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Plasma channel optical-pumping device and method (open access)

Plasma channel optical-pumping device and method

A device and method are described for optically pumping a gaseous laser using blackbody radiation produced by a plasma channel which is formed from an electrical discharge between two electrodes spaced at opposite longitudinal ends of the laser. A preionization device which can comprise a laser or electron beam accelerator produces a preionization beam which is sufficient to cause an elctrical discharge between the electrodes to initiate the plasma channel along the preionization path. The optical pumping energy is supplied by a high voltage power supply rather than by the preionization beam. High output optical intensities are produced by the laser due to the high temperature black-body radiation produced by the plasma channel, in the same manner as an exploding wire type laser. However, unlike the exploding wire type laser, the disclosed invention can be operated in a repetitive manner by utilizing a repetitive pulsed preionization device.
Date: July 17, 1981
Creator: Judd, O.P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Control system for a wound-rotor motor (open access)

Control system for a wound-rotor motor

A load switching circuit for switching two or more transformer taps under load carrying conditions includes first and second parallel connected bridge rectifier circuits which control the selective connection of a direct current load to taps of a transformer. The first bridge circuit is normally conducting so that the load is connected to a first tap through the first bridge circuit. To transfer the load to the second tap, a switch is operable to connect the second bridge circuit to a second tap, and when the second bridge circuit begins to conduct, the first bridge circuit ceases conduction because the potential at the second tap is higher than the potential at the first tap, and the load is thus connected to the second tap through the second bridge circuit. The load switching circuit is applicable in a motor speed controller for a wound-rotor motor for effecting tap switching as a function of motor speed while providing a stepless motor speed control characteristics.
Date: July 17, 1981
Creator: Ellis, James N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Continuous chain bit with downhole cycling capability (open access)

Continuous chain bit with downhole cycling capability

A continuous chain bit for hard rock drilling is disclosed which is capable of downhole cycling. A drill head assembly moves axially relative to a support body while the chain on the head assembly is held in position so that the bodily movement of the chain cycles the chain to present new composite links for drilling. A pair of spring fingers on opposite sides of the chain hold the chain against movement. The chain is held in tension by a spring-biased tensioning bar. A head at the working end of the chain supports the working links. The chain is centered by a reversing pawl and piston actuated by the pressure of the drilling mud. Detent pins lock the head assembly with respect to the support body and are also operated by the drilling mud pressure. A restricted nozzle with a divergent outlet sprays drilling mud into the cavity to remove debris. Indication of the centered position of the chain is provided by noting a low pressure reading indicating proper alignment of drilling mud slots on the links with the corresponding feed branches.
Date: March 17, 1981
Creator: Ritter, D. F.; St. Clair, J. A. & Togami, H. K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal gasification vessel. [Patent application] (open access)

Coal gasification vessel. [Patent application]

A vessel system comprises an outer shell of carbon fibers held in a binder, a coolant circulation mechanism and control mechanism and an inner shell comprised of a refractory material and is of light weight and capable of withstanding the extreme temperature and pressure environment of, for example, a coal gasification process. The control mechanism can be computer controlled and can be used to monitor and modulate the coolant which is provided through the circulation mechanism for cooling and protecting the carbon fiber and outer shell. The control mechanism is also used to locate any isolated hot spots which may occur through the local disintegration of the inner refractory shell.
Date: March 17, 1981
Creator: Loo, Billy W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1981 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1981

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 17, 1981
Creator: Tooley, Wendell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1981 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1981

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 17, 1981
Creator: Tooley, Wendell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thermophysical properties of coal liquids. Seventh quarterly technical status report, April 1-June 30, 1981 (open access)

Thermophysical properties of coal liquids. Seventh quarterly technical status report, April 1-June 30, 1981

Measurements of rheological properties have been continued. Measurements at relatively low temperature (450 K) showed that a coarser coal grind shows substantially lower viscosity. It was also shown that coal and solvent obtained from the Fort Lewis plant give slurries of much higher viscosity than slurries from our reference coal and solvent. At higher temperatures (540 K) substantially the same relationships were shown. The effect of solvent-to-coal ratio was also found to be very great. Differential scanning calorimetry gave some low reliability specific heat results and showed indication of a probable heat effect at about 500 K. No indication of exothermic reaction with hydrogen was found.
Date: July 17, 1981
Creator: Droege, J. W.; Venkateswar, R. & Chauhan, S. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methodology and basic algorithms of the Livermore Economic Modeling System (open access)

Methodology and basic algorithms of the Livermore Economic Modeling System

The methodology and the basic pricing algorithms used in the Livermore Economic Modeling System (EMS) are described. The report explains the derivations of the EMS equations in detail; however, it could also serve as a general introduction to the modeling system. A brief but comprehensive explanation of what EMS is and does, and how it does it is presented. The second part examines the basic pricing algorithms currently implemented in EMS. Each algorithm's function is analyzed and a detailed derivation of the actual mathematical expressions used to implement the algorithm is presented. EMS is an evolving modeling system; improvements in existing algorithms are constantly under development and new submodels are being introduced. A snapshot of the standard version of EMS is provided and areas currently under study and development are considered briefly.
Date: March 17, 1981
Creator: Bell, R.B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogen production based on magnetic fusion (open access)

Hydrogen production based on magnetic fusion

Aspects of the work that are reported are (1) a brief summary of the status of TMR blanket design studies as an energy source for thermochemical cycles, (2) a joule-boosted decomposer concept for SO/sub 3/ decomposition, and (3) some of the details of the thermodynamics of boiling of the H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ azeotrope and the enthalpy of the resulting vapor as a function of temperature.
Date: August 17, 1981
Creator: Krikorian, O.H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elastic moduli, thermal expansion, and inferred permeability of Climax quartz monzonite and Sudbury gabbro to 500/sup 0/C and 55 MPa (open access)

Elastic moduli, thermal expansion, and inferred permeability of Climax quartz monzonite and Sudbury gabbro to 500/sup 0/C and 55 MPa

Young's modulus (E), bulk modulus (K), and the coefficient of thermal linear expansion (..cap alpha..) have been determined for Climax quartz monzonite to 500/sup 0/C and pressures (P) to 55 MPa and for Sudbury gabbro to 300/sup 0/C and 55 MPa. For each rock, both E and K decreased with T and increased with P in a nonlinear manner. In the monzonite, E and K decreased by up to 60% as P decreased from 55.2 to 6.9 MPa isothermally, while the gabbro indicated a decrease up to 70% over the same pressure range. As T increased isobarically, E and K for the monzonite decreased by up to a factor of approx. 80% from 19 to 500/sup 0/C. The moduli of the gabbro decreased by as much as 70% from 19 to 300/sup 0/C. ..cap alpha.. for the monzonite increased with T and decreased with P in a nonmonotonic fashion, with most measured values for ..cap alpha.. greater than values calculated for the crack-free aggregate. Depending on P, ..cap alpha.. in the monzonite increased from 8 to 11.10/sup -6/ /sup 0/C/sup -1/ at 40/sup 0/C to 22 to 25.10/sup -6/C/sup -1/ at 475/sup 0/C. For the gabbro, ..cap alpha.. also generally …
Date: March 17, 1981
Creator: Page, L. & Heard, H.C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Emerg critiques] captions transcript

[News Clip: Emerg critiques]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 17, 1981, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Prison] captions transcript

[News Clip: Prison]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 17, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Redistricting] captions transcript

[News Clip: Redistricting]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 17, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Love noise] captions transcript

[News Clip: Love noise]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 17, 1981, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Regan Brown] captions transcript

[News Clip: Regan Brown]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 17, 1981, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Prisoner escapes] captions transcript

[News Clip: Prisoner escapes]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 17, 1981, 5:30 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Escape] captions transcript

[News Clip: Escape]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 17, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Doe dead] captions transcript

[News Clip: Doe dead]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 17, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: American Airlines union] captions transcript

[News Clip: American Airlines union]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 17, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Throughfare] captions transcript

[News Clip: Throughfare]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 17, 1981, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Halfway House] captions transcript

[News Clip: Halfway House]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 17, 1981, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Wiley shooting] captions transcript

[News Clip: Wiley shooting]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 17, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Colony] captions transcript

[News Clip: Colony]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 17, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Budget (city)] captions transcript

[News Clip: Budget (city)]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 17, 1981, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library