0.52eV Quaternary InGaAsSb Thermophotovoltaic Diode Technology (open access)

0.52eV Quaternary InGaAsSb Thermophotovoltaic Diode Technology

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) diodes fabricated from 0.52eV lattice-matched InGaAsSb alloys are grown by Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE) on GaSb substrates. 4cm{sup 2} multi-chip diode modules with front-surface spectral filters were tested in a vacuum cavity and attained measured efficiency and power density of 19% and 0.58 W/cm{sup 2} respectively at operating at temperatures of T{sub radiator} = 950 C and T{sub diode} = 27 C. Device modeling and minority carrier lifetime measurements of double heterostructure lifetime specimens indicate that diode conversion efficiency is limited predominantly by interface recombination and photon energy loss to the GaSb substrate and back ohmic contact. Recent improvements to the diode include lattice-matched p-type AlGaAsSb passivating layers with interface recombination velocities less than 100 cm/s and new processing techniques enabling thinned substrates and back surface reflectors. Modeling predictions of these improvements to the diode architecture indicate that conversion efficiencies from 27-30% and {approx}0.85 W/cm{sup 2} could be attained under the above operating temperatures.
Date: June 9, 2004
Creator: Dashiell, M. W.; Beausang, J. F.; Nichols, G.; Depoy, D. M.; Danielson, L. R.; Ehsani, H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D Reservoir and Stochastic Fracture Network Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Circle Ridge Phosphoria/Tensleep Reservoir, and River Reservation, Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes, Wyoming (open access)

3-D Reservoir and Stochastic Fracture Network Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Circle Ridge Phosphoria/Tensleep Reservoir, and River Reservation, Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes, Wyoming

The goal of this project is to improve the recovery of oil from the Circle Ridge Oilfield, located on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, through an innovative integration of matrix characterization, structural reconstruction, and the characterization of the fracturing in the reservoir through the use of discrete fracture network models.
Date: September 9, 2002
Creator: La Pointe, Paul R. & Hermanson, Jan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D Reservoir and Stochastic Fracture Network Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Circle Ridge Phosphoria/Tensleep Reservoir, and River Reservation, Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes, Wyoming (open access)

3-D Reservoir and Stochastic Fracture Network Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Circle Ridge Phosphoria/Tensleep Reservoir, and River Reservation, Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes, Wyoming

The goal of this project is to improve the recovery of oil from the Circle Ridge Oilfield, located on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, through an innovative integration of matrix characterization, structural reconstruction, and the characterization of the fracturing in the reservoir through the use of discrete fracture network models.
Date: September 9, 2002
Creator: Pointe, La; Paul; Parney, Robert; Eiben, Thorsten; Dunleavy, Mike & Whitney, John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D Reservoir and Stochastic Fracture Network Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Circle Ridge Phosphoria/Tensleep Reservoir, and River Reservation, Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes, Wyoming (open access)

3-D Reservoir and Stochastic Fracture Network Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Circle Ridge Phosphoria/Tensleep Reservoir, and River Reservation, Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes, Wyoming

The goal of this project is to improve the recovery of oil from the Circle Ridge Oilfield, located on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, through an innovative integration of matrix characterization, structural reconstruction, and the characterization of the fracturing in the reservoir through the use of discrete fracture network models.
Date: September 9, 2002
Creator: La Pointe, Paul; Parney, Robert; Eiben, Thorsten; Dunleavy, Mike; Whitney, John & Eubanks, Darrel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D Reservoir and Stochastic Fracture Network Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Circle Ridge Phosphoria/Tensleep Reservoir, and River Reservation, Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes, Wyoming (open access)

3-D Reservoir and Stochastic Fracture Network Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Circle Ridge Phosphoria/Tensleep Reservoir, and River Reservation, Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes, Wyoming

The goal of this project is to improve the recovery of oil from the Circle Ridge Oilfield, located on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, through an innovative integration of matrix characterization, structural reconstruction, and the characterization of the fracturing in the reservoir through the use of discrete fracture network models.
Date: September 9, 2002
Creator: La Pointe, Paul R.; Hermanson, Jan & Eiben, Thorsten
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D Seismic Exploration Project, Ute Indian Tribe, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Uintah County, Utah (open access)

3-D Seismic Exploration Project, Ute Indian Tribe, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Uintah County, Utah

The objectives of this North Hill Creek 3-D seismic survey were to: (1) cover as large an area as possible with available budget; (2) obtain high quality data throughout the depth range of the prospective geologic formations of 2,000' to 12,000' to image both gross structures and more subtle structural and stratigraphic elements; (3) overcome the challenges posed by a hard, reflective sandstone that cropped out or was buried just a few feet below the surface under most of the survey area; and (4) run a safe survey.
Date: September 9, 2002
Creator: Eckels, Marc T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 3-Dimensional discrete fracture network generator to examine fracture-matrix interaction using TOUGH2 (open access)

A 3-Dimensional discrete fracture network generator to examine fracture-matrix interaction using TOUGH2

Water fluxes in unsaturated, fractured rock involve the physical processes occurring at fracture-matrix interfaces within fracture networks. Modeling these water fluxes using a discrete fracture network model is a complicated effort. Existing preprocessors for TOUGH2 are not suitable to generate grids for fracture networks with various orientations and inclinations. There are several 3-D discrete-fracture-network simulators for flow and transport, but most of them do not capture fracture-matrix interaction. We have developed a new 3-D discrete-fracture-network mesh generator, FRACMESH, to provide TOUGH2 with information about the fracture network configuration and fracture-matrix interactions. FRACMESH transforms a discrete fracture network into a 3 dimensional uniform mesh, in which fractures are considered as elements with unique rock material properties and connected to surrounding matrix elements. Using FRACMESH, individual fractures may have uniform or random aperture distributions to consider heterogeneity. Fracture element volumes and interfacial areas are calculated from fracture geometry within individual elements. By using FRACMESH and TOUGH2, fractures with various inclinations and orientations, and fracture-matrix interaction, can be incorporated. In this paper, results of flow and transport simulations in a fractured rock block utilizing FRACMESH are presented.
Date: April 9, 2003
Creator: Ito, Kazumasa & Yongkoo, Seol
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
60-inch annular pitch polisher for LASL's LASER-fusion effort (open access)

60-inch annular pitch polisher for LASL's LASER-fusion effort

The Antares laser will require that about 100 high-precision NaCl windows of 18-in. diameter be produced, maintained, and repaired. To aid the industry in achieving the required production rates, a polishing development program was undertaken by LASL's Laser Division in collaboration with the Air Force and International Laser Systems. The design and initial shakedown of the polishing machine is described. Preliminary results indicate the machine's design is sound, its operation is generally simple, and it should be capable of finishing 18-in. NaCl to better than lambda/2 visible and 20-10 surface. Shakedown work with glass has demonstrated 0-0 surface, complete absence of edge roll, and lambda/16 over 12 in., and lambda/6 over 19 in.
Date: November 9, 1978
Creator: Williamson, Raymond
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
100 Areas: (For Technical Progress Letter No. 109), July 30--August 5 (open access)

100 Areas: (For Technical Progress Letter No. 109), July 30--August 5

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Date: August 9, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
100 Areas technical activities report - physics, September 1946 (open access)

100 Areas technical activities report - physics, September 1946

The Pine unit was down four times during the month. These were all regularly scheduled shutdowns. Times down vary from 16.9 hours to 19.2 hours. A total of 33.4 tons of metal was discharged. The galvano-meter chamber in experimental hole {open_quotes}A{close_quotes} was replaced. One Special Request was discharged and three tubes have been loaded with Special Request samples. A new bismuth column has been established. Some difficulty has been experienced with high temperatures of both tube exit water and graphite following startup. On one occasion the normal operating level was exceeded for a short period of time.
Date: October 9, 1946
Creator: Montgomery, E. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
100 Areas weekly report, June 9, 1955 (open access)

100 Areas weekly report, June 9, 1955

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Date: June 9, 1955
Creator: Bellas, H. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
105-KE Basin isolation barrier leak rate test analytical development. Revision 1 (open access)

105-KE Basin isolation barrier leak rate test analytical development. Revision 1

This document provides an analytical development in support of the proposed leak rate test of the 105-KE Basin. The analytical basis upon which the K-basin leak test results will be used to determine the basin leakage rates is developed in this report. The leakage of the K-Basin isolation barriers under postulated accident conditions will be determined from the test results. There are two fundamental flow regimes that may exist in the postulated K-Basin leakage: viscous laminar and turbulent flow. An analytical development is presented for each flow regime. The basic geometry and nomenclature of the postulated leak paths are denoted.
Date: May 9, 1995
Creator: Irwin, J. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
120-Channel, Chronically Implantable, Wireless, Polymer Neural Interface (open access)

120-Channel, Chronically Implantable, Wireless, Polymer Neural Interface

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Date: May 9, 2012
Creator: Tooker, A; Shah, K; Tolosa, V; Sheth, H; Felix, S; Delima, T et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 Area monthly report, August 1966 (open access)

200 Area monthly report, August 1966

This report details activities of the 200 Area for the month of August 1966.
Date: September 9, 1966
Creator: Christy, J. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 Area monthly report, July 1966 (open access)

200 Area monthly report, July 1966

This report details 200 Area activities for the month of July 1966.
Date: August 9, 1966
Creator: Christy, J. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 Area population weighted X/Q for the public within 10 miles of the site boundary (open access)

200 Area population weighted X/Q for the public within 10 miles of the site boundary

An overall population weighted atmospheric dispersion coefficient (X/Q) has been calculated for the public within 10 miles of the Hanford Site boundary. The Columbia river was assumed as the Hanford site boundary to the north and the east. The GXQ code was used for the calculation. The value calculated is 1.88 x 10-8 s/m 3.
Date: July 9, 1996
Creator: Van Keuren, J.C., Westinghouse Hanford
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 Area Treated Effluent Disposal Facility operational test specification. Revision 2 (open access)

200 Area Treated Effluent Disposal Facility operational test specification. Revision 2

This document identifies the test specification and test requirements for the 200 Area Treated Effluent Disposal Facility (200 Area TEDF) operational testing activities. These operational testing activities, when completed, demonstrate the functional, operational and design requirements of the 200 Area TEDF have been met. The technical requirements for operational testing of the 200 Area TEDF are defined by the test requirements presented in Appendix A. These test requirements demonstrate the following: pump station No.1 and associated support equipment operate both automatically and manually; pump station No. 2 and associated support equipment operate both automatically and manually; water is transported through the collection and transfer lines to the disposal ponds with no detectable leakage; the disposal ponds accept flow from the transfer lines with all support equipment operating as designed; and the control systems operate and status the 200 Area TEDF including monitoring of appropriate generator discharge parameters.
Date: February 9, 1995
Creator: Crane, A.F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
234-5 Project, Specification Letter 234-6, 235-6, Revision 1, Waste disposal (open access)

234-5 Project, Specification Letter 234-6, 235-6, Revision 1, Waste disposal

This report outlines the general requirements for disposal of wastes from the 234-5 Buildings during the 234-5 Project.
Date: December 9, 1947
Creator: Work, J. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
234-5 project, specification letter 234-7, 235-7, essential material storage & process solution preparation (open access)

234-5 project, specification letter 234-7, 235-7, essential material storage & process solution preparation

This document presents details about the specification for space and equipment requirements for essential material storage and process solution preparation for the 234-5 project.
Date: December 9, 1947
Creator: Work, J.B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
241-SY-101 DACS High hydrogen abort limit reduction (SCR 473) acceptance test report (open access)

241-SY-101 DACS High hydrogen abort limit reduction (SCR 473) acceptance test report

The capability of the 241-SY-101 Data Acquisition and Control System (DACS) computer system to provide proper control and monitoring of the 241-SY-101 underground storage tank hydrogen monitoring system utilizing the reduced hydrogen abort limit of 0.69% was systematically evaluated by the performance of ATP HNF-4927. This document reports the results of the ATP.
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: ERMI, A.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
305 Building cold test facility management plan (open access)

305 Building cold test facility management plan

This document provides direction for the conduct of business in Building 305 for cold testing K-Basin tools and equipment. The Cold Test Facility represents a small portion of the overall building, and as such, the work instructions already implemented in the 305 Building will be utilized.
Date: December 9, 1994
Creator: Feigenbutz, L. V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
340 representative sampling verification tank sampling and analysis plan (open access)

340 representative sampling verification tank sampling and analysis plan

This Sampling and Analysis Plan contains requirements for characterizing the 340 vault tank 1. The objective of the sampling and characterization is to determine if the tank is homogeneous when agitated and which sampling method provides the most representative sample. A secondary objective is to collect and characterize solid samples.
Date: September 9, 1996
Creator: Halgren, D.L., Westinghouse Hanford
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
18th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference Summary of Technology and Power Plans (open access)

18th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference Summary of Technology and Power Plans

There were 90 papers presented at the Conference in the category of Technology and Power Plants accounting for about 25% of the total number of contributions. As was the case at the previous meeting, a large number of papers dealt with the ITER-Engineering Design Activity (EDA) and ITER technology R&D. In the author's opinion, the rapid progress made during the ITER EDA extension on the completion of the new ITER-FEAT design and its physics and technology R&D validation stands out as the highlight of the meeting. Steady progress is being made on several other technology fronts as well. The results point towards emerging research trends in the following areas: steady-state operation with advanced performance and the increasingly important role of enabling technologies in achieving this goal, advanced, high-performance, environmentally attractive materials for the fusion energy goal, reactor and near-term applications studies that exploit advances both in the physics and technology fronts for lower cost of electricity and improved safety and environmental features, and socioeconomic studies that are helping to promote the attractive features of fusion and its public acceptance. The remaining sections of this paper are organized along the lines of these major themes; namely, ITER EDA Design, ITER Technology …
Date: March 9, 2001
Creator: Milora, S. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 Summer Research Program for High School Juniors at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (open access)

1999 Summer Research Program for High School Juniors at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics

oak-B202--During the summer of 1999, 12 students from Rochester-area high schools participated in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics' Summer High School Research Program. The goal of this program is to excite a group of high school students about careers in the areas of science and technology by exposing them to research in a state-of-the-art environment. Too often, students are exposed to ''research'' only through classroom laboratories that have prescribed procedures and predictable results. In LLE's summer program, the students experience all of the trials, tribulations, and rewards of scientific research. By participating in research in a real environment, the students often become more enthusiastic about careers in science and technology. In addition, LLE gains from the contributions of the many highly talented students who are attracted to the program. The students spent most of their time working on their individual research projects with members of LLE's technical staff. The projects were related to current research activities at LLE and covered a broad range of areas of interest including laser modeling, diagnostic development, chemistry, liquid crystal devices, and opacity data visualization. The students, their high schools, their LLE supervisors and their project titles are listed in the table. Their written reports …
Date: October 9, 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library