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The Snap Ii Power Conversion System Topical Report No. 12. Boiler Development

Description: The SNAP II boilers which were designed are summarized. As shown by test results from the three boilers which were tested, a continuous progress in design was achieved. These designs were based on test data from both the SNAP I and SNAP II programs. As the quantity of data increased, physical models describing the heat transfer process were developed. These physical models provide the necessary correlation parameters which permit the extension of existing data to advanced design. Preliminary te… more
Date: July 17, 1961
Creator: Gido, R. G.; Koestel, A.; Haller, H. C.; Huber, D. D. & Deibel, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stress corrosion cracking of uranium--niobium alloys

Description: The stress corrosion cracking behavior of U-2/sup 1///sub 4/, 4/sup 1///sub 2/, 6 and 8 wt % Nb alloys was evaluated in laboratory air and in aqueous Cl/sup -/ solutions. Thresholds for crack propagation were obtained in these environments. The data showed that Cl/sup -/ solutions are more deleterious than air environments. Tests were also conducted in pure gases to identify the species in the air responsible for cracking. These data showed the primary stress corrodent is water vapor for the mo… more
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Magnani, N.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Assessment of the risk of transporting liquid chlorine by rail

Description: This report presents the risk of shipping liquid chlorine by rail. While chlorine is not an energy material, there are several benefits to studying chlorine transportation risks. First, chlorine, like energy materials, is widely used as a feedstock to industry. Second, it is the major purification agent in municipal water treatment systems and therefore, provides direct benefits to the public. Finally, other risk assessments have been completed for liquid chlorine shipments in the US and Europe… more
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Andrews, W.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report of Modeling of CWM Droplet Combustion

Description: The objective of the present study was to develop a one-dimensional, unsteady state model for coal-water mixture droplet combustion, and to compare the characteristic times for the various processes, such as water vaporization, devolatilization and char oxidation with available experimental data. A water film surrounding a spherical coal particle is considered to undergo vaporization by heat transfer from the hot air. After the water vaporization is complete, devolatilization begins. This proce… more
Date: October 1, 1983
Creator: Pandalai, Krish; Aggarwal, Suresh & Sirignano, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal Technology Program. Progress report for November 1977

Description: A block of Pittsburgh seam bituminous coal and a block of Wyodak subbituminous coal were pyrolyzed under reducing gas in support of in situ gasification. Information from previously completed block pyrolysis of bituminous coal under an argon atmosphere show that differences in evolved gas result from differences in heating rates. Compared to block pyrolysis at 0.3 C/sup 0//min, block pyrolysis at 3 C/sup 0//min produces less gas but gas with a higher heating value, yielding a higher overall pyr… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Emission Characteristics of Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, and Iridium in Plasma Diodes

Description: Experimental determinations of the ionic and electronic emission characteristics of Ta, W, Re, and lr cathodes in vapor thermionic converters are compared. It is shown that Ta provides superior thermal ionization qualities at high pressure compared with W, Re, and Lr. High electronic current densities may be obtained from Cs on Re and Cs on Ir at much lower Cs vapor pressures than from Ta or W. An over-all efficiency of 19% was achieved with a Re cathode at 2440 deg K. (auth)
Date: March 15, 1962
Creator: Gust, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some general properties of stimulated Raman propagation with pump depletion, transiency and dispersion

Description: This note considers some of the properties of the Stokes pulse that grows from a specified seed pulse in the presence of a strong pump pulse as it propagates through a dispersive atomic vapor. We first present an generic dimensionless form for the coupled equations that govern the propagation of pump and Stokes fields or collinear plane-wave pulses. By treating the two fields we permit pump depletion. We include transient atomic response (as embodied in the Raman coherence), but neglect changes… more
Date: August 2, 1991
Creator: Shore, B. W.; Lowder, S. & Johnson, M. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Time and space dependency of radiative transfer in magnesium

Description: Radiative transfer in a magnesium vapor has been studied. The experimental cell was designed to provide stable density measurements with a ..delta..lambda/sup -2/ variation with respect to the magnesium resonance line, which indicated pure Rayleigh scattering and no evidence of impurities. Total intensity measurements show the radiation field to be highly anisotropic, although somewhat less at late times. 8 refs., 7 figs. (WRF).
Date: August 1, 1986
Creator: Cooper, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal vapor excimer laser. Quarterly progress report, May 1, 1977--July 31, 1977. [CdHg vapors]

Description: The CdHg excimer program will attempt to determine the existence of optical gain in a discharge pumped high temperature medium. This first quarterly contract period primarily involves detailed design of the experimental apparatus capable of producing high temperature metal vapor. The report begins with the general considerations which went into designing the experiment and follows with descriptions and schematics of the experiment as presently conceived.
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Kovacs, M A & Jacob, J H
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Study of the interactions of molten sodium nitrate-potassium nitrate 50 mol % mixture with water vapor and carbon dioxide in air. Final report, June 2, 1980-June 30, 1981

Description: The interactions of aerial components such as water, carbon dioxide, and oxygen with the binary 50 mol % mixture of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate have been studied in the temperature range 300 to 600/sup 0/C using electrochemical methods. In addition, the behavior of nitrite ions in this melt was investigated electrochemically. By judicious choice of techniques, in situ electroanalysis was possible and the necessary relevant data to accomplish this is presented, as well as insight into t… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: White, S. H. & Twardoch, U. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vacuum Accelerated-Ion Deposition.

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Date: January 1, 1969
Creator: Kurtz, R. G. & Van Vorous, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ANALYSES OF THE RADIAL SEPARATOR

Description: A mathematical analysis is presented concerning the performance of the radial or vane type steam separator. The analyses are concerned with the spread of flow on the vanes because of centrifugal force (which requires that the vane height be greater than the nozzle), and with separation of the vapor from the liquid. (J.R.D.)
Date: February 1, 1962
Creator: Robbins, C.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion Tests in Molten Lead-Lead Chloride

Description: Corrosion tests were run on some commercial grade metals, an alloy steel, stainless steels, chromium-- nickel-iron alloys, nickel base alloys, cobalt base alloys, and a chromium-- nickel-- cobalt-- iron ailoy in the system: leadlead chloride-lead chloride vapor at 528 deg C under an argon atmosphere. The following metals and alloys showed a corrosion rate of nine mils per month or less and did not suffer intergranular or other localized attack: tantalum, Incoloy 804, Hastelloy F, Carpenter-20 (… more
Date: June 1, 1961
Creator: Stolica, N. D.; Adams, G. S. & Bomar, M. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low Range Moist-Air Generator.

Description: No Description Available.
Date: January 1, 1969
Creator: McGuire, D. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical heat pump: a simple means to conserve energy. Final report, September 1, 1976-February 28, 1977

Description: This is the final report of a six-month preliminary investigation into the applicability of the Chemical Heat Pump (CHP) for day-and-night, heating-and-cooling of residences with solar energy. The CHP consists of two containers and a joining conduit. Its working mechanism is the reversible absorption of water vapor onto a dessicant such as powdered magnesium chloride dihydrate in one container, the reversible evaporation of water in the other container, and the reversible passage of water vapor… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Greiner, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Susceptibility of unirradiated recrystallized Zircaloy-4 tubing to stress corrosion cracking

Description: Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in unirradiated recrystallized Zircaloy-4 internally pressurized tubing specimens in atmospheres containing iodine vapor, cesium, or combinations of iodine and cesium is evaluated experimentally in terms of the effects of internal surface flaw morphology, iodine and cesium concentrations, tubing hydrogen content, test temperature, and test atmosphere water vapor content on the time to failure. The iodine vapor SCC data are analyzed in the framework of a fracture … more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Polan, N. W. & Tucker, R. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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THERMIONIC CONVERTERS FOR COMPACT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Description: A brief review of several thermionic nuclear power plants leads to the conclusion that the in-core concept is the most practical and useful system for space applications. Fundamental considerations indicate that emitter temperatures from 1500 to 1900 deg C are required for this concept, and that the high work function refractory metals are the best electrode materials for achieving the required performance and lifetime at these temperatures. The analytical and experimental technology developed … more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Rasor, N.S. & Weeks, C.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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