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Advanced Cuttings Transport Study Quarterly Technical Report: January-March 2003 (open access)

Advanced Cuttings Transport Study Quarterly Technical Report: January-March 2003

Experiments on the flow loop are continuing. Improvements to the software for data acquisition are being made as additional experience with three-phase flow is gained. Modifications are being made to the Cuttings Injection System in order to improve control and the precision of cuttings injection. The design details for a drill-pipe Rotation System have been completed. A US Patent was filed on October 28, 2002 for a new design for an instrument that can generate a variety of foams under elevated pressures and temperatures and then transfer the test foam to a viscometer for measurements of viscosity. Theoretical analyses of cuttings transport phenomena based on a layered model is under development. Calibrations of two nuclear densitometers have been completed. Baseline tests have been run to determine wall roughness in the 4 different tests sections (i.e. 2-in, 3-in, 4-in pipes and 5.76-in by 3.5-in annulus) of the flow loop. Tests have also been conducted with aerated fluids at EPET conditions. Preliminary experiments on the two candidate aqueous foam formulations were conducted which included rheological tests of the base fluid and foam stability reports. These were conducted after acceptance of the proposal on the Study of Cuttings Transport with Foam Under Elevated …
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Reed, Troy; Miska, Stefan; Takach, Nicholas; Ashenayi, Kaveh; Pickell, Mark; Volk, Len et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Hydrogen Transport Membranes for Vision 21 Fossil Fuel Plants (open access)

Advanced Hydrogen Transport Membranes for Vision 21 Fossil Fuel Plants

Eltron Research Inc. and team members CoorsTek, Sued Chemie, and Argonne National Laboratory are developing an environmentally benign, inexpensive, and efficient method for separating hydrogen from gas mixtures produced during industrial processes, such as coal gasification. This project was motivated by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Vision 21 initiative, which seeks to economically eliminate environmental concerns associated with the use of fossil fuels. Currently, this project is focusing on four basic categories of dense membranes: (i) mixed conducting ceramic/ceramic composites, (ii) mixed conducting ceramic/metal (cermet) composites, (iii) cermets with hydrogen permeable metals, and (iv) hydrogen permeable alloys. Ultimately, these materials must enable hydrogen separation at practical rates under ambient and high-pressure conditions, without deactivation in the presence of feedstream components such as carbon dioxide, water, and sulfur. This report describes resent results for long-term hydrogen permeation and chemical stability measurements, new mixed conducting cermets, progress in cermet, thin film, and thin-walled tube fabrication, hydrogen absorption measurements for selected compositions, and membrane facilitated alkane to olefin conversion.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Roark, Shane E.; Sammells, Anthony F.; Mackay, Richard A.; Pitzman, Lyrik Y.; Zirbel, Thomas A.; Schesnack, Stewart et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The African Union (open access)

The African Union

This report summaries the history of the African Union (AU) from the Organization of African unity (OAU) and the functionality of the AU. Specifically, the report claims that the main difference between the AU and the OAU is that the AU places more emphasis on economic growth and development.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Cook, Nicholas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Alvin Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 (open access)

The Alvin Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[AMBER Alert: President George W. Bush signs the AMBER Alert into law]

Photograph of President George W. Bush signing into law the AMBER Alert package, which would create a system to help find kidnapped children and impose tougher penalties on child abusers, kidnappers and pornographers. In January 1996, Amber Haggerman was abducted and killed in Arlington, Texas. Amber's mother, Donna Whitson, with her hand on Amber's brother, Ricky, observe the signing. This photo was taken at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. Also in the photo is Elizabeth Smart standing behind Amber's brother, Ricky, with her parents. Fourteen year old Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City, Utah, bedroom June 5, 2002. Smart was found alive nine months later in Sandy, Utah, about 18 miles from her home. The AMBER Plan is known as America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyzing occupancy profiles from a lighting controls field study (open access)

Analyzing occupancy profiles from a lighting controls field study

Despite a number of published studies on the effectiveness of lighting controls in buildings, only one US study examines the occupancy patterns of building occupants. Occupancy profiles allow one to determine, for example, the probability that an office is occupied for each hour of the workday. Occupancy profiles are useful for many purposes including: (1) predicting the effectiveness of occupancy sensors for reducing peak demand, (2) evaluating the impact of human activity on building lighting and other electric loads and (3) providing lighting equipment manufacturers with detailed lighting operation data to help evaluate the impact of advanced lighting controls on equipment life. In this paper, we examine the occupancy profiles for 35 single person offices at a large office building in San Francisco and analyze the data to obtain average occupancy as a function of time of day. In addition, we analyzed the data to identify how the use of occupancy sensors may affect switching cycles and lamp life.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Rubinstein, Francis; Colak, Nesrin; Jennings, Judith & Neils, Danielle
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Archer Advocate (Holliday, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 (open access)

The Archer Advocate (Holliday, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Holliday, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Thomas, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Asian Pacific American Political Participation and Representation in Elective Office (open access)

Asian Pacific American Political Participation and Representation in Elective Office

This report is on Asian Pacific American Political Participation and Representation in Elective Office.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Coleman, Kevin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing I-Grid(TM) web-based monitoring for power quality and reliability benchmarking (open access)

Assessing I-Grid(TM) web-based monitoring for power quality and reliability benchmarking

This paper presents preliminary findings from DOEs pilot program. The results show how a web-based monitoring system can form the basis for aggregation of data and correlation and benchmarking across broad geographical lines. A longer report describes additional findings from the pilot, including impacts of power quality and reliability on customers operations [Divan, Brumsickle, Eto 2003].
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Divan, Deepak; Brumsickle, William & Eto, Joseph
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Balance of Payments: Meaning and Significance (open access)

The Balance of Payments: Meaning and Significance

This report provides a basic discussion of the U.S. balance of payments (BOP). The is a systematic accounting of the U.S.'s international transactions for a specified period of time.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Wells, Gary J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 156, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 156, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Brief Summary of the HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule (open access)

A Brief Summary of the HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule

This report provides a brief overview of the modified HIPAA Privacy rule, “Standards for the Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information” (“privacy rule”) published on August 14, 2002 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Stevens, Gina Marie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Business Modernization: Improvements Needed in Management of NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program (open access)

Business Modernization: Improvements Needed in Management of NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) nonintegrated financial management systems have weakened its ability to oversee its contractors, and its contract management has been on GAO's high-risk list since 1990. In April 2000, NASA began its Integrated Financial Management Program (IFMP), its third attempt in recent years at modernizing financial management processes and systems. GAO was asked to review whether NASA was following key best practices in acquiring IFMP components and implementing one of the first components--the core financial module."
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CAPACITIVE TOMOGRAPHY FOR THE LOCATION OF PLASTIC PIPE (open access)

CAPACITIVE TOMOGRAPHY FOR THE LOCATION OF PLASTIC PIPE

Throughout the utility industry, there is high interest in subsurface imaging of plastic, ceramic, and metallic objects because of the cost, reliability, and safety benefits available in avoiding impacts with the existing infrastructure and in reducing inappropriate excavations. Industry interest in locating plastic pipe has resulted in funding available for the development of technologies that enable this imaging. Gas Technology Institute (GTI) proposes to develop a compact and inexpensive capacitive tomography imaging sensor that takes the form of a flat plate or flexible mat that can be placed on the ground to image objects embedded in the soil. A compact, low-cost sensor that can image objects through soil could be applied to multiple operations and will produce a number of cost savings for the gas industry. In a stand-alone mode, it could be used to survey an area prior to excavation. The technology would improve the accuracy and reliability of any operation that involves excavation by locating or avoiding buried objects. An accurate subsurface image of an area will enable less costly keyhole excavations and other cost-saving techniques. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) has been applied to this area with limited success. Radar requires a high-frequency carrier to be injected into …
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Huber, Brian J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caustic Leaching of SRS Tank 12H Sludge With and Without Chelating Agents (open access)

Caustic Leaching of SRS Tank 12H Sludge With and Without Chelating Agents

The primary objective of this study was to measure the effect of adding triethanolamine (TEA) to caustic leaching solutions to improve the solubility of aluminum in actual tank-waste sludge. High-level radioactive waste sludge that had a high aluminum assay was used for the tests. This waste, which originated with the processing of aluminum-clad/aluminum-alloy fuels, generates high levels of heat because of the high {sup 90}Sr concentration and contains hard-to-dissolve boehmite phases. In concept, a chelating agent, such as TEA, can both improve the dissolution rate and increase the concentration in the liquid phase. For this reason, TEA could also increase the solubility of other sludge components that are potentially problematic to downstream processing. Tests were conducted to determine if this were the case. Because of its relatively high vapor pressure, process design should include methods to minimize losses of the TEA. Sludge was retrieved from tank 12H at the Savannah River Site by on-site personnel, and then shipped to Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the study. The sludge contained a small quantity of rocky debris. One slate-like flat piece, which had approximate dimensions of 1 1/4 x 1/2 x 1/8 in., was recovered. Additional gravel-like fragments with approximate diameters ranging …
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Spencer, B.B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ceramic Membrane Enabling Technology for Improved IGCC Efficiency, Quarterly Technical Progress Report: January 1 - March 31, 2003 (open access)

Ceramic Membrane Enabling Technology for Improved IGCC Efficiency, Quarterly Technical Progress Report: January 1 - March 31, 2003

The objectives of the first year of phase 2 of the program are to construct and operate an engineering pilot reactor for OTM oxygen. Work to support this objective is being undertaken in the following areas in this quarter: Element reliability; Element fabrication; Systems technology; Power recovery; and IGCC process analysis and economics. The major accomplishments this quarter were Preferred OTM architectures have been identified through stress analysis; and The 01 reactor was operated at target flux and target purity for 1000 hours.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Prasad, Ravi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CH Packaging Program Guidance (open access)

CH Packaging Program Guidance

The purpose of this document is to provide the technical requirements for preparation for use, operation, inspection, and maintenance of a Transuranic Package Transporter Model II (TRUPACT-II), a HalfPACT shipping package, and directly related components. This document complies with the minimum requirements as specified in the TRUPACT-II Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP), HalfPACT SARP, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Certificates of Compliance (C of C) 9218 and 9279, respectively. In the event of a conflict between this document and the SARP or C of C, the C of C shall govern. The C of Cs state: ''each package must be prepared for shipment and operated in accordance with the procedures described in Chapter 7.0, Operating Procedures, of the application.'' They further state: ''each package must be tested and maintained in accordance with the procedures described in Chapter 8.0, Acceptance Tests and Maintenance Program of the Application.'' Chapter 9.0 of the SARP charges the WIPP management and operating (M&O) contractor with assuring packaging is used in accordance with the requirements of the C of C. Because the packaging is NRC-approved, users need to be familiar with 10 CFR 71.11. Any time a user suspects or has indications that the conditions …
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Westinghouse TRU Solutions LLC
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 154, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 154, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colleges and Universities Attended by Representatives of the 108th Congress (open access)

Colleges and Universities Attended by Representatives of the 108th Congress

This report identifies the colleges and universities attended by representatives and delegates in the 107th Congress grouped by state.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Colleges and Universities Attended by Senators of the 108th Congress (open access)

Colleges and Universities Attended by Senators of the 108th Congress

This report identifies the colleges and universities attended by Senators serving in the 108th Congress.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 (open access)

The Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Weekly student newspaper published in Hurst, Texas and serving the Tarrant County College District that includes school news and information along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Shafer, Leah
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF AMBIENT FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5)DATA OBTAINED FROM URBAN AND RURAL MONITORING SITES ALONG THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY (open access)

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF AMBIENT FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5)DATA OBTAINED FROM URBAN AND RURAL MONITORING SITES ALONG THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY

Advanced Technology Systems, Inc. (ATS), with Desert Research Institute (DRI) and Ohio University as subcontractors, was contracted by the NETL in September 1998 to manage the Upper Ohio River Valley Project (UORVP), with a goal of characterizing the ambient fine particulate in this region, including examination of urban/rural variations, correlations between PM{sub 2.5} and gaseous pollutants, and influences of artifacts on PM{sub 2.5} measurements in this region. Two urban and two rural monitoring sites were included in the UORVP. The four sites selected were all part of existing local and/or state air quality programs. One urban site was located in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at an air quality monitoring station operated by the Allegheny County Health Department. A second urban site was collocated at a West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) monitoring station at the airport in Morgantown, West Virginia. One rural site was collocated with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) at a former NARSTO-Northeast site near Holbrook, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The other rural site was collocated at a site operated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OHEPA) and managed by the Ohio State Forestry Division in Gifford State Forest near Athens, Ohio. Analysis of …
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Khosah, Robinson P. & Shimshock, John P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library