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Imperial County geothermal development. Quarterly report, April 1-June 30, 1982
The activities of the Geothermal Office during the quarter are discussed, including: important geothermal events, geothermal waste disposal, a grant award by the California Energy Commission, the geothermal development meeting, and the current status of geothermal development in Imperial County. Activities of the Geothermal Planner are addressed, including permits, processing of EIR's, and other planning activities. Progress on the direct heat study is reported.
Date:
June 30, 1982
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Research, development, and demonstration of lead-acid batteries for electric vehicle propulsion. Annual report, 1979
The initial phase of work comprises three factorial experiments to evaluate a variety of component combinations. Goals to be met by these batteries include the following: capacity at 3 h discharge, 20 to 30 kWh; specific energy, 40 Wh/kg; specific power, 1000 W/kg for 15 s; cycle life, 800 cycles to 80% depth; price, $50/kWh. The status of the factorial experiments is reviewed. The second phase of work, design of an advanced battery, has the following goals: 30 to 40 kWh; 60 Wh/kg; 150 W/kg for 15 s; 1000 cycles to 80% depth; $40/kWh. It is not yet possible to say whether these goals can be met. Numerous approaches are under study to increase the utilization of battery chemicals. A battery design with no live electrical connection above the battery is being developed. 52 figures, 52 tables. (RWR)
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Revegetation studies on oil shale related disturbances in Colorado
An interdisciplinary research project was initiated in 1976 to provide both basic and applied information that would aid in the reestablishment of natural functioning ecosystems on land disturbances associated with energy development. The approach included field, laboratory, and greenhouse experiments designed to provide both structural and functional information about disturbed ecological systems in the semiarid west. This report presents results from the sixth year of the study. Separate abstracts have been prepared for each of the 4 studies reported for inclusion in the Energy Data Base. (DMC)
Date:
June 1982
Creator:
Redente, E.F. & Cook, C.W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
ARES: automated response function code. Users manual. [HPGAM and LSQVM]
This ARES user's manual provides detailed instructions for a general understanding of the Automated Response Function Code and gives step by step instructions for using the complete code package on a HP-1000 system. This code is designed to calculate response functions of NaI gamma-ray detectors, with cylindrical or rectangular geometries.
Date:
June 1, 1981
Creator:
Maung, T. & Reynolds, G.M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Systems engineering programs for geologic nuclear waste disposal
The design sequence and system programs presented begin with general approximate solutions that permit inexpensive analysis of a multitude of possible wastes, disposal media, and disposal process properties and configurations. It then continues through progressively more precise solutions as parts of the design become fixed, and ends with repository and waste form optimization studies. The programs cover both solid and gaseous waste forms. The analytical development, a program listing, a users guide, and examples are presented for each program. Sensitivity studies showing the effects of disposal media and waste form thermophysical properties and repository layouts are presented as examples.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Klett, R. D.; Hertel, E. S., Jr. & Ellis, M. A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Annual environmental monitoring report of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1981
Results for 1981 of the LBL Environmental Monitoring Program are given. Data include monitoring results for accelerator-produced radiation, airborne and waterborne radionuclides, and nonradioactive pollutants. Population doses resulting from LBL operations are given in terms of accelerator-produced and airborne radioactivities. Trends in the environmental impacts of LBL operations are discussed in terms of accelerator-produced, airborne, and waterborne radionuclides. (ERB)
Date:
June 1, 1982
Creator:
Schleimer, G.E. (ed.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hybrid microcircuit via development. Final report
Manufacturing processes were developed for making holes in alumina substrates, metallizing substrates on both sides and through the holes (vias), dry film photolithographing 6-..mu..m-thick gold to 127-..mu..m line widths and spacings, determining via quality, and protecting vias during HMC assembly processes. The few problems encountered were solved, and via technology is now established as a reliable and repeatable production technology for hybrid microcircuits. Via resistance on product HMCs usually measures from 4 to 6 m..cap omega.. which is well below the 10 m..cap omega.. maximum limit.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Norwood, D.P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of solar options for small power systems applications. Volume II. Identification and characterization of concepts for analysis
The primary purpose of this study is to provide DOE with an independent, objective assessment of the principal solar thermal conversion concepts that have the potential for achieving commercial success as small electric power sytems in the 1- to 10-MWe range. Seven generic types of collectors, together with associated subsystems for electric power generation, were considered in this study. The collectors can be classified into three categories: (1) two-axis tracking (with compound curvature reflecting surfaces); (2) one-axis tracking (with single-curvature reflecting surfaces); and (3) nontracking (with low-concentration reflecting surfaces). These collectors can be combined with energy transport, energy storage, and power conversion subsystems in a wide variety of ways to formulate conceptual systems for electric power generation. In this study, attention was restricted to configurations that are potentially suitable for development as small power systems (1 to 10 MWe) in the long term (1990 to 2000), with initial commercialization by the mid-1980s. Cogeneration and total energy systems were beyond the scope of this study. All seven types of collectors were analyzed in conceptual system configurations with Rankine-cycle engines. Because they can operate at particularly high concentration ratios, two of the collectors (the Point Focus Central Receiver and the Point Focus …
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Laity, W.W.; Aase, D.T.; Apley, W.J.; Bird, S.P.; Drost, M.K. & Williams, T.A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary operational results of the low-temperature solar industrial process heat field tests
Six solar industrial process heat field tests have been in operation for a year or more - three are hot water systems and three are hot air systems. All are low-temperature projects (process heat at temperatures below 212/sup 0/F). Performance results gathered by each contractor's data acquisition system are presented and project costs and problems encountered are summarized. Flat-plate, evacuated-tube, and line-focus collectors are all represented in the program, with collector array areas ranging from 2500 to 21,000 ft/sup 2/. Collector array efficiencies ranged from 12% to 36% with net system efficiencies from 8% to 33%. Low efficiencies are attributable in some cases to high thermal losses and, for the two projects using air collectors, are due in part to high parasitic power consumption. Problems have included industrial effluents on collectors, glazing and absorber surface failures, excessive thermal losses, freezing and overheating, control problems, and data acquisition system failure. With design and data acquisition costs excluded costs of the projects ranged from $25/ft/sup 2/ to $87/ft/sup 2/ and $499/(MBtu/yr) to $1537/(MBtu/yr).
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Kutscher, C. F. & Davenport, R. L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Test methods for the dynamic mechanical properties of polymeric materials. Final report
Various test geometries and procedures for the dynamic mechanical analysis of polymers employing a mechanical spectrometer have been evaluated. The methods and materials included in this work are forced torsional pendulum testing of Kevlar/epoxy laminates and rigid urethane foams, oscillatory parallel plate testing to determine the kinetics of the cure of VCE with Hylene MP, oscillatory compressive testing of B-3223 cellular silicone, and oscillatory tensile testing of Silastic E and single Kevlar filaments. Fundamental dynamic mechanical properties, including the storage and loss moduli and loss tangent of the materials tested, were determined as a function of temperature and sometimes of frequency.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Baker, G.K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Computer control and data management in an LSI fabrication facility
A minicomputer system is used to control diffusion furnaces, monitor temperatures, provide operator instructions for each processing step, and record detailed process histories for wafer lots fabricated in the Sandia Semiconductor Development Laboratory. The system provides a complete data base for laboratory operations, a variety of displays describing equipment status, scheduling and utilization summaries for equipment, wafer and mask inventories, and laboratory management information. The wafer lot history includes a record indicating the operator, time, date, and specification recipe for each process step, special notes summarizing process deviations, results of inspection steps, and in-line capacitance, oxide thickness, or resistivity measurements.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Doyal, L. A.; Weaver, D. L. & Gwyn, C. W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance geologic map of the northern Kawich and southern Reveille ranges, Nye County, Nevada
A geological survey was performed in Nye County, Nevada. Results of that survey are summarized in the maps included. The general geology of the area is discussed. Major structures are described. The economics resulting from the mineral exploitation in the area are discussed. The hydrogeology and water chemistry of the area are also discussed.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Gardner, J.N.; Eddy, A.C.; Goff, F.E. & Grafft, K.S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, safety and costs of decommissioning a reference boiling water reactor power station. Appendices. Volume 2
Appendices are presented concerning the evaluations of decommissioning financing alternatives; reference site description; reference BWR facility description; radiation dose rate and concrete surface contamination data; radionuclide inventories; public radiation dose models and calculated maximum annual doses; decommissioning methods; generic decommissioning information; immediate dismantlement details; passive safe storage, continuing care, and deferred dismantlement details; entombment details; demolition and site restoration details; cost estimating bases; public radiological safety assessment details; and details of alternate study bases.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Oak, H. D.; Holter, G. M.; Kennedy, W. E. Jr. & Konzek, G. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Case history studies of energy conservation improvements in the dairy industry
Presented are ten case histories about energy-efficient technologies implemented by the dairy industry. For each case is presented: the name and location of the company, and its product line; energy consumption and costs at the plant before and after implementation of energy-conserving technology; the factors that prompted the investment; and product quality as a result of the new equipment. The measures presented are: refrigeration compressor replacement, turbulators in boiler tubes, stack exchange on boilers, reverse osmosis, six-effect evaporator, multi-effect evaporator with thermal vapor recompressor, spray dryer heat recovery, efficient compressor operations, mechanical vapor recompression evaporator, preheated spray dryer air with recoverable waste heat. (LEW)
Date:
June 1, 1982
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Calculation of the response of cylindrical targets to collimated beams of particles using one-dimensional adjoint transport techniques. [LMFBR]
The use of adjoint techniques to determine the interaction of externally incident collimated beams of particles with cylindrical targets is a convenient means of examining a class of problems important in radiation transport studies. The theory relevant to such applications is derived, and a simple example involving a fissioning target is discussed. Results from both discrete ordinates and Monte Carlo transport-code calculations are presented, and comparisons are made with results obtained from forward calculations. The accuracy of the discrete ordinates adjoint results depends on the order of angular quadrature used in the calculation. Reasonable accuracy by using EQN quadratures can be expected from order S/sub 16/ or higher.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Dupree, S. A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of effectiveness of geologic isolation systems. Geologic-simulation model for a hypothetical site in the Columbia Plateau. Volume 2: results
This report contains the input data and computer results for the Geologic Simulation Model. This model is described in detail in the following report: Petrie, G.M., et. al. 1981. Geologic Simulation Model for a Hypothetical Site in the Columbia Plateau, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington. The Geologic Simulation Model is a quasi-deterministic process-response model which simulates, for a million years into the future, the development of the geologic and hydrologic systems of the ground-water basin containing the Pasco Basin. Effects of natural processes on the ground-water hydrologic system are modeled principally by rate equations. The combined effects and synergistic interactions of different processes are approximated by linear superposition of their effects during discrete time intervals in a stepwise-integration approach.
Date:
June 1, 1982
Creator:
Foley, M. G.; Petrie, G. M.; Baldwin, A. J. & Craig, R. G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Vertebrate behavior and ecology. Progress report, July 1, 1977-May 31, 1980
Engineering design and development concentrated on five aspects during the past year: (1) development of high power output transmitters for monitoring animals from greater distances; (2) improvement and updating of a sonic transmitting and receiving system for monitoring fish and marine mammals; (3) design and testing of corrosive links which permit a transmitter to release from an animal at a specified time; (4) development of high frequency transmitters; and (5) development and testing of time delay transmitters. Field efforts resulted in further information on activity patterns and movements of sea otters in California and Alaska and of walleye pike in experimental channels. Three manuscripts and two theses presented as part of this report describe these aspects in detail.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Tester, J R & Siniff, D B
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Process feasibility study in support of silicon material Task I. Quarterly technical progress report (XIX), March 1-May 31, 1980
Analyses of process system properties were continued for chemical materials important in the production of silicon. Major physical, thermodynamic and transport property data are reported for silicon including critical constants, vapor pressure, heat of vaporization, heat of sublimation, heat capacity, density, surface tension, viscosity and thermal conductivity. The property data covers both liquid and solid phases and are reported as a function of temperature for rapid engineering usage. Major efforts in chemical engineering analysis centered on the HSC process (Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation). The approach for the process involves performing initial analysis for DCS production (dichlorosilane) and then perorming analysis of polysilicon production from the DCS. For the DCS production, status and progress are reported for primary activities of base case conditions (65%), reaction chemistry (65%), process flowsheet (60%), material balance (50%) and energy balance (40%). Two key features - redistribution reactor relocation and final distillation - are introduced to increase yield of DCS by about 10 to 20%, help insure purity and reduce potential dust (fine particle nucleation) components in the polysilicon feed material. The preliminary flowsheet for DCS production was forwarded to Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation for initial screening and review. Hemlock Semiconductor is in agreement in regards to relocation …
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Yaws, C.L. & Li, K.Y.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CORCON-MOD1 preliminary evaluation and application to safety analysis of a large LMFBR plant
The CORCON-MOD1 core material-concrete interaction code, developed at the Sandia Laboratories for LWR safety analysis, was adapted for analyzing a postulated LMFBR core melt accident.
Date:
June 30, 1981
Creator:
Chen, K.H. & Ray, K.S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Status of the DOE Battery and Electrochemical Technology Program V
The program consists of two activities, Technology Base Research (TBR) managed by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and Exploratory Technology Development and Testing (EDT) managed by the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). The status of the Battery Energy Storage Test (BEST) Facility is presented, including the status of the batteries to be tested. ECS program contributions to the advancement of the lead-acid battery and specific examples of technology transfer from this program are given. The advances during the period December 1982 to June 1984 in the characterization and performance of the lead-acid, iron/nickel-oxide, iron/air, aluminum/air, zinc/bromide, zinc/ferricyanide, and sodium/sulfur batteries and in fuel cells for transport are summarized. Novel techniques and the application of established techniques to the study of electrode processes, especially the electrode/electrolyte interface, are described. Research with the potential of leading to improved ceramic electrolytes and positive electrode container and current-collectors for the sodium/sulfur battery is presented. Advances in the electrocatalysis of the oxygen (air) electrode and the relationship of these advances to the iron/air and aluminum/air batteries and to the fuel cell are noted. The quest for new battery couples and battery materials is reviewed. New developments in the modeling of electrochemical cell and electrode performance with …
Date:
June 1, 1985
Creator:
Roberts, R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Carrier facilitated transport through membranes
Facilitated transport is a process whereby the diffusion of a solute across a membrane is chemically enhanced. In this report an analysis is given of a facilitated transport system involving a volatile species A which reacts with a nonvolatile carrier species B to form the nonvolatile product AB. The species A is transported across the membrane by ordinary diffusion, as well as by the diffusion of the product AB. It is assumed that the reaction rates are large, so the reactions are confined mostly to thin boundary layers near the surfaces of the membrane. The method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to derive the asymptotic solution of the nonlinear boundary value problem governing equilibrium. The effect of various parameters on the facilitation factor is analyzed in detail.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Kaper, H.G.; Leaf, G.K. & Matkowsky, B.J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Thin film polycrystalline silicon solar cells. Quarterly technical progress report No. 2, 1 January 1980-31 March 1980
During this second quarter of the program, data on the effects of trace amounts (ppM level) of oxygen on the MoSi/sub 2/ substrate separation layer have been refined. Analysis of the composit substrate process has indicated that its complexity and expense are too great for practical development; as a result of this, and continued success with Mo substrates, efforts on composite substrates have been discontinued. By extensive operation of the semicontinuous plasma deposition system, operational characteristics have been further defined, permitting requirements for designing a truly continuous microcrystalline silicon film deposition system to be determined. Gas chromatography has been used to characterize the silicon deposition process using the silicon bearing gases SiCl/sub 4/, SiHCl/sub 3/, and SiH/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/; in all cases, deposition efficiency was found to be higher when using plasma than with conventional CVD. Solar cell fabrication and evaluation efforts have indicated that silicon films separated from Molybdenum substrates can yield cells up to 12.8% efficiency under AM1 illumination, and with average efficiencies above 11%.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
Sarma, K R; Rice, M J; Legge, R & Ellis, R J
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Disaggregating regional energy supply/demand and flow data to 173 BEAs in support of export coal analysis. Final report
This report documents the procedures and results of a study sponsored jointly by the US Department of Transportation and the US Department of Energy. The study was conducted to provide, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)-level production/consumption data for energy materials for 1985 and 1990 in support of an analysis of transportation requirements for export coal. Base data for energy forecasts at the regional level were obtained from the Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. The forecasts selected for this study are described in DOE/EIA's 1980 Annual Report to Congress, and are: 1985 Series, B, medium oil import price ($37.00/barrel); and 1990 Series B, medium oil import price ($41.00/barrel). Each forecast period is extensively described by approximately forty-three statistical tables prepared by EIA and made available to TERA for this study. This report provides sufficient information to enable the transportation analyst to appreciate the procedures employed by TERA to produce the BEA-level energy production/consumption data. The report presents the results of the procedures, abstracts of data tabulations, and various assumptions used for the preparation of the BEA-level data. The end-product of this effort was the BEA to BEA energy commodity flow data by more which serve as direct input to DOT's …
Date:
June 1, 1981
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Solar energy system performance evaluation - Seasonal Report for Seeco Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
The SEECO Lincoln Solar Energy System was designed to provide 60 percent of the space heating for the 50 seat Hyde Memorial Observatory in Lincoln, Nebraska. The system consists of nine SEECO Mod 1 flat plate air collectors (481 square feet), a 347 cubic foot rock storage bin, blowers, controls and air ducting. An auxiliary natural gas furnace provides additional energy when the solar energy is not adequate to meet the space heating demand. The system has five modes of operation. System description, typical system operation, system operating sequence, performance assessment, system performance, subsystem performance (collector array, storage, space heating), operating energy, energy savings and maintenance are discussed.
Date:
June 1, 1980
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library