Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 47, Pages 7815-7992, November 25, 2022 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 47, Pages 7815-7992, November 25, 2022

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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.
Date: November 25, 2022
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary Results of APPR Critical Experiments, Part I. (open access)

Preliminary Results of APPR Critical Experiments, Part I.

This memorandum is the first in a series reporting progress in the program of critical experiments in the ORNLArmy Package Power Reactor Project. The critical assembly, designated as CA-25, is analogous to the APPR design core and consists of 45 fuel boxes, in a 7 x 7 array with the corners removed, contaIned in a large water tank. Two sides of each box are slotted for the insertion and positioning of any desired loading of eighteen plates of fuel, structural material, and poison. The array is submerged in water to provide a moderated and reflector. Enriched uranium metal, in two-mil-thick foils 2.5 x 22 in, is encased in type 304 stainless steel sheets, 2.7 x 23 x 0.0105 in., to form fuel plates. Stainless steel plates, 2.7 x 23 x 0.025 in. are used to simulate additional steel in the APPR core. It is, therefore, possible to maintain an essentially constant metal to water ration in the assembly when the fuel content is varied. The fuel is distributed as uniformly as possible in all boxes and a symmetrical distribution of materials is maintained in the core at all times. Fuel plates containing half-width (1.25 in) uranium foils are provided for …
Date: November 25, 1955
Creator: Williams, D. V. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Decontamination of the KER Rupture Experiment Loop. Test Series B - Tests No. 3. Test Series D-Test No. 1. (open access)

Decontamination of the KER Rupture Experiment Loop. Test Series B - Tests No. 3. Test Series D-Test No. 1.

The first series of tests in the KER-REP-1 loop proved that a fission product contaminated loop could be decontaminated to a safe level for contact maintenance. Since a good decontamination process was available, there was much that could be improved about this process. Further testing of this process and several variations of other processes have been scheduled. The evaluation of these processes includes specific decontamination factors, process corrosion, and loop activity reduction factors (loop decontamination factors).
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Weed, R. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forces Between Nucleons And Antinucleons (open access)

Forces Between Nucleons And Antinucleons

Existing experimental information about the nucleon-anitnucleon interaction is reviewed, and a description is given of a theoretical model, based on the Yukawa theory, which seems able to explain the experimental results.
Date: November 25, 1958
Creator: Chew, Geoffrey F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computer Analysis of Geochemical Data of Stream Sediment and Waters of the Montrose 1° X 2° Quadrangle, Colorado (open access)

Computer Analysis of Geochemical Data of Stream Sediment and Waters of the Montrose 1° X 2° Quadrangle, Colorado

The following preliminary report is a computer analysis of HSSR data from the Montrose 1x2 Quadrangle, Colorado.
Date: November 25, 1991
Creator: Proctor, Paul Dean
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combination Set-Collar for Well-Strainers. (open access)

Combination Set-Collar for Well-Strainers.

Patent for a combination set-collar for well-strainers that combines a back pressure valve and a washer pipe which allows for the cleaning of the strainer.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Thompson, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Crib or Bed. (open access)

Adjustable Crib or Bed.

Patent for improvements in Adjustable Cribs or Beds for children to sit beside the bed of the mother or guardian of the child. Made to be "easily and quickly attachable to or connected with any make of" (lines 17-19) the adult's bed "so that the mattresses of the bed and crib will be perfectly even or flush, without space...between them" (lines 20-22). Includes illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Rece, Frank S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener. (open access)

Can Opener.

Patent for "a can opener intended for use in removing or cutting the closures or tops from cans or other sheet metal receptacles." [lines 8-11]
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin or Clamp (open access)

Clothes Pin or Clamp

Patent for a more durable metal clothes pin.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Townley, Percy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Planter Attachment (open access)

Patent for Planter Attachment

Patent for a planter attachment for cultivators that allows for replanting of crops in skips where there is a poor stand. This cultivator attachment allows for access to replant crops amongst other growing crops and plants.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Wolter, Fredrich W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Load-Indicator. (open access)

Load-Indicator.

Patent for a Load-Indicator for tools being used in drilling a well. The indicator gives an accurate measure of the weight upon the drill, allowing operators to adjust the weight accordingly.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brace (open access)

Wagon Brace

Patent for wagon brace that obviates danger of thimbles breaking under excessive weight and strain.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Albritton, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifeboat (open access)

Lifeboat

Patent for a lifeboat that "prevents the boat from capsizing" (lines 19-20) or sinking.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Rusk, Raymond
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator. (open access)

Water-Elevator.

Patent for a water elevator. The invention produces a means for "high power water elevating" which provides " a steady and voluminous flow of water" (lines 20-22). Illustration included.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Barnett, Grady L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work Clamp. (open access)

Work Clamp.

Patent for an improved work clamp. The inventor claimed that the clamp was meant to be universal, allowing for several clamped pieces of material to be secured simultaneously for welding or other joining methods. The tool was meant to facilitate complex construction in a variety of machinery repair facilities and markets.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Treuthardt, Arnold Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Construction (open access)

Tire Construction

Patent for an improvement to rubber tires. The inner tube is enclosed within a thick detachable shoe to withstand shocks and jars, and also uses side guards to protect from dirt accumulation.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Luck, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Drill. (open access)

Rotary Boring Drill.

Patent for "rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells or mines in earth or rock" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Heated Boiler (open access)

Electrically-Heated Boiler

Patent for an electrically-heated boiler that provides a "compact structure which occupies a minimum amount of space" (line 11-12) while still being a reliable machine.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Fleming, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench (open access)

Pipe-Wrench

Patent for a pipe-wrench that features new and useful improvements and also extends the purposes to which the pipe-wrench may be applicable.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Steen, Buford J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means For Injecting Sealing Liquid Into Tires. (open access)

Means For Injecting Sealing Liquid Into Tires.

Patent for a means for injecting sealing liquid into tires. This is an "improved mechanism for introducing a sealing liquid into a pneumatic tire" (lines 31-32). Illustration included.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Anthony, Daniel Luther
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crank (open access)

Crank

Patent for a crank to provide a starter for an internal combustion engine. If the engine backfires, this crank will ensure that the operator will not be injured.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Bates, Samuel F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spray nozzle pattern test for the DWPF HEME Task QA Plan. [Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), High Efficiency Mist Eliminator (HEME)] (open access)

Spray nozzle pattern test for the DWPF HEME Task QA Plan. [Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), High Efficiency Mist Eliminator (HEME)]

The DWPF melter off-gas systems have two High Efficiency Mist Eliminators (HEME) upstream of the High-Efficiency Particulates Air filters (HEPA) to remove fine mists and particulates from the off-gas. To have an acceptable filter life and an efficient operation, an air atomized water is spray on the HEME. The water spray keeps the HEME wet and dissolves the soluble particulates and enhances and HEME efficiency. DWPF Technical asked SRL to determine the conditions which will give satisfactory atomization and distribution of water so that the HEME will operate efficiently. The purpose of this document is to identify, QA controls to be applied in the pursuit of this task (WSRC-RP-91-1151).
Date: November 25, 1991
Creator: Lee, L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 49, Number 47, November 25, 1989 (open access)

Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 49, Number 47, November 25, 1989

Newsletter of the Texas Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.
Date: November 25, 1989
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multi-fluid code simulations including anomalous non-diffusive transport of plasma and impurities in the tokamak SOL (open access)

Multi-fluid code simulations including anomalous non-diffusive transport of plasma and impurities in the tokamak SOL

Fast intermittent transport has been observed in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of major tokamaks including Alcator C-Mod, DIII-D, and NSTX. This kind of transport is not diffusive but rather convective. It strongly increases plasma flux to the chamber walls and enhances the recycling of neutral particles in the main chamber. We discuss anomalous cross-field convection (ACFC) model for impurity and main plasma ions and its relation to intermittent transport events, i.e. plasma density blobs and holes in the SOL. Along with plasma diffusivity coefficients, our transport model introduces time-independent anomalous cross-field convective velocity. In the discharge modelling, diffusivity coefficients and ACFC velocity profiles are adjusted to match a set of representative experimental data. We use this model in the edge plasma physics code UEDGE to simulate the multi-fluid two-dimensional transport for these three tokamaks. We present simulation results suggesting the dominance of anomalous convection in the far SOL transport. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the chamber wall is an important source of impurities and that different impurity charge states have different directions of anomalous convective velocity.
Date: November 25, 2003
Creator: Pigarov, A. Yu; West, W. P.; Soukhanovskii, V.; Rognlien, T. D.; Maingi, R.; Lipschultz, B. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library