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Desiccant-Based Combined Systems: Integrated Active Desiccant Rooftop Hybrid System Development and Testing Final Report- Phase 4

Description: This report summarizes the results of a research and development (R&D) program to design and optimize an active desiccant-vapor compression hybrid rooftop system. The primary objective was to combine the strengths of both technologies to produce a compact, high-performing, energy-efficient system that could accommodate any percentage of outdoor air and deliver essentially any required combination of temperature and humidity, or sensible heat ratio (SHR). In doing so, such a product would ad… more
Date: May 6, 2005
Creator: Fischer, J
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Phase II CRADA ORNL99-0568 Report : Developing Transmission-Less Inverter Drive Systems for Axial-Gap Permanent magnet Accessory and Traction Motors and Generators

Description: Researchers of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNLs) Power Electronics and Electric Machine Research Center (PEEMRC) collaborated with Visual Computing Systems (VCS) to develop an electric axial-gap permanent magnet (PM) motor controlled by a self-sensing inverter for driving vehicle accessories such as power steering, air conditioning, and brakes. VCS designed an 8 kW motor based on their Segmented Electromagnetic Array (SEMA) technology. ORNL designed a 10 kW inverter to fit within the … more
Date: August 6, 2001
Creator: McKeever, J.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Heat]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date: September 6, 1990
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Global Warming: A Science Overview for the A/C Industry

Description: Fossil fuels (i.e., coal, oil, and natural gas) provide about 85% of the world's energy, sustaining our standard-of-living. They are inexpensive, transportable, safe, and relatively abundant. At the same time, their use contributes to problems such as air quality and acid rain that are being addressed through various control efforts and to the problem of global warming, which is now being considered by governments of the world. This talk will focus on six key aspects of the scientific findings … more
Date: December 6, 1999
Creator: MacCracken, M.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Air conditioner fits hole in wall]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new type of air-conditioner that is flush with the outside of the home, yet still requires a hole in the wall.
Date: December 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gassed School]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a junior high school in Richardson was evacuated after nearly one hundred students began showing signs of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Date: September 6, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Accelerated test methods for life prediction of hermetic motor insulation systems exposed to alternative refrigerant/lubricant mixtures. Phase 3: Reproducibility and discrimination testing. Final report

Description: In 1992, the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Institute, Inc. (ARTI) contracted Radian Corporation to ascertain whether an improved accelerated test method or procedure could be developed that would allow prediction of the life of motor insulation materials used in hermetic motors for air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment operated with alternative refrigerant/lubricant mixtures. This report presents the results of phase three concerning the reproducibility and discrimination… more
Date: May 6, 1996
Creator: Ellis, P. F., II; Ferguson, A. F. & Fuentes, K. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Air Conditioning]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 6, 1992, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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