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Feasibility study of residential and commercial heating using existing water supply systems. Phase I. Final technical report, November 1, 1978-May 31, 1979
A preliminary study of the feasibility of using existing drinking water supply systems to provide hot water for heating purposes to a typical 140-home subdivision has been undertaken. This preliminary study has centered on (i) types of municipal water system designs and effects of system design upon heating use; (ii) methods of using low-to-moderate temperature water for heating purposes and possible institutional barriers; (iii) identification and description of a typical residential community suitable for hot water heating; (iv) evaluation of thermal losses in the uninsulated main distribution system from the main pumping station having assumed geothermal heating to the subdivision; (v) evaluation of thermal losses in the uninsulated street mains in the subdivision; (vi) estimation of size and cost of the pumping station main heat exchanger to supply geothermal energy to the drinking water; (vii) sizing of individual house heat exchangers; (viii) pumping and power requirements to supply the increased water flow rate through the subdivision street water distribution lines; and (ix) pumping and piping requirements to provide heating water flow from the street lines to a typical residence. From the results obtained thus far, it would appear that the use of existing uninsulated water supply systems will be advantageous …
Date:
May 31, 1979
Creator:
Pitts, Donald R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
IEA steel R and D study. Final report
Following a recent IEA meeting of steel industry experts held in Stockholm in May 1979, a number of specific projects have been recommended as forming the basis for a cooperative program of R and D oriented to energy saving in the making of iron and steel. A timetable of work leading up to another meeting (October-November 1979) has been agreed, and this includes the development of detailed project descriptions, as well as the drafting of a proposed implementing agreement with its technical annexes. In summary, five working areas have been identified: surface inspection, surface conditioning, heat recovery, energy conversion and combustion, and material properties. A total of about 20 projects have been suggested, and it is hoped that sufficient detail will be provided on most of these to allow an acceptable implementing agreement to be developed within the next six months.
Date:
May 31, 1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
MC3196 Detonator Shipping Package Hazard Classification Assessment
An investigation was made to determine whether the MC3196 detonator should be assigned a DOT hazard classification of Detonating Fuze, Class C Explosives per 49 CFR 173.113. This study covers the Propagation Test and the External Heat Test as approved by DOE Albuquerque Operations Office. Test data led to the recommeded hazard classification of detonating fuze, Class C explosives.
Date:
May 31, 1979
Creator:
Jones & B., Robert
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Phase a Report on Converting the Cresap Test Facility to a Two-Stage Coal Hydroliquefaction Process
None
Date:
May 31, 1979
Creator:
Beskind, Martin M. & Hammersley, R. C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Radioisotope distribution program progress report for March 1979
None
Date:
May 31, 1979
Creator:
Lamb, E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Radiological Control Aspects of the Fabrication of the Light Water Breeder Reactor Core
None
Date:
May 31, 1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rapid automated nuclear chemistry
Rapid Automated Nuclear Chemistry (RANC) can be thought of as the Z-separation of Neutron-rich Isotopes by Automated Methods. The range of RANC studies of fission and its products is large. In a sense, the studies can be categorized into various energy ranges from the highest where the fission process and particle emission are considered, to low energies where nuclear dynamics are being explored. This paper presents a table which gives examples of current research using RANC on fission and fission products. The remainder of this text is divided into three parts. The first contains a discussion of the chemical methods available for the fission product elements, the second describes the major techniques, and in the last section, examples of recent results are discussed as illustrations of the use of RANC.
Date:
May 31, 1979
Creator:
Meyer, R. A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Turkey Poults: For Week Ending May 26, 1979
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:
May 31, 1979
Creator:
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design of a variable-flow-rate, single-pass leaching system
We have designed leaching systems for experiments on several kinds of solids, including glassy debris from underground nuclear explosions at Nevada Test Site (puddle glass), refractory compositions for retention of radioactive nuclear reactor waste, and spent reactor fuel. The system used on puddle glass has a continuously variable flow rate from 13 to 460 cm/sup 3//d, a temperature range from 25 to 75/sup 0/C, operating capacity for up to 20 simultaneous experiments, and one-pass operation with continuous exposure of samples to fresh solution. Results obtained on puddle glass are in qualitative agreement with those on silicate glasses designed for isolation of nuclear reactor waste.
Date:
May 30, 1979
Creator:
Weed, H. C. & Jackson, D. D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of selected chemical processes for production of low-cost silicon (Phase III): silicon material task low-cost solar array project. Fourteenth quarterly progress report, January 1-March 31, 1979
During this report period, a decision was made to defer the construction of the 50 MT Si/year Experimental Process System Development Unit (EPSDU) until FY 1980, and in the meantime to construct and evaluate, at full scale, four critical units of the EPSDU. The fluidized bed, zinc vaporizer, by-product condenser, and electrolytic cell have been combined with auxiliary units, capable of supporting 8-hour batchwise operation, to form the Process Development Unit (PDU), which is scheduled to be in operation by October 1, 1979. The design of the PDU and objectives of its operation are discussed. Pending completion of the PDU, work has continued in the area of experimental support. A wetted-wall condenser has been constructed in which zinc chloride, introduced in excess of that condensed, is used to wash down the unreacted zinc and residual silicon accumulated as fine-particle solids. Improvements in the experimental electrolytic cell have led to power efficiencies around 40%, thus substantiating the pertinence of the Bureau of Mines experience with pure zinc chloride as a basis for what can be expected with the zinc chloride/zinc/silicon slurry of the present application. (WHK)
Date:
May 30, 1979
Creator:
Blocher, J.M. Jr. & Browning, M.F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Failure analysis report: geothermal heating system components, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon
The results are presented of an examination of 17 samples obtained from various components of the subject geothermal heating system. The samples obtained for this study were selected to represent the several materials of construction and equipment ages of the various components in this system. For purposes of this report, the samples have been grouped into three categories by material: ferrous, non-ferrous and non-metallic. Failures in these components have taken the form of leakage at solder joints, tubing perforation, scaling, or valve seizure. Most components evaluated in this examination have been in service for 14 years. This work documents these failures, discusses their causes and recommends possible remedial action.
Date:
May 30, 1979
Creator:
Mitchell, D.A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Containment calculation for Burzet
Burzet is a proposed intermediate-yield underground test of a nuclear explosive at the Nevada Test Site. The possible existence of a high Paleozoic scarp and fault within 100 m of the proposed working point created concern as to their effect on the containment of the radioactive gases. A calculation of the expected stress wave interaction at the scarp and fault demonstrates that the effects are negligible. Results of the calculation are those expected from an event in a homogeneous media and are thus consistent with good containment experience on numerous previous detonations of similar yield, depth of burial, and medium properties.
Date:
May 29, 1979
Creator:
Terhune, R. W. & Moreno, L. R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mahalanobis distance and variable selection to optimize dose response
A battery of statistical techniques are combined to improve detection of low-level dose response. First, Mahalanobis distances are used to classify objects as normal or abnormal. Then the proportion classified abnormal is regressed on dose. Finally, a subset of regressor variables is selected which maximizes the slope of the dose response line. Use of the techniques is illustrated by application to mouse sperm damaged by low doses of x-rays.
Date:
May 29, 1979
Creator:
Moore, D. H., II; Bennett, D. E.; Wyrobek, A. J. & Kranzler, D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rupture of plutonium oxide storage container, March 13, 1979
On March 13, 1979, a plutonium oxide storage can ruptured in the 303-C storage facility, which is in the 300 Area of the Hanford Site, Washington. The facility is operated by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL); three PNL staff members were performing the storage operation. No injuries to these staff members resulted from the occurrence. A Class C Investigation Committee was appointed on March 14, 1979, by the Director, PNL. Subsequently, when the loss estimates became available, the Manager, Department of Energy-Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL), appointed a Class B Investigation Committee in accordance with DOE Manual Chapter 0502. As requested by DOE-RL, the Committee investigated technical elements of the causal sequence and management systems that should have or could have prevented the occurrence. The investigation included: review of the use of the 303-C facilities and the transfer containers; interviews with the involved personnel and their managers; analysis of technical studies related to involved materials and procedures; review of safe operating procedures, radiation work procedures, and transfer requirements applicable to the occurrence; and use of the Management Oversight and Risk Tree (MORT) and the Events and Causal Factors Charting methods. 15 figs.
Date:
May 29, 1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 4, Number 40, Pages 1929-1992, May 29, 1979
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:
May 29, 1979
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chemistry research and development. Progress report, June--November 1978
Activities and progress are reported in the following areas: component development, pilot plant development, and instrumentation and statistical systems. (DLC)
Date:
May 28, 1979
Creator:
Miner, F. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Design tradeoff studies and sensitivity analysis. Appendices B1-B4. [HYBRID]
These four appendices to the report on the Near-Term Hybrid Vehicle (NTHV) report contain information on: HYBRID computer program documentation; material substitution study for advanced hybrid vehicles; NTHV market potential; battery compartment weight distribution; and vehicle handling dynamics. (LCL)
Date:
May 25, 1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Design tradeoff studies and sensitivity analysis. Appendix B
The results of the design trade-off studies and the sensitivity analysis of Phase I of the Near Term Hybrid Vehicle (NTHV) Program are presented. The effects of variations in the design of the vehicle body, propulsion systems, and other components on vehicle power, weight, cost, and fuel economy and an optimized hybrid vehicle design are discussed. (LCL)
Date:
May 25, 1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electrostatic levitation, control and transport in high rate, low cost production of inertial confinement fusion targets
Inertial confinement fusion requires production of power plant grade targets at high rates and process yield. A review of present project specifications and techniques to produce targets is discussed with special emphasis on automating the processes and combining them with an electrostatic transport and suspension system through the power plant target factory.
Date:
May 25, 1979
Creator:
Hendricks, C. D. & Johnson, W. L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MW-24
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: Constitutionality of legislation to permit the Department of Human Resources to represent the state in court in child support collection cases.
Date:
May 25, 1979
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 4, Number 39, Pages 1897-1928, May 25, 1979
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:
May 25, 1979
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace metal characterization and speciation in geothermal effluent by multiple scanning anodic stripping voltammetry and atomic absorption analysis
Recent studies have shown geothermal power plants to have a significant environmental impact on the ground water of the area. The heavy metals arsenic and mercury are special problems, as both are concentrated by flora and fauna exposed to the effluent waters. Because the toxicity of these and other metallic pollutants present in geothermal effluent depends on the chemical form, or speciation, of the particular metal, any serious study of the environmental impact of a geothermal development should include studies of trace metal speciation, in addition to trace metal concentration. This proposal details a method for determining metal speciation in dilute waters. The method is based on ion-exchange and backed by atomic absorption spectrometry and multiple scanning anodic stripping voltammetry. Special laboratory studies will be performed on mercury, arsenic and selenium speciation in synthetic geothermal water. The method will be applied to three known geothermal areas in Washington and Oregon, with emphasis on the speciation of mercury, arsenic and selenium in these waters. The computer controlled electrochemical instrumentation was built and tested. Using this instrumentation, a new experimental procedure was developed to determine the chemical form (speciation) of metal ions in very dilute solutions (ng/ml). This method was tested on …
Date:
May 25, 1979
Creator:
Kowalski, B.R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brief description of research papers accepted for publication during 1978. Annual report
Abstracts (172) of basic and applied research of papers accepted for publication are presented. An author index is included. (PCS)
Date:
May 24, 1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MW-23
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: Whether a long-time county employee who was dismissed shortly before his wife took office as a county commissioner may be rehired.
Date:
May 24, 1979
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History