Central Asia's New States: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Central Asia's New States: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States recognized the independence of all the former Central Asian republics and established diplomatic relations with each by mid-March 1992. This report provides an overview of U.S. policy concerns after the Soviet collapse. The report presents the U.S. policy attention and aid to support conflict amelioration, humanitarian needs, economic development, transport (including energy pipelines) and communications, border controls, democracy, and the creation of civil societies in the South Caucasian and Central Asian states. The United States has some economic and business interests in Central Asia, particularly in oil and natural gas development in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Date: August 30, 2002
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A COMPUTATIONAL WORKBENCH ENVIRONMENT FOR VIRTUAL POWER PLANT SIMULATION (open access)

A COMPUTATIONAL WORKBENCH ENVIRONMENT FOR VIRTUAL POWER PLANT SIMULATION

This is the sixth Quarterly Technical Report for DOE Cooperative Agreement No: DE-FC26-00NT41047. The goal of the project is to develop and demonstrate a computational workbench for simulating the performance of Vision 21 Power Plant Systems. Within the last quarter, good progress has been made on the development of our IGCC workbench. Preliminary CFD simulations for single stage and two stage ''generic'' gasifiers using firing conditions based on the Vision 21 reference configuration have been performed. Work is continuing on implementing an advanced slagging model into the CFD based gasifier model. An investigation into published gasification kinetics has highlighted a wide variance in predicted performance due to the choice of kinetic parameters. A plan has been outlined for developing the reactor models required to simulate the heat transfer and gas clean up equipment downstream of the gasifier. Three models that utilize the CCA software protocol have been integrated into a version of the IGCC workbench. Tests of a CCA implementation of our CFD code into the workbench demonstrated that the CCA CFD module can execute on a geographically remote PC (linked via the Internet) in a manner that is transparent to the user. Software tools to create ''walk-through'' visualizations of …
Date: April 30, 2002
Creator: Bockelie, Mike; Swensen, Dave & Denison, Martin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 243, Ed. 1 Monday, December 30, 2002 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 243, Ed. 1 Monday, December 30, 2002

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 30, 2002
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 30, 2002 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 30, 2002

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 2002
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 247, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 30, 2002 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 247, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 30, 2002

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2002
Creator: Broaddus, Matthew B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 2002 (open access)

The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 2002

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: May 30, 2002
Creator: Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 35, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 30, 2002 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 35, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 30, 2002

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 2002
Creator: Keasling, Edna & Mahoney, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 60, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 30, 2002 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 60, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 30, 2002

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 30, 2002
Creator: Keasling, Edna
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Energy Efficiency and Electric System Reliability (open access)

Energy Efficiency and Electric System Reliability

OAK B188 Energy Efficiency and Electric System Reliability
Date: April 30, 2002
Creator: Kushler, Martin; Vine, Ed & York, Dan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 142, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 2002 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 142, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 2002

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 2002
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, December 30, 2002 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, December 30, 2002

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 30, 2002
Creator: Broaddus, Matthew B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History