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Kitchen Appliance Upgrades Improve Water Efficiency at DOD Exchange Facilities: Best Management Practice Case Study #11: Commercial Kitchen Equipment (Brochure)
The Exchange, formerly the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), is a joint military activity and the U.S. Department of Defense?s (DOD) oldest and largest retailer. The Exchange is taking a leadership role in water efficiency improvements in their commercial kitchens by integrating water efficiency concepts into the organization?s overall sustainability plan and objectives.
Date:
September 1, 2011
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International technology exchange in support of the Defense Waste Processing Facility wasteform production
The nearly completed Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) is a Department of Energy (DOE) facility at the Savannah River Site that is designed to immobilize defense high level radioactive waste (HLW) by vitrification in borosilicate glass and containment in stainless steel canisters suitable for storage in the future DOE HLW repository. The DWPF is expected to start cold operation later this year (1990), and will be the first full scale vitrification facility operating in the United States, and the largest in the world. The DOE has been coordinating technology transfer and exchange on issues relating to HLW treatment and disposal through bi-lateral agreements with several nations. For the nearly fifteen years of the vitrification program at Savannah River Laboratory, over two hundred exchanges have been conducted with a dozen international agencies involving about five-hundred foreign national specialists. These international exchanges have been beneficial to the DOE`s waste management efforts through confirmation of the choice of the waste form, enhanced understanding of melter operating phenomena, support for paths forward in political/regulatory arenas, confirmation of costs for waste form compliance programs, and establishing the need for enhancements of melter facility designs. This paper will compare designs and schedules of the international vitrification …
Date:
August 23, 1989
Creator:
Kitchen, B. G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Linear, Transparent Beam Integrator
Abstract: "A fast, linear air-ionization chamber has been developed for integrating and monitoring external heavy-particle beams. It consists of a thin-windowed air chamber in which the beam ionization light is viewed by a photomultiplier whose output is fed directly to a standard electrometer."
Date:
February 12, 1954
Creator:
Kitchen, Sumner W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
MTA, A-12 Development, Drift Tubes - RF and Beam Geometry. Comparison of A-12 to A-24
The final r.f. characteristics of A-12 are shown. The mechanical features are available in UCRL-1859. If A-12 were to be changed to 24.2 mm rather than 12.1 mm, keeping the same length and the same constant average coil gradient of 0.375 MV/ft., the characteristics of such an A-24 can be obtained from the attached curves.
Date:
November 17, 1952
Creator:
Schelberg, A. & Kitchen, S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Evaluation of Installed Cooking Exhaust Fan Performance
The installed performance of cooking exhaust fans was evaluated through residential field experiments conducted on a sample of 15 devices varying in design and other characteristics. The sample included two rear downdraft systems, two under-cabinet microwave over range (MOR) units, three different installations of an under-cabinet model with grease screens across the bottom and no capture hood, two devices with grease screens covering the bottom of a large capture hood (one under-cabinet, one wall-mount chimney), four under-cabinet open hoods, and two open hoods with chimney mounts over islands. Performance assessment included measurement of airflow and sound levels across fan settings and experiments to quantify the contemporaneous capture efficiency for the exhaust generated by natural gas cooking burners.Capture efficiency is defined as the fraction of generated pollutants that are removed through the exhaust and thus not available for inhalation of household occupants. Capture efficiency (CE) was assessed for various configurations of burner use (e.g., single front, single back, combination of one front and one back, oven) and fan speed setting. Measured airflow rates were substantially lower than the levels noted in product literature for many of the units. This shortfall was observed for several units costing in excess of $1000. Capture …
Date:
November 1, 2010
Creator:
Singer, Brett C.; Delp, William W. & Apte, Michael G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technical support document: Energy efficiency standards for consumer products: Room air conditioners, water heaters, direct heating equipment, mobile home furnaces, kitchen ranges and ovens, pool heaters, fluorescent lamp ballasts and television sets. Volume 2, Fluorescent lamp ballasts, television sets, room air conditioners, and kitchen ranges and ovens
This document is divided into ``volumes`` B through E, dealing with individual classes of consumer products. Chapters in each present engineering analysis, base case forecasts, projected national impacts of standards, life-cycle costs and payback periods, impacts on manufacturers, impacts of standards on electric utilities, and environmental effects. Supporting appendices are included.
Date:
November 1, 1993
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Port Arthur Independent School District: Food Services Review, August 2008
This report reviews the management and performance of the Port Arthur Independent School District's (PAISD's) Food Services Operation.
Date:
August 26, 2008
Creator:
MGT of America, Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fast recovery strain measurements in a nuclear test environment
The recovery of early-time (50 ..mu..s or less) strain gage data on structural response experiments in underground nuclear tests has been a continuing problem for experimenters at the Nevada Test Site. Strain measurement is one of the primary techniques used to obtain experimental data for model verification and correlation with predicted effects. Peak strains generally occur within 50 to 100 ..mu..s of the radiation exposure. Associated with the exposure is an intense electromagnetic impulse that produces potentials of kilovolts and currents of kiloamperes on the experimental structures. For successful operation, the transducer and associated recording system must recover from the initial noise overload and accurately track the strain response within about 50 ..mu..s of the nuclear detonation. A gaging and fielding technique and a recording system design that together accomplish these objectives are described. Areas discussed include: (1) noise source model; (2) experimental cassette design, gage application, grounding, and shielding; (3) cable design and shielding between gage and recorder; (4) recorder design including signal conditioner/amplifier, digital encoder, buffer memory, and uphole data transmission; and (5) samples of experimental data.
Date:
April 30, 1979
Creator:
Kitchen, W. R.; Nauman, W. J. & Vollmer, D. W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Savannah River Site (SRS) environmental overview
The environmental surveillance activities at and in the vicinity of the Savannah River Site (SRS) (formerly the Savannah River Plant (SRP)) comprise one of the most comprehensive and extensive environmental monitoring programs in the United States. This overview contains monitoring data from routine and nonroutine radiological and nonradiological environmental surveillance activities, summaries of environmental protection programs in progress, a summary of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) activities, and a listing of environmental permits (Appendix A) issued by regulatory agencies. This overview provides information about the impact of SRS operations on the public and the environment. The SRS occupies a large area of approximately 300 square miles along the Savannah River, principally in Aiken and Barnwell counties of South Carolina. SRS's primary function is the production of tritium, plutonium, and other special nuclear materials for national defense, for other governmental uses, and for some civilian purposes. From August 1950 to March 31, 1989, SRS was operated for the Department of Energy (DOE) by E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. On April 1, 1989 the Westinghouse Savannah River Company assumed responsibility as the prime contractor for the Savannah River Site.
Date:
January 1, 1990
Creator:
O'Rear, M. G.; Steele, J. L. & Kitchen, B. G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technical support document: Energy efficiency standards for consumer products: Room air conditioners, water heaters, direct heating equipment, mobile home furnaces, kitchen ranges and ovens, pool heaters, fluorescent lamp ballasts and television sets. Volume 1, Methodology
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (P.L. 94-163), as amended, establishes energy conservation standards for 12 of the 13 types of consumer products specifically covered by the Act. The legislation requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider new or amended standards for these and other types of products at specified times. DOE is currently considering amending standards for seven types of products: water heaters, direct heating equipment, mobile home furnaces, pool heaters, room air conditioners, kitchen ranges and ovens (including microwave ovens), and fluorescent light ballasts and is considering establishing standards for television sets. This Technical Support Document presents the methodology, data, and results from the analysis of the energy and economic impacts of the proposed standards. This volume presents a general description of the analytic approach, including the structure of the major models.
Date:
November 1, 1993
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Data report of the DOE-sponsored northwest marine sciences group, September-October 1980 cruise
This cruise was part of a continuing program to collect detailed information on the processes affecting plankton productivity, abundance, and distribution off the Washington coast, and on the chemistry, distribution, and flux of particulate material in these waters. The sampling program for this cruise was designed to determine the effect of the Quinault Canyon on the biology, chemistry, hydrography, and flux of particulate material in Washington coastal waters. The field program had three major components: Leg I, concerned with the deployment of current meters and measurement of water properties in the vicinity of Quinault Canyon; Leg II, predominantly a transect or survey phase; and Leg III, intensive sampling at a smaller number of sites to investigate important processes and rates. The intensive investigations focused on rates of important processes involved in transfer of energy and biomass in pelagic ecosystems and included measures of phytoplankton productivity, zooplankton grazing rates, microbial activity, flux of organic matter and suspended particulates, and characteristics of a near-bottom nepheloid layer. (ERB)
Date:
January 1, 1982
Creator:
Postel, J. R.; Peterson, W. K.; Kitchen, J. C. & Menzies, D. W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Data report of the DOE-sponsored Northwest Marine Sciences Group July-August 1979 cruise
This cruise was part of a continuing program to collect detailed information on the processes affecting plankton productivity, abundance, and distribution off the Washington coast, and on the chemistry, distribution, and flux of particulate material in these waters. The sampling program for this cruise was designed to determine the effect of the Quinault Canyon on the biology, chemistry, hydrography, and flux of particulate material in Washington coastal waters. The field program had two major components: Leg I, predominantly a transect or survey phase; and Leg II, intensive sampling at a smaller number of sites to investigate important processes and rates. The transect phase provided an overview of biological and hydrographic parameters over a large region of the coastal zone. The information collected during Leg I provided the bases for selecting sites for intensive sampling on Leg II and also provided a broader geographical data base for interpreting and extrapolating the results of the intensive studies of Leg II. The intensive investigations focused on rates of important processes involved in transfer of energy and biomass in pelagic ecosystems and includes measures of phytoplankton productivity, zooplankton grazing rates, microbial activity, flux of organic matter and suspended particulates, and concentrations of trace metals …
Date:
November 1, 1980
Creator:
Postel, J.R.; Peterson, W.K.; Kitchen, J.C. & Menzies, D.W. (comps.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technical support document: Energy efficiency standards for consumer products: Room air conditioners, water heaters, direct heating equipment, mobile home furnaces, kitchen ranges and ovens, pool heaters, fluorescent lamp ballasts and television sets. Volume 3, Water heaters, pool heaters, direct heating equipment, and mobile home furnaces
This is Volume 3 in a series of documents on energy efficiency of consumer products. This volume discusses energy efficiency of water heaters. Water heaters are defined by NAECA as products that utilize oil, gas, or electricity to heat potable water for use outside the heater upon demand. These are major appliances, which use a large portion (18% on average) of total energy consumed per household (1). They differ from most other appliances in that they are usually installed in obscure locations as part of the plumbing and are ignored until they fail. Residential water heaters are capable of heating water up to 180{degrees}F, although the setpoints are usually set lower.
Date:
November 1, 1993
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy-efficient lighting for kitchens and bathrooms
This booklet intended for the consumer explains ways to make kitchen and bathroom lighting more energy efficient.
Date:
May 1, 1993
Creator:
Baker, W. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Local and Regional Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy
This report provides background information on many of the type of operations engaged in the U.S. local and regional food system. A wide range of farm businesses are involved in local foods, such as direct-to-consumer marketing, farmers' markets, farm-to-school programs, community-supported agriculture,6 community gardens, school gardens, food hubs and market aggregators, kitchen incubators, and mobile slaughter units. This report also highlights some of the available resources within existing federal programs administered by USDA and other agencies.
Date:
February 18, 2016
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency: Long-standing Problems with DOE's Program for Setting Efficiency Standards Continue to Result in Forgone Energy Savings
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Energy (DOE) sets energy efficiency standards through the rulemaking process for certain consumer product categories, such as kitchen ranges, and industrial equipment, such as distribution transformers. Congress reported in 2005 that DOE was late in setting standards and required DOE to report every 6 months on the status of the backlog. GAO examined (1) the extent to which DOE has met its obligations to issue rules on minimum energy efficiency standards for consumer products and industrial equipment and (2) whether DOE's plan for clearing the backlog will be effective or can be improved. Among other things, GAO convened an expert panel on energy efficiency standards to identify causes and effects of delays and assess DOE's plans."
Date:
January 31, 2007
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Modeling of indoor/outdoor fungi relationships in forty-four homes
From April through October 1994, a study was conducted in the Moline, Illinois-Bettendorf, Iowa area to measure bioaerosol concentrations in 44 homes housing a total of 54 asthmatic individuals. Air was sampled 3 to 10 times at each home over a period of seven months. A total of 852 pairs of individual samples were collected indoors at up to three locations (basement, kitchen, bedroom, or living room) and outside within two meters of each house.
Date:
December 31, 1996
Creator:
Rizzo, M.J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Operational Contract Support: Management and Oversight Improvements Needed in Afghanistan
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) has taken steps to enhance its existing training program for contracting officers representatives (CORs), but the required training does not fully prepare them to perform their contract oversight duties in contingency areas such as Afghanistan. DOD requires that CORs be qualified by training and experience commensurate with the responsibilities to be delegated to them. DOD took several actions to enhance its training program, such as developing a CORs training course with a focus on contingency operations. However, GAO found that CORs are not prepared to oversee contracts because the required training does not include specifics on how to complete written statements of work and how to operate in Afghanistans unique contracting environment. For example, DOD contracting personnel told GAO about opening delays and additional expenses related to the construction of a dining facility, which was originally constructed without a kitchen because it was not included in the original statement of work. In some cases, contract-specific training was not provided at all. In addition, not all oversight personnel such as commanders and senior leaders receive training to perform contract oversight and management …
Date:
March 29, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Issues in federal preemption of state appliance energy efficiency regulations
The findings and conclusions of the analysis of the various issues involved in the federal preemption of state regulations for the DOE no standard rule on covered appliances are summarized. The covered products are: refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, freezers, clothes dryers, kitchen ranges and ovens, water heaters (excluding heat pump water heaters), room air conditioners, central air conditioners (excluding heat pumps), and furnaces. A detailed discussion of the rationale for the positions of groups offering comment for the record is presneted. The pertinent categories of state and local regulations and programs are explained, then detailed analysis is conducted on the covered products and regulations. Issues relating to the timing of preemption of state regulations are discussed, as well as issues relating to burden of proof, contents of petitions for exemptions from preemption, criteria for evaluating petitions, and procedural and other issues. (LEW)
Date:
December 1, 1982
Creator:
Fang, J. M.; Balistocky, S. & Schaefler, A. M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Schlumberger soundings, audio-magnetotelluric soundings and telluric mapping in and around the Coso Range, California
Results of geophysical surveys in and around the Coso Range, and in particular in the area surrounding Coso Hot Springs are reported. Electrical properties of rocks associated with thermal phenomena of the Devil's Kitchen-Coso Hot Springs area in the Coso rhyolite dome field and the large arcuate fracture system previously postulated to represent a stage of incipient caldera formation were studied. Six individual plates are included. Plate 1 shows the index map for the location of the Schlumberger soundings. In addition plate 1 also includes the location of audio-magnetotelluric (AMT) cross section A-A' and B-B' (Plates 2 and 3), and dc resistivity cross sections D-D' and C-C' (Plates 4 and 5). The automatically processed and interpreted data are shown in the graphs given in appendixes I and II. (JGB)
Date:
January 1, 1977
Creator:
Jackson, D.B.; O'Donnell, J.E. & Gregory, D.I.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
They all like it hot: faster cleanup of contaminated soil and groundwater
Clean up a greasy kitchen spill with cold water and the going is slow. Us hot water instead and progress improves markedly. So it makes sense that cleanup of greasy underground contaminants such as gasoline might go faster if hot water or steam were somehow added to the process. The Environmental Protection Agency named hundreds of sites to the Superfund list - sites that have been contaminated with petroleum products or petroleum products or solvents. Elsewhere across the country, thousands of properties not identified on federal cleanup lists are contaminated as well. Given that under current regulations, underground accumulations of solvent and hydrocarbon contaminants (the most serious cause of groundwater pollution) must be cleaned up, finding a rapid and effective method of removing them is imperative. In the early 1990`s, in collaboration with the School of Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore developed dynamic underground stripping. This method for treating underground contaminants with heat is much faster and more effective than traditional treatment methods.
Date:
March 1, 1998
Creator:
Newmark, R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Facilities for utilization of geothermal steam, Verdant Vales School, Middletown, California
Verdant Vales School is a boarding school and summer camp located in the Geysers - Calistoga KGRA near Middletown, California. The school consists of dormitories, classrooms and related facilities to accommodate a maximum of 55 students and a staff of 5. Energy for heating buildings and domestic hot water, is provided by electricity supplied by Pacific Gas and Electric Company. In addition, a considerable amount of LPG is consumed to heat the swimming pool and the hot water required for the automatic dishwasher in the kitchen. The school has 3000 pounds per hour of 150 psig steam available at no cost from an existing geothermal well adjacent to the school site. A preliminary design of a system has been developed that utilizes the geothermal steam to eliminate the school's LPG requirement, and minimizes outside purchases of electricity for space and water heating. Savings have been developed, and material costs for the new facilities have been estimated.
Date:
January 1, 1979
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Geothermal feasibility study for Idaho State School and Hospital, Nampa, Idaho
Apparently it is possible to obtain a geothermal source of water at about 3000 ft depth that should produce 500+ GPM at 160{sup 0}F. The present steam and condensate lines are poorly insulated which adds to the heating costs and, in addition, the condensate lines are in poor condition. If this system is retained, it will cost upwards of $100,000 to replace these condensate lines. This cost should be considered as an off-set against the cost of the geothermal system. This was not included in the economic analysis simply because the cost for these repairs is next to impossible to predict with any accuracy. Changing over to geothermal hot water system will reduce the gas consumption by 75%. Most of the remaining gas use (steam) would be in the laundry and kitchen. In preparing this study, the assumption was made that most buildings that are presently using hot water could be heated with 155{sup 0}F water. It is recommended that during the ensuing year the maintenance department be instructed to change the controls on several buildings to reduce the temperature of the hot water down to 155{sup 0}F to see if comfort can be maintained at the lower setting. When …
Date:
October 1, 1984
Creator:
Balzhiser, J.K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Urban alternative Homestead
The energy-efficient model home was completed. Work was done on the inside of the house to insulate and finish the walls, build displays on insulation, fireplaces and wood heat, and educational signs depicting the workings of a building designed with active and passive solar heating and cooling. The grant made possible the installation of a Clivus Multrum composting toilet with food trap, also, and educational materials on the workings of the clivus. It made possible displays on window treatments, storm windows and doors, and installation of donated kitchen cabinets and appliances, as well as a donated furnace and ductwork. These items have made it possible to have the demonstration house open five days per week for over two years, with literally thousands of school classes, as well as adult classes taking tours at least three days per week. Literally thousands of persons have taken tours of the house where reams of educational handouts are available, and over fifty conservation workshops have been held in two years. Without the finishing touches on conservation provided by this grant, these thousands of persons would have missed this opportunity to learn about energy conservation.
Date:
January 1, 1981
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library