Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data for Watertown NTMS Quadrangle, South Dakota and Minnesota (open access)

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data for Watertown NTMS Quadrangle, South Dakota and Minnesota

"Results of a reconnaissance geochemical survey of the Watertown Quadrangle are reported. Field and laboratory data are presented for 711 groundwater and 603 stream sediment samples. Statistical and areal distributions of uranium and possible uranium-related variables are displayed. a generalized geologic map of the survey is provided and pertinent geologic factors which may be of significance in evaluating the potential for uranium mineralization are briefly discussed."
Date: May 29, 1981
Creator: National Uranium Resource Evaluation Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Turkey Poults: For Week Ending January 24, 1981 (open access)

Texas Turkey Poults: For Week Ending January 24, 1981

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on turkey poult numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks during two years for turkey eggs set and poults hatched.
Date: January 29, 1981
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Turkey Poults: For Week Ending October 24, 1981 (open access)

Texas Turkey Poults: For Week Ending October 24, 1981

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on turkey poult numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks during two years for turkey eggs set and poults hatched.
Date: October 29, 1981
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
METHOD OF MAKING ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL (open access)

METHOD OF MAKING ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL

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Date: July 29, 1981
Creator: Kaun, Thomas D. & Kilsdonk, Dennis J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photovoltaic mechanisms in polycrystalline thin-film silicon solar cells. Quarterly technical progress report No. 2, 1 November 1980-31 January 1981 (open access)

Photovoltaic mechanisms in polycrystalline thin-film silicon solar cells. Quarterly technical progress report No. 2, 1 November 1980-31 January 1981

Results described in this report clearly indicate that high quality small area diodes can be fabricated with negligible edge effects. It is shown that these devices can be used to determine carrier transport mechanisms, which, in turn, are related to the nature of defects present in the substrate. The sectioning technique, in conjunction with other techniques described previously, enables a detailed analysis of the nature of defects (and their propagation paths). A unified approach towards applications of a two-wavelength laser scanner for photovoltaic material/device characterization is discussed in the appendix.
Date: August 29, 1981
Creator: Sopori, B. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plasma confinement in the TMX tandem mirror (open access)

Plasma confinement in the TMX tandem mirror

Plasma confinement in the Tandem Mirror Experiment (TMX) is described. Axially confining potentials are shown to exist throughout the central 20-cm core of TMX. Axial electron-confinement time is up to 100 times that of single-cell mirror machines. Radial transport of ions is smaller than axial transport near the axis. It has two parts at large radii: nonambipolar, in rough agreement with predictions from resonant-neoclassical transport theory, and ambipolar, observed near the plasma edge under certain conditions, accompanied by a low-frequency, m = 1 instability or strong turbulence.
Date: April 29, 1981
Creator: Hooper, E. B. Jr.; Allen, S. L. & Casper, T. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
k-line iterative methods: a conjugate-gradient approach (open access)

k-line iterative methods: a conjugate-gradient approach

The generalized conjugate gradient scheme based on the k-line block Jacobi splitting A = M-N was studied for solving model two-dimensional parabolic and elliptic difference equations AU = F tilde. A represents the matrix ch/sup ..cap alpha../-h/sup 2/..delta../sub h/. Eigenvalues of M/sup -1/N cluster, and the cluster radii decrease as ch/sup ..cap alpha../ or k increases. Computations with k = 4, 8, 16, 32, and ch/sup ..cap alpha../ = 0, h, 2 are discussed.
Date: March 29, 1981
Creator: Kratzer, D.; Parter, S.V. & Steuerwalt, M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computer simulation of lower-hybrid heating in tokamaks. Final report (open access)

Computer simulation of lower-hybrid heating in tokamaks. Final report

A simple quasilinear model was added of lower hybrid heating to the BALDUR 1-D tokamak transport code. The program was used to simulate PLT and the INTOR reactor design. For PLT a temperature increase of approx. = 2 keV/kW of RF input power was predicted. Quasilinear theory gave slightly less heating than linear theory, because of greater electron edge losses.
Date: April 29, 1981
Creator: Ogden, J. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large-area silicon sheet by EFG. First quarterly report, January 1, 1981-March 31, 1981 (open access)

Large-area silicon sheet by EFG. First quarterly report, January 1, 1981-March 31, 1981

A multiple growth run with three 10 cm cartridges was carried out with the best throughput rates and time percentage of simultaneous three-ribbon growth achieved to date in this system. Growth speeds were between 3.2 and 3.6 cm/minute on all three cartridges and simultaneous full-width growth of three ribbons was achieved 47% of the time over the eight-hour duration of the experiment. Improvements in instrumentation and in the main zone temperature uniformity have been two factors that have led to more reproducible growth conditions in the multiple ribbon furnace. Factors influencing ribbon quality are being investigated through the study of the effect of ambient gas species and concentrations on material properties. Growth of ribbon with the cold shoes characteristic of the high-speed systems has shown that the properties of this ribbon respond to ambient changes in much the same way as when no cold shoes are present. The best cell efficiencies attained for 10 cm wide ribbon grown with cold shoes are still below those obtained without cold shoes (10 to 11% versus 12 to 13%, respectively). It has also been shown in these experiments that meniscus CO/sub 2/ and quartz introduced in the melt (contained in graphite crucibles) are …
Date: May 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electron-dislocation interactions at low temperatures. Progress report (open access)

Electron-dislocation interactions at low temperatures. Progress report

In the last year the following experiments have been carried out: (A) magneto-oscillations have been observed in the dislocation drag process, (B) a rotational peak has been observed; this peak is related to the rotation of a magnetic field relative to the slip plane of deforming crystal, (C) twinning of a zinc crystal was shown to be related to the velocity of the dislocations involved. This correspondence between the nucleation of dislocation twinning and dislocation velocity has not been observed before.
Date: March 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial constraints in capacity planning: a national utility regulatory model (NUREG). Volume II of III: user's guide. Final report (open access)

Financial constraints in capacity planning: a national utility regulatory model (NUREG). Volume II of III: user's guide. Final report

This volume is a User's Guide to the National Utility Regulatory Model (NUREG) and its implementation of the National Coal Model. This is the second of three volumes provided by ICF under contract number DEAC-01-79EI-10579. These three volumes are: a manual describing the NUREG methodology; a users guide; and a description of the software. This manual provides a brief introduction to the National Utility Regulation Model, describes the various programs that comprise the National Utility Regulatory Model, gives sample input files, and provides information needed to run the model.
Date: October 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Utility Financial Statement model (NUFS). Volume II of III: user's guide. Final report (open access)

National Utility Financial Statement model (NUFS). Volume II of III: user's guide. Final report

This volume is a User's Guide for the National Utility Financial Statement Model (NUFS). This is the second of three volumes describing NUFS provided by ICF Incorporated under contract DEAC01-79EI10579. The three volumes are entitled: Model Overview and Description; User's Guide; and Software Description. This volume describes each necessary input file, discusses user options, and describes the job stream necessary to run the model.
Date: October 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial constraints in capacity planning: a national utility regulatory model (NUREG). Volume I of III: methodology. Final report (open access)

Financial constraints in capacity planning: a national utility regulatory model (NUREG). Volume I of III: methodology. Final report

This report develops and demonstrates the methodology for the National Utility Regulatory (NUREG) Model developed under contract number DEAC-01-79EI-10579. It is accompanied by two supporting volumes. Volume II is a user's guide for operation of the NUREG software. This includes description of the flow of software and data, as well as the formats of all user data files. Finally, Volume III is a software description guide. It briefly describes, and gives a listing of, each program used in NUREG.
Date: October 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boundary layer studies related to fusion theory. Final report (open access)

Boundary layer studies related to fusion theory. Final report

The described work studied the boundary between closed and open field lines in EBT geometry, with emphasis on the microstability properties. These properties were established primarily for drift waves in the lower hybrid range of frequencies. The transport due to these modes was evaluated by a self-consistent treatment, using quasilinear models in a plasma diffusion code. The model was benchmarked against the EDT experimental results from ORNL and the sensitivity to transport model established. Viscosity was estimated to be negligible compared with anomalous transport. Drift wave turbulence gave a boundary layer size much more consistent with experiment than either collisional transport or Bohm diffusion.
Date: September 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial constraints in capacity planning: a national utility regulatory model (NUREG). Volume III of III: software description. Final report (open access)

Financial constraints in capacity planning: a national utility regulatory model (NUREG). Volume III of III: software description. Final report

This volume is the software description for the National Utility Regulatory Model (NUREG). This is the third of three volumes provided by ICF under contract number DEAC-01-79EI-10579. These three volumes are: a manual describing the NUREG methodology; a users guide; and a description of the software. This manual describes the software which has been developed for NUREG. This includes a listing of the source modules. All computer code has been written in FORTRAN.
Date: October 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Utility Financial Statement model (NUFS). Volume I of III: Model overview and description. Final report (open access)

National Utility Financial Statement model (NUFS). Volume I of III: Model overview and description. Final report

The National Utility Financial Statement (NUFS) model which takes the output for the electric utility sector from the Midterm Energy Forecasting System (MEFS) model and forecasts electric utility financial statements is described. NUFS forecasts separately for public and investor owned utilities, the following tables for each region on an annual basis: income statement; balance sheet; sources and uses of funds; development of revenue requirement on an annual basis; reconciliation of tax expenses, current taxes and income taxes at a 46% statutory rate; interest coverage; external financing as a percent of total uses of funds; AFUDC as a percentage of total uses of funds; book value and market to book rate; dividends per share; and actual return on equity. In addition, NUFS has been designed to supply inputs to the MEFS iterative solution process. The first such input is the fixed charge rates for each plant type. This quantity is used to form the objective function for the MEFS electric utility model. The second set of inputs are for the existing MEFS electricity price forecasting module. These inputs are referred to as pricing coefficients and old money revenue requirements.
Date: October 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Utility Financial Statement model (NUFS). Volume III of III: software description. Final report (open access)

National Utility Financial Statement model (NUFS). Volume III of III: software description. Final report

This volume contains a description of the software comprising the National Utility Financial Statement Model (NUFS). This is the third of three volumes describing NUFS provided by ICF Incorporated under contract DEAC-01-79EI-10579. The three volumes are entitled: model overview and description, user's guide, and software guide.
Date: October 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parametric performance studies on fluidized-bed heat exchangers. Quarterly technical progress report, 28 July-30 September 1981 (open access)

Parametric performance studies on fluidized-bed heat exchangers. Quarterly technical progress report, 28 July-30 September 1981

Analyses and experiments will be performed in this program to investigate the performance of single- and multi-stage shallow fluidized beds for possible application to the recovery of heat from sources such as waste heat, and coal combustion or coal gasification. This work is an extension of work done previously under Contracts EC-77-C-03-1433 and DE-AC03-79ET11348. In this program, tests will be conducted to (1) investigate the effects of fouling due to liquid condensate in the gas stream on fluidized bed heat exchanger performance, (2) investigate the performance of fluidized beds which are staged using baffle plates, and (3) investigate the effects of different heat exchanger surface geometries. During the quarter ending 30 September 1981, work progressed in selecting the conditions for that portion of the program involving fouling by a liquid condensate. Modifications were made to the Fluidized Bed Heat Exchanger Facility for the fouling experiments and plans were developed for preliminary tests in those investigations.
Date: October 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roll compaction and granulation system for nuclear fuel material (open access)

Roll compaction and granulation system for nuclear fuel material

A roll compaction and roll granulation system has been designed and fabricated to replace conventional preslugging and crushing operations typically used in the fabrication of mixed oxide nuclear fuel pellets. This equipment will be of maintenance advantage with only the compaction and granulation rolls inside containment. The prototype is being tested and the results will be reported within a year.
Date: July 29, 1981
Creator: Goldmann, L.H. Jr. & Holley, C.C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical evaluation of the station and instrument ground grid systems at the Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 (open access)

Technical evaluation of the station and instrument ground grid systems at the Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1

This report documents the technical evaluation of the station and instrument ground grid systems at the Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1. The evaluation is to determine that there are no inadvertent ties between the instrument and station ground grid systems, that any identified inadvertent ties are corrected, and to assure that the installation meets design criteria. The information submitted by the licensee indicates that there are no inadvertent ties between the station and instrument ground grid systems and that the installation meets design criteria.
Date: June 29, 1981
Creator: Selan, J.C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments in magnetic switching (open access)

Experiments in magnetic switching

Magnetic switching offers an alternative to overcoming the rep-rate and life limitations of the spark gaps in the ETA/ATA induction accelerators. The principle has been applied for many years to radar modulators but at much lower power levels and longer pulse lengths. Comparatively recent developments in magnetic materials together with some optimal circuits have made it possible to go well beyond the state of the art. A magnetic modulator has been built which steps up and compresses a 25 kV, 5 ..mu..s pulse into a 250 kV, 50 ns pulse. A second magnetic modulator has been built and installed to replace four Blumleins and spark gaps in order to provide triggers for the complete ETA injector and accelerator. The paper outlines some practical and theoretical considerations affecting the design of the magnetic pulse generator.
Date: May 29, 1981
Creator: Birx, D. L.; Lauer, E. J.; Reginato, L. L.; Rogers, Jr., D.; Smith, M. W. & Zimmerman, T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Protected air-cooled condenser for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant (open access)

Protected air-cooled condenser for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant

The long term residual heat removal for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant (CRBRP) is accomplished through the use of three protected air-cooled condensers (PACC's) each rated at 15M/sub t/ following a normal or emergency shutdown of the reactor. Steam is condensed by forcing air over the finned and coiled condenser tubes located above the steam drums. The steam flow is by natural convection. It is drawn to the PACC tube bundle for the steam drum by the lower pressure region in the tube bundle created from the condensing action. The concept of the tube bundle employs a unique patented configuration which has been commercially available through CONSECO Inc. of Medfore, Wisconsin. The concept provides semi-parallel flow that minimizes subcooling and reduces steam/condensate flow instabilities that have been observed on other similar heat transfer equipment such as moisture separator reheaters (MSRS). The improved flow stability will reduce temperature cycling and associated mechanical fatigue. The PACC is being designed to operate during and following the design basis earthquake, depressurization from the design basis tornado and is housed in protective building enclosure which is also designed to withstand the above mentioned events.
Date: May 29, 1981
Creator: Louison, R. & Boardman, C. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tools and methods for implementing the control systems on the Mirror Fusion Test Facility (open access)

Tools and methods for implementing the control systems on the Mirror Fusion Test Facility

Installation of the major hardware subsystems for MFTF is nearing completion. These subsystems include the Fusion Chamber System, the eighty KV Neutral Beam System, the Superconducting Magnet System, and the Personnel Safety System. The Local Controls group has undertaken a uniform aproach to implementing the control systems for all of these hardware subsystems. This approach has two major aspects: (1) to provide a stand-alone computer control system with a remote, portable terminal so that computer control can be provided at the site of the hardware for initial testing, (2) to provide hardware simulators so that the complicated MFTF computer control system can be tested independent of the hardware. The software and hardware tools which were developed to carry out this plan will be described. Our experiences with bringing up subsystems containing up to 900 separate channels of control and status will also be described.
Date: September 29, 1981
Creator: Minor, E. G. & Labiak, W. G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Debugging in a multi-processor environment (open access)

Debugging in a multi-processor environment

The Supervisory Control and Diagnostic System (SCDS) for the Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF) consists of nine 32-bit minicomputers arranged in a tightly coupled distributed computer system utilizing a share memory as the data exchange medium. Debugging of more than one program in the multi-processor environment is a difficult process. This paper describes what new tools were developed and how the testing of software is performed in the SCDS for the MFTF project.
Date: September 29, 1981
Creator: Spann, J.M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library