Development of Direct Contact Condensation Multistage Flash Distillation Process: Phase 2 (open access)

Development of Direct Contact Condensation Multistage Flash Distillation Process: Phase 2

Report investigating the feasibility of the Atomics International Direct Contact Condensation Multistage Flash (DCC-MSF) Distillation process using "analytical and experimental studies on a direct contact condensation module and a plastic film heat exchanger. (p. iii) Contains further studies and evaluations of the direct-contact condensation unit and plastic film heat exchanger.
Date: May 1970
Creator: Kohl, A. L.; Shimazaki, T. T.; Wetch, J. R. & Suratt, W. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report (FY 1968): Webster Test Facility and Electrodialysis Test-Bed Plant, Webster, South Dakota (open access)

Annual Report (FY 1968): Webster Test Facility and Electrodialysis Test-Bed Plant, Webster, South Dakota

Report presenting progress in saline water conversion at the Test-Bed Plant in Webster, South Dakota, and the economics of its operation.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Mason-Rust
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report (FY 1969): Webster Test Facility and Electrodialysis Test-Bed Plant, Webster, South Dakota (open access)

Annual Report (FY 1969): Webster Test Facility and Electrodialysis Test-Bed Plant, Webster, South Dakota

Report presenting progress in saline water conversion at the Test-Bed Plant in Webster, South Dakota, and the economics of its operation.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Mason-Rust
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bolsa Island Nuclear Power and Desalting Project Facilities (Cost and Description) and Cost of Desalted Water (open access)

Bolsa Island Nuclear Power and Desalting Project Facilities (Cost and Description) and Cost of Desalted Water

Report that contains information regarding the plans for a combined nuclear power plant and water desalination facility on a man-made island in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Includes the estimated costs associated with the conceptual plant as well as unit costs for desalted water.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiple Phase Ejector Pilot Plant (open access)

Multiple Phase Ejector Pilot Plant

From Introduction: "This is the final report on work performed by Joseph Kaye & Company, Inc. (JKCo) in accordance with the requirements of OSW Contract No. 14-01-0001-2105, as amended. The work concerned the final design, construction, and operation of a pilot plant for demonstrating Multiple Phase Ejector (MPE) topping units to augment the performance of distillation desalination systems."
Date: June 1970
Creator: Leigh, John H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Economical Methods of Boron Removal From Irrigation Return Waters (open access)

Development of Economical Methods of Boron Removal From Irrigation Return Waters

Report that examines a method for reducing the boron levels of irrigation return waters to nonphytotoxic levels.
Date: July 1970
Creator: Roberts, R. M. & Gressingh, L. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Vertical Tube Evaporator and the Multistage Flash Desalination Processes (open access)

Evaluation of the Vertical Tube Evaporator and the Multistage Flash Desalination Processes

Report that compares and evaluates "the relative thermodynamic and engineering characteristics and economics of the Vertical Tube Evaporator (VTE) and the Multistage Flash (MSF) process" (p. 1) for use in 250 Millions of Gallons per Day (MGD) and 2.5 MGD desalination plants.
Date: August 1970
Creator: The Fluor Corp., Ltd.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Tubular Reverse Osmosis Module Assembly Techniques (open access)

Development of Tubular Reverse Osmosis Module Assembly Techniques

Report concerning the development of equipment and processes required for the production of porous wall reverse osmosis tubes lined with membrane material deposited by extrusion. These include a chilled water membrane gellation system, "a heat treat fixture permitting simultaneous heat treatment of several reverse osmosis tubes" (p. 1), and the optimization of the structure of fiberglass filament/resin composite material.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Fluke, G. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aluminum Heat Transfer Surfaces Multistage Flash Distillation Plant (open access)

Aluminum Heat Transfer Surfaces Multistage Flash Distillation Plant

Report issued by the Office of Saline over studies conducted on heat transfer of aluminum alloy in multistage flash distillation plants. Results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Fauth, D. A. & Lindberg, R. I., Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Second Report on Horizontal-Tubes Multiple-Effect Process Pilot Plant Tests and Design (open access)

Second Report on Horizontal-Tubes Multiple-Effect Process Pilot Plant Tests and Design

From Summary: "This report describes the continuing work on HTME distillation plants, the first part of which was reported in Reference 1. Additional factors that affect HTME heat transfer coefficients were investigated, and the magnitude of their influence was determined."
Date: May 7, 1970
Creator: Cox, R. Bruce; Matta, George A.; Pascale, Anthony S. & Stromberg, Karl G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fabrication of Felt-Membrane Composites (open access)

Fabrication of Felt-Membrane Composites

Report containing development information and economic evaluation of felt membrane composition meant for use as a reverse osmosis desalination membrane.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Wrotnowski, Arthur C. & Bernard, Edward G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Feasibility of Siting an 8 MGD Vapor Compression Distillation Desalting Plant at Brownsville, Texas (open access)

The Feasibility of Siting an 8 MGD Vapor Compression Distillation Desalting Plant at Brownsville, Texas

Report regarding the feasibility of placing a desalting plant at Brownsville, Texas, at one of three possible locations.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Newkirk, R. W. & Marwede, M. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standard X-ray Diffraction Powder Patterns: Section 8. Data for 81 Substances (open access)

Standard X-ray Diffraction Powder Patterns: Section 8. Data for 81 Substances

Report documenting standard x-ray diffraction powder patterns for various compounds, intended to replace previous data or provide information for new substances. It describes the methods and, for each substance, outlines any previous data as well as information about the sample used and structural data, with a table of diffraction patterns.
Date: September 1970
Creator: Swanson, H. E.; McMurdie, H. F.; Morris, M. C. & Evans, E. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 1. Information Acquistion, Sensing, and Input: A Selective Literature Review (open access)

Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 1. Information Acquistion, Sensing, and Input: A Selective Literature Review

From Introduction: "This report is the first of a series intended to provide a selective overview of research and development efforts and requirements in the somewhat overlapping fields of the computer and information sciences and technologies. The projected series of reports will attempt to outline the probable range of R & D activities in the computer and information sciences and technologies through selective reviews of the literature and to develop a reasonable consensus with respect to the opinions of workers in these and potentially related fields as to areas of continuing R & D concern for research program planning or review in these areas."
Date: March 1970
Creator: Stevens, Mary Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 3. Overall System Design Considerations: A Selective Literature Review (open access)

Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 3. Overall System Design Considerations: A Selective Literature Review

From Introduction: "This is the third in a planned series of reports involving selective literature reviews of research and development requirements and areas of continuing R & D concern in the computer and information sciences and technologies."
Date: June 1970
Creator: Stevens, Mary Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hearing Aids (open access)

Hearing Aids

From Abstract: "This publication contains information, useful to the hard of hearing, on several topics relating to hearing and hearing aids. This publication represents an extensive revision of NBS Circular 534, Hearing Aids. It includes new material based upon research conducted at the National Bureau of Standards during the intervening years."
Date: October 1970
Creator: Corliss, Edith L. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 2. Processing, Storage, and Output Requirements in Information Processing Systems: A Selective Literature Review (open access)

Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 2. Processing, Storage, and Output Requirements in Information Processing Systems: A Selective Literature Review

From Introduction: "This is the second in a series of reports concerned with research and development requirements and areas of continuing concern in the computer and information sciences and technologies."
Date: May 1970
Creator: Stevens, Mary Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library