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An Evaluation of Three Commercially Available Technologies For Real-Time Measurement of Rates of Outdoor Airflow Into HVAC Systems (open access)

An Evaluation of Three Commercially Available Technologies For Real-Time Measurement of Rates of Outdoor Airflow Into HVAC Systems

During the last few years, new technologies have been introduced for real-time continuous measurement of the flow rates of outdoor air (OA) into HVAC systems; however, an evaluation of these measurements technologies has not previously been published. This document describes a test system and protocols developed for a controlled evaluation of these measurement technologies. The results of tests of three commercially available measurement technologies are also summarized. The test system and protocol were judged practical and very useful. The three commercially available measurement technologies should provide reasonably, e.g., 20%, accurate measurements of OA flow rates as long as air velocities are maintained high enough to produce accurately measurable pressure signals. In HVAC systems with economizer controls, to maintain the required air velocities the OA intake will need to be divided into two sections in parallel, each with a separate OA damper. All of the measurement devices had pressure drops that are likely to be judged acceptable. The influence of wind on the accuracy of these measurement technologies still needs to be evaluated.
Date: October 28, 2004
Creator: Fisk, William J.; Faulkner, David & Sullivan, Douglas P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mitigation of Laser Damage Growth in Fused Silica with a Galvanometer Scanned CO2 Laser (open access)

Mitigation of Laser Damage Growth in Fused Silica with a Galvanometer Scanned CO2 Laser

At the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), mitigation of laser surface damage growth on fused silica using single and multiple CO{sub 2} laser pulses has been consistently successful for damage sites whose lateral dimensions are less than 100 {micro}m, but has not been for larger sites. Cracks would often radiate outward from the damage when a CO{sub 2} pulse was applied to the larger sites. An investigation was conducted to mitigate large surface damage sites using galvanometer scanning of a tightly focused CO{sub 2} laser spot over an area encompassing the laser damage. It was thought that by initially scanning the CO{sub 2} spot outside the damage site, radiating crack propagation would be inhibited. Scan patterns were typically inward moving spirals starting at radii somewhat larger than that of the damage site. The duration of the mitigation spiral pattern was {approx}110 ms during which a total of {approx}1.3 J of energy was delivered to the sample. The CO{sub 2} laser spot had a 1/e{sup 2}-diameter of {approx}200 {micro}m. Thus, there was general heating of a large area around the damage site while rapid evaporation occurred locally at the laser spot position in the spiral. …
Date: October 28, 2005
Creator: Bass, I L; Guss, G M & Hackel, R P
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observation of amplification of a 1ps pulse by SRS of a 1 ns pulse in a plasma with conditions relevant to pulse compression (open access)

Observation of amplification of a 1ps pulse by SRS of a 1 ns pulse in a plasma with conditions relevant to pulse compression

The compression of a laser pulse by amplification of an ultra short pulse beam which seeds the stimulated Raman scatter of the first beam has been long been discussed in the context of solid and gas media. We investigate the possibility of using intersecting beams in a plasma to compress nanosecond pulses to picosecond duration by scattering from driven electron waves. Recent theoretical studies have shown the possibility of efficient compression with large amplitude, non-linear Langmuir waves driven either by SRS [1] or non-resonantly [2].
Date: October 28, 2005
Creator: Kirkwood, R K; Dewald, E; Wilks, S C; Meezan, N; Niemann, C; Divol, L et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Looking Ahead - Biofuels, H2, & Vehicles: 21st Industry Growth Forum (open access)

Looking Ahead - Biofuels, H2, & Vehicles: 21st Industry Growth Forum

This presentation on the future of biofuels, hydrogen, and hybrid vehicles was presented at NREL's 21st Industry Growth Forum in Denver, Colorado, on October 28, 2008.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: Gardner, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remaining Sites Verification Package for the 600-111, P-11 Critical Mass Laboratory Crib, and UPR-600-16, Fire and Contamination Spread Waste Sites, Waste Site Reclassification Form 2004-065 (open access)

Remaining Sites Verification Package for the 600-111, P-11 Critical Mass Laboratory Crib, and UPR-600-16, Fire and Contamination Spread Waste Sites, Waste Site Reclassification Form 2004-065

The 600-111, P-11 Critical Mass Laboratory Crib waste site, also referred to as the P-11 Facility, included the 120 Experimental Building, the 123 Control Building, and the P-11 Crib. The facility was constructed in 1949 and was used as a laboratory for plutonium criticality studies. In accordance with this evaluation, the confirmatory and verification sampling results support a reclassification of this site to Interim Closed Out. The results of confirmatory and verification sampling show that residual contaminant concentrations do not preclude any future uses and allow for unrestricted use of shallow zone soils. The results also demonstrate that residual contaminant concentrations are protective of groundwater and the Columbia River.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: Capron, J. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TECHNETIUM KD VALUES IN THE SRS SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT (open access)

RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TECHNETIUM KD VALUES IN THE SRS SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT

Performance assessments (PAs) are risk calculations used to estimate the amount of low-level radioactive waste that can be disposed at DOE sites. Distribution coefficients (K{sub d} values) are input parameters used in PA calculations to provide a measure of radionuclide sorption to sediment; the greater the K{sub d} value, the greater the sorption and the slower the estimated movement of the radionuclide through sediment. Understanding and quantifying K{sub d} value variability is important for estimating the uncertainty of PA calculations. Without this information, it is necessary to make overly conservative estimates about the possible limits of K{sub d} values, which in turn may increase disposal costs. Finally, technetium is commonly found to be amongst the radionuclides posing potential risk at waste disposal locations because it is believed to be highly mobile in its anionic form (pertechnetate, TcO{sub 4}{sup -}), it exists in relatively high concentrations in SRS waste, and it has a long half-life (213,000 years). The objectives of this laboratory study were to determine under SRS environmental conditions: (1) whether and to what extent TcO{sub 4}{sup -} sorbs to sediments, (2) the range of Tc K{sub d} values, (3) the distribution (normal or log-normal) of Tc K{sub d} values, …
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: Kaplan, D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for real-time acoustic imaging of Rayleigh-BĂ©nard convection (open access)

Apparatus for real-time acoustic imaging of Rayleigh-BĂ©nard convection

We have successfully designed, built and tested an experimental apparatus which is capable of providing the first real-time ultrasound images of Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection in optically opaque fluids confined to large aspect ratio experimental cells. The apparatus employs a modified version of a commercially available ultrasound camera to capture images (30 frames per second) of flow patterns in a fluid undergoing Rayleigh Bénard convection. The apparatus was validated by observing convection rolls in 5cSt polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer fluid. Our first objective, after having built the apparatus, was to use it to study the sequence of transitions from diffusive to time--dependent heat transport in liquid mercury. The aim was to provide important information on pattern formation in the largely unexplored regime of very low Prandtl number fluids. Based on the theoretical stability diagram for liquid mercury, we anticipated that straight rolls should be stable over a range of Rayleigh numbers, between 1708 and approximately 1900. Though some of our power spectral densities were suggestive of the existence of weak convection, we have been unable to unambiguously visualize stable convection rolls above the theoretical onset of convection in liquid mercury. Currently, we are seeking ways to increase the sensitivity of our apparatus, such …
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: Kuehn, Kerry, K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 462, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 462, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 457, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 457, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 458, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 458, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 454, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 2005 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 454, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 2005

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 456, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 2005 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 456, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 2005

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mannford Eagle (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 52, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

Mannford Eagle (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 52, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mannford, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: Hughes, Dustin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 160, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 160, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (open access)

The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Weekly student newspaper from the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: Tetzlaff, Mary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1798, Chapter 260 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1798, Chapter 260

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to health maintenance organizations.
Date: October 28, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 10 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 10

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to designating the East Texas What-A-Melon Festival as the Official Watermelon Festival of East Texas until January 31, 2005.
Date: October 28, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 11 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 11

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to urging the Homeland Security Secretary to recognize the expertise and resources represented by Texas colleges and universities by designating a university-based center for homeland security in the State of Texas; directing SOS to forward copies.
Date: October 28, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 12 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 12

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Tamara and Timothy Phillips on the birth of their daughter.
Date: October 28, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 13 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 13

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Mike and Kristy Eanes on the birth of their daughter.
Date: October 28, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History