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CaO interaction in the staged combustion of coal

Description: The LIMB (limestone injection multi-stage burner) process offers special potential for reducing NO/sub x/ and SO/sub x/ by at least 50 percent in coal combustion. This is to be accomplished by adding limestone with fuel and/or air in a low NO/sub x/ burner. This program has been directed to defining the chemistry and kinetics necessary to optimize sulfur capture in LIMB combustion. More specifically, this program has attempted to clarify the role of calcium sulfide in LIMB chemistry. When limes… more
Date: December 19, 1983
Creator: Levy, Arthur; Merryman, Earl L. & Rising, Bruce W.
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Thermal conductivity of rocksalt and other geologic materials from the site of the proposed waste isolation pilot plant

Description: The measurements first reported by Acton on the thermal conductivity of samples taken from a borehole at the site of the proposed nuclear waste isolation pilot plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, NM, have been extended to include additional samples and higher temperature measurements. Samples for measurements were taken from several depths of three wells, including the well AEC 8 from which Acton obtained his samples. These samples ranged from relatively pure rocksalt (NaCl) with small amounts of inter… more
Date: March 19, 1980
Creator: Sweet, J.N. & McCreight, J.E.
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Molecular-Level Investigations of Nucleation Mechanisms and Kinetics of Formation of Environmental Nanoparticles

Description: Environmental nanoparticles are often poorly-crystalline or metastable structures, whose kinetics of formation and growth are poorly understood. Further, the sorption or growth of nanoparticles on mineral surfaces may control the mineral surface's reactivity and modify its ability to influence contaminant transport. Due to the characteristic length scale, a holistic understanding of the nucleation mechanisms and kinetics of nanoparticle formation on mineral surfaces is difficult to achieve with… more
Date: April 19, 2007
Creator: Jun, Young-Shin & Waychunas, Glenn A.
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Cascade geothermal drilling/corehole N-1

Description: Two core holes have been completed on the flanks of Newberry Volcano, Oregon. Core hole GEO N-1 has a heat flow of 180 mWm-2 reflecting subsurface temperature sufficient for commerical exploitation of geothermally generated electricity. GEO N-3, which has a heat flow of 86 mWm-2, is less encouraging. Considerable emphasis has been placed on the ''rain curtain'' effect with the hope that a detailed discussion of this phenomenon at two distinct localities will lead to a better understanding of th… more
Date: July 19, 1988
Creator: Swanberg, C.A.; Combs, J. (Geothermal Resources International, Inc., San Mateo, CA (USA)) & Walkey, W.C. (GEO Operator Corp., Bend, OR (USA))
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Effect of Molten Sodium on Thermal Insulation Specimens

Description: Every type of thermal insulating material tested showed attack in varying degeces. Many specimens which had been cured at 1000 deg F, with no color change, did show drastic changes at 950 deg F due to the action of sodium. The materials showing the least disintegration and greatest preservation of mechanical properties were Superex paste and Eagle-Picher mineral wool. The uncured Superex Block did not hold up as well as Superax paste, presumably due to the presence of water of crystallization; … more
Date: November 19, 1954
Creator: Tarpinian, M.
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Analysis of the stored energy distribution in D-reactor

Description: The purpose of this document is to characterize, as completely as possible, the stored energy distribution in D Reactor as of March 1958, the date of the last stored energy survey and to estimate the temperature rises which can be expected to occur during a stored energy release. D Reactor was chosen for this study only because it represents one of the oldest operating Hanford reactors and not because of any circumstances peculiar to this reactor. 14 refs., 13 figs.
Date: May 19, 1961
Creator: Morgan, W. C.
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Promoting Uranium Immobilization by the Activities of Microbial Phosphatases

Description: The overall objective of this project is to examine the activity of nonspecific phosphohydrolases present in naturally occurring subsurface microorganisms for the purpose of promoting the immobilization of radionuclides through the production of uranium [U(VI)] phosphate precipitates. Specifically, we hypothesize that the precipitation of U(VI) phosphate minerals may be promoted through the microbial release and/or accumulation of PO4 3- as a means to detoxify radionuclides and heavy metals. An… more
Date: April 19, 2007
Creator: Martinez, Robert J.; Beazley, Melanie J.; Webb, Samuel M.; Taillefert, Martial & Sobecky, Patricia A.
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Molecular dynamics simulation of layered double hydroxides

Description: The interlayer structure and the dynamics of Cl{sup {minus}} ions and H{sub 2}O molecules in the interlayer space of two typical LDH [Layered Double Hydroxide] phases were investigated by molecular dynamics computer simulations. The simulations of hydrocalumite, [Ca{sub 2}Al(OH){sub 6}]Cl{center_dot}2H{sub 2}O reveal significant dynamic disorder in the orientations of interlayer water molecules. The hydration energy of hydrotalcite, [Mg{sub 2}Al(0H){sub 6}]Cl{center_dot}nH{sub 2}O, is found to … more
Date: May 19, 2000
Creator: Kalinichev, Andrey G.; Wang, Jianwei; Kirkpatrick, R. James & Cygan, Randall T.
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