Analysis and Summary of Reports and Data From the Freeport, Texas, Test Bed Plant (1961-1969) (open access)

Analysis and Summary of Reports and Data From the Freeport, Texas, Test Bed Plant (1961-1969)

Report issued by the Office of Saline over a summary of all work conducted at the Freeport, Texas test bed plant. The work done at the plant between 1961 and 1969 is presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Shroff, G. H.; Watson, I. C. & Cross, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report (FY 1970): Webster Test Facility and Electrodialysis Test-Bed Plant Webster, South Dakota (open access)

Annual Report (FY 1970): Webster Test Facility and Electrodialysis Test-Bed Plant Webster, South Dakota

Report containing history, maintenance, and repairs of the Webster, South Dakota, test bed plant as well as reviews of optimization tasks performed therein.
Date: July 1971
Creator: Mason-Rust
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bench Scale Study of the Vacuum Freezing Ejector Absorption Process (open access)

Bench Scale Study of the Vacuum Freezing Ejector Absorption Process

Report describing Colt Industries' studies in developing a vacuum-freezing desalting process for saline water.
Date: November 1971
Creator: Koretchko, J. & Hajela, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blasting Vibrations and Their Effects on Structures (open access)

Blasting Vibrations and Their Effects on Structures

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the effects of air blast vibrations. As stated in the abstract, "this report presents the results of the Bureau of Mines 10-year program to study the problem of air blast and ground vibrations generated by blasting" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1971
Creator: Nicholls, Harry R.; Johnson, Charles F. & Duvall, Wilbur I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clinoptilolite of Possible Economic Value in Sedimentary Deposits of the Conterminous United States (open access)

Clinoptilolite of Possible Economic Value in Sedimentary Deposits of the Conterminous United States

A report about clinoptilolite. It is a common zeolite, it is potentially valuable for many industrial and agricultural processes, and it might be useful in controlling water pollution by removing ammonia from wastewater.
Date: 1971
Creator: Sheppard, Richard A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison Study of a 2.5 MGD VTE Upflow Versus Downflow (open access)

Comparison Study of a 2.5 MGD VTE Upflow Versus Downflow

Report comparing "the capital and operating costs of an upflow and downflow plant" (p. 2). Cost saving recommendations are made.
Date: February 1971
Creator: Marwede, M. & Schroeder, P. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computer Simulation of Particulate Systems (open access)

Computer Simulation of Particulate Systems

From Introduction: "The first objective of he present Bureau research was the development of a means to model random assemblies of circles and spheres that would accurately simulate actual particulate systems. The second objective of this research was to develop the computer simulations to the point where they could be used to predict real packaging or covering properties and to develop a body of data that could be used to improve and add to what is currently known about the statistical geometry of random particulate systems."
Date: 1971
Creator: Norman, Lindsay D.; Maust, Edwin E., Jr. & Skolnick, Leonard P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction of a Flashlamp-Pumped Dye Laser and an Acousto-Optik Modulator for Mode-Locking (open access)

Construction of a Flashlamp-Pumped Dye Laser and an Acousto-Optik Modulator for Mode-Locking

Design of a flashlamp-pumped dye laser capable of emitting light pulses 500 ns wide with a risetime of 300 ns.
Date: July 1971
Creator: Jennings, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data Formats and Procedures for the ENDF Neutron Cross Section Library (open access)

Data Formats and Procedures for the ENDF Neutron Cross Section Library

Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing the formats and procedures used at the ENDF Neutron Cross Section Library. As stated in the introduction, "this report describes the philosophy, data formats, and procedures that have been developed for the Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF)" (p. 1-1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: March 1971
Creator: Drake, M. K. & Honeck, Henry C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deflection-Coverage Relationship for Flexible Pavements (open access)

Deflection-Coverage Relationship for Flexible Pavements

Summary: "This study was conducted for the purpose of developing a relationship between elastic pavement deflection and pavement performance (number of traffic applications necessary to cause failure). Data for the study were taken from past studies of airfield and highway pavements. A summary of test conditions, failure criteria, and traffic type is given for each data source. A relationship was developed between elastic deflection and the number of coverages of traffic for combined airfield and highway data and for airfield data only. The relationship of wheel load and tire pressure is given, and a multiple-regression equation was determined to predict coverages as a function of wheel load, tire pressure, and deflection" (p. xi).
Date: June 1971
Creator: Joseph, Alfred H. & Hall, Jim W., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Furnishing Flash Enhancers for MSF Test Module (open access)

Design and Furnishing Flash Enhancers for MSF Test Module

Report describing experiments that attempt to minimize the heat loss within a multi-stage flash evaporator.
Date: February 1971
Creator: Hornburg, C. D.; Wong, Chung-ming & Tomalin, Paul G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design for a Variable-Output-Coupling Far-Infrared Michelson Laser (open access)

Design for a Variable-Output-Coupling Far-Infrared Michelson Laser

Technique for varying the coupling of power from far-infrared gas lasers and the design and construction of these lasers.
Date: January 1971
Creator: Wells, J. S.; Evenson, K. M.; Matarrese, L. M.; Jennings, D. A. & Wichman, G. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Study of Large Multiple Phase Ejector Driven Desalination Plants (open access)

Design Study of Large Multiple Phase Ejector Driven Desalination Plants

Report concerning "the use of Multiple Phase Ejectors with distillation desalination plants, including detailed thermodynamic analyses of ejector-driven distillation plants and the optimization of parameters for the most promising plant arrangement derived form the thermodynamic analyses." (p. 1)
Date: October 1971
Creator: Harper, G. & Leigh, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining Seepage Characteristics of Mill-Tailings Dams by the Finite-Element Method (open access)

Determining Seepage Characteristics of Mill-Tailings Dams by the Finite-Element Method

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of mill-tailings dams, and disposal. Methods and development of tailings dams are discussed. This report includes tables, charts, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: January 1971
Creator: Kealy, C. Daniel & Busch, Richard A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of a Thin-Liquid-Film Membrane Device for Reverse Osmosis (open access)

Development of a Thin-Liquid-Film Membrane Device for Reverse Osmosis

Report issued by the Office of Saline Water over studies conducted on reverse-osmosis plants. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: April 1971
Creator: Davies, D. S.; Bemberis, I.; Wong, Chung-ming; Savage, W. F. & Channabasappa, K. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Direct Contact Condensation Multistage Flash Distillation Process: Phase 3A (open access)

Development of Direct Contact Condensation Multistage Flash Distillation Process: Phase 3A

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: January 1971
Creator: Kohl, A. L.; Shimazaki, T. T.; Suratt, W. B. & Westerman, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Polyphenylene Oxide Membranes (open access)

Development of Polyphenylene Oxide Membranes

Report concerning manufacturing variables on sulfonated polyphenylene oxide reverse osmosis membranes. The effects these variables have membrane performance are discussed as well as procedures to increase membrane reproducibility and performance.
Date: June 1971
Creator: Chludzinski, Paul; Austin, J. F. & Enos, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development Report Number 9: V.T.E. Process Development, Freeport Test Facility, Freeport, Texas (open access)

Development Report Number 9: V.T.E. Process Development, Freeport Test Facility, Freeport, Texas

Report presenting accounts of testing saline water conversion and the economics thereof. This report covers the fifteenth and sixteenth Development Runs, which evaluated the following: the performance of the plant's double-fluted tube bundle and titanium tube bundle; the condensate handling-restrictions in the 5 effect module; a sump to sump brine transfer system modification; porcelain spray nozzles; enhanced surface tubes; and an oxygen scavenging system.
Date: October 1971
Creator: Campbell, Keith S. & Williams, Donald L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Distribution of Radionuclides in Bottom Sediments of the Columbia River Estuary (open access)

Distribution of Radionuclides in Bottom Sediments of the Columbia River Estuary

Discussing the distribution of radionuclides in bottom sediments of the Colombia River Estuary
Date: 1971
Creator: Hubbell, David Wellington & Glenn, J. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Eagle Valley Evaporite, Northwest Colorado--A Regional Synthesis (open access)

The Eagle Valley Evaporite, Northwest Colorado--A Regional Synthesis

The following report presents a regional study of the extent, thickness, lithology, stratigraphic relations, age, depositional environment, and tectonic history of thick sulfate deposits and associated salts of sodium and potassium.
Date: 1971
Creator: Mallory, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economics and Use of Large Scale Electrodialysis Plants on Selected Tidal Estuarial Waters (open access)

Economics and Use of Large Scale Electrodialysis Plants on Selected Tidal Estuarial Waters

Report concerning the relative costs of providing water via an electrodialysis-based water desalination plant that was only to be operated during periods of drought.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Guild, D. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Time Ordering on the Lyman α Profile (open access)

The Effect of Time Ordering on the Lyman α Profile

Report investigating the effects of time-ordering over the complete line profile using a unified theory of spectral line broadening previously developed. The behavior of the time-ordered thermal average and un-time-ordered thermal average are compared. The Fourier transform of the thermal average is obtained analytically. Calculations for the line profile of the Lyman-[functional symbol alpha] line of hydrogen are presented and are representative in that the full thermal average is replaced by the thermal average with the electron velocity distribution approximated by f(v)=[functional symbol alpha] (v-vav) where vav is the thermal velocity for the plasma in question.
Date: June 1971
Creator: Godfrey, J. T.; Vidal, C. R.; Smith, E. W. & Cooper, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Manufacturing Variables and the Development of Replaceable Membrane Elements for Brackish Water Tubular Reverse Osmosis Systems (open access)

Effects of Manufacturing Variables and the Development of Replaceable Membrane Elements for Brackish Water Tubular Reverse Osmosis Systems

Report describing the development of a reliable means to cast brackish water desalination membranes, the quality control of membrane-support elements, and the development of replaceable membrane elements.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Blevitt, R.; Hartupee, R. H. & Marks, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of 75,000 GPD Sea Water Desulfating Pilot Plant (open access)

Evaluation of 75,000 GPD Sea Water Desulfating Pilot Plant

Report describing the design, construction, test programs, and economic issues relating to an Experimental Continuous Ion Exchange Desulfating Softening Plant and how the conclusions drawn from its operation could be used for the desulfation of sea water with desalination plants.
Date: November 1971
Creator: Garrison, K. M. & Gugler, J. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library