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and Industrial Equipment; Final Rule the enforcement rule. That rule constitutes a step increase in the regulatory burden on the manufacturers of the covered equipment....
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resources including renewable resources, increase energy efficiency, deploy demand response, support electric vehicles, and integrate automated, interactive interoperable...
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Energy Systems' PowerWorksTM 70 kW recuperated micro-turbine engine with an absorption chiller by integrating components of an ammonia (GAX) absorber with the PowerWorksT...
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Ultrafast Proton Shuttling in Psammocora Cyan Fluorescent Protein John T. M. Kennis,*,
van Stokkum, Ivo
Ultrafast Proton Shuttling in Psammocora Cyan Fluorescent Protein John T. M. Kennis,*, Ivo H. M-state proton transfer (ESPT) reactions. Recently, a novel cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) termed psamFP488 vicinity to the chromophore to act as a proton acceptor. Our findings support a model where unusually fast
ECON 162B -A0, A1 Kenny Christianson Fall 2010 office: Library Tower 1013
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ECON 162B - A0, A1 Kenny Christianson Fall 2010 office: Library Tower 1013 lecture A0: MWF 9, the stock market, and the role of the Federal Reserve in changing interest rates; the potential for double-dip recession and the rate of growth of GDP; inflation and deflation; the national debt and growing budget
Behrstock, Jason
ON THE FRAME-STEWART ALGORITHM FOR THE TOWER OF HANOI MICHAEL RAND 1. Introduction The Tower is to move the entire tower to another peg, while obeying the following restrictions: · Only one disk may have been: · What is the minimum number of moves required to transfer the entire tower from one peg
Kenny Gruchalla Curriculum Vitae
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dynamics (CFD) data. Raytheon, Aurora, CO (July 1995 - February 2001) Jul 2000 - Feb 2001 Senior Analyst / Medical Officer, United States Antarctic Program Raytheon Polar Services. I managed the data acquisition the Palmer. Oct 1997 - Jun 2000 Technical Software Lead, Space and Science Systems, Raytheon Systems
Optimal Real-time Dispatch for Integrated Energy Systems
Firestone, Ryan Michael
only fuel cells and one microturbine, the Ingersoll Rand 250fuel (kW)/generator capacity (kWe)) microturbine y =3.6727x + 0.6374 microturbine reciprocating engine
The State of the Industrial Compressor Market�
Perry, W.
Pneumatic, Worthington and Kellogg, to name a few) are gone. With Ingersoll-Rand's recent departure, Gardner Denver is the only U.S. company that manufactures an industrial, double-acting, reciprocating compressor. The dynamic compressor manufacturers face a...
Print http://us.mg4.mail.yahoo.comfneo/launch?.rand=deOsgk04ks40i Subject: Re: [s-w-h] Solar verses wind efficiency
Print http://us.mg4.mail.yahoo.comfneo/launch?.rand=deOsgk04ks40i Subject: Re: [s-w-h] Solar verses. A single nominal 100 watt solar panel for 4 sun hours/day would yield -4 kWh/day or 12 kWh/month. At $2 returns NO > QUESTIONS ASKED full refund if our customers feel SoWr > will not fit their needs But do you
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Project Sponsors:National Fuel Cell Research Center
Mease, Kenneth D.
integrated with a microturbine / generator supplied by Ingersoll-Rand Energy Systems (formerly Northern 180 kW from the SOFC and approximately 40 kW from the microturbine generator. This system is the first into hybrid systems, � Acquire data for model validation and insight, and � Facilitate Market Microturbine
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. the flow of power is equal to the line's capacity, as determined by various engineering standards. A profit The model we use, of two geo- graphically distinct electricity markets, can be thought of as a first
Chapter 20: Support Theories Kenny Easwaran
Fitelson, Branden
... But since Bennett considers both counterlegals and independent conditionals to be some- what marginal, neither of these considerations will carry much weight. Bennett suggests that this distinction might not be as clear as it seems, since each of these theories can be expressed in the terms of the other. Bennett says
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Notes 15. Gas Bearings for oil-free MTM
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kWatt 4 Micro Gas Turbines 100 Turbec, ABB & Volvo 70, 250 Ingersoll Rand 175 General Electric 35, 60, 80, 150 Elliott Energy Systems 30, 60, 200 Capstone 25, 80 Bowman OUTPUT POWER (kW) MANUFACTURER Microturbine Power Conversion Technology Review... (MMFB) Bearing Cartridge, metal mesh ring and top foil Hydrodynamic air film between rotating shaft and top foil Applications: ACMs, micro gas turbines, turbo expanders, turbo compressors, turbo blowers, automotive turbochargers, APUs ? Large damping...
I N S I D E : Unique Alumnus -Kenny Chesney
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. Fred Patrick Gattas, III, voting ex-officio, Memphis Ms. Debby Patterson Koch, Nashville Mr. Michael J.C. Marshall '56 Mr. W. Cal McGraw '60 Mr. Scott Niswonger Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope** Mr. John Poteat Mr. James J
Energy Consumption and Conservation Potential at a Georgia Textile Plant
Gurta, M. E.; Brown, M. L.
operation, several auxiliary energy systems must be used. Major auxiliary systems existing at this plant include the boiler and steam system, compressed air, HVAC, and lighting. The plant has two boilers, a 1000 hp Cleaver Brooks watertube used during... the week and a 600 hp Cleaver Brooks frretube used on weekends. Because stearn is used, conLinuously, a boiler is on-line at all times. Compressed air at 120 psig is provided by a 250 hp Ingersoll-Rand screw compressor. Compressed air is used...
Pressure and momentum field investigation of a centrifugal pump through dynamic loading of a semi-open impeller
Anwer, Sohaib
heads i. e; H= P+v'+Z Pg (3) where v is the average velocity of the fluid and was given by; (4) where Q ( liters / sec) is the volumelric flow rate and A ( cmi ) is the cross-sectional area of the pipe. In equation (3), z is the elevation... Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Hydraulic loop for the Ingersoll Rand Pump. . . . . . Instrumentation setup of the test rig, Semi-open impeller inside the housing. . . . . Positions...
Notes 00. Introduction to Hydrodynamic Lubrication
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/product/448_448.htm Portable Generator http://www.notebookre view.com/ http://www.wir efly.com/ Mobile electronic equipment Large Scale Combustor http://www.uavpayloads.com/pr oducts.php4 UAV Micro Gas Turbine http://www.m-dot.com/page8.html Application... hpcompressozr.pdf ASME Paper No. GT2002-30404 Honeywell, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Merit Review Auto engine and part / Industrial compressor Distribute power (Gas turbine &Fuel Cell Hybrid) MICRO GAS TURBINES 100 Turbec, ABB & Volvo 70, 250 Ingersoll Rand...
RAND Journal of Economics Vol. 36, No. 3, Autumn 2005
Lyon, Thomas P.
, Robert Book, and Sean Montgomery for excellent research assistance, Elsie Bess at the Energy Information Administration for help in gathering the data, Bill Bumpers for helpful discussions in the formulation) stated that as a consequence of power plant disallowances, "[f]ew utilities appear willing to build large
The Centre for Blood Research Dr. Margaret Rand
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. Although APLT would be expected to restore PPL asymmetry, it becomes inactivated in the subpopulation of PS
~ From the Library of Paul Rand The legacy and career of the late Paul Rand (I9I4-
maintained by Sterling Memorial Library's Manuscripts and Archives Department documenting the evolution to the Arts Library and more than 200 publications to the Arts of the Book Collection in Sterling Memorial Li Engine are familiar icons of American commerce. As art director for several maga- zines and a consultant
Spatial language, visual attention, and perceptual simulation Kenny R. Coventry a,b,*, Dermot Lynott c
Cangelosi, Angelo
processing a b s t r a c t Spatial language descriptions, such as The bottle is over the glass, direct bottle is over the glass", constitute an important part of adult language. They also di- rect
Immersive Well-Path Editing: Investigating the Added Value of Immersion Kenny Gruchalla
Gruchalla, Kenny
barriers in promot- ing immersive technology to industry is that the benefits are primarily anecdotal. The planning of a new oil well-path through the ex- isting wells of a mature oilfield is such a task of objects within that environment. The Immersive Drilling Planner (IDP) is a software application capable
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practices in the Navy's energy programs Strategic communication factors operating in the tactical forces Abstract The Department of the Navy is the second largest consumer of petroleum within the Department of Defense and has been tasked by Navy leadership to reduce energy costs in the tactical forces. Energy
Structural Basis for the Enantiospecificities of R-and S-Specific Phenoxypropionate/-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenases
(dichlorprop) and 2-(4-chloro-2-methyl- phenoxy)propanoic acid (mecoprop) to form pyruvate plus)-dichlorprop/-ketoglutarate dioxygenases (RdpA and SdpA) catalyze the oxidative cleavage of 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propanoic acid-directed mutagenesis; structural modeling; docking #12;3 Abbreviations: 2,4-D, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Alk
Enantiospecific Desorption of R-and S-Propylene Oxide from a Chiral Cu(643) Surface
Gellman, Andrew J.
Enantiospecific Desorption of R- and S-Propylene Oxide from a Chiral Cu(643) Surface Joshua D kinetics of R- and S-propylene oxide from Cu(643)R and Cu(643)S using temperature-programmed desorption described in this communication have made use of a simpler chiral molecule, propylene oxide, with a single
Department of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2012 Dresser-Rand 3 Adjustable Impeller Eye Labyrinth Seal
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was constructed with 3D print models of the segmented seal and actuating ring. Outcomes � The sponsor will save
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Lithium 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidide-Mediated r-and -Lithiations of Epoxides: Solvent-Dependent Mechanisms
Collum, David B.
Lithium 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidide-Mediated r- and -Lithiations of Epoxides: Solvent July 8, 2003; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract: Lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (Li lithium diisopropylamide, consistent with literature reports. Detailed rate studies of LiTMP/THF and Li
References (RAND -08/05) 1 Papers that explain how to use clinical experience, theory, etc to form dynamic
Murphy, Susan A.
Lellan (2002). Have we Evaluated Addiction Treatment Correctly? Implications from a Chronic Care Perspective. Sobell (2000). Stepped Care as a Heuristic Approach to the Treatment of Alcohol Problems. Journal dynamic treatment regimes: [1] L.M. Collins, S.A. Murphy and K. Bierman (2004). A Conceptual Framework
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NitrogenOxygen Battery A Transformational Architecture for Large Scale Energy Storage September 18, 2014 Frank Delnick, David Ingersoll, Karen Waldrip, Todd Monson N 2 O 2...
Development of a Bulk GaN Growth Technique for Low Defect Density...
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* Frank Delnick * David Ingersoll * Bill Averill * Bob Biefeld * Mike Coltrin * Ryan Egidi * National Energy Technology LaboratoryEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office...
Exploring the Roles of Geographic and Neighborhood Level Factors on HPV Vaccine Access and Uptake among Low-income Populations in Los Angeles County
Tsui, Jennifer
Rep 126 Suppl 2: 24-32. Szilagyi, P. G. , Rand, C. M. ,Pediatrics 116(1): 130- Szilagyi, P. G. , C. M. Rand, etHealth 95(2): 260-265. Szilagyi, P. G. , C. M. Rand, et
Using Low-Dimensional Patterns in Optimizing Simulators
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was developed at RAND called CONOP (CONcept of OPerations) which contained several important features
DoE Advanced Ceramic Microturbine
IR Energy Systems
In July 2001, Ingersoll-Rand began work on this program. Its objective was to introduce ceramic hot section components into the IR family of microturbines to permit higher operating temperatures and hence improved efficiency. The IR microturbine product line combines a novel application of industrial turbocharger equipment, our commercially successful recuperator, and proven industrial gas turbine design practices. The objective of the joint development program is to combine the high production success of the Si{sub 3}N{sub 4} turbocharger rotors, largely from Japan, with the IR turbocharger-based microturbines. The IR 'Ceramic Microturbine' (CMT) program has been configured to use the most practical ceramic rotor, considering size, geometry, proven manufacturing methods, and physical material limitations Performance predictions indicate that 36% LHV electric conversion efficiency could be attained at a Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) of nominally 1000 C. The initial 72kW engine is being designed to have comparable life and costs to our current product The package power rating is expandable to 100kW with this equipment by slightly increasing pressure ratio flow and TIT. This program was initially planned as five major tasks In Task 1 a comprehensive analysis of the state of the art ceramics and their applicability to microturbines was performed Milestone I was achieved with the joint DoE/IR decision to concentrate on our 70kW microturbine, with elevated turbine inlet temperature and pressure ratio,. This preserved the ability of the engine to utilize the standard IR recuperator and the majority of the microturbine subassemblies, A commercialization report, projecting the market size, was also completed as part of this task. Task 2's detailed design of the special hot-section components has been completed,. The two critical milestones, No.3 and No.4, associated with the detailed design of the monolithic silicon nitride turbine rotor and the release of the purchase order for this critical component were accomplished in Task 2. Task 3 focused on the design and release of the other non-ceramic components, including the gas generator turbine housing, the power turbine and housing, the combustor, and a new compressor section On September 4, 2002, Milestone No.4 was completed with a Detailed Design Review of the 72 kW 'Ceramic Microturbine'. The customer's concurrence at that design review triggered the release of critical components for manufacturing (Milestone 5). In Task 4, the principle components of the CMT were fabricated and delivered to our Portsmouth facility Manufacturing was mostly completed with the exception of the final machining of the GT and PT housings, the machining of the compressor diffuser, and the fabrication of the compressor cover.
Evaluation and Feedback of Medical Students Rotating in Emergency Medicine: A Model for Comprehensive Evaluation and Swift Feedback
Banh, Kenny; Weichenthal, Lori; Snowden, Brandy
importance of Evaluation and Feedback of Medical StudentsEvaluation and Swift Feedback Kenny Banh, MD; Loriand providing quality feedback to medical students who
Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: ASTRONUM-2009 ASP Conference Series, Vol. 429, 2010
Gruchalla, Kenny
Kenny Gruchalla National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado USA Mark Rast University Nikolai V. Pogorelov, Edouard Audit, and Gary P. Zank, eds. VAPOR: Visual, Statistical, and Structural
advancing bio-hydrogen presentation: Topics by E-print Network
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table located adjacent to the podium. Dr. Perez-Soler will introduce Kenny, Paraic 12 Syllabus MSE 581: Advanced Electron Microscopy Course description: Present the theory of...
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Laios; Jens Ducre; Leila Smith; Michael Berndt; Orla Sheils; Dermot Kenny 58 Optimal Length and Signal Amplification in Weakly Activated Signal Transduction Madalena Chaves,*,...
Pilot Aims to Partner Energy Department's National Laboratories...
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25, 2015 - 11:00am Addthis Researcher Kenny Gruchalla (right) explains the 3-D Visualization technology to U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Elizabeth...
Congruence of perceptions among the principal, mentor teacher, and novice teacher regarding the principal's role in a campus mentoring program
Larrison, Lucy Elaine
The literature is convincing that teachers are leaving the profession in record numbers (Owing, 2004; Ingersoll, 2002). Although there are a variety of reasons that may spur this problem, there is substantial evidence that mentoring programs...
Federal Institutions and the Democratic Transition: Lessons From South Africa
Rubinfeld, Daniel
? = 2050 Rand. Technology and Costs (a e , a m , a u ): Theand a u = 7 (years). Technology and Costs (S): The costs perS = 100,000 Rand. Technology and Costs (m): If the central
Lin, Xiaodong
as a Technology update. This seminar is open to all CPAs in the Tri-State area as well as Rutgers Alumni. It is on the Board of the NJSCPA Mercer County chapter Robert Kenny, Esquire, Bob Kenny is a CPA,, JD. He is Past President of the NJSCPA's Mercer County Chapter. Bob is admitted to the Bar in 4 states including
Financial Plan Operating and Capital
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/Rand Hall Phase I 93 Milstein Hall Parking Garage 94 New Chiller Capacity 95 N. Martha Van Rensselaer
www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 297 13 SEPTEMBER 2002 1817 plained by short-range mobilization and
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, see a special issue on the Witwaters- rand gold deposits in Mineral. Petrol. 66(1�3) (1999); see http
Using EMM_MACRO EMM_MACRO calculates geometric section properties given biplanar external and cortical breadths using an
, Giladi M, Simkin A, Rand N, Kedem R, Kashtan H, Stien M, Gomori M. 1989. The area moment of inertia
Cryo Utilities Room Cooling System
Ball, G.S.; /Fermilab
Many of the mechanical equipment failures at the Laboratory are due to the loss of cooling water. In order to insure the proper operating temperatures and to increase the reliability of the mechanical equipment in the D0 Cryo Utilities Room it is necessary to provide an independent liquid cooling system. To this end, an enclosed glycoVwater cooling system which transfers heat from two vane-type vacuum pumps and an air compressor to the outside air has been installed in the Cryo Utilities Room. From the appended list it can be seen that only the Thermal Precision PFC-121-D and Ingersoll-Rand WAC 16 deserve closer investigation based on price. The disadvantages of the WAC 16 are that: it runs a little warmer, it requires more valving to properly install a backup pump, inlet and outlet piping are not included, and temperature and pressure indicators are not included. Its only advantage is that it is $818 cheaper than the PFC-121-D. The advantages of the PFC-121-D are that: it has automatic pump switching during shutdown, it has a temperature regulator on one fan control, it has a switch which indicates proper operation, has a sight glass on the expansion tank, and comes with an ASME approved expansion tank and relief valve. For these reasons the Thermal Precision PFC-121-D was chosen. In the past, we have always found the pond water to be muddy and to sometimes contain rocks of greater than 1/2 inch diameter. Thus a system completely dependent on the pond water from the accelerator was deemed unacceptable. A closed system was selected based on its ability to greatly improve reliability, while remaining economical. It is charged with a 50/50 glycol/water mixture capable of withstanding outside temperatures down to -33 F. The fluid will be circulated by a totally enclosed air cooled Thermal Precision PFC-121-D pump. The system will be on emergency power and an automatically controlled backup pump, identical to the primary, is available should the main pump fail. The fan unit is used as a primary cooler and the trim cooler cools the fluid further on extremely hot days. The trim cooler has also been sized to cool the system in the event of a total shutdown provided that the pond water supply has adequate pressure. Due to a broken filter, we found it necessary to install a strainer in the pond water supply line. The expansion tank separates air bubbles, ensures a net positive suction head, protects against surges and over pressurization of the system, and allows for the filling of the system without shutting it off. All piping has been installed, flushed, charged with the glycol/water mix, and hydrostatically tested to 55 psi. The condition of all pumps and flow conditions will be recorded at the PLC. It has been decided not to include the regulator valve in the pond water return line. This valve was designated by the manufacturer to reduce the amount of water flowing through the trim cooler. This is not necessary in our application. There is some concern that the cooling fluid may cool the mechanical eqUipment too much when they are not operating or during very cold days. This issue will be addressed and the conclusion appended to this engineering note.
After the Conservation Reserve Program: Economic Decisions with Farming and Grazing in Mind
Cearley, Kenneth A.; Amosson, Stephen H.; Warminski , Patrick; Jones, DeDe; Kenny, Nicholas
? Extension Risk Management Specialist Kenneth A. Cearley ? Extension Wildlife Specialist Nicholas Kenny ? Extension Irrigation Specialist and Agricultural Engineer The Texas A&M System S ince the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) began in 1985, several...
The Better Buildings Neighborhood Program for a Better Future...
energy efficiency upgrades to homes like this I think is going to revolutionize the construction industry. Already in our area it's putting people back to work. Kenny DeBauche,...
Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting
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Wanda Reder, Chair. Panelists will include: Barbara Kenny, National Science Foundation Ann Randazzo, Center for Energy Workforce Development Gil Bindewald, DOE-OE 4:45 to 5:00 pm...
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, 1986; Kenny, 1987; Nowak, 1976). These relations may be of two kinds. The functioning of higher level of Psychology,Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida33431. and the collectivitythat do not seem
Sociaal Plan ST 2012 -1-Sociaal Plan behorende bij de reorganisatie Faculteit Scheikundige
Franssen, Michael
zijn de UFO-profielen. Deze profielen hebben echter een hoog abstractiegehalte. De uitwisselbaarheid wordt daarom bij gelijke UFO-profielen primair bepaald door de bijzondere kennis of bekwaamheid die de
Energy Use and Irrigation Scheduling for Efficient Water Use
Marek, Thomas; Porter, Dana
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2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit: Profiling Sheetak: Low Cost - Solid State Cooling
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The third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit was held in Washington D.C. in February, 2012. The event brought together key players from across the energy ecosystem - researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and government officials - to share ideas for developing and deploying the next generation of energy technologies. A few videos were selected for showing during the Summit to attendees. These 'performer videos' highlight innovative research that is ongoing and related to the main topics of the Summit's sessions. Featured in this video are David Marcus, Founder of General Compression, and Eric Ingersoll, CEO of General Compression. Himanshu Pokharna, Vice President of Sheetak Uttam Ghoshal, President and CEO of Sheetak.
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The third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit was held in Washington D.C. in February, 2012. The event brought together key players from across the energy ecosystem - researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and government officials - to share ideas for developing and deploying the next generation of energy technologies. A few videos were selected for showing during the Summit to attendees. These 'performer videos' highlight innovative research that is ongoing and related to the main topics of the Summit's sessions. Featured in this video are David Marcus, Founder of General Compression, and Eric Ingersoll, CEO of General Compression. Himanshu Pokharna, Vice President of Sheetak Uttam Ghoshal, President and CEO of Sheetak.
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McCarroll, Steve
ARTICLE Mapping the Human Reference Genome's Missing Sequence by Three-Way Admixture in Latino Genomes Giulio Genovese,1,2,3,* Robert E. Handsaker,2,3 Heng Li,2,3 Eimear E. Kenny,4,5,6,7,8 and Steven A. McCarroll1,2,3,* A principal obstacle to completing maps and analyses of the human genome involves
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War institutions such as the RAND corporation, along with technological changes and the perceived developmental psychologist John Bowlby: "Whenever I hear the issue of maternal deprivation being discussed, I, for the obvious reason that they need their women at work and thus their children must be cared for by others
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Wagner, Caroline S; Dutta, Arindum
The ability of a nation to participate in the global knowledge economy depends to some extent on its capacities in science and technology. In an effort to assess the capacity of different countries in science and technology, this article updates a classification scheme developed by RAND to measure science and technology capacity for 150 countries of the world.
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Schlichenmaier, Rolf
Sonnenscheibe, der über Nacht entstanden war. Der dunkle Fleck, die Umbra, war von zwei hellen breiten Streifen Beobachtungsbedingungen herrschten, konnte die Entwicklung der Umbra samt Umgebung viereinhalb Stunden lang verfolgt penumbrale Streifen sichtbar. Um 09:33 bilden sich einzelne Sektoren am äu�?eren Rand der Umbra aus, in denen
Schonlau M. Will web surveys ever become part of mainstream research? Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2004; 6(3):e31. Available at http://www.jmir.org/2004/3/e31/.
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VOLUME 77, NUMBER 22 P H Y S I C A L R E V I E W L E T T E R S 25 NOVEMBER 1996 Effect of Magnetic Scattering on the 3He Superfluid State in Aerogel
Le Roy, Robert J.
Scattering on the 3He Superfluid State in Aerogel D. T. Sprague, T. M. Haard, J. B. Kycia, M. R. Rand, Y. Lee, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (Received 6 August 1996) Pure 3 He in highly porous aerogel forms an equal and nonmagnetic quasiparticle scattering from solid 3 He at the aerogel surface is important to the superfluid
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2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit: Profiling General Compression: A River of Wind
Marcus, David; Ingersoll, Eric
The third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit was held in Washington D.C. in February, 2012. The event brought together key players from across the energy ecosystem - researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and government officials - to share ideas for developing and deploying the next generation of energy technologies. A few videos were selected for showing during the Summit to attendees. These 'performer videos' highlight innovative research that is ongoing and related to the main topics of the Summit's sessions. Featured in this video are David Marcus, Founder of General Compression, and Eric Ingersoll, CEO of General Compression. General Compression, with the help of ARPA-E funding, has created an advanced air compression process which can store and release more than a weeks worth of the energy generated by wind turbines.
2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit: Profiling General Compression: A River of Wind
Marcus, David; Ingersoll, Eric
The third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit was held in Washington D.C. in February, 2012. The event brought together key players from across the energy ecosystem - researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and government officials - to share ideas for developing and deploying the next generation of energy technologies. A few videos were selected for showing during the Summit to attendees. These 'performer videos' highlight innovative research that is ongoing and related to the main topics of the Summit's sessions. Featured in this video are David Marcus, Founder of General Compression, and Eric Ingersoll, CEO of General Compression. General Compression, with the help of ARPA-E funding, has created an advanced air compression process which can store and release more than a weeks worth of the energy generated by wind turbines.
Regional Differences in the Price-Elasticity of Demand for Energy
Bernstein, M. A.; Griffin, J.
At the request of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the RAND Corporation examined the relationship between energy demand and energy prices with the focus on whether the relationships between demand and price differ if these are examined at different levels of data resolution. In this case, RAND compares national, regional, state, and electric utility levels of data resolution. This study is intended as a first step in helping NREL understand the impact that spatial disaggregation of data can have on estimating the impacts of their programs. This report should be useful to analysts in NREL and other national laboratories, as well as to policy nationals at the national level. It may help them understand the complex relationships between demand and price and how these might vary across different locations in the United States.
The US glass industry: An energy perspective
Babcock, E.; Elaahi, A.; Lowitt, H.E.
This report investigates the state of the US glass industry in terms of energy consumption and conservation. The specific objectives were: to update and verify energy consumption and production data for the various process steps in 1985; to determine the potential energy savings attainable by replacing current practices with state-of-the-art and advanced (year 2010) production practices and technologies; and to identify areas of research and development opportunity that will enable these potential future savings to be achieved. The results of this study concluded that for the year 2010 production level, there is potential to save between 21 and 44 percent of the projected energy use by replacing current technology practices with state-of-the-art and advanced technologies. RandD needs and opportunities were identified for the industry. Potential RandD candidates for DOE involvement were selected from the identified list, primarily based on their energy savings potential and the opinions of industry experts. 100 refs.
The US textile industry: An energy perspective
Badin, J. S.; Lowitt, H. E.
This report investigates the state of the US textile industry in terms of energy consumption and conservation. Specific objectives were: To update and verify energy and materials consumption data at the various process levels in 1984; to determine the potential energy savings attainable with current (1984), state-of-the-art, and future production practices and technologies (2010); and to identify new areas of research and development opportunity that will enable these potential future savings to be achieved. Results of this study concluded that in the year 2010, there is a potential to save between 34% and 53% of the energy used in current production practices, dependent on the projected technology mix. RandD needs and opportunities were identified for the industry in three categories: process modification, basic research, and improved housekeeping practices that reduce energy consumption. Potential RandD candidates for DOE involvement with the private sector were assessed and selected from the identified list.
PWR fuel performance and future trend in Japan
Kondo, Y.
Since the first PWR power plant Mihama Unit 1 initiated its commercial operation in 1970, Japanese utilities and manufacturers have expended much of their resources and efforts to improve PWR technology. The results are already seen in significantly improved performance of 16 PWR plants now in operation. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) has been supplying them with nuclear fuel assemblies, which are over 5700. As the reliability of the current design fuel has been achieved, the direction of RandD on nuclear fuel has changed to make nuclear power more competitive to the other power generation methods. The most important RandD targets are the burnup extension, Gd contained fuel, utilization and the load follow capability.
Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Considerations for Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems
Meher-Homji, C. B.; Focke, A. B.
RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR GAS TURBINE COGENERATION SYSTEMS Gyrus B. Meher-Homji and Alfred B. Focke Boyce Engineering International, Inc. Houston, Texas ABSTRACT The success of a cogeneration system... the choice of the number of gas turbines and waste heat recovery units to be utilized down to small components, such as pumps, dampers, hea t exchangers and auxiliary systems. . Rand M studies must be initiated in the conceptual phases of the project...
Pricing landfill externalities: Emissions and disamenity costs in Cape Town, South Africa
Nahman, Anton, E-mail: email@example.com [Environmental and Resource Economics Group, Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch 7599 (South Africa)
Highlights: > The paper estimates landfill externalities associated with emissions, disamenities and transport. > Transport externalities vary from 24.22 to 31.42 Rands per tonne. > Costs of emissions (estimated using benefits transfer) vary from 0.07 to 28.91 Rands per tonne. > Disamenities (estimated using hedonic pricing) vary from 0.00 to 57.46 Rands per tonne. > Overall, external costs for urban landfills exceed those of a regional landfill. - Abstract: The external (environmental and social) costs of landfilling (e.g. emissions to air, soil and water; and 'disamenities' such as odours and pests) are difficult to quantify in monetary terms, and are therefore not generally reflected in waste disposal charges or taken into account in decision making regarding waste management options. This results in a bias against alternatives such as recycling, which may be more expensive than landfilling from a purely financial perspective, but preferable from an environmental and social perspective. There is therefore a need to quantify external costs in monetary terms, so that different disposal options can be compared on the basis of their overall costs to society (financial plus external costs). This study attempts to estimate the external costs of landfilling in the City of Cape Town for different scenarios, using the benefits transfer method (for emissions) and the hedonic pricing method (for disamenities). Both methods (in particular the process of transferring and adjusting estimates from one study site to another) are described in detail, allowing the procedures to be replicated elsewhere. The results show that external costs are currently R111 (in South African Rands, or approximately US$16) per tonne of waste, although these could decline under a scenario in which energy is recovered, or in which the existing urban landfills are replaced with a new regional landfill.
The dynamic response of heated glass
Sewall, Roy Edward
rates of strain. This research was prompted, in part, by NASA studies on ductile-type craters in glassy lunar rocks. The dynamic response of Apollo spacecraft windows, made of fused silica, also led to this research. The investigation consists... Response of Heated Glass. (December 1972) Roy Edward Sewall, B. S. , Texas AS? University Directed by: Dr. James L. Rand The purpose of this research is to investigate the dynamic behavior of fused silica glass subjected to high temperatures and high...
Impact of geothermal technology improvements on royalty collections on federal lands: Volume II: Appendices
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This volume contains the appendices for the ''Impact of Geothermal Technology Improvements on Royalty Collections on Federal Lands, Final Report, Volume I.'' The material in this volume supports the conclusions presented in Volume I and details each Known Geothermal Resource Area's (KGRA's) royalty estimation. Appendix A details the physical characteristics of each KGRA considered in Volume I. Appendix B supplies summary narratives on each state which has a KGRA. The information presented in Appendix C shows the geothermal power plant area proxies chosen for each KGRA considered within the report. It also provides data ranges which fit into the IMGEO model for electric energy cost estimates. Appendix D provides detailed cost information from the IMGEO model if no Geothermal Program RandD goals were completed beyond 1987 and if all the RandD goals were completed by the year 2000. This appendix gives an overall electric cost and major system costs, which add up to the overall electric cost. Appendix E supplies information for avoided cost projections for each state involved in the study that were used in the IMGEO model run to determine at what cost/kWh a 50 MWe plant could come on line. Appendix F supplies the code used in the determination of royalty income, as well as, tabled results of the royalty runs (detailed in Appendix G). The tabled results show royalty incomes, assuming a 10% discount rate, with and without RandD and with and without a $0.01/kWh transmission cost. Individual data sheets for each KGRA royalty income run are presented in Appendix G.
Instrumentation and Controls Division progress report for the period July 1, 1986 to June 30, 1988
Klobe, L.E. (ed.)
The Instrumentation and Controls (IandC) Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) performs basic and applied instrumentation and controls research, development and design engineering, specialized instrument design and fabrication, and maintenance services for instruments, electronics, and computers. The IandC Division is one of the largest RandD organizations of its type among government laboratories, and it exists as the result of an organizational strategy to integrate ORNL's instrumentation and controls-related disciplines into one dedicated functional organization to increase the Laboratory's expertise and capabilities in these rapidly expanding, innovative areas of technology. The Division participates in the programs and projects of ORNL by applying its expertise and capabilities in concert with other divisions to perform basic research and mission-oriented technology development. Many of the Division's RandD tasks that are a part of a larger ORNL program are of sufficient scope that the IandC effort constitutes a separate program element with direct funding and management responsibility within the Division. The activities of IandC include performance of an RandD task in IandC facilities, the participation of from one of many IandC engineers and scientists in a multidisciplinary team working in a specific research area or development project, design and fabrication of a special instrument or instrumentation system, or a few hours of maintenance service. In its support and maintenance work, the role of the IandC Division is to provide a level of expertise appropriate to complete a job successfully at minimum overall cost and time schedule---a role which involves IandC in almost all ORNL activities.
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Tarhuntassa, Zaquia
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Cloud structures from defense meteorological satellite data
Phillips, John Frederick
McAlester, OK OKC Oklahoma City, OK PNC Ponca City, OK PNX Perrin AFB, TX SPS Sheppard AFB, TX TUL Tulsa, OK CHA? 6 aR I INTRODUCTORY RE~ In -arly 1947, at Nhite Sands I'roving Ground, New Mexico, techni- cians mounted a camera on a captured... meteorological tool, Crowson may not have been aware of a report issued in 1946 by Project RAND arguing strongly in favor of developing an Earth orbiting satel- lite, "both as a scientific tool and for it's psychological impact on 6 ' 9' ' 1 1' 6" IG1 1 19699...
Solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations by a linear programming technique
Ormand, James Franklin
a -T. Thus the problem may be stated in the following dual form: minimize W = BU, (3. 1) subject to AU & C where there is no restriction on the sign of U. The problem has been presented in the dual form in order for it to be solved without re...- striction on the signs of the variables, U. The solution of (3. 1) is obtained from the Rand subroutine by presenting the primal problem of which (3. 1) is the dual. The primaE problem is: maximize 2 = CX, subject to A'X = B In order to be compatible...
An experimental investigation of the rolling moment on a flat plate in the presence of a free vortex of known strength
Van Dusen, Maurice Verne
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Identification and open loop control of a simulated flexible space structure experimentally verified with a real flexible structure�
Morgan, Stephen Eric
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Optimization of a two stage light-gas gun
Rynearson, Richard James
AND ACCELERATION AT TIME "t" CALCULATE NEW PISTON VELOCITY AND POSITION BASED OH STEP 5 DECREASE ht HAS DIAPHRAGM OPENEDT YES CALCULATE PROJECTILE 6c ACCELERATION AT TIME "t" AND NO( VELOCITY AND POSITION NO CALCULATE dT/dt FOR LIGHT GAS AT ?t+dt? 6e... Subject: Aerospace Engineering OPTIMIZATION OF A TWO STAGE LIGHT-GAS GUN A Thesis by RICHARD JAMES RYNEARSON Approved as to style and content by: ( irman of Comni ttee) J. L. Rand (Head of Department) A. E. Cronk (Member) D. J. Norton (Member) C...
Cloud structures from defense meteorological satellite data�
Phillips, John Frederick
McAlester, OK OKC Oklahoma City, OK PNC Ponca City, OK PNX Perrin AFB, TX SPS Sheppard AFB, TX TUL Tulsa, OK CHA? 6 aR I INTRODUCTORY RE~ In -arly 1947, at Nhite Sands I'roving Ground, New Mexico, techni- cians mounted a camera on a captured... meteorological tool, Crowson may not have been aware of a report issued in 1946 by Project RAND arguing strongly in favor of developing an Earth orbiting satel- lite, "both as a scientific tool and for it's psychological impact on 6 ' 9' ' 1 1' 6" IG1 1 19699...
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Implications of the nuclear winter thesis. Technical report, 1 May 1984-1 June 1985
Feldbaum, C.B.; Bee, R.J.; Garrett, B.N.; Glasner, B.S.
This report assesses the potential policy implications of new findings concerning the long-term atmospheric, climatic, and biological effects of nuclear war, commonly referred to as nuclear winter. A summary of the prominent study of these effects, The Global Atmospheric Consequences of Nuclear War by Turco, Toon, Ackerman, Pollack and Sagan (TTAPS) is provided. Potential policy implications are examined regarding nuclear weapons strategy and deterrence, extended deterrence, targeting, C3I and damage assessment, future RandD and force modernization, strategic defense systems, arms control, civil defense and the strategic implications of U.S. and Soviet perceptions of nuclear winter. Issues and questions for further research are addressed.
Geothermal energy technology: issues, R and D needs, and cooperative arrangements
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In 1986, the National Research Council, through its Energy Engineering Board, formed the Committee on Geothermal Energy Technology. The committee's study addressed major issues in geothermal energy technology, made recommendations for research and development, and considered cooperative arrangements among government, industry, and universities to facilitate RandD under current severe budget constraints. The report addresses four types of geothermal energy: hydrothermal, geopressured, hot dry rock, and magma systems. Hydrothermal systems are the only type that are now economically competitive commercially. Further technology development by the Department of Energy could make the uneconomical hydrothermal resources commercially attractive to the industry. The economics are more uncertain for the longer-term technologies for extracting energy from geopressured, hot dry rock, and magma systems. For some sites, the cost of energy derived from geopressured and hot dry rock systems is projected within a commercially competitive range. The use of magma energy is too far in the future to make reasonable economic calculations.
Implementing Turing Machines in Dynamic Field Architectures
Graben, Peter beim
Cognitive computation such as e.g. language processing, is conventionally regarded as Turing computation, and Turing machines can be uniquely implemented as nonlinear dynamical systems using generalized shifts and subsequent G\\"odel encoding of the symbolic repertoire. The resulting nonlinear dynamical automata (NDA) are piecewise affine-linear maps acting on the unit square that is partitioned into rectangular domains. Iterating a single point, i.e. a microstate, by the dynamics yields a trajectory of, in principle, infinitely many points scattered through phase space. Therefore, the NDAs microstate dynamics does not necessarily terminate in contrast to its counterpart, the symbolic dynamics obtained from the rectangular partition. In order to regain the proper symbolic interpretation, one has to prepare ensembles of randomly distributed microstates with rectangular supports. Only the resulting macrostate evolution corresponds then to the original Turing machine computation. However, the introduction of rand...
Progress in passive solar energy systems. Volume 8. Part 1
Hayes, J.; Andrejko, D.A.
This book presents the papers given at a conference sponsored by the US DOE, the Solar Energy Research Institute, SolarVision, Inc., and the Southern California Solar Energy Society. The topics considered at the conference included sizing solar energy systems for agricultural applications, a farm scale ethanol production plant, the EEC wind energy RandD program, the passive solar performance assessment of an earth-sheltered house, the ARCO 1 MW photovoltaic power plant, the performance of a dendritic web photovoltaic module, second generation point focused concentrators, linear fresnel lens concentrating photovoltaic collectors, photovoltaic conversion efficiency, amorphous silicon thin film solar cells, a photovoltaic system for a shopping center, photovoltaic power generation for the utility industry, spectral solar radiation, and the analysis of insolation data.
Measurement of neutron spectra for determining dose equivalent rates at the Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center�
Sanza, Bruce Jerome
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Nuclear winter: A brief review and comments on some recent literature
Deirmendjian, D.
This is a follow-up to a memo on the subject of nuclear winter (NW), a term introduced by the so-called TTAPS authors in their elaboration (Turco, et al., 1983) of an original study by Crutzen and Birks (1982) on the climatic effects to be expected after a major nuclear conflict. A number of related new studies, reviews, comments, and discussions have since appeared in print. The present piece is a slightly expanded version of a brief review of--and commentary on--this literature originally incorporated in another internal RAND memo (Deirmendjian, 1985). What follows is a brief review with comments on some of the more recent NW-related literature. These notes do not by any means represent a complete and detailed analytical review of the current literature on NW work.
Ceramic compositional analysis in archaeological perspective
Bishop, R.L.; Rands, R.L.; Holley, G.R.
The primary significance of compositional analysis in archaeology lies on the spatial dimension, in distinguishing products made by locally or regionally-based groups. If compositional analysis is to be carried beyond the descriptive recording of similarities and differences, the resource procurement zone (and its geographical relationship to inferred places of manufacture) is a basic operational concept (Rands and Bishop 1980). A zonal concept is clearly indicated in the case of pottery, which frequently is derived from raw materials, clay and temper, that do not necessarily coincide in their place of procurement. Moreover, depending on geomorphological and geochemical variables, these materials may show considerable homogeneity over a fairly extended area. On the other hand, unless there is strong, selective patterning in the exploitation of resources, great heterogeneity within a restricted region may result in fragmented procurement zones that are difficult to equate with the products of specific manufacturing centers. Under favorable circumstances, however, it appears that methods of compositional analysis are approaching the point at which microzones of limited geographical extent can be recognized and assigned heuristically useful boundaries.
Systematic Engine Uprate Technology Development and Deployment for Pipeline Compressor Engines through Increased Torque
Dennis Schmitt; Daniel Olsen
Three methods were utilized to analyze key components of slow-speed, large-bore, natural gas integral engines. These three methods included the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), dynamic modal analysis using finite element analysis (FEA), and a stress analysis method also using FEA. The CFD analysis focuses primarily on the fuel mixing in the combustion chamber of a TLA engine. Results indicate a significant increase in the homogeneity of the air and fuel using high-pressure fuel injection (HPFI) instead of standard low-pressure mechanical gas admission valve (MGAV). A modal analysis of three engine crankshafts (TLA-6, HBA-6, and GMV-10) is developed and presented. Results indicate that each crankshaft has a natural frequency and corresponding speed that is well away from the typical engine operating speed. A frame stress analysis method is also developed and presented. Two different crankcases are examined. A TLA-6 crankcase is modeled and a stress analysis is performed. The method of dynamic load determination, model setup, and the results from the stress analysis are discussed. Preliminary results indicate a 10%-15% maximum increase in frame stress due to a 20% increase in HP. However, the high stress regions were localized. A new hydraulically actuated mechanical fuel valve is also developed and presented. This valve provides equivalent high-energy (supersonic) fuel injection comparable to a HPFI system, at 1/5th of the natural gas fuel pressure. This valve was developed in cooperation with the Dresser-Rand Corporation.
Batteries for energy storage: part 2
Douglas, D.L.; Birk, J.R.
Explores 4 large battery RandD programs. Two are individual electrochemical systems for electric utility energy storage: zinc-chlorine and sodium sulfur. The third is a high-temperature battery, lithium-iron sulfide, which is expected to be applicable in electric vehicles. Reviews the nearer term EV battery development programs, which include zinc-nickel oxide, iron-nickel oxide, and lead-acid batteries. Suggests that batteries appear to be an ideal companion to coal- and nuclear power-derived electrical energy, to play a key role in electrical generation and distribution networks and to power vehicles. Batteries could augment solarderived electrical energy to attain continuity and reliability of power. Battery systems now under development represent a broad range of possible approaches encompassing extremes of the periodical table, a wide variety of operating temperatures, and limitless design concepts. Along with substantial international emphasis on battery development, this range of approaches suggests that one or more candidate systems can be demonstrated to have commercial viability. While commercial viability can be demonstrated, actual implementation will be deterred by high capital cost, substantial commercialization costs, and buyer reluctance. Concludes that because oil has an unstable future, legislation or regulation coupled with personal inconvenience (rationing or waiting in gas lines) can override the economics of utility battery energy storage.
Nox control technology data base for gas-fueled prime movers: Phase 1. Topical report, March 1985-September 1986
Thring, R.H.; Hull, R.W.; Ingalls, M.; Urban, C.; Ariga, S.
Phase 1 of a study to expand the performance and life-cycle cost data base for NOx control of gas-fueled prime movers has been accomplished through experimental evaluations of fuel effects, technical literature reviews of Japanese and domestic approaches to NOx control and through direct contacts with manufacturers and users in the United States and Japan. Engine tests confirm literature findings that natural gas and methanol provide an advantage over petroleum fuels in limiting NOx formation. For lean-burn engines (e.g., two-cycle and gas turbine engines), selective catalytic reduction offers the greatest amount of NOx control. Installation, operating and maintenance costs are very high; the method has received moderate acceptance in Japan but limited use in the United States. For rich-burn engines, nonselective catalytic reduction is gaining acceptance for NOx control. This method is basically the adaption of automotive three-way catalyst technology. Further RandD is recommended for alternative methods of NOx control which include combustion-cycle modifications and noncatalytic exhaust aftertreatment.
Plutonium scrap recovery at Savannah River: Past, present, and vision of the future
Gray, L.W.; Gray, J.H.; Blancett, A.L.; Lower, M.W.; Rudisill, T.S.
As a result of the changing requirement, plus environmental and regulatory commitments, SRP now has essentially completed its paradigm shift. SRP has been transformed from primarily a reprocessor of irradiated uranium targets to primarily a reprocessor of non-specification plutonium. This is the mission which will carry SRP into the 21st Century. Accomplishment of the defined goals for the three-pronged RandD program will achieve several objectives: exploit new processes for recovering low-grade scraps; enhance SRP's position to incorporate pyrochemical processes where they are attractive or beneficial to plant scrap recovery; provide SRL/SRP with a capability to develop compatible aqueous pyrochemical processes; identify material compatibility requirements for the incorporation of pyrochemical processes at SRP; promote development and demonstration of improved NDA instrumentation to accurately measure plutonium holdups in solid residues; identify and implement the technology required for reagent preparation and atmospheric quality control; provide a means to compare economic options for emerging new processes; and as a result, identify process steps which will also put SRP in a position to readily adapt to changing plutonium missions.
Producing liquid fuels from coal: prospects and policy issues
James T. Bartis; Frank Camm; David S. Ortiz
The increase in world oil prices since 2003 has prompted renewed interest in producing and using liquid fuels from unconventional resources, such as biomass, oil shale, and coal. This book focuses on issues and options associated with establishing a commercial coal-to-liquids (CTL) industry within the United States. It describes the technical status, costs, and performance of methods that are available for producing liquids from coal; the key energy and environmental policy issues associated with CTL development; the impediments to early commercial experience; and the efficacy of alternative federal incentives in promoting early commercial experience. Because coal is not the only near-term option for meeting liquid-fuel needs, this book also briefly reviews the benefits and limitations of other approaches, including the development of oil shale resources, the further development of biomass resources, and increasing dependence on imported petroleum. A companion document provides a detailed description of incentive packages that the federal government could offer to encourage private-sector investors to pursue early CTL production experience while reducing the probability of bad outcomes and limiting the costs that might be required to motivate those investors. (See Rand Technical Report TR586, Camm, Bartis, and Bushman, 2008.) 114 refs., 2 figs., 16 tabs., 3 apps.
LAPAS: A SiGe Front End Prototype for the Upgraded ATLAS LAr Calorimeter
Dressnandt, N; Rescia, S; Vernon, E
We have designed and fabricated a very low noise preamplifier and shaper to replace the existing ATLAS Liquid Argon readout for use at the Large Hadron Collider upgrade (sLHC). IBM�s 8WL 130nm SiGe process was chosen for it�s radiation tolerance, low noise bipolar NPN devices, wide voltage rand and potential use in other sLHC detector subsystems. Although the requirements for the final design can not be set at this time, the prototype was designed to accommodate a 16 bit dynamic range. This was accomplished by using a single stage, low noise, wide dynamic range preamp followed by a dual range shaper. The low noise of the preamp is made possible by the low base spreading resistance of the Silicon Germanium NPN bipolar transistors. The relatively high voltage rating of the NPN transistors is exploited to allow a gain of 650V/A in the preamplifier which eases the input voltage noise requirement on the shaper. Each shaper stage is designed as a cascaded differential operational amplifier doublet with a common...
Advanced Instrumentation and Control Methods for Small and Medium Reactors with IRIS Demonstration
J. Wesley Hines; Belle R. Upadhyaya; J. Michael Doster; Robert M. Edwards; Kenneth D. Lewis; Paul Turinsky; Jamie Coble
Development and deployment of small-scale nuclear power reactors and their maintenance, monitoring, and control are part of the mission under the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) program. The objectives of this NERI-consortium research project are to investigate, develop, and validate advanced methods for sensing, controlling, monitoring, diagnosis, and prognosis of these reactors, and to demonstrate the methods with application to one of the proposed integral pressurized water reactors (IPWR). For this project, the IPWR design by Westinghouse, the International Reactor Secure and Innovative (IRIS), has been used to demonstrate the techniques developed under this project. The research focuses on three topical areas with the following objectives. Objective 1 - Develop and apply simulation capabilities and sensitivity/uncertainty analysis methods to address sensor deployment analysis and small grid stability issues. Objective 2 - Develop and test an autonomous and fault-tolerant control architecture and apply to the IRIS system and an experimental flow control loop, with extensions to multiple reactor modules, nuclear desalination, and optimal sensor placement strategy. Objective 3 - Develop and test an integrated monitoring, diagnosis, and prognosis system for SMRs using the IRIS as a test platform, and integrate process and equipment monitoring (PEM) and process and equipment prognostics (PEP) toolboxes. The research tasks are focused on meeting the unique needs of reactors that may be deployed to remote locations or to developing countries with limited support infrastructure. These applications will require smaller, robust reactor designs with advanced technologies for sensors, instrumentation, and control. An excellent overview of SMRs is described in an article by Ingersoll (2009). The article refers to these as deliberately small reactors. Most of these have modular characteristics, with multiple units deployed at the same plant site. Additionally, the topics focus on meeting two of the eight needs outlined in the recently published 'Technology Roadmap on Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface (ICHMI) to Support DOE Advanced Nuclear Energy Programs' which was created 'to provide a systematic path forward for the integration of new ICHMI technologies in both near-term and future nuclear power plants and the reinvigoration of the U.S. nuclear ICHMI community and capabilities.' The research consortium is led by The University of Tennessee (UT) and is focused on three interrelated topics: Topic 1 (simulator development and measurement sensitivity analysis) is led by Dr. Mike Doster with Dr. Paul Turinsky of North Carolina State University (NCSU). Topic 2 (multivariate autonomous control of modular reactors) is led by Dr. Belle Upadhyaya of the University of Tennessee (UT) and Dr. Robert Edwards of Penn State University (PSU). Topic 3 (monitoring, diagnostics, and prognostics system development) is led by Dr. Wes Hines of UT. Additionally, South Carolina State University (SCSU, Dr. Ken Lewis) participated in this research through summer interns, visiting faculty, and on-campus research projects identified throughout the grant period. Lastly, Westinghouse Science and Technology Center (Dr. Mario Carelli) was a no-cost collaborator and provided design information related to the IRIS demonstration platform and defining needs that may be common to other SMR designs. The results of this research are reported in a six-volume Final Report (including the Executive Summary, Volume 1). Volumes 2 through 6 of the report describe in detail the research and development under the topical areas. This volume serves to introduce the overall NERI-C project and to summarize the key results. Section 2 provides a summary of the significant contributions of this project. A list of all the publications under this project is also given in Section 2. Section 3 provides a brief summary of each of the five volumes (2-6) of the report. The contributions of SCSU are described in Section 4, including a summary of undergraduate research exper
HIIphot: Automated Photometry of HII Regions Applied to M51
David A. Thilker; Robert Braun; Rene A. M. Walterbos
We have developed a robust, automated method, hereafter designated HIIphot, which enables accurate photometric characterization of HII regions while permitting genuine adaptivity to irregular source morphology. HIIphot utilizes object-recognition techniques to make a first guess at the shapes of all sources then allows for departure from such idealized ``seeds'' through an iterative growing procedure. Photometric corrections for spatially coincident diffuse emission are derived from a low-order surface fit to the background after exclusion of all detected sources. We present results for the well-studied, nearby spiral M51 in which 1229 HII regions are detected above the 5-sigma level. A simple, weighted power-law fit to the measured H-alpha luminosity function (HII LF) above log L_H-alpha = 37.6 gives alpha = -1.75+/-0.06, despite a conspicuous break in the HII LF observed near L_H-alpha = 10^38.9. Our best- fit slope is marginally steeper than measured by Rand (1992), perhaps reflecting our increased sensitivity at low luminosities and to notably diffuse objects. HII regions located in interarm gaps are preferentially less luminous than counterparts which constitute M51's grand-design spiral arms and are best fit with a power-law slope of alpha = -1.96+/-0.15. We assign arm/interarm status for HII regions based upon the varying surface brightness of diffuse emission as a function of position throughout the image. Using our measurement of the integrated flux contributed by resolved HII regions in M51, we estimate the diffuse fraction to be approximately 0.45 -- in agreement with the determination of Greenawalt et al. (1998). Automated processing of degraded datasets is undertaken to gauge systematic effects associated with limiting spatial resolution and sensitivity.
The fast neutron fluence and the activation detector activity calculations using the effective source method and the adjoint function
Hep, J.; Konecna, A.; Krysl, V.; Smutny, V. [Calculation Dept., Skoda JS plc, Orlik 266, 31606 Plzen (Czech Republic)
This paper describes the application of effective source in forward calculations and the adjoint method to the solution of fast neutron fluence and activation detector activities in the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and RPV cavity of a VVER-440 reactor. Its objective is the demonstration of both methods on a practical task. The effective source method applies the Boltzmann transport operator to time integrated source data in order to obtain neutron fluence and detector activities. By weighting the source data by time dependent decay of the detector activity, the result of the calculation is the detector activity. Alternatively, if the weighting is uniform with respect to time, the result is the fluence. The approach works because of the inherent linearity of radiation transport in non-multiplying time-invariant media. Integrated in this way, the source data are referred to as the effective source. The effective source in the forward calculations method thereby enables the analyst to replace numerous intensive transport calculations with a single transport calculation in which the time dependence and magnitude of the source are correctly represented. In this work, the effective source method has been expanded slightly in the following way: neutron source data were performed with few group method calculation using the active core calculation code MOBY-DICK. The follow-up neutron transport calculation was performed using the neutron transport code TORT to perform multigroup calculations. For comparison, an alternative method of calculation has been used based upon adjoint functions of the Boltzmann transport equation. Calculation of the three-dimensional (3-D) adjoint function for each required computational outcome has been obtained using the deterministic code TORT and the cross section library BGL440. Adjoint functions appropriate to the required fast neutron flux density and neutron reaction rates have been calculated for several significant points within the RPV and RPV cavity of the VVER-440 reacto rand located axially at the position of maximum power and at the position of the weld. Both of these methods (the effective source and the adjoint function) are briefly described in the present paper. The paper also describes their application to the solution of fast neutron fluence and detectors activities for the VVER-440 reactor. (authors)
The Program for climate Model diagnosis and Intercomparison: 20-th anniversary Symposium
Potter, Gerald L; Bader, David C; Riches, Michael; Bamzai, Anjuli; Joseph, Renu
Twenty years ago, W. Lawrence (Larry) Gates approached the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Research (now the Office of Science) with a plan to coordinate the comparison and documentation of climate model differences. This effort would help improve our understanding of climate change through a systematic approach to model intercomparison. Early attempts at comparing results showed a surprisingly large range in control climate from such parameters as cloud cover, precipitation, and even atmospheric temperature. The DOE agreed to fund the effort at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in part because of the existing computing environment and because of a preexisting atmospheric science group that contained a wide variety of expertise. The project was named the Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), and it has changed the international landscape of climate modeling over the past 20 years. In spring 2009 the DOE hosted a 1-day symposium to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of PCMDI and to honor its founder, Larry Gates. Through their personal experiences, the morning presenters painted an image of climate science in the 1970s and 1980s, that generated early support from the international community for model intercomparison, thereby bringing PCMDI into existence. Four talks covered Gates�?�?�?¢�?�?�?�?�?�?�?�?s early contributions to climate research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the RAND Corporation, and Oregon State University through the founding of PCMDI to coordinate the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP). The speakers were, in order of presentation, Warren Washington [National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)], Kelly Redmond (Western Regional Climate Center), George Boer (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis), and Lennart Bengtsson [University of Reading, former director of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)]. The afternoon session emphasized the scientific ideas that are the basis of PCMDI�?�?�?¢�?�?�?�?�?�?�?�?s success, summarizing their evolution and impact. Four speakers followed the various PCMDI-supported climate model intercomparison projects, beginning with early work on cloud representations in models, presented by Robert D. Cess (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook University), and then the latest Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Projects (CFMIPs) led by Sandrine Bony (Laboratoire de M�?�?�?�?�?�?�?©t�?�?�?�?�?�?�?©orologie Dynamique). Benjamin Santer (LLNL) presented a review of the climate change detection and attribution (D & A) work pioneered at PCMDI, and Gerald A. Meehl (NCAR) ended the day with a look toward the future of climate change research.
Michael J. Crowley; Prem N. Bansal
This report contains the final project summary and deliverables required by the award for the development of an In-line Electric Motor Driven Compressor (IEMDC). Extensive work was undertaken during the course of the project to develop the motor and the compressor section of the IEMDC unit. Multiple design iterations were performed to design an electric motor for operation in a natural gas environment and to successfully integrate the motor with a compressor. During the project execution, many challenges were successfully overcome in order to achieve the project goals and to maintain the system design integrity. Some of the challenges included limiting the magnitude of the compressor aerodynamic loading for appropriate sizing of the magnetic bearings, achieving a compact motor rotor size to meet the rotor dynamic requirements of API standards, devising a motor cooling scheme using high pressure natural gas, minimizing the impact of cooling on system efficiency, and balancing the system thrust loads for the magnetic thrust bearing. Design methods that were used on the project included validated state-of-the-art techniques such as finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics along with the combined expertise of both Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation and Dresser-Rand Company. One of the most significant areas of work undertaken on the project was the development of the unit configuration for the system. Determining the configuration of the unit was a significant step in achieving integration of the electric motor into a totally enclosed compression system. Product review of the IEMDC unit configuration was performed during the course of the development process; this led to an alternate design configuration. The alternate configuration is a modular design with the electric motor and compressor section each being primarily contained in its own pressure containing case. This new concept resolved the previous conflict between the aerodynamic flow passage requirements and electric motor requirements for support and utilities by bounding the flowpath within the compressor section. However most importantly, the benefits delivered by the new design remained the same as those proposed by the goals of the project. In addition, this alternate configuration resulted in the achievement of a few additional advantages over the original concept such as easier maintenance, operation, and installation. Interaction and feedback solicited from target clients regarding the unit configuration supports the fact that the design addresses industry issues regarding accessibility, maintainability, preferred operating practice, and increased reliability.
Michael J. Crowley; Prem N. Bansal; John E. Tessaro
Dresser-Rand completed the preliminary aerodynamic flowpath of the volute and inlet design for the compressor section. This has resulted in considerable progress being made on the development of the compressor section and ultimately towards the successful integration of the IEMDC System design. Significant effort was put forth in the design of aerodynamic components which resulted in a design that meets the limits of aerodynamically induced radial forces previously established. Substantial effort has begun on the mechanical design of the compressor pressure containing case and other internal components. These efforts show progression towards the successful integration of a centrifugal compressor and variable speed electric motor ventilated by the process gas. All efforts continue to confirm the feasibility of the IEMDC system design. During the third quarter reporting period, the focus was to further refine the motor design and to ensure that the IEMDC rotor system supported on magnetic bearing is in compliance with the critical speed and vibration requirements of the API standards 617 and 541. Consequently specification to design magnetic bearings was developed and an RFQ to three magnetic bearing suppliers was issued. Considerable work was also performed to complete preliminary reports on some of the deliverable tasks under phase 1.0. These include specification for the VFD, RFQ for the magnetic bearings, and preliminary write-up for motor instrumentation and control schematic. In order to estimate motor efficiency at various operating points, plots of calculated motor losses, and motor cooling gas flow rates were also prepared. Preliminary evaluations of motor support concepts were performed via FEA to determine modal frequencies. Presentation was made at DOE Morgantown on August 12, 2003 to provide project status update. Preparations for the IEMDC motor-compressor presentation, at the GMRC conference in Salt Lake City to be held on October 5, 2003, were also started. Detailed calculations of cooling gas flow requirements for the motor and magnetic bearings, per several new operating points designated by DR, confirmed that the required gas flow was within the compressor design guidelines. Previous thrust load calculations had confirmed that the magnetic thrust bearing design load capacity of 6,000 lb. was sufficient to handle the net thrust load produced by the motor and compressor pressure loading. Thus the design data that has been generated, for the variable speed 10 MW 12,000 rpm motor, during the last three quarters, continue to confirm the feasibility of an efficient and robust motor design.
An evaluation of the whole effluent toxicity test method
Osteen, D.V.
Whole effluent toxicity (WET) testing has become increasingly more important to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the States in the permitting of wastewater discharges from industry and municipalities. The primary purpose of the WET test is to protect aquatic life by predicting the effect of an effluent on the receiving stream. However, there are both scientific and regulatory concerns that using WET tests to regulate industrial effluents may result in either false positives and/or false negatives. In order to realistically predict the effect of an effluent on the receiving stream, the test should be as representative as possible of the conditions in the receiving stream. Studies (Rand and Petrocelli 1985) suggested several criteria for an ideal aquatic toxicity test organism, one of which is that the organism be indigenous to, or representative of, the ecosystem receiving the effluent. The other component needed in the development of a predictive test is the use of the receiving stream water or similar synthetic water as the control and dilution water in the test method. Use of an indigenous species and receiving water in the test should help reduce the variability in the method and allow the test to predict the effect of the effluent on the receiving stream. The experience with toxicity testing at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has yielded inconclusive data because of the inconsistency and unreliability of the results. The SRS contention is that the WET method in its present form does not adequately mimic actual biological/chemical conditions of the receiving streams and is neither reasonable nor accurate. This paper discusses the rationale for such a position by SRS on toxicity testing in terms of historical permitting requirements, outfall effluent test results, standard test method evaluation, scientific review of alternate test species, and concerns over the test method expressed by other organizations. This paper presents the Savannah River Site position that the EPA test is neither reasonable nor accurate and thus cannot adequately establish the impact of NPDES outfall discharges on receiving streams.
Quality of life of patients after permanent prostate brachytherapy in relation to dosimetry
Gellekom, Marion van [Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht (Netherlands)]. E-mail: email@example.com; Moerland, Marinus A. [Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht (Netherlands); Vulpen, Marco van [Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht (Netherlands); Wijrdeman, Harm K. [Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht (Netherlands); Battermann, Jan J. [Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht (Netherlands)
Purpose: To investigate changes in quality of life (QoL) after permanent prostate brachytherapy and to correlate these changes with postimplant dosimetry based on magnetic resonance (MR) images. Methods and Materials: For this study, 127 patients with low-stage prostate cancer and treated with brachytherapy received a QoL questionnaire at five time points: before treatment and at 4 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after treatment. The questionnaire included the RAND-36 generic health survey, the cancer-specific European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) core questionnaire, the tumor-specific EORTC prostate cancer module, and the American Urological Association symptom index. Postimplant dosimetry was based on registered T1 spin echo transversal, T2 turbo spin echo transversal, and T2 turbo spin echo sagittal MR images and CT images taken 4 weeks after implantation of the iodine-125 seeds. Calculated parameters were prostate volume, prostate volume receiving 100% (V{sub 100}) and 150% (V{sub 150}) dose, dose to 90% of the prostate volume (D{sub 90}), maximum dose in 1-, 2-, and 5-cm{sup 3} rectum volume, distance between prostate and anterior rectum wall, and the maximum dose in 1%, 2%, and 5% urethra volume. Analysis of variance for repeated measures was used for comparison of the means of all variables in the different questionnaires. Linear regression analysis (stepwise) was used to investigate the correlations between QoL parameters and dosimetry parameters. Results: On average, only the QoL at 4 weeks after implant was significantly different from (worse than) the QoL at the other time points. Regression analysis showed a significant correlation between changes in bowel problems and the maximum dose in 2-cm{sup 3} rectum volume, between changes in urinary symptoms and prostate volume, and between changes in urinary problems and the D{sub 90} value of the prostate. Conclusions: The QoL for patients with permanent prostate implants was worse in the first months after treatment but returned to baseline values 1 year after implant. Significant correlations were found between dose distribution and QoL.