The Development Program to Support Industrial Coal Gasification is on schedule. The efforts have centered on collecting background information and data, planning, and getting the experimental program underway. The three principal objectives in Task I-A were accomplished. The technical literature was reviewed, the coals and binders to be employed were selected, and tests and testing equipment to be used in evaluating agglomerates were developed. The entire Erie Mining facility design was reviewed and a large portion of the fluidized-bed coal gasification plant design was completed. Much of the work in Task I will be experimental. Wafer-briquette and roll-briquette screening tests will be performed. In Task II, work on the fluidized-bed gasification plant design will be completed and work on a plant design involving entrained-flow gasifiers will be initiated.

The collector efficiency study developed a solar collector rating methodology specific to Wisconsin conditions. Existing rating programs were researched and a collector methodology was developed. A computer program was written to calculate the collector ratings and 25 collector models were rated. The accuracy of the proposed rating methodology was evaluated for 16 collectors placed in 11 domestic hot water systems. One liquid space heating analysis with storage and one air space heating analysis without storage were completed. A solar assisted heat pump in which the solar collectors function as evaporators was also analyzed.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Al Collier dons one of several wigs that make his clown costume collection more interesting."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Rep, Frank Davis, of Guthrie, and his secretary Lois Meiers study the artwork of Gloria Webb."

The Brookhaven High Energy Neutral Beam Development Group is developing injector systems, particularly for the next generation of fusion mirror and tokamak experiments. These injectors are based on the acceleration and neutralization of negative deuterium ions, to utilize their high neutralization efficiency which is nearly independent of energy above 50 keV/nucleon.

The Advanced Coal Extraction Project is sponsored by the Department of Energy at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to define and develop advanced underground coal extraction systems which: (1) are suitable for significant remaining resources after the year 2000, and (2) promise a significant improvement in production cost and miner safety, with no degradation in miner health, environmental quality and resource recovery. System requirements in the five performance areas have been defined by Goldsmith and Lavin (1980). Several existing computer programs for estimating life-cycle cost of mining systems have been evaluated. A commercially available program ADAM/1 was found to be satisfactory in relation to the needs of the Advanced Coal Extraction Project. Two test cases were run to confirm the ability of the program to handle non-conventional mining equipment and procedures. The results were satisfactory. The model, therefore, is recommended to the project team for evaluation of their conceptual designs. Since the model is commercially available, data preparation instructions are not reproduced in this document; instead the reader is referred to the original documents for this information.

The objective of this work was to compare the radiation sensitivity of the various parts of superconducting magnet systems. Using the radiation spectra calculated by Engholm for the Engineering Test Facility (ETF) toroidal field magnet inboard leg and available data on radiation effects, commonly used magnet components were ranked in order of radiation sensitivity. It was found that epoxy-based insulators and copper and aluminum stabilizers were the most sensitive parts of the magnets, more sensitive than the superconductors. Use of polyimide-based insulators would make the insulators less vulnerable than the stabilizers and superconductors. An experiment is planned to study the effects of various degrees of cold work on the radiation-induced magnetoresistance of copper, since this will be an important factor for fusion magnet stabilizers.

The Livermore Regional Air Quality Model (LIRAQ) has been updated and improved. This report describes the changes that have been made in chemistry, species treatment, and boundary conditions. The results of smog chamber simulations that were used to verify the chemistry as well as simulations of the entire air quality model for two prototype days in the Bay Area are reported. The results for the prototype day simulations are preliminary due to the need for improvement in meteorology fields, but they show the dependence and sensitivity of high hour ozone to changes in selected boundary and initial conditions.

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Seven-year-old Dwayne carpenter, left, and Michael Lee, 9, made a successful trip under the limbo pole at the Comet Skating Rink, NW 36 and MacArthur Boulevard."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ray Guy Jr., an employee at the Oklahoma City General Motors plant for the past 18 months, sits alone on an empty assembly line Friday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Yvonne Huser"

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Mark White, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Appointment of peace officers identified in article 2.12, section 8

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Mark White, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Sick Leave entitlement of state employees.

Weekly newspaper from Sulphur Springs, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pat McCosar, an interviewer at the Holdenville employment office, posts a closing sign on the agency's window."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Deep concentration is displayed by 6-year-old Chance Fleming, Casady Preschool as Barbara Loeffler, director , assists him with the Logo computer."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Past presidents of the Oklahoma County Bar Auxiliary were honored at the group's recent 20th birthday celebration at Henson's."