project : 1994 Annual Report.

Description: The Umatilla Basin Anadromous Fish Habitat Enhancement Project is funded under the Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, Section 7.6-7.8 and targets the improvement of water quality and restoration of riparian areas, holding, spawning and rearing habitats of steelhead, spring and fall chinook and coho salmon. The project focused on implementing cooperative instream and riparian habitat improvements on private lands on the Umatilla Indian Reservation … more
Date: May 1, 1994
Creator: Shaw, R. Todd
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Evaluation of OGC Standards for Use in LLNL GIS

Description: Over the summer of 2005, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Computer Applications and Research Department conducted a small project that examined whether Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards might be useful in meeting program mission requirements more effectively. OGC standards are intended to facilitate interoperability between geospatial processing systems to lower development costs and to avoid duplication of effort and vendor lock-in. Some OGC standards appear to be gai… more
Date: June 23, 2006
Creator: Walker, H; Chou, R M; Chubb, K K & Schek, J L
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Evaluation of Open Geospatial Consortium Standards fur Use In LLNL Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Description: The objective of this project is to evaluate existing and emerging Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards for use in LLNL programs that rely heavily on geographic data. OGC standards are intended to facilitate interoperability between geospatial processing systems to avoid duplication of effort, lower development costs, and encourage competition based on improved capability and performance rather than vendor lock-in. Some of these standards appear to be gaining traction in the geospatial da… more
Date: September 28, 2005
Creator: Walker, H; Chou, R; Chubb, K & Schek, J
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Automated Energy Distribution and Reliability System: Validation Integration - Results of Future Architecture Implementation

Description: This report describes Northern Indiana Public Service Co. project efforts to develop an automated energy distribution and reliability system. The purpose of this project was to implement a database-driven GIS solution that would manage all of the company's gas, electric, and landbase objects. This report is second in a series of reports detailing this effort.
Date: June 1, 2008
Creator: Buche, D. L.
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Transportation Routing Analysis Georgraphic Information System (WebTRAGIS) User's Manual

Description: In the early 1980s, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developed two transportation routing models: HIGHWAY, which predicts truck transportation routes, and INTERLINE, which predicts rail transportation routes. Both of these models have been used by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) community for a variety of routing needs over the years. One of the primary uses of the models has been to determine population-density information, which is used as input for risk assessment with the RADTRAN mo… more
Date: April 20, 2000
Creator: Michelhaugh, R. D.
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Exploring Potential U.S. Switchgrass Production for Lignocellulosic Ethanol

Description: In response to concerns about oil dependency and the contributions of fossil fuel use to climatic change, the U.S. Department of Energy has begun a research initiative to make 20% of motor fuels biofuel based in 10 years, and make 30% of fuels bio-based by 2030. Fundamental to this objective is developing an understanding of feedstock dynamics of crops suitable for cellulosic ethanol production. This report focuses on switchgrass, reviewing the existing literature from field trials across the U… more
Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: Gunderson, Carla A; Davis, Ethan; Jager, Yetta; West, Tristram O.; Perlack, Robert D; Brandt, Craig C et al.
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U.S. Regional Demand Forecasts Using NEMS and GIS

Description: The National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) is a multi-sector, integrated model of the U.S. energy system put out by the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration. NEMS is used to produce the annual 20-year forecast of U.S. energy use aggregated to the nine-region census division level. The research objective was to disaggregate this regional energy forecast to the county level for select forecast years, for use in a more detailed and accurate regional analysis of energy usage acr… more
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Cohen, Jesse A.; Edwards, Jennifer L. & Marnay, Chris
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Multifunctional Metallic and Refractory Materials for Energy Efficient Handling of Molten Metals

Description: The goal of the project was to extend the lifetime of hardware submerged in molten metal by an order of magnitude and to improve energy efficiency of molten metal handling process. Assuming broad implementation of project results, energy savings in 2020 were projected to be 10 trillion BTU/year, with cost savings of approximately $100 million/year. The project team was comprised of materials research groups from West Virginia University and the Missouri University of Science and Technology form… more
Date: February 6, 2009
Creator: Liu, Xingbo; Barbero, Ever; Kang, Bruce; Gopalakrishnan, Bhaskaran; Headrick, James & Irwin, Carl
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