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2003 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study.

Description: The Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study (White Book), which is published annually by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), establishes one of the planning bases for supplying electricity to customers. The White Book contains projections of regional and Federal system load and resource capabilities, along with relevant definitions and explanations. The White Book also contains information obtained from formalized resource planning reports and data submittals including those from ind… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adaptive and mobile ground sensor array.

Description: The goal of this LDRD was to demonstrate the use of robotic vehicles for deploying and autonomously reconfiguring seismic and acoustic sensor arrays with high (centimeter) accuracy to obtain enhancement of our capability to locate and characterize remote targets. The capability to accurately place sensors and then retrieve and reconfigure them allows sensors to be placed in phased arrays in an initial monitoring configuration and then to be reconfigured in an array tuned to the specific frequen… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Holzrichter, Michael Warren; O'Rourke, William T.; Zenner, Jennifer & Maish, Alexander B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adaptive awareness for personal and small group decision making.

Description: Many situations call for the use of sensors monitoring physiological and environmental data. In order to use the large amounts of sensor data to affect decision making, we are coupling heterogeneous sensors with small, light-weight processors, other powerful computers, wireless communications, and embedded intelligent software. The result is an adaptive awareness and warning tool, which provides both situation awareness and personal awareness to individuals and teams. Central to this tool is a … more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Perano, Kenneth J.; Tucker, Steve; Pancerella, Carmen M.; Doser, Adele Beatrice; Berry, Nina M. & Kyker, Ronald D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced digital detectors for neutron imaging.

Description: Neutron interrogation provides unique information valuable for Nonproliferation & Materials Control and other important applications including medicine, airport security, protein crystallography, and corrosion detection. Neutrons probe deep inside massive objects to detect small defects and chemical composition, even through high atomic number materials such as lead. However, current detectors are bulky gas-filled tubes or scintillator/PM tubes, which severely limit many applications. Therefore… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Doty, F. Patrick
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of nano-scale films and particles.

Description: This one-year feasibility study was aimed at developing finite element modeling capabilities for simulating nano-scale tests. This work focused on methods to model: (1) the adhesion of a particle to a substrate, and (2) the delamination of a thin film from a substrate. Adhesion was modeled as a normal attractive force that depends on the distance between opposing material surfaces while delamination simulations used a cohesive zone model. Both of these surface interaction models had been implem… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Reedy, Earl David, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Hanford Seismic Report for Fiscal Year 2003

Description: This report describes the seismic activity in and around the Hanford Site during Fiscal year 2003. Hanford Seismic Monitoring provides an uninterrupted collection of high-quality raw and processed seismic data from the Hanford Seismic Network for the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractors. Hanford Seismic Monitoring also locates and identifies sources of seismic activity and monitors changes in the historical pattern of seismic activity at the Hanford Site. The data are compiled, archive… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Hartshorn, Donald C.; Reidel, Steve P. & Rohay, Alan C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Anomalies in the theory of viscous energy losses due to shear in rotational MEMS resonators.

Description: In this paper, the effect of viscous wave motion on a micro rotational resonator is discussed. This work shows the inadequacy of developing theory to represent energy losses due to shear motion in air. Existing theory predicts Newtonian losses with little slip at the interface. Nevertheless, experiments showed less effect due to Newtonian losses and elevated levels of slip for small gaps. Values of damping were much less than expected. Novel closed form solutions for the response of components … more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Walsh, Timothy Francis; Klody, Kelly Anne; Jenkins, Mark W. & Dohner, Jeffrey Lynn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arizona Public Service - Alternative Fuel (Hydrogen) Pilot Plant Design Report

Description: Hydrogen has promise to be the fuel of the future. Its use as a chemical reagent and as a rocket propellant has grown to over eight million metric tons per year in the United States. Although use of hydrogen is abundant, it has not been used extensively as a transportation fuel. To assess the viability of hydrogen as a transportation fuel and the viability of producing hydrogen using off-peak electric energy, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) and its electric utility subsidiary, Arizona P… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Francfort, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Asian Energy Security

Description: OAK-B135 In the Asian Energy Security (AES) Project, Nautilus Institute works together with a network of collaborating groups from the countries of Northeast Asia to evaluate the energy security implications of different national and regional energy ''paths''. The goal of the Asia Energy Security project is to illuminate energy paths--and the energy policy choices that might help to bring them about--that result in a higher degree of energy security for the region and for the world as a whole, … more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Peter Hayes, PhD
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Assessment of Degree of Applicability of Benchmarks for Gadolinium Using KENO V.a and the 238-Group SCALE Cross-Section Library

Description: A review of the degree of applicability of benchmarks containing gadolinium using the computer code KENO V.a and the gadolinium cross sections from the 238-group SCALE cross-section library has been performed for a system that contains {sup 239}Pu, H{sub 2}O, and Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3}. The system (practical problem) is a water-reflected spherical mixture that represents a dry-out condition on the bottom of a sludge receipt and adjustment tank around steam coils. Due to variability of the mixture vo… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Goluoglu, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biocompatible self-assembly of nano-materials for Bio-MEMS and insect reconnaissance.

Description: This report summarizes the development of new biocompatible self-assembly procedures enabling the immobilization of genetically engineered cells in a compact, self-sustaining, remotely addressable sensor platform. We used evaporation induced self-assembly (EISA) to immobilize cells within periodic silica nanostructures, characterized by unimodal pore sizes and pore connectivity, that can be patterned using ink-jet printing or photo patterning. We constructed cell lines for the expression of flu… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Brozik, Susan Marie; Cesarano, Joseph, III; Brinker, C. Jeffrey; Dunphy, Darren Robert; Sinclair, Michael B.; Manginell, Monica et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biomimetic air sampling for detection of low concentrations of molecules and bioagents : LDRD 52744 final report.

Description: Present methods of air sampling for low concentrations of chemicals like explosives and bioagents involve noisy and power hungry collectors with mechanical parts for moving large volumes of air. However there are biological systems that are capable of detecting very low concentrations of molecules with no mechanical moving parts. An example is the silkworm moth antenna which is a highly branched structure where each of 100 branches contains about 200 sensory 'hairs' which have dimensions of 2 m… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Hughes, Robert Clark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bird Risk Behaviors and Fatalities at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area: Period of Performance, March 1998--December 2000

Description: It has been documented that wind turbine operations at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area kill large numbers of birds of multiple species, including raptors. We initiated a study that integrates research on bird behaviors, raptor prey availability, turbine design, inter-turbine distribution, landscape attributes, and range management practices to explain the variation in avian mortality at two levels of analysis: the turbine and the string of turbines. We found that inter-specific differences… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Thelander, C. G.; Smallwood, K. S. & Rugge, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CAPILLARY PRESSURE/MERCURY INJECTION ANALYSIS: CHEROKEE AND BUG FIELDS, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH

Description: Over 400 million barrels (64 million m{sup 3}) of oil have been produced from the shallow-shelf carbonate reservoirs in the Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Paradox Formation in the Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado. With the exception of the giant Greater Aneth field, the other 100 plus oil fields in the basin typically contain 2 to 10 million barrels (0.3-1.6 million m{sup 3}) of original oil in place. Most of these fields are characterized by high initial production rates followed by a very short… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Chidsey, Thomas C., Jr. & Eby, David E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS: BUG, CHEROKEE, AND PATTERSON CANYON FIELDS, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH

Description: Over 400 million barrels (64 million m{sup 3}) of oil have been produced from the shallow-shelf carbonate reservoirs in the Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Paradox Formation in the Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado. With the exception of the giant Greater Aneth field, the other 100 plus oil fields in the basin typically contain 2 to 10 million barrels (0.3-1.6 million m{sup 3}) of original oil in place. Most of these fields are characterized by high initial production rates followed by a very short… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Eby, David E.; Chidsey, Thomas C., Jr.; McClure, Kevin; Morgan, Craig D. & Nelson, Stephen T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chem-Prep PZT 95/5 for neutron generator applications : development of laboratory-scale powder processing operations.

Description: Chemical synthesis methods are being developed as a future source of PZT 95/5 powder for neutron generator voltage bar applications. Laboratory-scale powder processes were established to produce PZT billets from these powders. The interactions between calcining temperature, sintering temperature, and pore former content were studied to identify the conditions necessary to produce PZT billets of the desired density and grain size. Several binder systems and pressing aids were evaluated for produ… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Montoya, Ted V.; Moore, Roger Howard & Spindle, Thomas Lewis Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ChemCell : a particle-based model of protein chemistry and diffusion in microbial cells.

Description: Prokaryotic single-cell microbes are the simplest of all self-sufficient living organisms. Yet microbes create and use much of the molecular machinery present in more complex organisms, and the macro-molecules in microbial cells interact in regulatory, metabolic, and signaling pathways that are prototypical of the reaction networks present in all cells. We have developed a simple simulation model of a prokaryotic cell that treats proteins, protein complexes, and other organic molecules as parti… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Plimpton, Steven James & Slepoy, Alexander
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clean Coal Technology Programs: Completed Projects (Volume 2)

Description: Annual report on the Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program (CCTDP), Power Plant Improvement Initiative (PPII), and Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). The report addresses the roles of the programs, implementation, funding and costs, project descriptions, legislative history, program history, environmental aspects, and project contacts. The project descriptions describe the technology and provides a brief summary of the demonstration results.
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Energy, Assistant Secretary for Fossil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clean Coal Technology Programs: Program Update 2003 (Volume 1)

Description: Annual report on the Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program (CCTDP), Power Plant Improvement Initiative (PPII), and Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). The report addresses the roles of the programs, implementation, funding and costs, project descriptions, legislative history, program history, environmental aspects, and project contacts. The project descriptions describe the technology and provides a brief summary of the demonstration results.
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Energy, Assistant Secretary for Fossil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clearwater Focus Program, 2003 Progress Report.

Description: The Clearwater River sub-basin was designated a coordination program under the 1994 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council) in November 1996. The Clearwater Focus Program is co-coordinated by Idaho State and the Nez Perce Tribe, this Bonneville funded contract is sponsored by the Idaho Soil Conservation Commission (ISCC) on behalf of Idaho State. The contract term for this program has been synchronized with the state fiscal year, … more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Hohle, Janet
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Columbia Plateau Basin and Fifteenmile Subbasin Water Rights Acquisitons; Oregon Water Trust Combined Work Plan, 2002-2003 Final Report.

Description: This is the Final Report submitted regarding Oregon Water Trust's Combined Work Plan for fiscal year 2003, with the contract period April 2002 to May 2003. Of this 12 month period, six month were spent concluding our work for the 2002 irrigation season and six months were spent preparing for the 2003 irrigation season. After this grant was completed, projects were finished with funding from the Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program. Many of the 2003 irrigation season successes began in the … more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Paulus, Fritz
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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