Elements of high constructive deltaic sedimentation, lower Frio Formation, Brazoria County, Texas (open access)

Elements of high constructive deltaic sedimentation, lower Frio Formation, Brazoria County, Texas

The lower Frio Formation in eastern Brazoria County, upper Texas Gulf Coast, was deposited in a high constructive deltaic environment in the Houston delta system. Constructive elements of the stacked, elongate to lobate deltas that were intersected in core are storm induced delta front splays, delta front slump deposits, and distributary mouth bar, distributary channel and delta plain assemblages. Reworked and winnowed abandonment facies that are volumetrically insignificant relative to constructive elements are subdivided into a crossbedded shoreface-foreshore subfacies and a fine grained cyclic sequence of storm deposits on the lower shoreface that represent a distal abandonment subfacies. Micropaleontological evidence indicates that deposition of constructive and abandonment facies took place in water depths of less than 120 feet.
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Tyler, N. & Han, J. H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocean thermal energy. Quarterly report, April-June 1982 (open access)

Ocean thermal energy. Quarterly report, April-June 1982

This quarterly report includes summaries of the following tasks: (1) OTEC pilot plant conceptual design review; (2) OTEC methanol; (3) management decision requirements for OTEC construction; (4) hybrid geothermal - OTEC (GEOTEC) power plant performance estimates; and (5) supervision of testing of pneumatic wave energy conversion system.
Date: June 30, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocean energy systems. Quarterly report, October-December 1982 (open access)

Ocean energy systems. Quarterly report, October-December 1982

Research progress is reported on developing Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems that will provide synthetic fuels (e.g., methanol), energy-intensive products such as ammonia (for fertilizers and chemicals), and aluminum. The work also includes assessment and design concepts for hybrid plants, such as geothermal-OTEC (GEOTEC) plants. Another effort that began in the spring of 1982 is a technical advisory role to DOE with respect to their management of the conceptual design activity of the two industry teams that are designing offshore OTEC pilot plants that could deliver power to Oahu, Hawaii. In addition, a program is underway in which tests of a different kind of ocean-energy device, a turbine that is air-driven as a result of wave action in a chamber, are being planned. This Quarterly Report summarizes the work on the various tasks as of 31 December 1982.
Date: December 1, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocean thermal energy. Quarterly report, January-March 1982 (open access)

Ocean thermal energy. Quarterly report, January-March 1982

This quarterly report summarizes work of the following tasks as of March 31, 1982: OTEC pilot plant conceptual design review; OTEC methanol; review of electrolyzer development programs and requirements; financial and legal considerations in OTEC implementation; potential Navy sites for GEOTEC systems; hybrid geothermal-OTEC power plants: single-cycle performance estimates; and supervision of testing of pneumatic wave energy conversion system.
Date: March 30, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Helical Screw Expander Evaluation Project. Final report (open access)

Helical Screw Expander Evaluation Project. Final report

A functional 1-MW geothermal electric power plant that featured a helical screw expander was produced and then tested in Utah in 1978 to 1979 with a demonstrated average performance of approximately 45% machine efficiency over a wide range of test conditions in noncondensing operation on two-phase geothermal fluids. The Project also produced a computer-equipped data system, an instrumentation and control van, and a 1000-kW variable load bank, all integrated into a test array designed for operation at a variety of remote test sites. Additional testing was performed in Mexico in 1980 under a cooperative test program using the same test array, and machine efficiency was measured at 62% maximum with the rotors partially coated with scale, compared with approximately 54% maximum in Utah with uncoated rotors, confirming the importance of scale deposits within the machine on performance. Data are presented for the Utah testing and for the noncondensing phases of the testing in Mexico. Test time logged was 437 hours during the Utah tests and 1101 hours during the Mexico tests.
Date: March 1, 1982
Creator: McKay, R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clay mineralogy and depositional history of the Frio Formation in two geopressured wells, Brazoria County, Texas (open access)

Clay mineralogy and depositional history of the Frio Formation in two geopressured wells, Brazoria County, Texas

Twenty-three shale samples ranging in depth from 5194 ft to 13,246 ft from Gulf Oil Corporation No. 2 Texas State Lease 53034 well and 33 shale samples ranging in depth from 2185 ft to 15,592 ft from General Crude Oil Company/Department of Energy No. 1 Pleasant Bayou well were examined by x-ray techniques to determine the mineralogy of the geopressured zone in the Brazoria Fairway. Both wells have similar weight-percent trends with depth for a portion of the mineralogy. Calcite decreases, and plagioclase, quartz and total clay increase slightly. Within the clays, illite in mixed-layer illite/smectite (I/S) increases and smectite in mixed-layer I/S decreases. Four minerals have distinctly different trends with depth for each well. In the No. 2 Texas State Lease 53034 well, potassium feldspar and mixed-layer I/S decrease, kaolinite increases, and discrete illite is constant. In the No. 1 Pleasant Bayou well, potassium feldspar and kaolinite are constant, mixed-layer I/S increases, and discrete illite decreases.
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Freed, R.L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theory and tests of two-phase turbines (open access)

Theory and tests of two-phase turbines

Two-phase turbines open the possibility of new types of power cycles operating with extremely wet mixtures of steam and water, organic fluids, or immiscible liquids and gases. Possible applications are geothermal power, waste-heat recovery, refrigerant expansion, solar conversion, transportation turbine engines, and engine bottoming cycles. A theoretical model for two-phase impulse turbines was developed. Apparatus was constructed for testing one- and two-stage turbines (using speed decrease from stage to stage). Turbines were tested with water-and-nitrogen mixtures and Refrigerant 22. Nozzle efficiencies were 0.78 (measured) and 0.72 (theoretical) for water-and-nitrogen mixtures at a water/nitrogen mixture ratio of 68, by mass; and 0.89 (measured) and 0.84 (theoretical) for Refrigerant 22 expanding from 0.02 quality to 0.28 quality. Blade efficiencies (shaft power before windage and bearing loss divided by nozzle jet power) were 0.63 (measured) and 0.71 (theoretical) for water-and-nitrogen mixtures and 0.62 (measured) and 0.63 (theoretical) for Refrigerant 22 with a single-stage turbine, and 0.70 (measured) and 0.85 (theoretical) for water-and-nitrogen mixtures with a two-stage turbine.
Date: March 15, 1982
Creator: Elliot, D.G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Reports, Second Series, Volume 85, March 28, 1981 to May 22, 1981 (open access)

FCC Reports, Second Series, Volume 85, March 28, 1981 to May 22, 1981

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: 1982
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Reports, Second Series, Cumulative Index Digest, Volumes 71 through 80 (open access)

FCC Reports, Second Series, Cumulative Index Digest, Volumes 71 through 80

Index digest for the biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: 1982
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Behavior of Fine-Grained Soils (open access)

Thermal Behavior of Fine-Grained Soils

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over thermal tests conducted on soil samples. The results of the laboratory tests are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs.
Date: November 1982
Creator: Salomone, Lawrence A.; Kovacs, William D. & Wechsler, Herbert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Method of Characteristics to Model the Transport of Discrete Solids in Partially-Filled Pipe Flow (open access)

Application of Method of Characteristics to Model the Transport of Discrete Solids in Partially-Filled Pipe Flow

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over transporting discrete solids in partially-filled flow pipes. The methods and application of drainage flow are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1982
Creator: Swaffield, J. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical and Experimental Analysis of Procedures for Testing Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems (open access)

Analytical and Experimental Analysis of Procedures for Testing Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over testing procedures used for solar domestic water heating systems. Testing methods are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1982
Creator: Fanney, A. H.; Thomas, W. C.; Scarbrough, C. A. & Terlizzi, C. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development and Evaluation of Effective Symbol Signs (open access)

The Development and Evaluation of Effective Symbol Signs

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over the history and development of sign systems in the United States. The research and development of more effective systems are discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Collins, Belinda Lowenhaupt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Load Displacement Characteristics of Shallow Soil Anchors (open access)

Load Displacement Characteristics of Shallow Soil Anchors

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on load displacement of shallow soil anchors. Characteristics and testing methods are discussed. This report includes graphs, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Yokel, Felix Y.; Chung, Riley M.; Rankin, Frank A. & Yancey, Charles W. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse (open access)

Investigation of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards documenting investigations conducted on construction failures of two suspended walkways in a Kansas City hotel. It includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and other details of the investigation.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Marshall, Richard D.; Pfrang, E. O.; Leyendecker, Edgar V.; Woodward, K. A.; Reed, R. P.; Kasen, M. B. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Construction Failure of Harbour Cay Condominium in Cocoa Beach, Florida (open access)

Investigation of Construction Failure of Harbour Cay Condominium in Cocoa Beach, Florida

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over investigations of construction failure in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Factors for the construction failure are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1982
Creator: Lew, H. S.; Carino, N. J.; Fattal, S. G. & Batts, M. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Thermal Energy Conservation Schemes for an Experimental Masonry Building (open access)

An Evaluation of Thermal Energy Conservation Schemes for an Experimental Masonry Building

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over experiments conducted on a masonry building constructed inside an environmental chamber at the NBS. Different climactic conditions were simulated and the thermal response of the building was evaluated. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: July 1982
Creator: Gujral, Parambir S.; Clark, Raymond J. & Burch, Douglas M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance Criteria for Solar Heating and Cooling Systems in Residential Buildings (open access)

Performance Criteria for Solar Heating and Cooling Systems in Residential Buildings

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over solar heating and cooling systems in residential buildings. The performance criteria for solar systems are discussed. This report includes illustrations.
Date: September 1982
Creator: United States. Bureau of Standards.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Construction Failure of Reinforced Concrete Cooling Tower at Willow Island, West Virginia (open access)

Investigation of Construction Failure of Reinforced Concrete Cooling Tower at Willow Island, West Virginia

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over investigation of the collapse of a concrete cooling tower on Willow Island, West Virginia. Results of field, and laboratory tests are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: September 1982
Creator: Lew, H. S.; Fattal, S. G.; Shaver, J. R.; Reinhold, T. A. & Hunt, B. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress for 1981 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress for 1981

This report compiled during 1981 by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) provided technical analysis of a variety of topics emphasizing its role as “shared staff’ to Congress.
Date: March 1982
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increased Automobile Fuel Efficiency and Synthetic Fuels: Alternatives for Reducing Oil Imports: Background Paper 2: Selected Technical and Economic Comparisons of Synfuel Options (open access)

Increased Automobile Fuel Efficiency and Synthetic Fuels: Alternatives for Reducing Oil Imports: Background Paper 2: Selected Technical and Economic Comparisons of Synfuel Options

A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that provides "technical and economic comparisons among selected synfuel technologies which, to the extent possible, provides a background and basis which may assist the OTA in its policy deliberations" (p. 1).
Date: October 1982
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Clays in Fixing Lithium (open access)

The Role of Clays in Fixing Lithium

A report about lithium inside of clay minerals. Lithium can be present in clays as impurities, inclusions, lattice cavities, or by isomorphous substitution.
Date: 1982
Creator: Starkey, Harry C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Approximation of continuity of lenticular Mesaverde Group sandstone lenses utilizing close-well correlations, Piceance Basin, NW Colorado. SPE 11610 (open access)

Approximation of continuity of lenticular Mesaverde Group sandstone lenses utilizing close-well correlations, Piceance Basin, NW Colorado. SPE 11610

Mesaverde Group sandstone units in 13 closely-spaced wells in the central and southern Piceance Basin of Colorado were correlated utilizing wireline log response quantitatively and qualitatively. Based on these correlations, the environmental subdivisions of the Mesaverde Group were characterized as follows: (1) paralic (upper mixed-marine) zone, occurring in the uppermost Mesaverde Group, includes thick sandstone units which are interpreted to be regionally continuous, (2) fluvial zone, containing point-bars 20 to 30+ ft thick, is interpreted to be correlatable to a maximum of 6800 ft, and (3) paludal zone has insufficient data to adequately characterize the sand units. However, 63 percent of the units are correlatable across at least 139 ft. An approximation of the dimensional characteristics of Mesaverde sandstone units has potential applications in designing hydraulic fracturing treatments and estimating gas reserves more accurately. 15 figures, 2 tables.
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Peterson, Richard E. & Kohout, Julie B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Sixty-Sixth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1981 (open access)

Report of the Sixty-Sixth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1981

Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date: January 1982
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library