Engineering Research Division report on reports: calendar year 1979. [LLL] (open access)

Engineering Research Division report on reports: calendar year 1979. [LLL]

A bibliography of publications of members of the Engineering Research Division of the Electronics Engineering Department is presented for 1979. Abstracts for 148 publications are included, along with author and keywork indexes. (RWR)
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Gardner, C.L. & Johnston, S.J. (eds.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical assistance and information dissemination efforts at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, October 1, 1979-September 30, 1980 (open access)

Technical assistance and information dissemination efforts at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, October 1, 1979-September 30, 1980

Technical assistance and information dissemination performed by EG and G Idaho's Hydrothermal Commercialization Division (now Geothermal Program Office) at the INEL during FY-80 are described. Requests for technical information increased by one-third over the previous year, and tended to be more specific than previously. Requests for technical assistance generally involved larger projects than previously, and preparation of adequate responses required significantly more time. Information dissemination included 18 exhibits in 10 states plus the District of Columbia, with nearly 400,000 exposures. The work included development and production of major display hardware; preparation and production of a new edition of Rules of Thumb, a much-demanded brochure; and support of State Commercialization Teams by production of customized slide shows for 10 states plus additional support through bulk distribution of brochures and technical documentation on request.
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Toth, W. J.; Engen, I. A. & Meltzer, F. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy-related perturbations of the northeast coastal zone: five years (1974-1979) of oceanographic research at Brookhaven National Laboratory (open access)

Energy-related perturbations of the northeast coastal zone: five years (1974-1979) of oceanographic research at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Since inception of oceanographic research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1974, over 75 cruises and 150 papers and reports have been completed. In comparison of shelf ecosystems at high, mid, and low latitudes, an understanding of the natural variability of US coastal waters has been derived. Annual carbon and nitrogen budgets suggest that the energy flow is diverted to a pelagic food web in summer-fall and a demersal food web in winter-spring within the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The impact of energy-related perturbations can now be assessed within the context of natural oscillation of the coastal food web.
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Walsh, J. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Negative ion production by backscattering from alkali-metal surfaces bombarded by ions of hydrogen and deuterium (open access)

Negative ion production by backscattering from alkali-metal surfaces bombarded by ions of hydrogen and deuterium

Measurements have been made of the total backscattered D/sup -/ and H/sup -/ yields from thick, clean targets of Cs, Rb, K, Na, and Li, bombarded with H/sub 2//sup +/, H/sub 3//sup +/, D/sub 2//sup +/, and D/sub 3//sup +/ with incident energies from 0.15 to 4.0 keV/nucleus. All of the measurements were made at background pressures less than 10/sup -9/ Torr and the alkali-metal targets were evaporated onto a cold substrate (T = 77K) in situ to assure thick, uncontaminated targets. Measurements of the H/sup -/ yield from various transition metal targets with thin coverages of alkali-metals have also been made as a function of the surface work function. The negative ion yields are discussed in terms of the probabilities of reflection of the incident particles, of formation of the negative ion at the surface and of the survival of the negative ion leaving the surface. For each thick alkali-metal target, the negative ion yield measurements have been used in a least squares fit to determine two parameters in a theoretically derived expression for the negative ion yield. The parameters obtained from a thick Na target have been used to calculate the yield from a Cu target with thin …
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Schneider, P.J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conduction heat transfer solutions (open access)

Conduction heat transfer solutions

This text is a collection of solutions to a variety of heat conduction problems found in numerous publications, such as textbooks, handbooks, journals, reports, etc. Its purpose is to assemble these solutions into one source that can facilitate the search for a particular problem solution. Generally, it is intended to be a handbook on the subject of heat conduction. This material is useful for engineers, scientists, technologists, and designers of all disciplines, particularly those who design thermal systems or estimate temperatures and heat transfer rates in structures. More than 500 problem solutions and relevant data are tabulated for easy retrieval. There are twelve sections of solutions which correspond with the class of problems found in each. Geometry, state, boundary conditions, and other categories are used to classify the problems. A case number is assigned to each problem for cross-referencing, and also for future reference. Each problem is concisely described by geometry and condition statements, and many times a descriptive sketch is also included. At least one source reference is given so that the user can review the methods used to derive the solutions. Problem solutions are given in the form of equations, graphs, and tables of data, all of which …
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: VanSant, J.H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, March 17, 1980 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, March 17, 1980

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 17, 1980
Creator: Watson, Milo W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Measurement of uranium and plutonium in solid waste by passive photon or neutron counting and isotopic neutron source interrogation (open access)

Measurement of uranium and plutonium in solid waste by passive photon or neutron counting and isotopic neutron source interrogation

A summary of the status and applicability of nondestructive assay (NDA) techniques for the measurement of uranium and plutonium in 55-gal barrels of solid waste is reported. The NDA techniques reviewed include passive gamma-ray and x-ray counting with scintillator, solid state, and proportional gas photon detectors, passive neutron counting, and active neutron interrogation with neutron and gamma-ray counting. The active neutron interrogation methods are limited to those employing isotopic neutron sources. Three generic neutron sources (alpha-n, photoneutron, and /sup 252/Cf) are considered. The neutron detectors reviewed for both prompt and delayed fission neutron detection with the above sources include thermal (/sup 3/He, /sup 10/BF/sub 3/) and recoil (/sup 4/He, CH/sub 4/) proportional gas detectors and liquid and plastic scintillator detectors. The instrument found to be best suited for low-level measurements (< 10 nCi/g) is the /sup 252/Cf Shuffler. The measurement technique consists of passive neutron counting followed by cyclic activation using a /sup 252/Cf source and delayed neutron counting with the source withdrawn. It is recommended that a waste assay station composed of a /sup 252/Cf Shuffler, a gamma-ray scanner, and a screening station be tested and evaluated at a nuclear waste site. 34 figures, 15 tables.
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Crane, T. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1980 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1980

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 13, 1980
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Survey and conceptual flow sheets for coal conversion plant handling-preparation and ash/slag removal operations (open access)

Survey and conceptual flow sheets for coal conversion plant handling-preparation and ash/slag removal operations

This study was undertaken at the request of the Fossil Fuel Processing Division of the Department of Energy. The report includes a compilation of conceptual flow sheets, including major equipment lists, and the results of an availability survey of potential suppliers of equipment associated with the coal and ash/slag operations that will be required by future large coal conversion plant complexes. Conversion plant flow sheet operations and related equipment requirements were based on two representative bituminous coals - Pittsburgh and Kentucky No. 9 - and on nine coal conversion processes. It appears that almost all coal handling and preparation and ash/slag removal equipment covered by this survey, with the exception of some coal comminution equipment, either is on hand or can readily be fabricated to meet coal conversion plant capacity requirements of up to 50,000 short tons per day. Equipment capable of handling even larger capacities can be developed. This approach appears to be unjustified, however, because in many cases a reasonable or optimum number of trains of equipment must be considered when designing a conversion plant complex. The actual number of trains of equipment selected will be influenced by the total requied capacity of the complex, the minimum on-line …
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Zapp, F. C.; Thomas, O. W.; Silverman, M. D.; Dyslin, D. A. & Holmes, J. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 19, 1980 (open access)

The Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 19, 1980

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 19, 1980
Creator: Watson, Milo W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1980 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1980

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 20, 1980
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 6, 1980
Creator: Wisch, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1980 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1980

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 20, 1980
Creator: Wisch, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1980 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1980

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 13, 1980
Creator: Wisch, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sourcebook on the production of electricity from geothermal energy (open access)

Sourcebook on the production of electricity from geothermal energy

Twenty separate abstracts were prepared for individual chapters and sections of this book. (MHR)
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Kestin, J.; DiPippo, R.; Khalifa, H. E. & Ryley, D. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geological and hydrochemical sensitivity of the eastern United States to acid precipitation (open access)

Geological and hydrochemical sensitivity of the eastern United States to acid precipitation

A new analysis of bedrock geology maps of the eastern US constitutes a simple model for predicting areas which might be impacted by acid precipitation and it allows much greater resolution for detecting sensitivity than has previously been available for the region. Map accuracy has been verified by examining current alkalinities and pH's of waters in several test states, including Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Virginia and North Carolina. In regions predicted to be highly sensitive, alkalinities in upstream sites were generally low. Many areas of the eastern US are pinpointed in which some of the surface waters, especially upstream reaches, may be sensitive to acidification. Pre-1970 data were compared to post-1975 data, revealing marked declines in both alkalinity and pH of sensitive waters of two states tested, North Carolina, where pH and alkalinity have decreased in 80% of 38 streams and New Hampshire, where pH in 90% of 49 streams and lakes has decreased since 1949. These sites are predicted to be sensitive by the geological map on the basis of their earlier alkalinity values. The map is to be improved by the addition of a soils component.
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Hendrey, G.R.; Galloway, J. N.; Norton, S. A.; Schofield, C. L.; Shaffer, P. W. & Burns, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monitoring and physical characterization of unsaturated zone transport. Laboratory analysis (open access)

Monitoring and physical characterization of unsaturated zone transport. Laboratory analysis

Batch Kd screening tests on Hanford sediments indicated that anionic radionuclide mobility is dependent upon specie and concentration. Technetium, as TcO/sub 4//sup -/, is not sorbed to any extent and will move as rapidly as water. Iodine, as I/sup -/, will also move at high concentrations (>5 ppB) but is retarded at very low concentrations (<1 ppB). Neutral species such as tritium and complexed nuclides such as cobalt-60 (EDTA) are only slightly retarded while uncomplexed cobalt-60 is strongly bound to the sediments under the conditions studied. Strontium sorption is controlled by ion exchange-like reactions and sorption is predictable from a knowledge of soil and solution characteristics. Cesium is strongly bound to the Hanford sediments under typical conditions and appears to be sorbed independent of salt concentration for the synthetic ground waters tested. The sorption of relatively mobile nuclides such as tritium, cobalt-EDTA, and technetium could be measured with greater precision using the unsaturated column tests than with batch methods. Little or no difference in sorption was observed when the flow rates were changed by more than an order of magnitude (2 to 50 cm/day). Changes in saturation percentage of the soil, from 56 to 31%, also had only a minor …
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Gee, G.W. & Campbell, A.C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prospects for geothermal commercialization in the potato and onion industry (open access)

Prospects for geothermal commercialization in the potato and onion industry

A number of areas considered directly relevant to a particular potato or onion processor's decision to use or not to use geothermal energy for its commercial needs are emphasized. These areas include: current fuel uses and problems, and future fuel concerns; firm decision-making processes, including managerial and financing conventions; perceived commercial potential for geothermal energy in the industry; the potential institutional framework for user involvement in geothermal development; and the role that government might most effectively play in stimulating user development. The results are based upon extensive personal interviews with decision-makers in the industry. (MHR)
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Bressler, S.E. & Hanemann, W.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prospects for geothermal commercialization in the lumber industry (open access)

Prospects for geothermal commercialization in the lumber industry

A number of areas considered directly relevant to a particular lumber firm's decision to use or not to use geothermal energy for its commercial needs are emphasized. These areas include: current fuel uses and problems, and future fuel concerns; firm decision-making processes, including managerial and financing conventions; perceived commercial potential for geothermal energy in the industry; the potential institutional framework for user involvement in geothermal development; and the role that government might most effectively play in stimulating user development. The results are based upon extensive personal interviews with decision-makers in the industry. (MHR)
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Bressler, S.E. & Hanemann, W.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prospects for geothermal commercialization in the chemical industry (open access)

Prospects for geothermal commercialization in the chemical industry

A number of areas considered directly relevant to a particular chemical firm's decision to use or not to use geothermal energy for its commercial needs are emphasized. These areas include: current fuel uses and problems, and future fuel concerns; firm decision-making processes, including managerial and financing conventions; perceived commercial potential for geothermal energy in the industry and mechanisms for stimulating interest; the potential institutional framework for user involvement in geothermal development; and the role that government might most effectively play in stimulating user development. The results are based on extensive personal interviews with decision-makers in the industry. (MHR)
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Bressler, S.E. & Hanemann, W.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prospects for geothermal commercialization in the greenhouse industry (open access)

Prospects for geothermal commercialization in the greenhouse industry

A number of areas considered directly relevant to a particular greenhouse firm's decision to use or not to use geothermal energy for its commercial needs are emphasized. These areas include: current fuel uses and problems, and future fuel concerns; firm decision-making processes, including managerial and financing conventions; perceived commercial potential for geothermal energy in the industry; the potential institutional framework for user involvement in geothermal development; and the role that government might most effectively play in stimulating user development. The results are based upon extensive personal interviews with decision-makers in the industry. (MHR)
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Bressler, S.E. & Hanemann, W.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1980 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1980

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 27, 1980
Creator: Samuels, Joseph W.; Samuels, Jeanne F. & Friedman, Marcia A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 6, 1980
Creator: Samuels, Joseph W.; Samuels, Jeanne F. & Friedman, Marcia A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Long tube heat exchanger: the facility and some preliminary tests on the down center/up annular flow configuration (open access)

Long tube heat exchanger: the facility and some preliminary tests on the down center/up annular flow configuration

A test facility was designed and constructed to study forced flow boiling heat transfer in a closed loop long tube heat exchanger which is a two concentric-tube vertical design. The system consists of a 12 m long heat exchanger which can be operated at pressures to 689.3 kPa with pumped or natural convection flow rates from 0.0631 to 0.631 liters/second and which can be irradiated with a maximum steady heat flux rate of 50 kW/m/sup 2/ by a set of resistive heaters operable at temperatures up to 1250/sup 0/C. The facility was also designed so that other heat exchanger configurations can be tested with minimum difficulty (i.e., little or no modification of the system other than to replace the heat exchanger). The preliminary tests indicate that the system can be operated in a stable mode. This facility was motivated primarily by the magma energy research program where energy is extracted from magma by heat exchangers similar to the configuration in this report.
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Lee, D. O.; Johnson, R. W. & Weatherbee, R. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library