Final Progress Report (open access)

Final Progress Report

The BIOMOL grant was for 'Local System Support for PDB Biological Unit Search and Display' to augment Rasmol's [Bernstein 2000] [Sayle, Milner-White 1995] existing macromolecular display functions with new capabilities by taking advantage of recent increases in local computing power in order to move functionality that is now scattered among various local and remote systems into one local package. Work included new algorithms for molecular surface display, an extended format for Protein Data Bank Entries, work on issues relating to the integration of multiple diffraction images formats.
Date: February 6, 2012
Creator: Bernstein, Herbert J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Scientific Report - Wind Powering America State Outreach Project (open access)

Final Scientific Report - Wind Powering America State Outreach Project

The goal of the Wind Powering America State Outreach Project was to facilitate the adoption of effective state legislation, policy, finance programs, and siting best practices to accelerate public acceptance and development of wind energy. This was accomplished by Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) through provision of informational tools including reports and webinars as well as the provision of technical assistance to state leaders on wind siting, policy, and finance best practices, identification of strategic federal-state partnership activities for both onshore and offshore wind, and participation in regional wind development collaboratives. The Final Scientific Report - Wind Powering America State Outreach Project provides a summary of the objectives, activities, and outcomes of this project as accomplished by CESA over the period 12/1/2009 - 11/30/2011.
Date: February 1, 2012
Creator: Sinclair, Mark & Margolis, Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building Cooling and Air Conditioning (open access)

Building Cooling and Air Conditioning

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the 15 projects that are a part of the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including project goals, innovation needs, and potential impacts.
Date: February 16, 2012
Creator: United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Energy for Higher Education (open access)

Alternative Energy for Higher Education

This project provides educational opportunities creating both a teaching facility and center for public outreach. The facility is the largest solar array in Nebraska. It was designed to allow students to experience a variety of technologies and provide the public with opportunities for exposure to the implementation of an alternative energy installation designed for an urban setting. The project integrates products from 5 panel manufacturers (including monocrystalline, polycrystalline and thin film technologies) mounted on both fixed and tracking structures. The facility uses both micro and high power inverters. The majority of the system was constructed to serve as an outdoor classroom where panels can be monitored, tested, removed and replaced by students. As an educational facility it primarily serves students in the Creighton University and Metropolitan Community College, but it also provides broader educational opportunities. The project includes a real-time “dashboard” and a historical database of the output of individual inverters and the corresponding meteorological data for researcher and student use. This allows the evaluation of both panel types and the feasibility of installation types in a region of the country subject to significant temperature, wind and precipitation variation.
Date: February 22, 2012
Creator: Michael Cherney, PhD
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membrane Dehumidifier (open access)

Membrane Dehumidifier

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning with more energy efficient dehumidifying as part of the "High-Efficiency, On-Line Membrane Air Dehumidifier Enabling Sensible Cooling for Warm and Humid Climates" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: ADMA Products
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dosimeter Opener Drawings (open access)

Dosimeter Opener Drawings

Various views of the dosimeter opener are illustrated.
Date: February 1, 2012
Creator: Hallman Jr., R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficient Building Ventilation Systems (open access)

Energy Efficient Building Ventilation Systems

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that uses moisture and heat exchange technology as part of the "Innovative Building-Integrated Enthalpy Recovery" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: Architectural Application
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elastic Metal Alloy Refrigerants (open access)

Elastic Metal Alloy Refrigerants

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning with more efficient cooling systems as part of the "Thermoelastic Cooling" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: University of Maryland
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cascade Reverse Osmosis Air Conditioning System (open access)

Cascade Reverse Osmosis Air Conditioning System

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that has increased electrical efficiency as part of the "Cascade Reverse Osmosis and the Absorption Osmosis Cycle" project.
Date: February 22, 2012
Creator: Batelle Memorial Institute
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compact Solid State Cooling Systems (open access)

Compact Solid State Cooling Systems

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that eliminates polluting refrigerants as part of the "Compact MEMS Electrocaloric Module" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: University of California, Los Angeles
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Efficiency Solid State Cooling Technologies (open access)

High-Efficiency Solid State Cooling Technologies

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that would be more efficient and not use polluting refrigerants as part of the "Non-Equilibrium Asymmetic Thermoelectrics (NEAT) Devices" project.
Date: February 16, 2012
Creator: Sheetak, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Desiccant in Air Conditioners (open access)

Liquid Desiccant in Air Conditioners

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that would reduce system corrosion and be more efficient as part of the "Nano-Engineered Porous Hollow Fiber Membrane-Based Air Conditioning System" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: United Technologies Research Center
System: The UNT Digital Library
Helium-Based Soundwave Chiller (open access)

Helium-Based Soundwave Chiller

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning with thermoacoustic freezers as part of the "Trillium: A Helium-Based Sonic Chiller- Tons of Freezing with 0 GWP Refrigerants" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: Pennsylvania State University
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Dioxide and Ionic Liquid Refrigerants (open access)

Carbon Dioxide and Ionic Liquid Refrigerants

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that uses new refrigerants as part of the "Compact, Efficient Air Conditioning with Ionic Liquid-Based Refrigerants" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: University of Notre Dame
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Efficiency Stirling Air Conditioning (open access)

High-Efficiency Stirling Air Conditioning

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that would use no polluting refrigerants as part of the "Stirling Air Conditioner for Compact Cooling" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: Infinia Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Efficiency Adsorption Chillers (open access)

High Efficiency Adsorption Chillers

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that would be smaller, more efficient, and cheaper as part of the "High Efficiency Adsorption Cooling Using Metal Organic Heat Carriers" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Innovative Miniaturized Heat Pumps for Buildings (open access)

Innovative Miniaturized Heat Pumps for Buildings

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning with a more efficient heat pump as part of the "Modular Thermal Hub for Building Heating, Cooling and Water Heating" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: Georgia Institute of Technology
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Conditioning with Magnetic Refrigeration (open access)

Air Conditioning with Magnetic Refrigeration

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning with magnetic refrigeration as part of "An Efficient, Green Compact Cooling System Using Magnetic Refrigeration" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: Astronautics Corporation of America
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membrane-Based Absorption Refrigeration Systems (open access)

Membrane-Based Absorption Refrigeration Systems

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that uses a heat-powered refrigeration system as part of the "Nanoengineered Membrane-Based Absorption Cooling for Buildings Using Unconcentrated Solar & Waste Heat" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: University of Florida
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Scientifc Report - Hydrogen Education State Partnership Project (open access)

Final Scientifc Report - Hydrogen Education State Partnership Project

Under the leadership of the Department of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cells program, Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) educated and worked with state leaders to encourage wider deployment of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. Through outreach to state policymakers, legislative leaders, clean energy funds, energy agencies, and public utility commissions, CESA worked to accomplish the following objectives of this project: 1. Provide information and technical assistance to state policy leaders and state renewable energy programs in the development of effective hydrogen fuel cell programs. 2. Identify and foster hydrogen program best practices. 3. Identify and promote strategic opportunities for states and the Department of Energy (DOE) to advance hydrogen technology deployment through partnerships, collaboration, and targeted activities. Over the three years of this project, CESA, with our partner National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), was able to provide credible information on fuel cell policies, finance, and technical assistance to hundreds of state officials and other stakeholders. CESA worked with its membership network to effectively educate state clean energy policymakers, program managers, and decision makers about fuel cell and hydrogen technologies and the efforts by states to advance those technologies. With the assistance of NCSL, CESA gained access to an effective …
Date: February 3, 2012
Creator: Leon, Warren
System: The UNT Digital Library
ARM Climate Research Facility Quarterly Value-Added Product Report First Quarter: October 01-December 31, 2011 (open access)

ARM Climate Research Facility Quarterly Value-Added Product Report First Quarter: October 01-December 31, 2011

The purpose of this report is to provide a concise status update for value-added products (VAP) implemented by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility. The report is divided into the following sections: (1) new VAPs for which development has begun, (2) progress on existing VAPs, (3) future VAPs that have been recently approved, (4) other work that leads to a VAP, and (5) top requested VAPs from the archive.
Date: February 28, 2012
Creator: Sivaraman, C
System: The UNT Digital Library
GFOC Project results: High Temperature / High Pressure, Hydrogen Tolerant Optical Fiber (open access)

GFOC Project results: High Temperature / High Pressure, Hydrogen Tolerant Optical Fiber

Tests results are given for exposure of multimode optical fiber to high temperatures (300 deg. C) and high partial pressure (15 bar) hydrogen. These results demonstrate that fluorine down doped optical fibers are much more hydrogen tolerant than traditional germanium doped multimode optical fibers. Also demonstrated is the similar hydrogen tolerance of carbon coated and non-carbon coated fibers. Model for reversible H2 impact in fiber versus T{sup o}C and H2 pressure is given. These results have significant impact for the longevity of use for distributed temperature sensing applications in harsh environments such as geothermal wells.
Date: February 12, 2012
Creator: Burov, E.; Pastouret, A.; Aldea, E.; Overton, B.; Gooijer, F. & Bergonzo, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library