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Robert Gomez
Science Conference Proceedings (OSTI)
Robert M. Gomez. Brief. Mr. Robert M. Gomez completed his four year indentured machinist apprenticeship at The Wright & McGill Co. ...
Robert Cheng
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Robert K. Cheng Robert K. Cheng Robert Cheng Combustion Technologies Group Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road MS 70-108B Berkeley CA 94720 Office Location: 70-0109B (510) 486-5438 firstname.lastname@example.com This publications database is an ongoing project, and not all Division publications are represented here yet. Publications 2013 Davis, Dustin W., Peter L. Therkelsen, David Littlejohn, and Robert K. Cheng. "Effects of Hydrogen on the Thermo-Acoustics Coupling Mechanisms of Low-Swirl Injector Flames in a Model Gas Turbine Combustor." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 34, no. 2 (2013): 3135-3143. Therkelsen, Peter L., Enrique J. Portillo, David Littlejohn, Scott M. Martin, and Robert K. Cheng. "Self-induced unstable behaviors of CH4 and H2/CH4 flames in a model combustor with a low-swirl injector." Combustion
Robert Hart
Robert Grant Hart Robert Grant Hart Robert Hart Windows and Envelope Materials Group Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road MS 90R3111 Berkeley CA 94720 Office Location: 90-3092B (510) 486-4244 email@example.com This publications database is an ongoing project, and not all Division publications are represented here yet. Publications 2013 Bergh, Sofie Van Den, Robert Hart, Bjørn Petter Jelle, and Arlid Gustavsen. "Window Spacers and Edge Seals in Insulating Glass Units: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Perspectives." Energy and Buildings 58 (2013). Download: PDF (2.09 MB) 2012 Arasteh, Dariush K., Robert Hart, Cezary Misiopecki, Arlid Gustavsen, and Bjørn Petter Jelle. "Impacts of Operating Hardware on Window Thermal Performance." In BEST3 Conference. Atlanta, GA,
Robert Kostecki
Robert Kostecki Robert Kostecki Robert Kostecki Division Office Electrochemical Technologies Group Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road MS 90R3027D Berkeley CA 94720 Office Location: 90-3026D (510) 486-6002 firstname.lastname@example.com Robert Kostecki is a Staff Scientist and Deputy Division Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He contributes to LBNL scientific, programmatic and strategic leadership in Energy and Environment areas through expanding existing research programs, assistance with development and maintenance of sponsor and partner relationships, and creating new research initiatives. His research interests focus on fundamental phenomena that determine the function and electrochemical performance of electrochemical energy storage
Robert Harley
Anthony W., Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Anna G. Hallar, George Ban-Weiss, John P. McLaughlin, Robert A. Harley, and Melissa M. Lunden. "Optical and Physical Properties from...
Robert Budnitz
Laboratory email@example.com Dr. Robert J. Budnitz has been involved with nuclear-reactor safety and radioactive-waste safety for many years. He is on the scientific staff at...
Robert Clare
Dec 17, 2003 Dec 17, 2003 CAS Report Robert Clare UC Riverside PMG Meeting Dec 17, 2003 2 DC04 First the bad news: DC04 has slipped by one month. It is now scheduled for March 2004, instead of February. Main cause for the slippage is the lateness of LCG software, mainly POOL. This has delayed the digitization step (simulated hits to "raw data") of the Pre-Challenge Production (PCP). It has also delayed the implementation of persistency of reconstructed objects (eg tracks, calo clusters, muons, electrons). Robert Clare UC Riverside PMG Meeting Dec 17, 2003 3 2.1 -- Architecture Framework Toolkits and Reconstruction Software ➨ Case (75%), Litvin (75%), Tanenbaum (75%), Tuura (75%), Xie (75%) 2.2 -- Visualization and Analysis ➨ Osborne (75%), Muzaffar (75%)
Robert J. Hanrahan
... Security Administration 1000 Indpendence Ave Sw Washington, DC 20585. USA Telephone: (202) 586-4606. Fax: E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Robert W. Schoenlein
Robert W. Schoenlein Print Senior Staff Scientist, Next Generation Light Source Initiative, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron...
Pete Henderson & Robert Pincus. ...
Pete Henderson & Robert Pincus. CIRESNOAA, University of Colorado, Boulder Probabilistic evaluations of a cloud system model using ARM observations FOOTNOTES: 1. Cloud System...
Robert J. Osborn
Energy.gov (U.S. Department of Energy (DOE))
Robert J. Osborn II, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is currently the Associate Administrator for Information Management and Chief Information Officer for the National Nuclear Security...
Robert Jacob | Argonne National Laboratory
Jacob Jacob Computational Climate Scientist Robert Jacob is a computational climate scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory and a Fellow in the University of Chicago/Argonne Computation Institute. Jacob is the co-developer of the Model Coupling Toolkit which is used as the foundation coupling technology in the Community Climate System Model. He is also the lead developer of the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model, a climate model used extensively in studies of paleoclimate and decadal variability. Jacob received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Atmospheric Science in 1997. From 1998 to 2000 he held postdoctoral positions at the University of Wisconsin and at the Department of the Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the
TMS Foundation
never been able to attend due to com- pany budget restrictions. ... Robert Lansing Hardy Award. 10,296. Shri Ram Arora Internat'l Award-Mat'ls Sc. & Eng'g Ed.
EA-363 Noble Americas Gas & Power Corporation | Department of...
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EA-363 Noble Americas Gas & Power Corporation Order authorizong Noble Americas Gas & Power Corporation to export electric energy to Mexico EA-363 Noble Americas Gas &...
EA-364 Noble Americas Gas & Power Corporation | Department of...
EA-364 Noble Americas Gas & Power Corporation Order authorizong Noble Americas Gas & Power Corporation to export electric energy to Canada EA-364 Noble Americas Gas &...
Robert Van Buskirk
Robert D Van Buskirk Robert D Van Buskirk Robert Van Buskirk Sustainable Energy Systems Group Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road MS 90R2002 Berkeley CA 94720 Office Location: 90-2024K (510) 486-6421 email@example.com After two years working on engineering studies in support of Native American water rights with Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, he joined the University of Asmara in Eritrea, East Africa as an Assistant Professor of Physics in 1993. During his four years in Eritrea he was one of the founders of the Eritrean national electronic mail system, and moved to the Eritrean Department of Energy in 1995 to help found the research programs in stove efficiency, wind energy resource assessment, and solar energy resource assessment. Then after one year of practical experience working with business and technology
Noble Americas | Open Energy Information
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Americas Americas Jump to: navigation, search Name Noble Americas Place Stamford, Connecticut Zip 6902 Product Wholly owned subsidiary of global supply chain manager Noble Group Coordinates 42.75294°, -73.068531° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":42.75294,"lon":-73.068531,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Robert Gordon University | Open Energy Information
search Name Robert Gordon University Address Centre for Research in Energy and the Environment The Robert Gordon University Schoolhill Place Aberdeen Zip AB10 1FR Sector Marine...
Carmichael Roberts | Department of Energy
Carmichael Roberts Carmichael Roberts About Us Carmichael Roberts - General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners Carmichael Roberts Carmichael Roberts is a General Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners where he finances and builds companies that make new products using chemistry, materials science and/or materials engineering. He primarily focuses on early stage ventures, including helping founders launch companies from initial formation. Carmichael lead the North Bridge investment in 1366 technologies, a company in Bedford MA that makes high efficiency solar cells based on innovations in silicon engineering. He serves as the Chairman of 1366 technologies. Carmichael also helps start companies like Foro Energy which uses high powered lasers to access energy resources. Foro was created in Carmichael's offices in Boston. He
Rob Roberts | Department of Energy
Rob Roberts Rob Roberts About Us Rob Roberts - Director of Digital Strategy Rob Roberts Rob Roberts is the Director of Digital Strategy for the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to joining Energy, Rob worked in a number of digital roles throughout government, academia and journalism, including positions in the White House Office of Digital Strategy, USA Today, and the Raleigh News & Observer. He also teaches digital media and video as an adjunct professor at American University. Rob received a Masters degree in Journalism from the University of North Carolina and undergraduate degrees from the University of Utah. Most Recent The Year on Energy.gov: Our Most Popular Posts of 2013 December 31 Beyond Tesla and Edison: Other Luminaries from the Age of Electricity November 25
Noble Chateaugay Wind Farm | Open Energy Information
Noble Chateaugay Wind Farm Noble Chateaugay Wind Farm Jump to: navigation, search Name Noble Chateaugay Wind Farm Facility Noble Chateaugay Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Owner Noble Environmental Power Developer Noble Environmental Power Location Franklin County NY Coordinates 44.925016°, -73.999879° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":44.925016,"lon":-73.999879,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Noble Altona Wind Park | Open Energy Information
Noble Altona Wind Park Noble Altona Wind Park Jump to: navigation, search Name Noble Altona Wind Park Facility Noble Altona Wind Park Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Owner Noble Environmental Power Developer Noble Environmental Power Location Clinton County NY Coordinates 44.831383°, -73.664024° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":44.831383,"lon":-73.664024,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Diffusive separation of noble gases and noble gas abundance patterns in sedimentary rocks
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inventory of Xenon on noble gases in shales: the plastic bagnoble gas signature by shale, rock, gas, oil and or water byof noble gases on organic rich shales in the terrestrial
Torgersen, T.; Kennedy, B.M.; van Soest, M.C.
Technology Commercialization and Partnerships | Non-Noble ...
This invention comprises an inexpensive catalyst system for water electrolyzers by replacing the noble-metal catalysts that are typically used in electrolyzer systems.
Non-Noble Metal Water Electrolysis Catalysts
This invention comprises an inexpensive catalyst system for water electrolyzers by replacing the noble-metal catalysts that are typically used in ...
Nobles Cooperative Electric (Iowa) | Open Energy Information
Electric (Iowa) Jump to: navigation, search Name Nobles Cooperative Electric Place Iowa Utility Id 13684 References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File220101...
Robert P. Winarski
P. Winarski P. Winarski Physicist X-ray Nanoprobe Beamline X-ray Microscopy Group Phone: 630-252-9921 Fax: 630-252-5739 E-Mail: email@example.com Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials 9700 S. Cass Avenue Argonne, Illinois 6043 Research summary: I am interested in developing a full-field and tomographic x-ray research program using the unique capabilities associated with the design of the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe Beamline (http://www.cnm.anl.gov/research/xray.html). Awards: R&D 100 Award for the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (2009). Selected Recent Publications: Martin Holt, Ross Harder, Robert Winarski, Volker Rose, Nanoscale Hard X-Ray Microscopy Methods for Materials Studies, Annual Review of Materials Research, Volume 43(1), (2013).
Robert Kaita | Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
Kaita Kaita Principal Research Physicist, P.I., LTX Robert (Bob) Kaita is the head of plasma diagnostic operations and acting head of boundary physics operations for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX). Kaita is also a co-principal investigator of the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a recipient of the Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research. He has supervised the research of many students in the PPPL Program in Plasma Physics in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. Interests Neutral beam and radiofrequency plasma heating Plasma diagnostics Plasma-surface interactions Solid and liquid plasma-facing components Contact Information Phone: 609-243-3275
Robert Sandoli | Department of Energy
Robert Sandoli Robert Sandoli About Us Robert Sandoli - Director, International Rob Sandoli is the Director for EERE's International portfolio. He manages EERE bilateral and multilateral partnerships and projects, develops new international collaborations, and coordinates international efforts with other DOE offices, federal agencies, and international organizations. Through international collaboration, the program accelerates progress of EERE's clean energy technology programs and primes markets in strategic partner economies for U.S. clean technology exports. Previously, he served as Senior Advisor to DOE's Under Secretary of Energy, where he provided analysis and advice on budget, management, and policy issues for DOE's $10 billion portfolio of applied energy research,
Stationary Black Holes Robert Beig*
Stationary Black Holes Robert Beig Abstract We review the theory of stationary black hole solutions of vacuum Einstein equations. Keywords: black holes, event horizons, Schwarzschild metric, Kerr metric, no-hair theorems 1
Chru�?ciel, Piotr T.
Manhattan Project: J. Robert Oppenheimer
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J. Robert Oppenheimer Events > The Uranium Path to the Bomb, 1942-1944 > Y-12 Construction, Oak Ridge: Clinton, 1943 Events > Bringing It All Together, 1942-1945 > Basic Research...
Nobles Wind Farm | Open Energy Information
Nobles Wind Farm Nobles Wind Farm Facility Nobles Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Owner Nobles Cooperative Electric Developer Nobles Cooperative Electric Energy Purchaser N/A Location Brewster MN Coordinates 43.703317°, -95.457977° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":43.703317,"lon":-95.457977,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
pnas201117873 1..6
a Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73401; and b Bioenergy Sciences Center, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 Contributed by Richard A. Dixon, November 1,...
Why sequence Curvularia protuberata?
Marilyn Roossinck and Mustafa Morsy, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Program: CSP 2010 Home > Sequencing > Why sequence Curvularia protuberata? UC logo DOE logo Contact...
The University of Georgia and the Arch Foundation for the University of Georgia
. and Angelia M. Harris Foundation Dorothy Smith Hines Ms. Jane Hook Holmes William K. Holmes *Dean J. Alton Estate Robert S. Cannon Andy H. and Vivian Carden Cargill, Inc. John Huland Carmical Foundation William M. Stelling William J. Stembler and Anne M. Stembler W. E. `Brother' Stewart and Deidra Collins Stewart Matt
Scott, Robert A.
Light Collection in Liquid Noble Gases
SciTech Connect
Liquid noble gases are increasingly used as active detector materials in particle and nuclear physics. Applications include calorimeters and neutrino oscillation experiments as well as searches for neutrinoless double beta decay, direct dark matter, muon electron conversion, and the neutron electric dipole moment. One of the great advantages of liquid noble gases is their copious production of ultraviolet scintillation light, which contains information about event energy and particle type. I will review the scintillation properties of the various liquid noble gases and the means used to collect their scintillation light, including recent advances in photomultiplier technology and wavelength shifters.
McKinsey, Dan [Yale University
Incorporation of noble metals into aerogels
DOE Patents (OSTI)
Aerogels or xerogels containing atomically dispersed noble metals for applications such as environmental remediation are disclosed. New noble metal precursors, such as Pt--Si or Pd(Si--P){sub 2}, have been created to bridge the incompatibility between noble metals and oxygen, followed by their incorporation into the aerogel or xerogel through sol-gel chemistry and processing. Applications include oxidation of hydrocarbons and reduction of nitrogen oxide species, complete oxidation of volatile organic carbon species, oxidative membranes for photocatalysis and partial oxidation for synthetic applications.
Hair, L.M.; Sanner, R.D.; Coronado, P.R.
Aerogels or xerogels containing atomically dispersed noble metals for applications such environmental remediation. New noble metal precursors, such as Pt--Si or Pd(Si--P).sub.2, have been created to bridge the incompatibility between noble metals and oxygen, followed by their incorporation into the aerogel or xerogel through sol-gel chemistry and processing. Applications include oxidation of hydrocarbons and reduction of nitrogen oxide species, complete oxidation of volatile organic carbon species, oxidative membranes for photocatalysis and partial oxidation for synthetic applications.
Hair, Lucy M. (Livermore, CA); Sanner, Robert D. (Livermore, CA); Coronado, Paul R. (Livermore, CA)
Robert Wagner - Research Staff - FEERC
Robert Wagner Robert Wagner R&D Staff Member (T) 865-946-1239 (F) 865-946-1354 firstname.lastname@example.com Professional Highlights Education Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1999 "Identification and Characterization of Complex Dynamic Structure in Spark Ignition Engines" M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1995 "Impact of Fuel Spray Behavior on Combustion Stability in Spark Ignition Engines" B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1993 "Cogeneration by Steam Injection to Gas Turbine Engines" Dr. Robert Wagner is the Director of the Fuels Engines and Emissions Research Center, a Distinguished Member of the technical staff, and serves as the technical lead for engine combustion and efficiency research at Oak
Robert Lange | Department of Energy
You are here You are here Home » Robert Lange About Us Robert Lange - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business & Technical Support, Office of Nuclear Energy As Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Business Operations, Robert Lange is responsible for all personnel, budget, and technical oversight activities within the Office of Nuclear Energy. Mr. Lange has over 30 years of experience managing high technology projects, in progressively more senior positions. He has managed component development for advanced power plants, led the development of an advanced nuclear power plant design, and served as DOE Headquarters program manager for major nuclear facilities. He was Director of the SP-100 Space Reactor Program, Director of Advanced Light Water Plant Designs, and Office Director for the Radioisotope
Noble Ellenburg Windpark | Open Energy Information
Ellenburg Windpark Ellenburg Windpark Jump to: navigation, search Name Noble Ellenburg Windpark Facility Noble Ellenburg Windpark Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Owner Noble Environmental Power Developer Noble Environmental Power Location Clinton County NY Coordinates 44.923427°, -73.99631° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":44.923427,"lon":-73.99631,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Noble Wethersfield Wind Farm | Open Energy Information
Wethersfield Wind Farm Wethersfield Wind Farm Jump to: navigation, search Name Noble Wethersfield Wind Farm Facility Noble Wethersfield Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Owner Noble Environmental Power Developer Noble Environmental Power Location NY Coordinates 42.684775°, -78.245856° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":42.684775,"lon":-78.245856,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Noble Bellmont Wind Farm | Open Energy Information
Bellmont Wind Farm Bellmont Wind Farm Jump to: navigation, search Name Noble Bellmont Wind Farm Facility Noble Bellmont Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status Under Construction Owner Noble Environmental Power Developer Noble Environmental Power Location Franklin County NY Coordinates 44.766569°, -74.094292° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":44.766569,"lon":-74.094292,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Photosensitive dopants for liquid noble gases
In an ionization type detector for high energy radiation wherein the energy of incident radiation is absorbed through the ionization of a liquid noble gas and resulting free charge is collected to form a signal indicative of the energy of the incident radiation, an improvement comprising doping the liquid noble gas with photosensitive molecules to convert scintillation light due to recombination of ions, to additional free charge.
Anderson, D.F.
Anderson, David F. (Wheaton, IL)
Robert H. Patrick Page 1 of 19 Robert H. Patrick
of Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Regulation, and Empirical Finance. #12;Robert H. Patrick for Optimal Natural Gas Production," with J.M. Chermak, J. Crafton, and S. Norquist, Energy Economics 21. "A Well-Based Cost Function and the Economics of Exhaustible Resources: the Case of Natural Gas
Lin, Xiaodong
Vision Research Foundations
Vision Research Foundations National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research www.eyeresearch.org Foundation Fighting Blindness www.blindness.org Research to Prevent Blindess...
Stationary Black Holes Robert Beig #
Stationary Black Holes Robert Beig # Piotr T. Chru�?sciel + February 8, 2005 Abstract We review the theory of stationary black hole solutions of vacuum Einstein equations. Keywords: black holes, event. this spacetime a natural model for a nonrotating black hole. We can now come back to the problem
Stationary Black Holes Robert Beig
Stationary Black Holes Robert Beig Piotr T. Chru´sciel February 8, 2005 Abstract We review the theory of stationary black hole solutions of vacuum Einstein equations. Keywords: black holes, event-Szekeres extension of the Schwarzschild solution. this space-time a natural model for a non-rotating black hole. We
The purpose of this analysis is to design structural foundations for the Generator Pad. The equipment foundation shall be designed in Section 10 using standard foundation design hand calculations. The vertical loads reflect Mechanical/Electrical requirements. Lateral loads will be calculated using applicable codes. The soil bearing and foundation stresses will be analyzed using accepted engineering mechanics. The foundation will be designed using the Strength Design Method.
T. Saltikov
Nobles Wind Farm II | Open Energy Information
Wind Farm II Wind Farm II Jump to: navigation, search Name Nobles Wind Farm II Facility Nobles Wind Farm II Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Owner Xcel Energy Developer EnXco Energy Purchaser Xcel Energy Location Nobles County MN Coordinates 43.682956°, -95.728425° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":43.682956,"lon":-95.728425,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Noble Bliss Windpark | Open Energy Information
Bliss Windpark Bliss Windpark Facility Noble Bliss Windpark Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Owner Noble Environmental Power Developer Noble Environmental Power Location WY County NY Coordinates 42.571308°, -78.243045° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":42.571308,"lon":-78.243045,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Noble Environmental Power | Open Energy Information
Noble Environmental Power Noble Environmental Power Place Essex, Connecticut Zip 6426 Sector Wind energy Product Backed by JP Morgan, Noble is developing wind energy projects in northern and western New York State and Michigan. Coordinates 44.511005°, -73.058204° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":44.511005,"lon":-73.058204,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
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Stockholding Co Ltd Formerly Jilin Noble Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd Jump to: navigation, search Name Datang Jilin Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd(Formerly Jilin Noble Wind Power...
The mechanisms responsible for noble gas concentrations, abundance patterns, and strong retentivity in sedimentary lithologies remain poorly explained. Diffusion-controlled fractionation of noble gases is modeled and examined as an explanation for the absolute and relative abundances of noble gases observed in sediments. Since the physical properties of the noble gases are strong functions of atomic mass, the individual diffusion coefficients, adsorption coefficients and atomic radii combine to impede heavy noble gas (Xe) diffusion relative to light noble gas (Ne) diffusion. Filling of lithic grains/half-spaces by diffusive processes thus produces Ne enrichments in the early and middle stages of the filling process with F(Ne) values similar to that observed in volcanic glasses. Emptying lithic grains/half-spaces produces a Xe-enriched residual in the late (but not final) stages of the process producing F(Xe) values similar to that observed in shales. 'Exotic but unexceptional' shales that exhibit both F(Ne) and F(Xe) enrichments can be produced by incomplete emptying followed by incomplete filling. This mechanism is consistent with literature reported noble gas abundance patterns but may still require a separate mechanism for strong retention. A system of labyrinths-with-constrictions and/or C-, Si-nanotubes when combined with simple adsorption can result in stronger diffusive separation and non-steady-state enrichments that persist for longer times. Enhanced adsorption to multiple C atoms inside C-nanotubes as well as dangling functional groups closing the ends of nanotubes can provide potential mechanisms for 'strong retention'. We need new methods of examining noble gases in rocks to determine the role and function of angstrom-scale structures in both the diffusive enrichment process and the 'strong retention' process for noble gas abundances in terrestrial rocks.
Noble metal alkaline zeolites for catalytic reforming
This patent describes a method for producing a noble-metal containing zeolite suitable for catalytic reforming contacting a zeolite selected from alkaline faujasites and L zeolites and zeolites and zeolites isostructural thereto, with a noble-metal compound selected from Pt(acetylacetonate){sub 2} and Pd(acetylacetonate){sub 2} for a effective amount of time to incorporate Pt and/or Pd into the pore surface regions of the zeolite, but not to disperse the Pt and/or Pd throughout the entire zeolite; and calcining the so treated zeolite at a temperature from about 250 {degrees} C, to about 600 {degrees} C for an effective amount of time.
Schweizer, A.E.
DOE Green Energy (OSTI)
The purpose of this analysis is to design structural foundations for the Diesel Fuel Tank and Fuel Pumps.
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Book review of SUPERSTITION by Robert Park
The 2008 book Superstition: Belief in the age of science, by Robert Park, published by Princeton University Press is briefly reviewed.
Melott, Adrian
FARADAY PAPER 8 Robert S. White
FARADAY PAPER 8 . Robert S. White ""Hutton 1788 "" 13 "" 2 ---- Hutton', Nature (2004) 429, 623-628 () .Robert White the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion St Edmund to AD2002, Geological Society of London (2001), Special Publication No. 190, 288pp #12;3 Shakespeare
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FARADAY PAPER 8 . Robert S. White Hutton 1788 13 2 ---- Hutton', Nature (2004) 429, 623-628 () .Robert White the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion St Edmund to AD2002, Geological Society of London (2001), Special Publication No. 190, 288pp #12;3 Shakespeare
Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Appointed to Lead Nuclear Weapons Program...
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
... Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Appointed to Lead Nuclear Weapons Program January 19, 1975 Washington, DC Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Appointed to Lead Nuclear Weapons Program The Energy...
Nobles Cooperative Electric | Open Energy Information
Electric Electric Jump to: navigation, search Name Nobles Cooperative Electric Place Minnesota Utility Id 13684 Utility Location Yes Ownership C NERC Location MRO NERC MRO Yes Operates Generating Plant Yes Activity Generation Yes Activity Distribution Yes References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a[1] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! This article is a stub. You can help OpenEI by expanding it. Utility Rate Schedules Grid-background.png No rate schedules available. Average Rates Residential: $0.0981/kWh Commercial: $0.0639/kWh References ↑ "EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a" Retrieved from "http://en.openei.org/w/index.php?title=Nobles_Cooperative_Electric&oldid=411192"
Noble, Oklahoma: Energy Resources | Open Energy Information
Noble, Oklahoma: Energy Resources Noble, Oklahoma: Energy Resources Jump to: navigation, search Equivalent URI DBpedia Coordinates 35.1392357°, -97.394753° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":35.1392357,"lon":-97.394753,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Noble Clinton Windpark | Open Energy Information
Clinton Windpark Clinton Windpark Facility Noble Clinton Windpark Sector Wind energy Facility Type Commercial Scale Wind Facility Status In Service Developer Noble Environmental Power Location Clinton County NY Coordinates 44.828665°, -73.668909° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":44.828665,"lon":-73.668909,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
TMS Foundation: Donors
Corporate Contributors Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products Wagstaff Inc, Foundation Founders ($1000-$2,499) Carl M. Cady Phillip J. Mackey David Alan Shifler
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That's why the TMS Foundation funds student travel grants to offset the costs of attending the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition and ... SPECIAL PROJECTS.
The purpose of this analysis is to design structural foundations for the Site Lighting. This analysis is in support of design drawing BABBDF000-01717-2100-23016.
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC (Ohio) | Open Energy Information
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Inert electrode containing metal oxides, copper and noble metal
A cermet composite material is made by treating at an elevated temperature a mixture comprising a compound of iron and a compound of at least one other metal, together with an alloy or mixture of copper and a noble metal. The alloy or mixture preferably comprises particles having an interior portion containing more copper than noble metal and an exterior portion containing more noble metal than copper. The noble metal is preferably silver. The cermet composite material preferably includes alloy phase portions and a ceramic phase portion. At least part of the ceramic phase portion preferably has a spinel structure.
Ray, Siba P. (Murrysville, PA); Woods, Robert W. (New Kensington, PA); Dawless, Robert K. (Monroeville, PA); Hosler, Robert B. (Sarver, PA)
NREL: About NREL - Robert Thresher - Research Fellow
Robert Thresher - Research Fellow Robert Thresher - Research Fellow Photo of Robert Thresher. Dr. Robert Thresher has more than 40 years of research, development, engineering, and management experience in wind technology, plant engineering, and aerospace systems. As a professor at Oregon State University he worked with DOE to develop early wind technologies. At NREL he has been a principal researcher developing early wind technology and an architect of the wind program at NREL and the creation of the National Wind Technology Center. He has been a strategist and spokesperson for the initiation of a national research program to develop offshore wind, wave, tidal and current energy technology. Dr. Thresher provides unparalleled expertise in research, development and commercialization of wind and ocean
Robert J. Thompson | Department of Energy
Robert J. Thompson Robert J. Thompson About Us Robert J. Thompson - EMAB Board Member Robert J. Thompson is Chairman of the Energy Communities Alliance, a national coalition of cities and counties located adjacent to Department of Energy facilities. Mr. Thompson has also served on the Richland City Council since January 1994 and as Mayor from January 2000 to January 2004. He received a B.A. in Political Science from Washington State University and a J.D. from Willamette Law School. He is currently in private practice. Mr. Thompson has been a member of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, the Washington Defenders Association, the Western State Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He is past President of the Benton Franklin County Health
NREL: Biomass Research - Robert M. Baldwin
Robert M. Baldwin Robert M. Baldwin Photo of Robert M. Baldwin. Robert Baldwin is a Principal Scientist in the National Bioenergy Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado; he has worked at NREL since 2008. Dr. Baldwin holds the degrees Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in chemical engineering from Iowa State University and the PhD degree in chemical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Prior to joining NREL, Bob spent 30 years as a faculty member at CSM including 10 years as Head of the Chemical Engineering Department and retired as Professor Emeritus in 2005. Bob is a member of the project team that founded the Petroleum Institute (PI) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and served as Program Director in Chemical
Robert C. Gibbs | Department of Energy
Robert C. Gibbs Robert C. Gibbs About Us Robert C. Gibbs - Chief Human Capital Officer Robert C. Gibbs Bob Gibbs was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. A retired naval officer, he holds both a B.A. in business management from the University of Washington, and a J.D. from George Mason University. He is a member of the Maryland and the American Bar Associations. Mr. Gibbs completed the nuclear training pipeline and served at sea onboard the USS DANIEL WEBSTER (BLUE) (SSBN 626), USS HENRY L. STIMSON (GOLD) (SSBN 655), and USS SIMON BOLIVAR (GOLD) (SSBN 641) completing numerous strategic deterrent patrols; and ashore at Nuclear Repair Facilities including the Trident Refit Facility, Bangor, Washington and Naval Reactors Headquarters in Washington DC. His assignments at Naval Reactors, a joint Department of Energy and
Robert F. Brese | Department of Energy
Robert F. Brese Robert F. Brese About Us Robert F. Brese - Chief Information Officer Robert F. Brese Mr. Brese is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of Energy (DOE). He provides leadership, establishes policy, and maintains oversight of DOE's annual $2 billion investment in information technology (IT), at more than 25 National Laboratories and Production Facilities, to enable urgent missions that span from open science to nuclear security. Mr. Brese is also a leader in the U.S. Government's cybersecurity community and a key contributor to the Administration's efforts in legislation, policy and technology research, development, and deployment. He is a Chair to the CIO Council's Management Best Practices Committee and also serves as an advisor to the Domestic Policy Council's Strong City, Strong
NREL: Energy Analysis - Billy J. Roberts
and Visualization Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center. Scientist III - GIS On staff since 2007 Phone number: 303-275-3824 E-mail: email@example.com Areas of...
Foundations for smarter cities
This paper describes the information technology (IT) foundation and principles for Smarter Cities�. Smarter Cities are urban areas that exploit operational data, such as that arising from traffic congestion, power consumption statistics, and public ...
C. Harrison; B. Eckman; R. Hamilton; P. Hartswick; J. Kalagnanam; J. Paraszczak; P. Williams
Transmission Structure Foundation Design Guide
This guide contains the most current and comprehensive information for the design of foundations for overhead line structures. The guide covers the complete transmission structure foundation design process from the subsurface investigations and design of the foundations, to the construction and inspection of the foundation. Reference documents to assist transmission structure foundation designers in the development of specifications such as for subsurface investigations and foundation construction ...
Critical Foundations: Protecting America's Infrastructures
Page 1. CRITICAL FOUNDATIONS PROTECTING AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURES The Report of the President's Commission ...
Tracing Noble Gas Radionuclides in the Environment
Trace analysis of radionuclides is an essential and versatile tool in modern science and technology. Due to their ideal geophysical and geochemical properties, long-lived noble gas radionuclides, in particular, 39Ar (t1/2 = 269 yr), 81Kr (t1/2 = 2.3x10^5 yr) and 85Kr (t1/2 = 10.8 yr), have long been recognized to have a wide range of important applications in Earth sciences. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the development of practical analytical methods, and has led to applications of these isotopes in the hydrosphere (tracing the flow of groundwater and ocean water). In this article, we introduce the applications of these isotopes and review three leading analytical methods: Low-Level Counting (LLC), Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) and Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA).
P. Collon; W. Kutschera; Z. -T. Lu
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Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC (New York) | Open Energy...
LLC (New York) Jump to: navigation, search Name Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC Place New York Utility Id 16840 References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 -...
Book reviews, Fall 2011 Christian P. Robert
Book reviews, Fall 2011 Christian P. Robert Universit´e Paris-Dauphine, CEREMADE, IUF, and CREST of three book reviews of Lange (2010), Vasishth and Broe (2011), and Stephenson (2008), respectively is irrelevant." (page iii) I had missed the first edition of this book and thus I started reading
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Gamma ray bursts ROBERT S MACKAY
Gamma ray bursts ROBERT S MACKAY COLIN ROURKE We propose that a gamma ray burst is a kinematic Gamma ray bursts are intense flashes of electromagnetic radiation of cosmic origin lasting from ten accepted mechanism. We propose that a gamma ray burst is simply a kinematic effect, namely the effect
Rourke, Colin
Home Depot Foundation | Open Energy Information
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Robert Mawhinney Columbia University RBC Collaboration
Robert Mawhinney Robert Mawhinney Columbia University RBC Collaboration Lattice QCD from Mira or Probing Quarks at a Sustained Petaflops Early Science Program Investigators Meeting Argonne Leadership Computnig Facility Argonne National Laboratory May 17, 2013 USQCD is a collaboration including almost all of the US physicists working on lattice QCD and is composed of many smaller, generally long-standing, collaborations. USQCD received an ESP allocation on Mira at the ALCF. This allocation has been used by members of the MILC collaboration, the FNAL lattice group, the RBC collaboration and the HotQCD collaboration. 2 Theory of interactions of quarks Interactions mediated by gluons QCD Known Elementary Particles ¯ s K + u u ¯ d r + ¯ d c D meson + u d u p + X - s s s . . . . . . . . . . . m m m m m m 2 19 0 15 4 67 0 20 94 3 1 275
Fermilab | Directorate | Director Profiles | Robert Kephart
Robert Kephart Robert Kephart IARC Director/SRF Program Manager As the Director of the Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC) at Fermilab my goal is to bridge the gap between breakthroughs in accelerator science and technology and solutions for society. IARC will allow our university and laboratory partners to leverage Fermilab's extensive accelerator infrastructure and expertise, resulting in new accelerator-based products and businesses in the United States. I proposed and lead a construction project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the State of Illinois to build a new complex valued at $70 million to support the IARC mission on the Fermilab campus. I manage the superconducting radio frequency (SRF) technology program, a $30 million-a-year research and development effort that supports a proposed new
Robert L. McGraw | BNL
Robert L. McGraw Robert L. McGraw Senior Scientist McGraw has a long-standing interest in the homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation of supercooled vapors, as mechanisms for gas-to-particle conversion. This interest began during his postdoctoral collaboration with Prof. Howard Reiss at UCLA, and continued at Brookhaven both during the early eighties and since returning to BNL in 1993. Since returning, he has been Principal Investigator for NASA programs investigating nucleation and growth processes of atmospheric aerosols and clouds and for development of MATRIX, an aerosol module currently being used in the NASA/GISS climate model. Major achievements under these programs included development of the quadrature method of moments for simulation of atmospheric aerosol processes; completion of the first rigorous kinetics study of binary
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC (Maryland) | Open Energy Information
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC Place Maryland Utility Id 16840 References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File2_2010[1] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! This article is a stub. You can help OpenEI by expanding it. Utility Rate Schedules Grid-background.png No rate schedules available. Average Rates Commercial: $0.0658/kWh Industrial: $0.0686/kWh References ↑ "EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File2_2010" Retrieved from "http://en.openei.org/w/index.php?title=Noble_Americas_Energy_Solutions_LLC_(Maryland)&oldid=412718" Categories: EIA Utility Companies and Aliases Utility Companies Organizations Stubs What links here Related changes Special pages Printable version Permanent link
Use of noble metals in automobile exhaust catalysts
This is a review of recent literature involving laboratory work on catalytic reactions of interest in automobile exhaust purification. The review is concerned with the noble metals Pt, Pd, and Rh, the oxidation of CO and hydrocarbons, the reduction of NO, and the water-gas-shift and steam-re-forming reactions. Current thoughts are given about the mechanisms of these reactions, the dependence of the reaction rates on particle size, when known, and the role of the impurity SO/sub 2/. The current opinion that alloy formation between the noble metals is detrimental and segregation beneficial is supported by literature references.
Kummer, J.T.
Microsoft PowerPoint - Roberts, IV and Stewardship (SSAB April...
and Stewardship April 29, 2010 Sarah Roberts, CHP Acting Program Director, ORISE IEAV Benefits of IV "IV is an important quality assurance step that ensures cleanup goals have...
TMS Professional Honors and Awards: Robert Lansing Hardy Award
1962. Ronald W. Armstrong. 1961 G.S. Ansell. 1960. Jerome B. Cohen. 1959. John Price Hirth. 1958. Norbert F. Neumann. 1957. Robert Alan Huggins. 1956
Manhattan Project: Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer
Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer Home Events > Difficult Choices, 1942 > Groves and the MED, 1942 Events > Bringing it All Together, 1942-1945 Events > Bringing it All...
G.Comer Foundation
Comer Comer Foundation Please note: I work for Pennsylvania State University, And help UN IPCC, NRC, etc., But I am not representing them, Just me. Climate Change: Opportunities in the Greenhouse Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences and Associate of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, 2010 University Turbine Systems Research Workshop, Penn State Energy * You eat about 2400 Calories per day; * You use over 240,000 Calories per day; * Like having 100+ serfs to do your bidding; * Driving, heating, cooling, pumping, plowing, trucking, flying, cooking... * Almost all from oil, coal and natural gas (fossil fuels). http://www.explorepahistory.com/ (Pennsylvania State Education Association) Settlers cut almost all Pennsylvania trees, often
A Model of Nuclear Recoil Scintillation Efficiency in Noble Liquids
Scintillation efficiency of low-energy nuclear recoils in noble liquids plays a crucial role in interpreting results from some direct searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter. However, the cause of a reduced scintillation efficiency relative to electronic recoils in noble liquids remains unclear at the moment. We attribute such a reduction of scintillation efficiency to two major mechanisms: 1) energy loss and 2) scintillation quenching. The former is commonly described by Lindhard's theory and the latter by Birk's saturation law. We propose to combine these two to explain the observed reduction of scintillation yield for nuclear recoils in noble liquids. Birk's constants $kB$ for argon, neon and xenon determined from existing data are used to predict noble liquid scintillator's response to low-energy nuclear recoils and low-energy electrons. We find that energy loss due to nuclear stopping power that contributes little to ionization and excitation is the dominant reduction mechanism in scintillation efficiency for nuclear recoils, but that significant additional quenching results from the nonlinear response of scintillation to the ionization density.
D. -M. Mei; Z. -B. Yin; L. C. Stonehill; A. Hime
Noble gases and radiocarbon in natural gas hydrates Gisela Winckler
Noble gases and radiocarbon in natural gas hydrates Gisela Winckler Lamont-Doherty Earth 2001; published 24 May 2002. [1] In samples of pure natural gas hydrates from Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia of rigid cages of water molecules that enclose guest gas molecules. The gas component of natural hydrates
Winckler, Gisela
On the possible noble gas deficiency of Pluto's atmosphere
We use a statistical-thermodynamic model to investigate the formation and composition of noble-gas-rich clathrates on Pluto's surface. By considering an atmospheric composition close to that of today's Pluto and a broad range of surface pressures, we find that Ar, Kr and Xe can be efficiently trapped in clathrates if they formed at the surface, in a way similar to what has been proposed for Titan. The formation on Pluto of clathrates rich in noble gases could then induce a strong decrease in their atmospheric abundances relative to their initial values. A clathrate thickness of order of a few centimeters globally averaged on the planet is enough to trap all Ar, Kr and Xe if these noble gases were in protosolar proportions in Pluto's early atmosphere. Because atmospheric escape over an extended period of time (millions of years) should lead to a noble gas abundance that either remains constant or increases with time, we find that a potential depletion of Ar, Kr and Xe in the atmosphere would best be explained ...
Mousis, Olivier; Mandt, Kathleen E; Schindhelm, Eric; Weaver, Harold A; Stern, S Alan; Waite, J Hunter; Gladstone, Randy; Moudens, Audrey
LANL Foundation conference draws teachers
LANL Foundation Conference Draws Teachers LANL Foundation Conference Draws Teachers Community Connections: Our link to Northern New Mexico Communities Latest Issue:Dec. 2013 - Jan. 2014 All Issues » submit LANL Foundation conference draws teachers The conference was made possible by a financial investment from LANS, LLC in the Foundation's Inquiry Science Education Consortium and from the Department of Energy. November 1, 2012 dummy image Read our archives Contacts Editor Linda Anderman Email Community Programs Office Kurt Steinhaus Email Close to 1,500 people, including teachers, principals, and others, attended the recent Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation's 15th annual education conference. The speakers included Harry K. and Rosemary Wong on the subject of ""Effective Teaching."
Energy-Driven Pattern Formation Robert V. Kohn
Energy-Driven Pattern Formation Robert V. Kohn Grad Student and Postdoc Seminar April 22, 2011 Robert V. Kohn Energy-Driven Pattern Formation #12;Overview What is energy-driven pattern formation? Hard by singular perturbation Statics: minimum energy scaling laws Dynamics: patterns induced by steepest
Parabolic PDEs and Deterministic Games Robert V. Kohn
Parabolic PDEs and Deterministic Games Robert V. Kohn Courant Institute, NYU Joint work with Sylvia Serfaty ICIAM07, Zurich, July 2007 Robert V. Kohn Courant Institute, NYU Parabolic PDEs and Deterministic. Kohn Courant Institute, NYU Parabolic PDEs and Deterministic Games #12;Goals and perspective Part 1
Richard Schrock, Robert Grubbs, and Metathesis Method in Organic Synthesis
Richard Schrock, Robert Grubbs, and Richard Schrock, Robert Grubbs, and Metathesis Method in Organic Synthesis Resources with Additional Information Richard R. Schrock of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Robert H. Grubbs of the California Institute of Technology were awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis". Richard R. Schrock Richard R. Schrock Copyright L. Barry Hetherington Robert H. Grubbs Robert H. Grubbs Courtesy California Institute of Technology '"[T]heir discoveries ... enable industry to produce plastics and drugs more efficiently and with less hazardous waste ... . For decades, the Department of Energy has been the leading federal supporter of catalytic chemistry, so we are especially pleased to highlight Dr. Schrock's affiliation with the DOE Office of Science, dating back to 1979 and continuing to this day," Secretary [of Energy Samuel W.] Bodman said.
Roberts honored with Secretarial Appreciation Award | National Nuclear
Roberts honored with Secretarial Appreciation Award | National Nuclear Roberts honored with Secretarial Appreciation Award | National Nuclear Security Administration Our Mission Managing the Stockpile Preventing Proliferation Powering the Nuclear Navy Emergency Response Recapitalizing Our Infrastructure Continuing Management Reform Countering Nuclear Terrorism About Us Our Programs Our History Who We Are Our Leadership Our Locations Budget Our Operations Media Room Congressional Testimony Fact Sheets Newsletters Press Releases Speeches Events Social Media Video Gallery Photo Gallery NNSA Archive Federal Employment Apply for Our Jobs Our Jobs Working at NNSA Blog Home > NNSA Blog > Roberts honored with Secretarial Appreciation Award Roberts honored with Secretarial Appreciation Award Posted By Office of Public Affairs Mike Roberts, Kansas City Field Office, was among the Secretarial
Deformation mechanisms beneath shallow foundations
. Where sufficient capacity is available near the ground surface, projects such as low-rise buildings (up to about five storeys in height), houses, tanks and even wind turbines might adopt a shallow foundation system. 1.2 Shallow Foundations Shallow... and drying procedure is followed. Figures 1.1(b) and 1.1(c) show a wind turbine shallow foundation during the concrete pour stage, and a completed rectangular footing with column reinforcement respectively. Two issues are considered in the design of shallow...
McMahon, Brendan
The Honorable Robert Mort&s,
Office of Legacy Management (LM)
, , Department of Energy. ,. Wzishington, DC 20585 fJEC 01 1394 ," The Honorable Robert Mort&s, 7501 Meyer Road ~' Spring Frove, Illinois '60081 Dear MayorMortens: , Secretary of Energy Hazel O'i@ari has announced a new approach to bpenness in the Departhent,of Energy (DOE) and its communications with the public. _ In support of,this initiative, we are pleased to forward the enclosed~ information related to the former,Xnternational Register site in your jurisdiction that performed work for DOE or its predecessor agencies. This information i's .provided,for your~information, use, and retention. DOE's Formi?rly Utilized Sit&s Remedial Action Program is responsible for. identification of sites used by DOE's predecessor agencies, detehmihing their
Mr. Robert Tate Assistant Secretary Cyclops Corporation
E-23 E-23 Mr. Robert Tate Assistant Secretary Cyclops Corporation 650 Washington Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15228 Dear Mr. Tate: As you discussed with Gale Turf of my staff, the Cyclops Corporation, Titusville Plant fn Alfquippa, Pennsylvania, has been authorfzed for remedial action. This action will be conducted under the Department of Energy's Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. The Department will consult with the Cyclops Corporation before taking any action. I understand that representatives from the Department of Energy (Larry Clark) and the Department's contractor, Bechtel National, Inc. will be meeting with you in the near future to discuss remedial action at the Titusvflle Plant. As stated in the August 2, 1982, letter to you from the Department, based
Mr. Robert Muller, Manager General Chemical Corporation
S 1997 S 1997 Mr. Robert Muller, Manager General Chemical Corporation 6300 Philadelphia Pike Claymont, Delaware 19703 Dear Mr. Muller: As you may know, the Department of Energy (DOE) is evaluating the radiological condition of sites that were utilized by the Manhattan Engineer District and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) during the early years of nuclear development to determine whether they need to be cleaned up and whether the Department has authority to perform such action. Mr. D. T. Murphy of Allied Chemical Corporation, Delaware Valley Works in Marcus Hook, was notified on October 2, 1979, that the former Allied site in North Claymont had been identified as one such site, as a result of research and development work and small pilot-scale operations conducted there during
Excavationless Exterior Foundation Insulation Exploratory
Excavationless Exterior Foundation Excavationless Exterior Foundation Insulation Exploratory Study NorthernSTAR Building America Team Garrett Mosiman Technical Approach The project begins with the concept of an "excavationless" exterior foundation insulation upgrade that is cost-competitive with current methods, and involves little impact to existing landscape and site features. Process: 1. Literature review to establish the building science case for the advantages of exterior foundation insulation vs. interior insulation 2. Presentation and analysis of two exterior, full-excavation exterior insulation upgrades to establish a base case for costs 3. Survey of five typical twin-cities neighborhoods to categorize and quantify typical obstructions 4. Web-based search to identify available materials and technologies that have
Noble Gas Geochemistry In Thermal Springs | Open Energy Information
Geochemistry In Thermal Springs Geochemistry In Thermal Springs Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Journal Article: Noble Gas Geochemistry In Thermal Springs Details Activities (1) Areas (1) Regions (0) Abstract: The composition of noble gases in both gas and water samples collected from Horseshoe Spring, Yellowstone National Park, was found to be depth dependent. The deeper the sample collection within the spring, the greater the enrichment in Kr, Xe, radiogenic 4He, and 40Ar and the greater the depletion in Ne relative to 36Ar. The compositional variations are consistent with multi-component mixing. The dominant component consists of dissolved atmospheric gases acquired by the pool at the surface in contact with air. This component is mixed in varying degree with two other
Noble County R E M C | Open Energy Information
Noble County R E M C Noble County R E M C Place Indiana Utility Id 13647 Utility Location Yes Ownership C NERC Location RFC NERC RFC Yes Activity Distribution Yes References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a[1] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! This article is a stub. You can help OpenEI by expanding it. Utility Rate Schedules Grid-background.png General Service, Demand (25 KW or higher) (Multiple phase) Commercial General Service, Demand (25 KW or higher) (Single phase) Commercial General Service, Non-Demand (Multiple-Phase Service) Commercial General Service, Non-Demand (Single-Phase Service) Commercial Large Power (300 KW or higher) Commercial Residential Service Residential SECURITY LIGHT RATE (175-watt mercury vapor) Lighting
Calculations for predicting the distribution of the products of spallation reactions between high energy protons and target materials are well developed and are used for design and operational applications in many projects both within DOE and in other arenas. These calculations are based on theory and limited experimental data that verifies rates of production of some spallation products exist. At the Spallation Neutron Source, a helium stream from the mercury target flows through a system to remove radioactivity from this mercury target offgas. The operation of this system offers a window through which the production of noble gases from mercury spallation by protons may be observed. This paper describes studies designed to measure the production rates of twelve noble gas isotopes within the Spallation Neutron Source mercury target.
DeVore, Joe R [ORNL; Lu, Wei [ORNL; Schwahn, Scott O [ORNL
Noble Gas Excimer Detectors for Security and Safeguards Applications
Noble gas excimer detectors are a technology that is common in particle physics research and less common in applications for security and international safeguards. These detectors offer the capability to detect gammas with an energy resolution similar to NaI and to detect neutrons with good energy resolution as well. Depending on the noble gas selected and whether or not it is in a gaseous or liquid state, the sensitivity to gammas and neutrons can be tuned according to the needs of the application. All of this flexibility can be available at a significant cost saving over alternative technologies. This paper will review this detector technology and its applicability to security and safeguards.
Hynes, Michael V.; Lanza, Richard [Nuclear Science and Engineering Department Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States); Chandra, Rico; Davatz, Giovanna [Arktis Radiation Detectors, Zurich, CH (Switzerland)
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC | Open Energy Information
Sempra Energy Solutions) Sempra Energy Solutions) Jump to: navigation, search Name Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC Place California Utility Id 16840 Utility Location Yes Ownership R NERC Location WECC Activity Retail Marketing Yes References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a[1] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! This article is a stub. You can help OpenEI by expanding it. Utility Rate Schedules Grid-background.png No rate schedules available. Average Rates Commercial: $0.0764/kWh Industrial: $0.0725/kWh References ↑ "EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a" Retrieved from "http://en.openei.org/w/index.php?title=Noble_Americas_Energy_Solutions_LLC&oldid=412275" Categories: EIA Utility Companies and Aliases
KKL Fuel Surveillance Following First Online NobleChem Application
Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG (KKL) is one of the world's largest boiling water reactors (BWRs), and it is being operated with one of the highest core power densities. The plant started Online Noble Chem Application (ONLC) in late 2008. The fuel has been inspected by measuring visual appearance and fuel rod growth, as well as measuring Zirconium oxide and crud thickness using Westinghouse's "Magnacrox" method to determine the effect of the direct transition from normal water chemistry (NWC) to hydrogen wate...
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Catalytic reforming process using noble metal alkaline zeolites
This patent describes improvement in a process wherein a gasoline boiling range hydrocarbonaceous feedstock is catalytically reformed in the presence of hydrogen in a reforming process unit comprised of serially connected reactors wherein each of the reactors contains a supported noble metal-containing catalyst. The improvement comprises the noble-metal catalyst of at least one reactor being selected from the group consisting of alkaline faujasite zeolite, L zeolite and zeolites isostructural thereto, which catalysts are prepared by a: contacting an alkaline faujasite zeolite, L zeolite, or zeolite isostructural thereto, with a noble metal composition selected from Pt(acetylacetonate){sub 2} or Pd(acetylacetonate){sub 2} for an effective amount of time to form a substantially homogeneous mixture and to incorporate the platinum and/or palladium into the near surface regions of the zeolite, but not to disperse the platinum and/or palladium throughout the entire zeolite; and calcining the so treated zeolite at a temperature from about 250 {degrees} C to about 600 {degrees} C for an effective amount of time.
Fluid clathrate system for continuous removal of heavy noble gases from mixtures of lighter gases
An apparatus and method for separation of heavy noble gas in a gas volume. An apparatus and method have been devised which includes a reservoir containing an oil exhibiting a clathrate effect for heavy noble gases with a reservoir input port and the reservoir is designed to enable the input gas volume to bubble through the oil with the heavy noble gas being absorbed by the oil exhibiting a clathrate effect. The gas having reduced amounts of heavy noble gas is output from the oil reservoir, and the oil having absorbed heavy noble gas can be treated by mechanical agitation and/or heating to desorb the heavy noble gas for analysis and/or containment and allow recycling of the oil to the reservoir.
Gross, Kenneth C. (Bolingbrook, IL); Markun, Francis (Joliet, IL); Zawadzki, Mary T. (South Bend, IN)
An apparatus and method are disclosed for separation of heavy noble gas in a gas volume. An apparatus and method have been devised which includes a reservoir containing an oil exhibiting a clathrate effect for heavy noble gases with a reservoir input port and the reservoir is designed to enable the input gas volume to bubble through the oil with the heavy noble gas being absorbed by the oil exhibiting a clathrate effect. The gas having reduced amounts of heavy noble gas is output from the oil reservoir, and the oil having absorbed heavy noble gas can be treated by mechanical agitation and/or heating to desorb the heavy noble gas for analysis and/or containment and allow recycling of the oil to the reservoir. 6 figs.
Gross, K.C.; Markun, F.; Zawadzki, M.T.
J. Robert Schrieffer and the BCS Theory of Superconductivity
J. Robert Schrieffer and the BCS Theory of Superconductivity J. Robert Schrieffer and the BCS Theory of Superconductivity Resources with Additional Information J. Robert Schrieffer Courtesy of NHMFL Robert Schrieffer received his BS from M.I.T. in 1953 and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1957. Upon entering the University of Illinois, "he immediately began research with Professor John Bardeen. After working out a problem dealing with electrical conduction on semiconductor surfaces, Schrieffer spent a year in the laboratory, applying the theory to several surface problems. In the third year of graduate studies, he joined Bardeen and [Leon] Cooper in developing the theory of superconductivity, which constituted his doctoral dissertation."1 Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer were awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory".
Motion of Robert G. Burnley, Director the Commonwealth of Virginia
of Robert G. Burnley, Director the Commonwealth of Virginia of Robert G. Burnley, Director the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to Deny the District of Columbia Public Service Commission's Petition Further Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Requested Relief Motion of Robert G. Burnley, Director the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to Deny the District of Columbia Public Service Commission's Petition Further Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Requested Relief Docket No. EO-05-01: Motion of Robert G. Burnley, Director the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to Deny the District of Columbia Public Service Commission's Petition on the Grounds that the Commission May Not Lawfully Grant the Requested Relief; or, in the Alternative, to Defer Action Pending Further Analysis of Environmental
Architect Of Severe Storm Forecasting: Colonel Robert C. Miller
The career of severe storm forecaster and teacher Colonel Robert Miller (1920�98) is historicallyreviewed and evaluated. His pathway to the position of recognized authority in severe storm forecasting is examined in light of his early education ...
John M. Lewis; Robert A. Maddox; Charlie A. Crisp
Robert B. Laughlin and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
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Manhattan Project: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Ernest...
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Qatar Foundation | Open Energy Information
Qatar Foundation Qatar Foundation Jump to: navigation, search Name Qatar Foundation Place Doha, Qatar Sector Solar Product Qatar-based foundation that is focused on education, scientific research and community development. The foundation is involved in research on climate change and clean energy and is part owner of project developer Qatar Solar Technologies. Coordinates 25.343065°, 51.493193° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":25.343065,"lon":51.493193,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Noble Metals and Spinel Settling in High Level Waste Glass Melters
In the continuing effort to support the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), the noble metals issue is addressed. There is an additional concern about the amount of noble metals expected to be present in the future batches that will be considered for vitrification in the DWPF. Several laboratory, as well as melter-scale, studies have been completed by various organizations (mainly PNNL, SRTC, and WVDP in the USA). This letter report statuses the noble metals issue and focuses at the settling of noble metals in melters.
Sundaram, S. K.; Perez, Joseph M.
Inert anode containing base metal and noble metal useful for the electrolytic production of aluminum
An inert anode for production of metals such as aluminum is disclosed. The inert anode comprises a base metal selected from Cu and Ag, and at least one noble metal selected from Ag, Pd, Pt, Au, Rh, Ru, Ir and Os. The inert anode may optionally be formed of sintered particles having interior portions containing more base metal than noble metal and exterior portions containing more noble metal than base metal. In a preferred embodiment, the base metal comprises Cu, and the noble metal comprises Ag, Pd or a combination thereof.
Ray, Siba P. (Murrysville, PA); Liu, Xinghua (Monroeville, PA)
Symposium in Memory of Robert H. Siemann
The Symposium in Memory of Robert H. Siemann was held on July 7th, 2009 to honor the life and achievements of one of the pioneers of accelerator physics. Speakers and participants from around the world came together at SLAC to celebrate his contributions to science and to the scientific community. Speakers from each of the chapters of Bob's life were asked to provide a broad retrospective of the man and his career. Students provided brief perspectives of specific aspects of his work, and of his role as a mentor. The Siemann family attended and offered personal reminiscences. A redwood tree and memorial plaque were dedicated on the SLAC main Green in his honor. Many who attended the event felt they had learned something they did not know about their longtime colleague. In the pages that follow, the prepared remarks and slides of speakers have been collected. The richness of the contributions and breadth of topics covered are a reflection of the richness and breadth of Bob's life. The event was video recorded, and may be viewed at the SLAC library or online through the SLAC website.
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Foundation Capital.txt - Notepad
Foundation Capital.txt Foundation Capital.txt From: Michael Bauer [firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:20 AM To: GC-62 Subject: Fed Register comments Dear Sir or Lady, Per Wendolyn Holland's request, here are my comments: (i) What improvements to the existing transactions (e.g. CRADAs, WFOs, User Agreements, etc.) would you suggest that DOE consider? Most obvious problem is cost of resources at national labs, which is much higher than at universities and other institutions due to imputed overhead. These costs should be reviewed to find whether they're a) really reflective of real costs at the labs, b)whether they truly reflect unique capabilities that justify the higher cost vs. comparable institutions. It's telling that many of the labs themselves tend to outsource certain research
Foundation Insulation for Existing Homes
How Do We Retrofit Tough Buildings? Foundation Insulation for Existing Homes Building America Technical Update April 29 & 30, 2013 Patrick H. Huelman Cold Climate Housing Coordinator University of Minnesota Extension Foundation Insulation for Existing Homes * Context - Focused on basements and crawlspaces. - Aimed at cold climates (Climate Zones 6 & 7). - Generally aimed at liquid active walls. * Approach - Managing risks - Current solutions & best practices - Evaluating new approaches * Primary focus is to reduce energy use by 30 to 50% with emphasis on existing homes. * Promote building science solutions using a systems engineering and integrated design approach. * "Do no harm" => must ensure that safety, health, and durability are maintained or improved.
Liquid noble gas detectors for low energy particle physics
We review the current status of liquid noble gas radiation detectors with energy threshold in the keV range, wich are of interest for direct dark matter searches, measurement of coherent neutrino scattering and other low energy particle physics experiments. Emphasis is given to the operation principles and the most important instrumentation aspects of these detectors, principally of those operated in the double-phase mode. Recent technological advances and relevant developments in photon detection and charge readout are discussed in the context of their applicability to those experiments.
Vitaly Chepel; Henrique Ara�jo
Datang Jilin Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd Formerly Jilin Noble Wind Power
Stockholding Co Ltd Formerly Jilin Noble Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd Formerly Jilin Noble Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd Jump to: navigation, search Name Datang Jilin Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd(Formerly Jilin Noble Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd) Place Changchun, Jilin Province, China Sector Wind energy Product Wind farm developer. References Datang Jilin Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd(Formerly Jilin Noble Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd)[1] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! This article is a stub. You can help OpenEI by expanding it. Datang Jilin Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd(Formerly Jilin Noble Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd) is a company located in Changchun, Jilin Province, China . References ↑ "[ Datang Jilin Wind Power Stockholding Co Ltd(Formerly Jilin
City of St Robert, Missouri (Utility Company) | Open Energy Information
Robert, Missouri (Utility Company) Robert, Missouri (Utility Company) Jump to: navigation, search Name City of St Robert Place Missouri Utility Id 17918 Utility Location Yes Ownership M NERC Location SERC NERC RFC Yes Activity Distribution Yes References EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a[1] LinkedIn Connections CrunchBase Profile No CrunchBase profile. Create one now! This article is a stub. You can help OpenEI by expanding it. Utility Rate Schedules Grid-background.png Commercial Rate Commercial Residential Rate Residential Security Lighting 100W HPs Lighting Security Lighting- 1000W Metal Halide Lighting Security Lighting- 400W HPS Lighting Security Lighting- 500W HPS Lighting Average Rates Residential: $0.0944/kWh Commercial: $0.1080/kWh References ↑ "EIA Form EIA-861 Final Data File for 2010 - File1_a"
Cognitive Foundations for Visual Analytics
In this report, we provide an overview of scientific/technical literature on information visualization and VA. Topics discussed include an update and overview of the extensive literature search conducted for this study, the nature and purpose of the field, major research thrusts, and scientific foundations. We review methodologies for evaluating and measuring the impact of VA technologies as well as taxonomies that have been proposed for various purposes to support the VA community. A cognitive science perspective underlies each of these discussions.
Greitzer, Frank L.; Noonan, Christine F.; Franklin, Lyndsey
Building Momentum UC San Diego Foundation
investment vehicle for the Foundation's endowed contributions. The Short-Term Invest- ment Pool (STIP), which. The Foundation's investment in the university's STIP and HIP is considered to be an investment in an external
Russell, Lynn
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Foundation parameter study
The dynamic failure criterion governing the dimensions of prototype Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Foundations is treated as a variable parameter. The resulting change in foundation dimensions and costs is examined.
Lodde, P.F.
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Robert A. Bari | Renewable Energy Group | Sustainable Energy Technologies
Robert A. Bari Robert A. Bari Senior Physicist and Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Nuclear Sciences and Technology Department Education Brandeis University, PhD in Physics Rutgers University, A.B. in Physics Membership Fellow, American Nuclear Society (ANS) Fellow, American Physical Society Expertise Nuclear Energy Probabilistic Risk Assessment Nonproliferation Analysis Methods Condensed Matter Physics Experience Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1974 - Present 2000 - Present - Senior Advisor to Department Chairman 1984 - Awarded Tenure 1982 - Appointed Senior Physicist Associate Editor, Physical Review B Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Manhattan College Adjunct Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Quantum Leaps in CO2 Detection Robert Byrne, Ph.D.
Quantum Leaps in CO2 Detection Robert Byrne, Ph.D. USF chemical oceanographers are making quantum. #12;Quantum Leaps in CO2 Detection Robert Byrne, Ph.D. When deployed on shipboard our shipboard
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VBA-0060 - In the Matter of Robert Burd | Department of Energy
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VBX-0060 - In the Matter of Robert Burd | Department of Energy
of Robert Burd VBX-0060 - In the Matter of Robert Burd On November 16, 2001, BWXT Pantex, as successor to Mason & Hanger Corporation (M&H) (collectively referred to as "the...
Development of advanced hydrogen separation membranes in support of hydrogen production processes such as coal gasification and as front end gas purifiers for fuel cell based system is paramount to the successful implementation of a national hydrogen economy. Current generation metallic hydrogen separation membranes are based on Pd-alloys. Although the technology has proven successful, at issue is the high cost of palladium. Evaluation of non-noble metal based dense metallic separation membranes is currently receiving national and international attention. The focus of the reported work was to develop a scaled reactor with a VNi-Ti alloy membrane to replace a production Pd-alloy tube-type purification/diffuser system.
Korinko, P; Kyle Brinkman, K; Thad Adams, T; George Rawls, G
Methods for detecting imminent disruptions and mitigating disruption effects using massive injection of noble gases (He, Ne, or Ar) have been demonstrated on the DIII-D tokamak [1]. A jet of high injected gas density (> 10{sup 24} m{sup -3}) and pressure (> 20 kPa) penetrates the target plasma at the gas sound speed ({approx}300-500 m/s) and increases the atom/ion content of the plasma by a factor of > 50 in several milliseconds. UV line radiation from the impurity species distributes the plasma energy uniformly on the first wall, reducing the thermal load to the divertor by a factor of 10. Runaway electrons are almost completely eliminated by the large density of free and bound electrons supplied by the gas injection. The small vertical plasma displacement before current quench and high ratio of current decay rate to vertical growth rate result in a 75% reduction in peak halo current amplitude and attendant forces.
Riboproteomics of the Hepatitis C Virus Internal Ribosomal Entry Henry Lu, Weiqun Li, William Stafford Noble, Donald Payan, and D. C. Anderson*,
Stafford Noble, Donald Payan, and D. C. Anderson*, Rigel, Inc., South San Francisco, California 94066
Noble, William Stafford
Photoionization of the outer electrons in noble gas endohedral atoms
We suggest a prominent modification of the outer shell photoionization cross section in noble gas (NG) endohedral atoms NG-C{sub n} under the action of the electron shell of fullerene C{sub n}. This shell leads to two important effects: a strong enhancement of the cross section due to fullerene shell polarization under the action of the incoming electromagnetic wave and to prominent oscillation of this cross section due to the reflection of a photoelectron from the NG by the fullerene shell. Both factors lead to powerful maxima in the outer shell ionization cross sections of NG-C{sub n}, which we call giant endohedral resonances. The oscillator strength reaches a very large value in the atomic scale, 25. We consider atoms of all noble gases except He. The polarization of the fullerene shell is expressed in terms of the total photoabsorption cross section of the fullerene. The photoelectron reflection is taken into account in the framework of the so-called bubble potential, which is a spherical {delta}-type potential. It is assumed in the derivations that the NG is centrally located in the fullerene. It is also assumed, in accordance with the existing experimental data, that the fullerene radius R{sub C} is much larger than the atomic radius r{sub A} and the thickness {delta}{sub C} of the fullerene shell. As was demonstrated recently, these assumptions allow us to represent the NG-C{sub n} photoionization cross section as a product of the NG cross section and two well-defined calculated factors.
Amusia, M. Ya. [Hebrew University, Racah Institute of Physics (Israel)], E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Baltenkov, A. S. [Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Arifov Institute of Electronics (Uzbekistan); Chernysheva, L. V. [Russian Academy of Sciences, Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute (Russian Federation)
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Polymorphic CSP Type Checking Ping Gao and Robert Esser
Polymorphic CSP Type Checking Ping Gao and Robert Esser Concurrent and Realtime Systems email@example.com Abstract Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) is a lan guage used to describe and reason about between a conventional functional lan guage type checker and a type checker for the CSP language
Esser, Robert
Fast compression of transportable Tcl agents Robert S. Gray
Fast compression of transportable Tcl agents Robert S. Gray Department of Computer Science implemented a transportable agent system that uses the Tool Command Language (Tcl) as the agent language. Each Tcl script can suspend its execution at an arbitrary point, transport itself to another machine
Agent Tcl: A transportable agent system Robert S. Gray
Agent Tcl: A transportable agent system Robert S. Gray Department of Computer Science Dartmouth of Agent Tcl is to address the weaknesses of existing transportable-agent systems. Agent Tcl willrun describes the architecture of Agent Tcl and its current im- plementation and presents four information
Agent Tcl: A transportable agent system Robert S. Gray \\Lambda
Agent Tcl: A transportable agent system Robert S. Gray \\Lambda Department of Computer Science Tcl is a transportableagent system that is under development at Dartmouth College. A transportable and efficient alter native. The goal of Agent Tcl is to address the weaknesses of existing transportable
Optimal Occulter Design for Finding Extrasolar Planets Robert J. Vanderbei
Optimal Occulter Design for Finding Extrasolar Planets Robert J. Vanderbei Operations Research planets around nearby stars is to use two spacecraft--a telescope and a specially shaped occulter, whose between the two spacecraft, it is critically important to design an occulter that can meet the observing
Vanderbei, Robert J.
1 NUCLEAR SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS OF ROBERT B. WEISENMILLER, PH.D. 1. Two-proton Pickup Studies, K. H. Wilcox, G. J. Wozniak, M. S. Zisman, and J. Cerny. Nuclear Physics A 280, 217. 1977. 3 Spectroscopic Measurement via Exotic Nuclear Rearrangement: The Reaction 26 Mg (7 Li, 8 B), 25 Ne. With K. H
LaFolletteSchool Robert M. La Follette
- portation management and energy policy analysis. #12;Research and Public Service In addition to training innovative and multidisciplinary policy and management research; training, mentoring, and educating students stakeholders. Design and Practice of Public Policy The mission of the Robert M. La Follette School of Public
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Intensive Sampling Of Noble Gases In Fluids At Yellowstone- I, Early
Intensive Sampling Of Noble Gases In Fluids At Yellowstone- I, Early Intensive Sampling Of Noble Gases In Fluids At Yellowstone- I, Early Overview Of The Data, Regional Patterns Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Journal Article: Intensive Sampling Of Noble Gases In Fluids At Yellowstone- I, Early Overview Of The Data, Regional Patterns Details Activities (1) Areas (1) Regions (0) Abstract: The Roving Automated Rare Gas Analysis (RARGA) lab of Berkeley's Physics Department was deployed in Yellowstone National Park for a 19 week period commencing in June, 1983. During this time 66 gas and water samples representing 19 different regions of hydrothermal activity within and around the Yellowstone caldera were analyzed on site. Routinely, the abundances of five stable noble gases and the isotopic compositions of He,
Fate of Noble Metals during the Pyroprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel
During the pyroprocessing of spent nuclear fuel by electrochemical techniques, fission products are separated as the fuel is oxidized at the anode and refined uranium is deposited at the cathode. Those fission products that are oxidized into the molten salt electrolyte are considered active metals while those that do not react are considered noble metals. The primary noble metals encountered during pyroprocessing are molybdenum, zirconium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, and technetium. Pyroprocessing of spent fuel to date has involved two distinctly different electrorefiner designs, in particular the anode to cathode configuration. For one electrorefiner, the anode and cathode collector are horizontally displaced such that uranium is transported across the electrolyte medium. As expected, the noble metal removal from the uranium during refining is very high, typically in excess of 99%. For the other electrorefiner, the anode and cathode collector are vertically collocated to maximize uranium throughput. This arrangement results in significantly less noble metals removal from the uranium during refining, typically no better than 20%. In addition to electrorefiner design, operating parameters can also influence the retention of noble metals, albeit at the cost of uranium recovery. Experiments performed to date have shown that as much as 100% of the noble metals can be retained by the cladding hulls while affecting the uranium recovery by only 6%. However, it is likely that commercial pyroprocessing of spent fuel will require the uranium recovery to be much closer to 100%. The above mentioned design and operational issues will likely be driven by the effects of noble metal contamination on fuel fabrication and performance. These effects will be presented in terms of thermal properties (expansion, conductivity, and fusion) and radioactivity considerations. Ultimately, the incorporation of minor amounts of noble metals from pyroprocessing into fast reactor metallic fuel will be shown to be of no consequence to reactor performance.
B.R. Westphal; D. Vaden; S.X. Li; G.L. Fredrickson; R.D. Mariani
Foundation and Computing Research Center.
w w w w. s a n d i a . g o v The idea drove a wave of technology that transformed society so that today, people carry cell phones that are little supercomputers. But the Moore's Law era - which lasted far longer than Moore himself expected - is coming to an end. The speed of laptops and desktops has plateaued while the power required to run systems is rising sharply. And industry can't continue cramming more transistors onto chips indefinitely. Major change is about a decade away, says Rob Leland, director of Sandia National Laboratories' Computing and information Sciences (CiS) Research Foundation and Computing Research Center. "We need a new type of computing device, new materials, new designs, and it's not at all clear what that should be," Leland says. "it has to be something
Textural break foundation wall construction modules
Below-grade, textural-break foundation wall structures are provided for inhibiting diffusion and advection of liquids and gases into and out from a surrounding hydrogeologic environment. The foundation wall structure includes a foundation wall having an interior and exterior surface and a porous medium disposed around a portion of the exterior surface. The structure further includes a modular barrier disposed around a portion of the porous medium. The modular barrier is substantially removable from the hydrogeologic environment.
Phillips, Steven J. (Kennewick, WA)
Beam buckling on random elastic foundations.
??This thesis explores the impact of the seafloor on the buckling load of an undersea pipeline via beam on elastic foundation buckling theory. Undersea pipelines� (more)
Bee, Geoffrey
Sandia National Laboratories: Research: Research Foundations...
Starodub and Kevin McCarty around the Low Energy Electron Microscope used to study graphene growth. Sandia's Materials Science Research Foundation works to understand materials...
Foundation and Moisture Control Research Project | Department...
Project The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently conducting research into building foundation and moisture control technologies. Moisture is a significant market...
Teleseismic-Seismic Monitoring At Valles Caldera - Redondo Area (Roberts,
Et Al., 1995) Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Exploration Activity: Teleseismic-Seismic Monitoring At Valles Caldera - Redondo Area (Roberts, Et Al., 1995) Exploration Activity Details Location Valles Caldera - Redondo Area Exploration Technique Teleseismic-Seismic Monitoring Activity Date Usefulness useful DOE-funding Unknown Notes We have described the experimental details, data analysis and forward modeling for scattered-wave amplitude data recorded during a teleseismic earthquake survey performed in the Valles Caldera in the summer of 1987. Twenty-four high-quality teleseismic events were recorded at numerous sites along a line spanning the ring fracture and at several sites outside of the caldera. References Peter M. Roberts, Keiiti Aki, Michael C. Fehler (1995) A Shallow
Natural Gas Compressor for Residential Use ---- Inventor Robert Cutler |
Natural Gas Compressor for Residential Use ---- Inventor Robert Cutler Natural Gas Compressor for Residential Use ---- Inventor Robert Cutler This invention disclosure describes a system for gas compression to ultra-high pressures, which is required in many industrial and automotive processes. Gas compression, to pressures above about 100 psig, generally requires cooling to remove heat of compression and may require many stages of compression for efficient operation. Also most piston-type compressors require lubrication between the piston and cylinder, and lubricant may be entrained in the compressed gas, thereby requiring efficient oil removal means downstream of the compressor. This invention describes a system that addresses these requirements in a cost effective system suitable for residential and light industrial applications.
Low Dose Radiation Research Program: Robert L. Ullrich
Robert L. Ullrich Robert L. Ullrich Colorado State University Currently Funded Projects Radiation Leukemogenesis at Low Dose Rates (NSCOR) Genetic Mechanisms of Induced Chromosomal Instability and their Relationships with Radiation Tumorigenesis Technical Abstracts 2006 Workshop: The Role of Telomere Dysfunction in Driving Genomic Instability Bailey, S.M., Williams, E.S., and Ullrich, R.L. 2005 Workshop: Dsyfunctional Mammalian Telomeres in DNA-PKcs Deficient Backgrounds Bailey, S.M., Williams, E., Hagelstrom, T., and Ullrich, R.L. 2003 Workshop: Dysfunctional Mammalian Telomeres Join to Double-Strand Breaks Bailey, S.M., Goodwin, E.H., Williams, E., and Ullrich, R.L. 2002 Workshop: Dysfunctional Telomeres, Radiation-Induced Instability and Tumorigenesis Bailey, S.M., Goodwin, E.H., Cornforth, M.N., and Ullrich, R.L.
Radially Cooled Toroidal Field Centerpost --- Inventor Robert D. Woolley |
Radially Cooled Toroidal Field Centerpost --- Inventor Robert D. Woolley Radially Cooled Toroidal Field Centerpost --- Inventor Robert D. Woolley This invention describes an improvement to Toroidal Field Centerpost cooling in Spherical Torus (ST) devices by changing direction of coolant flow from axial to radial, and flowing between internal inner and outer supply and return manifolds, both fed separately at top and bottom. Thus, the upper half of the centerpost is cooled from the top while the lower half is cooled from the bottom, both with U-shaped flow paths involving manifolds. The performance advantage results because less conductor material needs to be removed for the same coolant flow and because shorter average flow paths provide more heat removal cooling power. The fabrication advantage results because the invention eliminates the need to
Hydrogen production during processing of radioactive sludge containing noble metals
Hydrogen was produced when radioactive sludge from Savannah River Site radioactive waste containing noble metals was reacted with formic acid. This will occur in a process tank in the Defense Waste Facility at SRS when waste is vitrified. Radioactive sludges from four tanks were tested in a lab-scale apparatus. Maximum hydrogen generation rates varied from 5 {times}10{sup {minus}7} g H{sub 2}/hr/g of sludge from the least reactive sludge (from Waste Tank 51) to 2 {times}10{sup {minus}4} g H{sub 2}/hr/g of sludge from the most reactive sludge (from Waste Tank 11). The time required for the hydrogen generation to reach a maximum varied from 4.1 to 25 hours. In addition to hydrogen, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide were produced and the pH of the reaction slurry increased. In all cases, the carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide were generated before the hydrogen. The results are in agreement with large-scale studies using simulated sludges.
Ha, B.C.; Ferrara, D.M.; Bibler, N.E.
OAK A271 DISRUPTION MITIGATION WITH HIGH-PRESSURE NOBLE GAS INJECTION. High-pressure gas jets of neon and argon are used to mitigate the three principal damaging effects of tokamak disruptions: thermal loading of the divertor surfaces, vessel stress from poloidal halo currents and the buildup and loss of relativistic electrons to the wall. The gas jet penetrates as a neutral species through to the central plasma at its sonic velocity. The injected gas atoms increase up to 500 times the total electron inventory in the plasma volume, resulting in a relatively benign radiative dissipation of >95% of the plasma stored energy. The rapid cooling and the slow movement of the plasma to the wall reduce poloidal halo currents during the current decay. The thermally collapsed plasma is very cold ({approx} 1-2 eV) and the impurity charge distribution can include > 50% fraction neutral species. If a sufficient quantity of gas is injected, the neutrals inhibit runaway electrons. A physical model of radiative cooling is developed and validated against DIII-D experiments. The model shows that gas jet mitigation, including runaway suppression, extrapolates favorably to burning plasmas where disruption damage will be more severe. Initial results of real-time disruption detection triggering gas jet injection for mitigation are shown.
Concrete Foundations in Substations and Transmission Lines
This report presents the results of surveys conducted to obtain information on the degradation of concrete foundations that support transmission towers and high-voltage substation equipment. Although concrete foundations are simple and inexpensive, their degradation or failure may have costly consequences, including potential equipment damage and the need for outages to allow movement of critical equipment so the ...
Settlement and Society: Essays Dedicated to Robert McCormick Adams
of the Susiana plain, southwest Iran . . . . . . . . .of southern Iraq and southwest Iran surveyed by Robert McC.Valley in Luristan, Iran . . . . . .63 Frank Hole Harappan
Test Report: Cost Effective Foundation Insulation
A field experiment was conducted to demonstrate and quantify the thermal effectiveness of rigid insulation board when installed on the exterior of a buried concrete foundation wall. A heated, insulated box was constructed along one wall of an existing, unheated building to simulate the living space of a home. The crawl space beneath the living space was divided into two sections. One featured external foundation insulation, while the other side had none. 36 temperature and heat flux sensors were installed at predetermined locations to measure the temperature profile and heat flow out of the living space. The temperature profile through the foundation was then used to calculate the total heat flow out of the foundation for both cases. This experiment showed that a significant energy savings is available with exterior foundation insulation. Over the course of 3 months, the heat-loss differential between the insulated and non-insulated foundations was 4.95 kilowatt-hours per lineal foot of foundation wall, for a ratio of 3:1. For a 2200 sq. ft home with a foundation perimeter 200 ft. long, this would amount to a savings of 990 kW-hrs in just 3 months, or 330 kW-hrs per month. Extrapolating to an 8-month heating year, we would expect to save over 2640 kW-hrs per year for such a home. The savings for a basement foundation, rather than a crawlspace, would be approach twice that amount, nearing 5280 kW-hr per year. Because these data were not collected during the coldest months of the year, they are conservative, and greater savings may be expected during colder periods.
Jeffrey M. Lacy; T. E. Rahl; G. A. Twitchell; R. G. Kobbe
Integrated DWPF Melter System (IDMS) campaign report: The first two noble metals operations
The Integrated DWPF Melter System (IDMS) is designed and constructed to provide an engineering-scale representation of the DWPF melter and its associated feed preparation and off-gas systems. The facility is the first pilot-scale melter system capable of processing mercury, and flowsheet levels of halides and noble metals. In order to characterize the processing of noble metals (Pd, Rh, Ru, and Ag) on a large scale, the IDMS will be operated batchstyle for at least nine feed preparation cycles. The first two of these operations are complete. The major observation to date occurred during the second run when significant amounts of hydrogen were evolved during the feed preparation cycle. The runs were conducted between June 7, 1990 and March 8, 1991. This time period included nearly six months of ``fix-up`` time when forced air purges were installed on the SRAT MFT and other feed preparation vessels to allow continued noble metals experimentation.
Hutson, N.D.; Zamecnik, J.R.; Smith, M.E.; Miller, D.H.; Ritter, J.A.
A determination of air-sea gas exchange and upper ocean biological production from five noble gasses and tritiugenic helium-3
The five noble gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon) are biologically and chemically inert, making them ideal oceanographic tracers. Additionally, the noble gases have a wide range of solubilities and molecular ...
Stanley, Rachel H. R
Vitrification of noble metals containing NCAW simulant with an engineering scale melter (ESM): Campaign report
ESM has been designed as a 10th-scale model of the DWPF-type melter, currently the reference melter for nitrification of Hanford double shell tankwaste. ESM and related equipment have been integrated to the existing mockup vitrification plant VA-WAK at KfK. On June 2-July 10, 1992, a shakedown test using 2.61 m{sup 3} of NCAW (neutralized current acid waste) simulant without noble metals was performed. On July 11-Aug. 30, 1992, 14.23 m{sup 3} of the same simulant with nominal concentrations of Ru, Rh, and Pd were vitrified. Objective was to investigate the behavior of such a melter with respect to discharge of noble metals with routine glass pouring via glass overflow. Results indicate an accumulation of noble metals in the bottom area of the flat-bottomed ESM. About 65 wt% of the noble metals fed to the melter could be drained out, whereas 35 wt% accumulated in the melter, based on analysis of glass samples from glass pouring stream in to the canisters. After the melter was drained at the end of the campaign through a bottom drain valve, glass samples were taken from the residual bottom layer. The samples had significantly increased noble metals content (factor of 20-45 to target loading). They showed also a significant decrease of the specific electric resistance compared to bulk glass (factor of 10). A decrease of 10- 15% of the resistance between he power electrodes could be seen at the run end, but the total amount of noble metals accumulated was not yet sufficient enough to disturb the Joule heating of the glass tank severely.
Grunewald, W.; Roth, G.; Tobie, W.; Weisenburger, S.; Weiss, K.; Elliott, M.; Eyler, L.L.
Method and apparatus for noble gas atom detection with isotopic selectivity
Apparatus and methods of operation are described for determining, with isotopic selectivity, the number of noble gas atoms in a sample. The analysis is conducted within an evacuated chamber which can be isolated by a valve from a vacuum pumping system capable of producing a pressure of 10.sup.-8 Torr. Provision is made to pass pulses of laser beams through the chamber, these pulses having wavelengths appropriate for the resonance ionization of atoms of the noble gas under analysis. A mass filter within the chamber selects ions of a specific isotope of the noble gas, and means are provided to accelerate these selected ions sufficiently for implantation into a target. Specific types of targets are discussed. An electron measuring device produces a signal relatable to the number of ions implanted into the target and thus to the number of atoms of the selected isotope of the noble gas removed from the gas sample. The measurement can be continued until a substantial fraction, or all, of the atoms in the sample have been counted. Furthermore, additional embodiments of the apparatus are described for bunching the atoms of a noble gas for more rapid analysis, and for changing the target for repetitive cycling of the gas in the chamber. The number of repetitions of the cyclic steps depend upon the concentration of the isotope of interest, the separative efficiency of the mass filter, etc. The cycles are continued until a desired selectivity is achieved. Also described are components and a method of operation for a pre-enrichment operation for use when an introduction of a total sample would elevate the pressure within the chamber to levels in excess of those for operation of the mass filter, specifically a quadrupole mass filter. Specific examples of three noble gas isotope analyses are described.
Hurst, G. Samuel (Oak Ridge, TN); Payne, Marvin G. (Harriman, TN); Chen, Chung-Hsuan (Knoxville, TN); Parks, James E. (Oak Ridge, TN)
United Nations Foundation (UNF) | Open Energy Information
United Nations Foundation (UNF) United Nations Foundation (UNF) Jump to: navigation, search Logo: United Nations Foundation Name United Nations Foundation Address 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 400 Place Washington, DC Zip 20036 Region Northeast - NY NJ CT PA Area Coordinates 38.90879°, -77.042271° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":38.90879,"lon":-77.042271,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Tropical Forest Foundation | Open Energy Information
Tropical Forest Foundation Tropical Forest Foundation Jump to: navigation, search Logo: Tropical Forest Foundation Name Tropical Forest Foundation Address 2121 Eisenhower Ave. Suite 200 Place Alexandria, Virginia Zip 22314 Region Northeast - NY NJ CT PA Area Phone number 703.518.8834 Website http://tropicalforestfoundatio Coordinates 38.8013734°, -77.0668734° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":38.8013734,"lon":-77.0668734,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Galveston Historical Foundation | Open Energy Information
Historical Foundation Historical Foundation Jump to: navigation, search Logo: Galveston Historical Foundation Name Galveston Historical Foundation Address 502 20th St. Place Galveston, Texas Zip 77550 Region Texas Area Number of employees 11-50 Year founded 1954 Phone number 409-765-7834 Website http://www.galvestonhistory.or Coordinates 29.3054013°, -94.7900179° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":29.3054013,"lon":-94.7900179,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Foundations of uncertain-data integration
There has been considerable past work studying data integration and uncertain data in isolation. We develop the foundations for local-as-view (LAV) data integration when the sources being integrated are uncertain. We motivate two distinct settings ...
Parag Agrawal; Anish Das Sarma; Jeffrey Ullman; Jennifer Widom
Tribal Renewable Energy Curriculum Foundational Course: Biomass
Watch the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy foundational course webinar on biomass renewable energy by clicking on the .swf link below. You can also download the PowerPoint slides...
Theoretical foundations for the study of sociomateriality
This paper compares two alternative theoretical foundations upon which the study of sociomateriality can be built: agential realism and critical realism. It begins by providing a brief overview of the sociomaterial perspective on organizational practices ...
Paul M. Leonardi
TMS Foundation Receives Planned Gift from Dr. Martin E. Glicksman
Mr. Martin E. Glicksman, of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently made plans for a substantial planned gift to the TMS Foundation. The Foundation�...
Indian Renewable Energy Foundation Ltd IREF | Open Energy Information
Renewable Energy Foundation Ltd IREF Jump to: navigation, search Name Indian Renewable Energy Foundation Ltd. (IREF) Place Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Zip 400 055 Sector Wind energy...
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Strategic...
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course: Strategic Energy Planning (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational...
Preparation and Heat-Treatment of DWPF Simulants With and Without Co-Precipitated Noble Metals
The Savannah River National Laboratory is in the process of investigating factors suspected of impacting catalytic hydrogen generation in the Chemical Process Cell of the Defense Waste Processing Facility, DWPF. Noble metal catalyzed hydrogen generation in simulation work constrains the allowable acid addition operating window in DWPF. This constraint potentially impacts washing strategies during sludge batch preparation. It can also influence decisions related to the addition of secondary waste streams to a sludge batch. Noble metals have historically been added as trim chemicals to process simulations. The present study investigated the potential conservatism that might be present from adding the catalytic species as trim chemicals to the final sludge simulant versus co-precipitating the noble metals into the insoluble sludge solids matrix. Parallel preparations of two sludge simulants targeting the composition of Sludge Batch 3 were performed in order to evaluate the impact of the form of noble metals. Identical steps were used except that one simulant had dissolved palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium present during the precipitation of the insoluble solids. Noble metals were trimmed into the other stimulant prior to process tests. Portions of both sludge simulants were held at 97 C for about eight hours to qualitatively simulate the effects of long term storage on particle morphology and speciation. The simulants were used as feeds for Sludge Receipt and Adjustment Tank, SRAT, process simulations. The following conclusions were drawn from the simulant preparation work: (1) The first preparation of a waste slurry simulant with co-precipitated noble metals was successful, based on the data obtained. It appears that 99+% of the noble metals were retained in the simulant. (2) Better control of carbonate, hydroxide, and post-wash trim chemical additions is needed before the new method of simulant preparation will be as reproducible as the old method. (3) The two new simulants were visually very viscous compared to the traditional SB3 simulant. (4) Heat-treatment reduced the viscosity of the two new simulants with and without coprecipitated noble metals, though they were still more viscous than the traditional SB3. (5) The approach of using a 97 C heat-treatment step to qualitatively simulate tank farm aging may not be optimal. A significant change in the base equivalent molarities of both simulants was observed during heat-treatment. (6) Heat-treatment appeared to make phosphates insoluble in water. The following recommendations came out of the work: (1) Washed slurry should be checked for TIC and base equivalents before calculating the final trim chemical additions of sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide. (2) Final insoluble trim chemicals should be added to the slurry in the cross-flow filtration unit mixing tank, since significant slurry is lost in the CUF equipment. Adding the chemicals here would keep them in the correct proportion relative to the precipitated insoluble solids. (3) A composite wash and decant sample should be prepared containing proportionally weighted masses of each aqueous stream removed during preparation of a co-precipitated noble metal simulant. This sample should then be checked for noble metal losses. This would reduce the sample load, while still confirming that there was no significant noble metal loss. (4) A study of the impact of heat-treatment on existing simulants should be undertaken. If there is a shift in base equivalents, then SRNL acid stoichiometries may be biased relative to real waste. The study should be extended to several real wastes as well.
Koopman, David C.:Eibling, Russel E
Agent Tcl: Alpha Release 1.1 Robert S. Gray \\Lambda
Agent Tcl: Alpha Release 1.1 Robert S. Gray \\Lambda Department of Computer Science Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com December 1, 1995 Abstract Agent Tcl is a transportable agent system. The agents are written in an extended version of the Tool Command Lanuage (Tcl
Robert P. Johnson Physics 10, 11/21/06 1 Physics 10 Lecture
," within our own galaxy. #12;Robert P. Johnson Physics 10, 11/21/06 10 Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB)Gamma Ray 21, 2006 Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope #12;Robert P. Johnson Physics 10, 11/21/06 2 Why a GammaWhy a Gamma--Ray Telescope in Space?Ray Telescope in Space? · Extend our astronomical coverage
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Dr Robert J Stack | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
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Robert J Stack Robert J Stack Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, & Biosciences (CSGB) Division CSGB Home About Staff Listings/Contact Information What's New Research Areas Scientific Highlights Reports & Activities Principal Investigators' Meetings BES Home Staff Listings/Contact Information Dr. Robert J Stack Print Text Size: A A A RSS Feeds FeedbackShare Page Dr. Robert J. Stack Program Manager Physical Biosciences Office of Basic Energy Sciences SC-22.1/Germantown Building U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20585-1290 E-Mail:firstname.lastname@example.com Dr. Stack joined the staff of Glycomed, Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989 as the head of a small "exploratory/discovery" research group that centered on developing carbohydrates as pharmaceuticals. Subsequently, he
Feature Extraction for Data-Driven Fault Detection in Nuclear Power Plants Xin Jin, Robert M. Edwards and Asok Ray
. Roberts, W. E. Vesely, D. F. Haasl, and F. F. Goldberg, Fault Tree Handbook. NUREG-0942, U. S. Nuclear
Ray, Asok
Computational investigation of noble gas adsorption and separation by nanoporous materials.
Molecular simulations are used to assess the ability of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials to store and separate noble gases. Specifically, grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation techniques are used to predict noble gas adsorption isotherms at room temperature. Experimental trends of noble gas inflation curves of a Zn-based material (IRMOF-1) are matched by the simulation results. The simulations also predict that IRMOF-1 selectively adsorbs Xe atoms in Xe/Kr and Xe/Ar mixtures at total feed gas pressures of 1 bar (14.7 psia) and 10 bar (147 psia). Finally, simulations of a copper-based MOF (Cu-BTC) predict this material's ability to selectively adsorb Xe and Kr atoms when present in trace amounts in atmospheric air samples. These preliminary results suggest that Cu-BTC may be an ideal candidate for the pre-concentration of noble gases from air samples. Additional simulations and experiments are needed to determine the saturation limit of Cu-BTC for xenon, and whether any krypton atoms would remain in the Cu-BTC pores upon saturation.
Allendorf, Mark D. (Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA); Sanders, Joseph C.; Greathouse, Jeffery A.
Simulations of the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) Chemical Processing Cell vessels were performed with the primary purpose of producing melter feeds for the beaded frit program plus obtaining samples of simulated slurries containing high concentrations of noble metals for off-site analytical studies for the hydrogen program. Eight pairs of 22-L simulations were performed of the Sludge Receipt and Adjustment Tank (SRAT) and Slurry Mix Evaporator (SME) cycles. These sixteen simulations did not contain mercury. Six pairs were trimmed with a single noble metal (Ag, Pd, Rh, or Ru). One pair had all four noble metals, and one pair had no noble metals. One supporting 4-L simulation was completed with Ru and Hg. Several other 4-L supporting tests with mercury have not yet been performed. This report covers the calculations performed on SRNL analytical and process data related to the noble metals and hydrogen generation. It was originally envisioned as a supporting document for the off-site analytical studies. Significant new findings were made, and many previous hypotheses and findings were given additional support as summarized below. The timing of hydrogen generation events was reproduced very well within each of the eight pairs of runs, e.g. the onset of hydrogen, peak in hydrogen, etc. occurred at nearly identical times. Peak generation rates and total SRAT masses of CO{sub 2} and oxides of nitrogen were reproduced well. Comparable measures for hydrogen were reproduced with more variability, but still reasonably well. The extent of the reproducibility of the results validates the conclusions that were drawn from the data.
Koopman, D
Oral Histories: Biophysicist Robert E. Rowland, Ph.D.
1 1 HUMAN RADIATION STUDIES: REMEMBERING THE EARLY YEARS Oral History of Biophysicist Robert Edmund Rowland, Ph.D. Conducted January 27, 1995 United States Department of Energy Office of Human Radiation Experiments June 1995 CONTENTS Foreword Short Biography From College to Argonne National Laboratory Initial Argonne Interest in Elgin State Hospital Early Radium Injections at Elgin State Hospital Radium Studies by Argonne National Laboratory Medical Treatments Using Radium Research Into How Radium Deposits in Bone To University of Rochester for a Ph.D. Wartime Plutonium Injection by Metallurgical Laboratory Staff Director of the Radiological and Environmental Research Division Establishment of the National Center for Human Radiobiology Making Contact With Radium Cases for Follow-up
The Honorable Robert E. Williams 44 W. Washington Street
SEC ; : ' SEC ; : ' ,-<- I ;;;s The Honorable Robert E. Williams 44 W. Washington Street Shelbyville, Indiana 46176 Dear Mayor Williams: Secretary of Energy Hazel O'Leary has announced a new approach to openness in the Department of Energy (DOE) and its communications with the public. In support of this initiative, we are pleased to forward the enclosed information related to the former General Electric Co. site in your jurisdiction that performed work for DOE or its predecessor agencies. This information is provided for your information, use, and retention. DOE's Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program is responsible for identification of sites used by DOE's predecessor agencies, determining their current radiological condition and, where it has authority, performing
Robert G Wilkins MBChB FRCA CEO, Endovalve Inc.
endoValve endoValve Robert G Wilkins MBChB FRCA CEO, Endovalve Inc. 103 Carnegie Center, Suite 100 Princeton, NJ 08540 908-901-0691 Fax 215-243-8291 Cell 908-759-2016 email@example.com March 6, 2009 Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Te\,. ;y Transfer and Intellectual Property U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 Attn: Technology Transfer Questions ')lh £' ; ;09 Hra:41 Subject: Questions Concerning Technology Transfer Practices at DOE Laboratories (Federal RegisterNol. 73, No. 229/ November 26,2008 /Notices) Dear Mr. Gottlieb, I was encouraged by your request for information and feedback concerning technology transfer practices at the DOE Laboratories (Labs), as I am certain that improved practices in this area will lead to better leverage of the Labs capabilities in the commercial arena, and thus provide greater public benefit.
Bonneville Environmental Foundation | Open Energy Information
Foundation Foundation Jump to: navigation, search Name Bonneville Environmental Foundation Address 240 SW 1st Avenue Place Portland, Oregon Zip 97204 Region Pacific Northwest Area Website https://www.b-e-f.org/ Coordinates 45.520495°, -122.671887° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":45.520495,"lon":-122.671887,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Sandia National Laboratories: Research: Research Foundations: Engineering
Engineering Science Engineering Science The Engineering Science Research Foundation is leading engineering transitions in advanced, highly critical systems by integrating theory development, experimental discovery and diagnostics, modeling, and computational approaches to refine our understanding of complex behavior in engineered systems. Why our work matters Revolutionizing the fundamental understanding of complex engineered systems can lead to enhancements that will bolster our national security stance for decades to come. Our unique value Leading-edge work on physical phenomena at the continuum and near-continuum scale Engineering expertise in national security systems that is second to none Foundational knowledge across multiple disciplines, including solid mechanics, fluid mechanics of reacting and nonreacting systems, structural
American Clean Skies Foundation | Open Energy Information
Skies Foundation Skies Foundation Jump to: navigation, search Logo: American Clean Skies Foundation Name American Clean Skies Foundation Address 750 1st Street NE, Suite 1100 Place Washington, DC Zip 20002 Region Northeast - NY NJ CT PA Area Year founded 2007 Phone number (202) 682-6294 Website http://www.cleanskies.org/ Coordinates 38.899704°, -77.007068° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":38.899704,"lon":-77.007068,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Clean Economy Network Foundation | Open Energy Information
Clean Economy Network Foundation Clean Economy Network Foundation Jump to: navigation, search Logo: Clean Economy Network Foundation Name Clean Economy Network Foundation Address 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 700 Place Washington, DC Zip 20004 Number of employees 1-10 Year founded 2009 Website http://cleaneconomynetwork.org Notes Includes what was formerly known as the Renewable Energy Business Network (REBN) Coordinates 38.89597°, -77.030353° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":38.89597,"lon":-77.030353,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Security Policies as the Foundation for Cryptographic
Security Policies as the Foundation for Cryptographic Key Management Elaine Barker, CKMS Project to Layered Security Policies From Information Management to Key Mngt. From Dept. of Com. To NIST Employees · Security Domains Simple to Complex · Key Management Static to Configurable to Dynamic
Foundations and Trends R Information Retrieval
Foundations and Trends R in Information Retrieval Vol. 2, No. 3 (2008) 137213 c 2008 C. Zhai DOI: 10.1561/1500000008 Statistical Language Models for Information Retrieval A Critical Review email@example.com Abstract Statistical language models have recently been successfully applied to many information retrieval
Zhai, ChengXiang
FOUNDATIONS OF PRICING AND INVESTMENT IN ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION A thesis submitted, transmission and distribution areas. From 1984 to 1989 he worked for Chilquinta, an electricity distribution electricity markets. In that frame, open access to the transmission system is one of the fundamental topics
Rudnick, Hugh
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Grants | Department of Energy
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Grants Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Grants Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Grants < Back Eligibility Local Government Nonprofit Schools Savings Category Heating & Cooling Home Weatherization Construction Commercial Weatherization Commercial Heating & Cooling Design & Remodeling Appliances & Electronics Commercial Lighting Lighting Bioenergy Alternative Fuel Vehicles Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Energy Sources Buying & Making Electricity Solar Heating Water Heating Wind Program Info Start Date 06/30/1999 State Illinois Program Type Non-Profit Grant Program Provider Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation The Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation (ICECF) was established in December 1999 as an independent foundation with a $225 million endowment
VWA-0036 - In the Matter of Robert Gardner | Department of Energy
36 - In the Matter of Robert Gardner 36 - In the Matter of Robert Gardner VWA-0036 - In the Matter of Robert Gardner This Decision involves a complaint filed by Robert Gardner (Gardner or "Complainant") under the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, codified at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. Gardner is a former employee of a DOE contractor, Rust GeoTech (Rust). He alleges that certain reprisals were taken against him by Rust, including denial of a merit pay increase in 1996 and interference with his prospects for future employment in retaliation for his protected disclosures to DOE management and public officials. On the basis of the hearing that was conducted and the record before me, I have concluded that Gardner is not entitled to relief under 10 C.F.R. Part 708.
FIA-11-0018 - In the Matter of Robert M. Balick | Department of Energy
1-0018 - In the Matter of Robert M. Balick 1-0018 - In the Matter of Robert M. Balick FIA-11-0018 - In the Matter of Robert M. Balick On January 12, 2012, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Appeal filed by Robert M. Balick (Appellant). The DOE's Office of Information Resources (OIR) denied the Appellant's request for a fee waiver, claiming that the Appellant had not indicated how he would disseminate the information to the public. OHA found that the Appellant had not included any information in his Appeal indicating how he would disseminate the information. In addition, the Appellant did not show that release of the information will significantly enhance the public's understanding of the activities or operations of the government. Therefore, OHA denied the
William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881
William Robert Ware (1832- 1915) planned and directed the first collegiate program in architectural education i n the United States. He was educated in the liberal arts and civil engineering at Harvard University and ...
Chewning, John Andrew
100 Meter Time of Flight System for Transmission Experiments Michael Rapp, Yaron Danon, Robert Block
100 Meter Time of Flight System for Transmission Experiments Michael Rapp, Yaron Danon, Robert of the detectors was chosen to take advantage of the neutron beam geometry at the detector location, 100 meters
Danon, Yaron
The RAW Filter: An Improvement to the Robert�Asselin Filter in Semi-Implicit Integrations
Errors caused by discrete time stepping may be an important component of total model error in contemporary atmospheric and oceanic simulations. To reduce time-stepping errors in leapfrog integrations, the Robert�Asselin�Williams (RAW) filter was ...
Paul D. Williams
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, Ada, Oklahoma
U.S. EPA's Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, Ada, Oklahoma, has reduced its annual energy consumption by 45% by upgrading its building mechanical system and incorporating renewable energy.
Farrar-Nagy, S.; Voss, P.; Van Geet, O.
FIA-11-0018 - In the Matter of Robert M. Balick FIA-11-0018 - In the Matter of Robert M. Balick FIA-11-0018 - In the Matter of Robert M. Balick The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Appeal filed by Robert M. Balick (Appellant). The DOE's Office of Information Resources (OIR) denied the Appellant's request for a fee waiver, claiming that the Appellant had not indicated how he would disseminate the information to the public. OHA found that the Appellant had not included any information in his Appeal indicating how he would disseminate the information. In addition, the Appellant did not show that release of the information will significantly enhance the public's understanding of the activities or operations of the government. Therefore, OHA denied the Appeal.
The use of wind power to generate electricity continues to grow, especially given commitments by various countries throughout the world to ensure that a significant percentage of energy comes from renewable sources. In order to meet such objectives, increasingly larger turbines with higher capacity are being developed. The engineering aspects of larger turbine development tend to focus on design and materials for blades and towers. However, foundations are also a critical component of large wind turbines and represent a significant cost of wind energy projects. Ongoing wind research at BNL is examining two areas: (a) structural response analysis of wind turbine-tower-foundation systems and (b) materials engineering of foundations. This work is investigating the dynamic interactions in wind turbine systems, which in turn assists the wind industry in achieving improved reliability and more cost efficient foundation designs. The results reported herein cover initial studies of concrete mix designs for large wind turbine foundations and how these may be tailored to reduce cost and incorporate sustainability and life cycle concepts. The approach taken was to investigate material substitutions so that the environmental, energy and CO{sub 2}-impact of concrete could be reduced. The use of high volumes of ''waste'' materials in concrete was examined. These materials included fly ash, blast furnace slag and recycled concrete aggregate. In addition, the use of steel fiber reinforcement as a means to improve mechanical properties and potentially reduce the amount of bar reinforcement in concrete foundations was studied. Four basic mixes were considered. These were: (1) conventional mix with no material substitutions, (2) 50% replacement of cement with fly ash, (3) 50% replacement of cement with blast furnace slag and (4) 25% replacement of cement with fly ash and 25% replacement with blast furnace slag. Variations on these mixes included the addition of 1% by volume steel fibers. The use of recycled concrete aggregate in the conventional and 50% slag mixes was also studied. Properties investigated included compressive and tensile strengths, elastic modulus, coefficient of permeability, thermal conductivity and durability in seawater and sulfate solutions. It was determined that the mixes containing 50% slag gave the best overall performance. Slag was particularly beneficial for concrete that used recycled aggregate and could reduce strength losses. Initial durability results indicated that corrosion of fibers in the different concrete mixes when exposed to seawater was minimal. Future research needs to include more detailed studies of mix design and properties of concrete for wind turbine foundations. Emphasis on slag-modified mixes with natural and recycled concrete aggregate is recommended. The proportion of slag that can be incorporated in the concrete needs to be optimized, as does the grading of recycled aggregate. The potential for using silica fume in conjunction with slag is worth exploring as this may further enhance strength and durability. Longer-term durability studies are necessary and other pertinent properties of concrete that require investigation include damping characteristics, pullout strength, fatigue strength and risk of thermal cracking. The properties of sustainable concrete mixes need to be integrated with studies on the structural behavior of wind turbine foundations in order to determine the optimal mix design and to examine means of reducing conservatism and cost of foundations.
Fuel Surveillance at Dresden-2 After One Cycle of Noble Metal Chemical Application
Dresden-2 implemented noble metal chemical application (NMCA) with a normalized average metal loading of 32 micrograms per square centimeter at the end of cycle-16 (EOC-16) in 1999. A poolside inspection characterized corrosion performance of the fuel supplied by Framatone ANP, Inc. in a post-NMCA environment after one 24-month cycle in 2001. All one-, two-, and three-cycle fuel rods exhibited satisfactory performance, with no evidence of surface spallation. Moreover, the axial liftoff profiles of rods o...
KKL Fuel Surveillance Following Four Ol-Line NobleChemTM Applications
Operators of KKL�s (Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt) Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant changed from Normal Water Chemistry (NWC) to Hydrogen Water Chemistry (HWC) and applied On-Line NobleChem� (OLNC) during Cycle 25 in 2008/2009 to mitigate intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC). OLNC has been applied every year since. In order to understand the impact of this change, particularly OLNC, on general fuel performance, plant operators performed poolside fuel inspections following the first and ...
Noble Metal Catalysts for Mercury Oxidation in Utility Flue Gas: Gold, Palladium and Platinum Formulations
The use of noble metals as catalysts for mercury oxidation in flue gas remains an area of active study. To date, field studies have focused on gold and palladium catalysts installed at pilot scale. In this article, we introduce bench-scale experimental results for gold, palladium and platinum catalysts tested in realistic simulated flue gas. Our initial results reveal some intriguing characteristics of catalytic mercury oxidation and provide insight for future research into this potentially important process.
Presto, A.A.; Granite, E.J
Issues Involving The OSI Concept of Operation For Noble Gas Radionuclide Detection
The development of a technically sound protocol for detecting the subsurface release of noble gas radionuclides is critical to the successful operation of an on site inspection (OSI) under the CTBT and has broad ramifications for all aspects of the OSI regime including the setting of specifications for both sampling and analysis equipment used during an OSI. With NA-24 support, we are investigating a variety of issues and concerns that have significant bearing on policy development and technical guidance regarding the detection of noble gases and the creation of a technically justifiable OSI concept of operation. The work at LLNL focuses on optimizing the ability to capture radioactive noble gases subject to the constraints of possible OSI scenarios. This focus results from recognizing the difficulty of detecting gas releases in geologic environments - a lesson we learned previously from the LLNL Non-Proliferation Experiment (NPE). Evaluation of a number of important noble gas detection issues, potentially affecting OSI policy, has awaited the US re-engagement with the OSI technical community. Thus, there have been numerous issues to address during the past 18 months. Most of our evaluations of a sampling or transport issue necessarily involve computer simulations. This is partly due to the lack of OSI-relevant field data, such as that provided by the NPE, and partly a result of the ability of LLNL computer-based models to test a range of geologic and atmospheric scenarios far beyond what could ever be studied in the field making this approach very highly cost effective. We review some highlights of the transport and sampling issues we have investigated during the past year. We complete the discussion of these issues with a description of a preliminary design for subsurface sampling that is intended to be a practical solution to most if not all the challenges addressed here.
Carrigan, C R; Sun, Y
Temporal changes in noble gas compositions within the Aidlinsector ofThe Geysers geothermal system
The use of nonreactive isotopic tracers coupled to a full thermal-hydrological reservoir simulation allows for an improved method of investigating how reservoir fluids contained within matrix and fractures contribute over time to fluids produced from geothermal systems. A combined field and modeling study has been initiated to evaluate the effects of injection, production, and fracture-matrix interaction on produced noble gas contents and isotopic ratios. Gas samples collected periodically from the Aidlin steam field at The Geysers, California, between 1997 and 2006 have been analyzed for their noble gas compositions, and reveal systematic shifts in abundance and isotopic ratios over time. Because of the low concentrations of helium dissolved in the injection waters, the injectate itself has little impact on the helium isotopic composition of the reservoir fluids over time. However, the injection process may lead to fracturing of reservoir rocks and an increase in diffusion-controlled variations in noble gas compositions, related to gases derived from fluids within the rock matrix.
Dobson, Patrick; Sonnenthal, Eric; Kennedy, Mack; van Soest,Thijs; Lewicki, Jennifer
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Expert Meeting Report: Foundations Research Results
Foundations Research Results Foundations Research Results C. Ojczyk, P. Huelman, and J. Carmody NorthernSTAR May 2013 NOTICE This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States government. Neither the United States government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, subcontractors, or affiliated partners makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement,
Excavationless Exterior Foundation Insulation Exploratory Study
The key objective of this exploratory study was to investigate the feasibility of the development or adoption of technologies that would enable a large percentage of existing homes in cold climates to apply a combination 'excavationless' soil removal process with appropriate insulation and water management on the exterior of existing foundations at a low cost. Our approach was to explore existing excavation and material technologies and systems to discover whether potential successful combinations existed.
Mosiman, G.; Wagner, R.; Schirber, T.
Dylan Jones, President & CEO Canada West Foundation
's Crude Oil and North American Demand in 2011 Source: CAPP, EIA, Statistics Canada #12;US oil production and overseas crude oil prices. Sources: US EIA, CERI, Canada West Foundation. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Jul-07 Jan-08 Jul-08 Jan-09 Jul-09 Jan-10 Jul-10 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 US$/b Crude Oil Benchmark
Peak, Derek
Radiation Damping of Shallow Foundations on Nonlinear Soil Medium
to the reduction of radiation damping due to soil yielding.since the reduced radiation damping at foundation level will2007 Paper No. 1150 RADIATION DAMPING OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
Zhang, Jian; Tang, Yuchuan
Environmental and Corrosion Effects on Reinforced Concrete Foundations
The large number of transmission structures with concrete foundations that the electric industry maintains makes it important to develop efficient ways to monitor their condition and remediate damage, especially since the largest population of concrete foundations is 20-40 years old; and almost 40 of foundations are more than 40 years old. This report discusses the environmental and corrosion effects that affect steel-reinforced concrete foundations, including problems caused by poor construction, freezi...
Measuring and Predicting Fission Product Noble Metals in SRS HLW Sludges
The noble metals Ru, Rh, Pd, and Ag were produced in the Savannah River Site (SRS) reactors as products of the fission of U-235. Consequently they are in the High Level Waste (HLW) sludges that are currently being immobilized into a borosilicate glass in the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF). The noble metals are a concern in the DWPF because they catalyze the decomposition of formic acid used in the process to produce the flammable gas hydrogen. As the concentration of these noble metals in the sludge increases, more hydrogen will be produced when this sludge is processed. In the SRS Tank Farm it takes approximately two years to prepare a sludge batch for processing in the DWPF. This length of time is necessary to mix the appropriate sludges, blend them to form a sludge batch and then wash it to enable processing in the DWPF. This means that the exact composition of a sludge batch is not known for {approx}two years. During this time, studies with simulated nonradioactive sludges must be performed to determine the desired DWPF processing parameters for the new sludge batch. Consequently, prediction of the noble metal concentrations is desirable to prepare appropriate simulated sludges for studies of the DWPF process for that sludge batch. These studies give a measure of the amount of hydrogen that will be produced when that sludge batch is processed. This report describes in detail the measurement of these noble metal concentrations in sludges and a way to predict their concentrations from an estimate of the lanthanum concentration in the sludge. Results for two sludges are presented in this report. These are Sludge Batch 3 (SB3) currently being processed by the DWPF and a sample of unwashed sludge from Tank 11 that will be part of Sludge Batch 4. The concentrations of the noble metals in HLW sludges are measured by using mass spectroscopy to determine concentrations of the isotopes that comprise each noble metal. For example, the noble metal Ru is comprised of isotopes with masses 101, 102, and 104. The element Rh has a single isotope with mass 103. The element Pd is comprised of five isotopes. These are at masses 105-108 and mass 110. As does Rh, Ag has only one isotope. This is at mass 109. However, results in this report show that the Ag concentration in the two samples was due to natural Ag being in the samples. Natural Ag has masses at 107 and 109. The Ag-107 interferes with the measurement of Pd-107. This Ag was used in one of the processes at SRS. The results also show that natural Cd is in the two samples. Cadmium has isotopes at masses 106, 108 and 110, thus it interferes with the analysis of the Pd isotopes at these masses. Cadmium was also used in one of the processes at SRS. However, the concentrations of the Pd isotopes at masses 106, 107, 108 and 110 could be calculated using the fission yields for the Pd isotopes, and the measured concentration of Pd at mass 105 where there is no Ag or Cd interference. Based on the measurements of the concentrations of the isotopes of each noble metal, the total concentration of that noble metal can be determined by summing the concentrations of the individual isotopes. The results in this report show that the relative concentrations of the isotopes of Ru and Rh are in proportion to their yields from the fission of U-235 in the reactors. These results were expected since these elements are very insoluble in caustic and thus are primarily in the sludge tanks rather then the salt tanks of the SRS Tank Farm. The relative concentration of Pd is somewhat lower than that based on the relative fission yields of its five isotopes. This indicates that some of the Pd is in the salt tanks rather than the sludge tanks of the Tank Farm. The concentrations of the noble metals were predicted using the High Level Waste Characterization System (WCS) at SRS. This system keeps record of the inventory of the major compounds and select radionuclides that are in each of the SRS HLW tanks. Using this system, the Closure Business Unit (CBU) can predict the major composition of a sludge ba
Bibler, N
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MEDIA CONTACTS: Ron Walli DRAFT MEDIA CONTACTS: Ron Walli DRAFT Oak Ridge National Laboratory Communications & External Relations (865) 576-0226; firstname.lastname@example.com J. Adam Calaway The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Office of Public Relations (580) 224-6209; email@example.com New lignin 'lite' switchgrass boosts biofuel yield by more than one-third OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 14, 2011 - Bioethanol from new lines of native perennial prairie grass could become less costly because of plant engineering by The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and fermentation research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe their transgenic version of switchgrass as one that produces about one-third
Towards Ontological Foundations for Agent Modeling Concepts using
Abstract: Foundational ontologies provide the basic concepts upon which any domain-specific ontology is built. This paper presents a new foundational ontology, UFO, and shows how it can be used as a foundation of agent concepts and for evaluating agent-oriented modeling methods. UFO is derived from a synthesis of two other foundational ontologies, GFO/GOL and OntoClean/DOLCE. While their main areas of application are the natural sciences and linguistics/cognitive engineering, respectively, the main purpose of UFO is to provide a foundation for conceptual modeling, including agentoriented modeling. 1
Giancarlo Guizzardi; Gerd Wagner
Ground resistance of concrete foundations in substation yards
The reinforced concrete foundations in a substation yard have extensive reinforcing steel which is in metallic connection with the laid ground conductor. The foundations may contribute significantly to the dissipation of the fault and leakage currents. Simple to use equations and graphs are presented in this paper to determine the ground resistance of various types of foundations encountered in substation yards. The validity of the analytical approach has been verified with scale model tests. The ground resistance of the foundations estimated as suggested in the paper can be used to evaluate the role of the foundations as grounding element.
Thapar, B.; Ferrer, O. (Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT (USA)); Blank, D.A. (Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR (USA))
Sandia National Laboratories: Research: Research Foundations: Nanodevices
Nanodevices and Microsystems Nanodevices and Microsystems Microsystems-enabled photovoltaics, also known as solar glitter To enable new and increasingly powerful macrosystem capabilities for critical national systems, the Nanodevices and Microsystems Research Foundation works to increase understanding of physical phenomena across the quantum- to microscale continuum, create novel nano- and microscale devices, achieve new methods of integration, and realize novel microsystems-based complex systems. Why our work matters Microelectronic circuits have a strong history of dramatically improving the performance, functionality, and reliability of national security platforms. Adding microscale sensors, photonics, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) to such platforms enables even further improvements to ensure a more robust national security profile.
Measure Guideline: Hybrid Foundation Insulation Retrofits
This measure guideline provides recommendations for designs and variations for retrofit hybrid assemblies in improving interior foundation insulation and water management of basements. Variations include closed cell spray foam (ccSPF) with membrane waterproofing or air gap membrane drainage layers, rigid board foam insulation at flat walls (cast concrete or CMU block), a 'partial drainage' detail making use of the bulk water drainage that occurs through the field of a rubble stone wall, and non-drained spray foam assemblies (including slab insulation).
Ueno, K.; Lstiburek, J.
Apparatus for preparing a solution of a hyperpolarized noble gas for NMR and MRI analysis
The present invention relates generally to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques for both spectroscopy and imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods in which hyperpolarized noble gases (e.g., Xe and He) are used to enhance and improve NMR and MRI. Additionally, the hyperpolarized gas solutions of the invention are useful both in vitro and in vivo to study the dynamics or structure of a system. When used with biological systems, either in vivo or in vitro, it is within the scope of the invention to target the hyperpolarized gas and deliver it to specific regions within the system.
Pines, Alexander (Berkeley, CA); Budinger, Thomas (Berkeley, CA); Navon, Gil (Ramat Gan, IL); Song, Yi-Qiao (Berkeley, CA); Appelt, Stephan (Waiblingen, DE); Bifone, Angelo (Rome, IT); Taylor, Rebecca (Berkeley, CA); Goodson, Boyd (Berkeley, CA); Seydoux, Roberto (Berkeley, CA); Room, Toomas (Albany, CA); Pietrass, Tanja (Socorro, NM)
Cold climate foundation insulation retrofit performance
The effectiveness of foundation insulation retrofits in 15 Minnesota houses was evaluated using a before-after experimental method. Nine houses received interior retrofits; six, exterior retrofits. Foundation air leaks were sealed before the preretrofit heating season to control for inadvertent sealing during retrofit. Basement heating supply and return registers were closed in most houses for the 21-month monitoring period, and for all houses the basement was an uncontrolled zone without a thermostat. Homeowners recorded gas and electricity meter readings and furnace and water heater on-times weekly. A load vs. outdoor temperature was used to evaluate changes in energy use. The average whole-house energy savings for the interior and exterior cases were 92 and 24 therm per year, or 7.9% (range - 0.6% to 17.8%) and 3.0% (range -2.9% to 8.3%), respectively. Minimum payback periods for the interior and exterior cases were 12 and 37 years, respectively. For all houses the basement temperature increased between the pre- and post-retrofit periods, and all homeowners reported increased comfort in their basements. Average measured savings were about one-third of those predicted. The results show that the application of insulation in an uncontrolled zone produces highly variable results and has the principal effect of increasing the temperature and comfort of the basement rather than producing cost-effective whole-house energy savings.
Robinson, D.A. (Robinson Technical Services, St. Paul, MN (US)); Goldberg, L.F.; Shen, L.S. (Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US)); Nelson, G.D. (Energy Conservatory, Minneapolis, MN (US)); Hewett, M.J. (Center for Energy and the Urban Environment, Minneapolis, MN (US)); Noble, M.T. (Natural Resources Corp., Minneapolis, MN (US))
Markus Popa, DOE (OCRWM) Bill Sherman, NE HLRW Task Force Robert Holden, NCAI
Minutes Monday, November 3rd 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EST) Minutes Monday, November 3rd 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EST) Participants included: Markus Popa, DOE (OCRWM) Bill Sherman, NE HLRW Task Force Robert Holden, NCAI Mike Butler, UETC Bob Fronczak, AAR Kevin Blackwell, FRA Mike Butler (UETC) greeted participants and informed the group of previous notification by Robert Light (Mescalero Apache Tribe), Robert Centracco (FRA), and Mike Calhoun (FRA) that they would be unable to join the call. Mr. Butler began the call with a brief update on the status of Matrix 1, now entitled "Summary of Rail and Highway Regulations and their Applicability to States, Tribes, Shippers, and Carriers." He informed the group that he had completed an initial draft of the matrix, but that he was making substantial revisions to it and therefore he had not distributed it to the entire group for
Robert L. Hellens, 1971 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
Robert L. Hellens, 1971 Robert L. Hellens, 1971 The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Lawrence Award Home Nomination & Selection Guidelines Award Laureates 2000's 1990's 1980's 1970's 1960's Ceremony The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Contact Information The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award U.S. Department of Energy SC-2/Germantown Building 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 P: (301) 903-9395 E: email@example.com 1970's Robert L. Hellens, 1971 Print Text Size: A A A RSS Feeds FeedbackShare Page Reactors: In recognition of numerous pioneering contributions to the field of light water reactor physics, for work in reactor static, and the Fouier transform approach to the solution of Boltzman transport equation, which formed the basis of design work on many large light water moderated power
J. Robert Merriman, 1987 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
J. Robert Merriman, 1987 J. Robert Merriman, 1987 The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Lawrence Award Home Nomination & Selection Guidelines Award Laureates 2000's 1990's 1980's 1970's 1960's Ceremony The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Contact Information The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award U.S. Department of Energy SC-2/Germantown Building 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 P: (301) 903-9395 E: firstname.lastname@example.com 1980's J. Robert Merriman, 1987 Print Text Size: A A A RSS Feeds FeedbackShare Page Nuclear Technology: For his outstanding, technical contributions and leadership in the field of uranium enrichment and fuel cycles, particularly his development of the fluorocarbon absorption process, improvements to gaseous diffusion technology, and the development of the advanced gas
Robert G. Bergman, 1993 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
Robert G. Bergman, 1993 Robert G. Bergman, 1993 The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Lawrence Award Home Nomination & Selection Guidelines Award Laureates 2000's 1990's 1980's 1970's 1960's Ceremony The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Contact Information The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award U.S. Department of Energy SC-2/Germantown Building 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 P: (301) 903-9395 E: firstname.lastname@example.com 1990's Robert G. Bergman, 1993 Print Text Size: A A A RSS Feeds FeedbackShare Page Chemistry: For imaginative and pioneering contributions to the understanding of molecules that have a direct metal-to-carbon bond, and for his application of this new knowledge to problems in catalysis; in particular, for his discovery of metal containing molecules that induce the
Robert K. Moyzis, 1993 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
Robert K. Moyzis, 1993 Robert K. Moyzis, 1993 The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Lawrence Award Home Nomination & Selection Guidelines Award Laureates 2000's 1990's 1980's 1970's 1960's Ceremony The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Contact Information The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award U.S. Department of Energy SC-2/Germantown Building 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 P: (301) 903-9395 E: firstname.lastname@example.com 1990's Robert K. Moyzis, 1993 Print Text Size: A A A RSS Feeds FeedbackShare Page Life Sciences: For distinguished contributions to the field of molecular genetics, including the elucidation of the sequence and structure of centomeres and telomeres of human chromosomes. His findings point to the existence of a new type of DNA code that is 'structural' in nature and is
Robert N. Thorn, 1967 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
Robert N. Thorn, 1967 Robert N. Thorn, 1967 The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Lawrence Award Home Nomination & Selection Guidelines Award Laureates 2000's 1990's 1980's 1970's 1960's Ceremony The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Contact Information The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award U.S. Department of Energy SC-2/Germantown Building 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 P: (301) 903-9395 E: email@example.com 1960's Robert N. Thorn, 1967 Print Text Size: A A A RSS Feeds FeedbackShare Page Weapons: For his eminent role in initiating and conducting theoretical studies of thermonuclear weapon design, for his outstanding performance in adapting results of theoretical studies to practical device designs, and for his investigations of the effects and particular requirements of our
Robert R. Wilson, 1984 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
Robert R. Wilson, 1984 Robert R. Wilson, 1984 The Enrico Fermi Award Fermi Award Home Nomination & Selection Guidelines Award Laureates 2010's 2000's 1990's 1980's 1970's 1960's 1950's Ceremony The Life of Enrico Fermi Contact Information The Enrico Fermi Award U.S. Department of Energy SC-2/Germantown Building 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 P: (301) 903-9395 E: email@example.com 1980's Robert R. Wilson, 1984 Print Text Size: A A A RSS Feeds FeedbackShare Page Citation For his outstanding contributions to physics and particle accelerator designs and construction. He was the creator and principal designer of the Fermi National Laboratory and what is, at present, the highest energy accelerator in the world. His contributions have always been characterized by the greatest ingenuity and innovation and accomplished with grace and
James Robert Weir, 1973 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
James Robert Weir, 1973 James Robert Weir, 1973 The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Lawrence Award Home Nomination & Selection Guidelines Award Laureates 2000's 1990's 1980's 1970's 1960's Ceremony The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Contact Information The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award U.S. Department of Energy SC-2/Germantown Building 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 P: (301) 903-9395 E: email@example.com 1970's James Robert Weir, 1973 Print Text Size: A A A RSS Feeds FeedbackShare Page Chemistry & Metallurgy: In the field of reactor structural alloys, for his research leadership in characterizing physical and mechanical behavior, for his important contributions to understanding irradiation embattlement and swelling and for his translation of these research findings into the
Robert Jemison Van de Graaff was born on December 20, 1901 in Tuscaloosa,
Van de Graaff Picture Van de Graaff Picture Short Biography Of Robert Jemison Van de Graaff Robert Jemison Van de Graaff was born on December 20, 1901 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His mother was Minnie Cherokee Hargrove and his father was Adrian Sebastian Van de Graaff. Robert attended the Tuscaloosa public schools and then attended the University of Alabama where he received a BS degree in 1922 and an MS degree in 1923. Both degrees were in mechanical engineering. After graduating from college he worked for the Alabama Power Company for a year as a research assistant. He studied at the Sorbonne in Paris from 1924 to 1925 and while there, attended lectures by Marie Curie on radiation. In 1925 he went to Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar. At Oxford he received a BS in physics in 1926 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1928. While
Modeling-Computer Simulations At Valles Caldera - Redondo Area (Roberts, Et
Modeling-Computer Simulations At Valles Caldera - Redondo Area (Roberts, Et Modeling-Computer Simulations At Valles Caldera - Redondo Area (Roberts, Et Al., 1995) Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Exploration Activity: Modeling-Computer Simulations At Valles Caldera - Redondo Area (Roberts, Et Al., 1995) Exploration Activity Details Location Valles Caldera - Redondo Area Exploration Technique Modeling-Computer Simulations Activity Date Usefulness useful DOE-funding Unknown Notes Modeling of the amplitude data, using the Aki-Lamer method, confirmed that this anomaly exists and we estimated quantitative parameters defining it. All model parameters were physically meaningful except for one. The value for Q inside the anomaly, required to explain the data, was unrealistically low. This was probably due to the inability to include additional
ROBERT BOSCH LLC, FOR AN ADVANCE WAIVER OF DOMESTIC ROBERT BOSCH LLC, FOR AN ADVANCE WAIVER OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN INVENTION RIGHTS UNDER DOE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. DE-FC26-07NT43274, W(A)-10-o48, CH-1575 The Petitioner, Robert Bosch LLC (Bosch) was awarded this cooperative agreement for the performance of work entitled, "Optimally Controlled Flexible Fuel Powertrain System". According to the attached Statement of Project Objectives, the objective of the project is to develop a true Flex Fuel Vehicle that is capable of running on any blend of ethanol from 0 to 85% with minimal or no penalty in usable vehicle range. A gasoline-optimized high-technology engine will be considered and the minimum hardware modifications will be defined for the engine block, fueling system and air path. Combined with a novel engine control strategy, control software, and calibration this will
BWRVIP-255: BWR Vessel and Internals Project, Mitigation of IGSCC in the Lower Plenum of the BWR with HWC and Noble Metals
This report assesses the effectiveness of innovative water chemistry technologies such as moderate hydrogen water chemistry (HWC-M) and HWC plus noble metal chemical addition (NMCA) and on-line noble chemistry (OLNC) for mitigation of intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) in the lower plenum region of BWRs.
Much has been written about J. Robert Oppen-heimer. The substance of his life, his intellect, his
"Doctor Atomic," it is scheduled to premier in September of 2005. Much of the drama of Oppenheimer's life Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), from 1947 through 1952. Born Julius Robert Oppenheimer, on 22 April 1904 in New York City, Robert grew up in a Manhattan apart- ment decorated
Utilization of the noble gases in studies of underground nuclear detonations
From symposium on noble gases; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (24 Sep 1973). The Livermore Gas Diagnostics Program employs a number of rare gas isotopes, both stable and radioactive, in its investigations of the phenomenology of underground nuclear detonations. Radioactive gases in a sample are radiochemically purified by elution chromatography, and the separated gases are radioassayed by gamma-ray spectrometry and by internal or thin-window beta proportional counting. Concentrations of the stable gases are determined by mass-spectrometry, following chemical removal of the reactive gases in the sample. The most general application of the noble gases is as device fraction indicators to provide a basis for estimating totals of chimney-gas components. All of the stable rare gases except argon have been used as tracers, as have /sup 127/Xe and /sup 85/Kr. /sup 37/Ar and /sup 85/Kr have proven to be of particular value in the absence of a good tracer material as reference species for studies of chimney-gas chemistry. The rate of mixing of chimney gases and the degree to which the sampled gas truly represents the underground gas mixture can be studied with the aid of the fission- product gases. /sup 222/Ra and He are released to the cavity from the surrounding rock and are therefore useful in studies of the interaction of the detonation with the surrounding medium. (auth)
Smith, C.F.
Considerations in siting long-term radioactive noble gas storage facilities
Cost-benefit analysis indicates that it would be prudent policy to require the prevention of /sup 85/Kr release from fuel reprocessing plants at the present time, assuming this can be accomplished at a cost amounting to less than 00/Ci. Options are discussed for accomplishment of /sup 85/Kr release prevention from fuel reprocessing plants. No value judgments have been attempted in evaluating these options. However, it has been assumed that a policy of concentrating effluent noble gases, retaining them in pressurized storage tanks, and storing them for long periods at some centralized facility will be adopted. Such a policy would appear to be consistent with current AEC policy on high-level waste management. Criteria for siting a long-term noble gas storage facility should include assurance that in the event of a containment failure: (a) maximum permissible dose guidelines (0.5 rem/yr for whole body and 3.0 rem/yr for skin) are not exceeded, and (b) resultant population doses (man-rem) are minimized. Five hypothetical sites have been evaluated to estimate population doses in the event of leakage. From this analysis it appears that geographic siting may be considered relatively unimportant. Site selection should be based on cost- benefit studies considering: (a) transportation and handling costs, (b) maintenance and surveillance costs, and resultant health benefits derived in terms of potential population dose averted. (auth)
Cohen, J.J.; Peterson, K.R.
Sandia National Laboratories: Research: Research Foundations: Radiation
Radiation Effects and High Energy Density Science Radiation Effects and High Energy Density Science Rings of Saturn, Sandia's workhorse pulsed-power machine. The Radiation Effects and High Energy Density Science Research Foundation seeks to advance science and engineering in the areas of radiation effects sciences, high energy density science, and pulsed-power science and technology to address critical national security issues. Why our work matters We address several issues key to nuclear security and maintaining a safe, secure, and effective nuclear stockpile. For example, radiation effects science ensures that engineered systems are able to operate as intended in the radiation environments they encounter. In addition, high energy density science validates models that are used to certify the performance of the
In the Expert Meeting Plan, the NorthernSTAR Team proposed to host two Expert Meetings in calendar year 2011. Invitees to the meetings would include experts in the current field of study, other BA team members, and representatives from DOE and NREL. They will invite leading industry experts to present at these meetings. The Expert Meetings will focus on key systems areas that will be required to meet the Building America performance goals and shall be sufficiently narrow in scope that specific conclusions, action items, and delegation of future tasks can be identified and completed. The two expert meeting topics are 'Foundations' and 'Window Retrofit.' The first session is designed as a webinar only and the second will be a live meeting.
Ojczyk, C.; Huelman, P.; Carmody, J.
Information architecture. Volume 1, The foundations
The Information Management Planning and Architecture Coordinating Team was formed to establish an information architecture framework to meet DOE`s current and future information needs. This department- wide activity was initiated in accordance with the DOE Information Management Strategic Plan; it also supports the Departmental Strategic Plan. It recognizes recent changes in emphasis as reflected in OMB Circular A-130 and the Information Resources Management Planning Process Improvement Team recommendations. Sections of this document provides the foundation for establishing DOE`s Information Architecture: Background, Business Case (reduced duplication of effort, increased integration of activities, improved operational capabilities), Baseline (technology baseline currently in place within DOE), Vision (guiding principles for future DOE Information Architecture), Standards Process, Policy and Process Integration (describes relations between information architecture and business processes), and Next Steps. Following each section is a scenario. A glossary of terms is provided.
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Geothermal
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Foundation Analysis and Design (FAD) Tools Version 5.1
Foundation Analysis and Design (FAD) Tools is a software package that provides for the design of transmission line foundations for single pole structures (MFAD), H-frame structures (HFAD) and steel towers (TFAD). The FAD Tools software provides for the design of drilled shafts and direct embedded poles in soil and rock for single pole foundations (MFAD), and drilled shafts and direct embedded poles in soil and rock for H-frame foundations (HFAD) and drilled shafts for steel towers (TFAD). The software ha...
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June 18, 2002 Robert J. Strangeway CEDAR 1 Auroral Acceleration Processes and
Robert J. Strangeway CEDAR 6 Current Density Flux in the Loss-Cone The auroral current is carried field can increase this flux by increasing the flux in the loss-cone. Maximum flux is given by the flux at the top of the acceleration region (j0) times the magnetic field ratio (flux conservation
Strangeway, Robert J.
Robert Van Steenwyk Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) Recommendations for Sweet Cherry
Robert Van Steenwyk Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) Recommendations for Sweet of male and female SWD flies in each trap. Male SWD have spots on the tip of the wings and females have produced. The preferred ovipositional color was dark red for Bing fruit and red for Black Tartarian
Hammock, Bruce D.
Distribution of Total Faculty and Staff General University & Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center
Distribution of Total Faculty and Staff General University & Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center 2002 2001 2000 1999 Definitions West Virginia University - Main Campus #12;Distribution of Total Tenure Track Library Track Faculty Other Academic Faculty Subtotal Staff #12;Distribution of Total
Mohaghegh, Shahab
Free Will and the Bounds of the Self1 [Forthcoming in Robert Kane, ed. Oxford Handbook
1 Free Will and the Bounds of the Self1 [Forthcoming in Robert Kane, ed. Oxford Handbook of Free responsible for anything we did. After all, we would never be free to choose any behavior other than the one cannot be fully free or responsible. Our aim here is to get at the sources of this discomfort and thereby
Knobe, Joshua
Products and Markets for Small Louisiana Shrimp PERRY W. PAWLYK and KENNETH J. ROBERTS
, with the Office of Sea Grant Development, Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Louisiana. The loss of plants in such depressed areas would have much more serious conse- quencesProducts and Markets for Small Louisiana Shrimp PERRY W. PAWLYK and KENNETH J. ROBERTS Introduction
Affordable Near-Term Burning-Plasma Experiments Dale M. Meade and Robert D. Woolley
Affordable Near-Term Burning-Plasma Experiments Dale M. Meade and Robert D. Woolley Princeton more than one, where the dynamics of a burning plasma can be studied, optimized and understood so must be developed within the next decade that will lead to an Affordable Burning Plasma Experiment
A Compact Advanced Burning Plasma Experiment Dale M. Meade and Robert D. Woolley
A Compact Advanced Burning Plasma Experiment Dale M. Meade and Robert D. Woolley Princeton Plasma and optimization of a burning plasma. The achievement of an ignited (Q # 10) plasma will allow these scientific OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ADVANCED BURNING PLASMA PHYSICS EXPERIMENT The primary physics objectives
A Compact Advanced Burning Plasma Experiment Dale M. Meade and Robert D. Woolley Princeton Plasma and optimization of a burning plasma. The achievement of an ignited (Q 10) plasma will allow these scientific OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ADVANCED BURNING PLASMA PHYSICS EXPERIMENT The primary physics objectives
Path Forward in PV Research: News from Robert J. Davis, Ph.D.
, business, tax issues, nor reliability If PV will hit $1/Wp as it appears it will, how long will thosePath Forward in PV Research: News from BAPVC Robert J. Davis, Ph.D. Co-Director, Wright Center Trends in PV What is affordable solar durability? Right: Picosun SunALE R-150 atomic layer deposition
Rollins, Andrew M.
QUANTUM SUBGROUPS OF THE COMPACT QUANTUM GROUP SU-1(3) JULIEN BICHON AND ROBERT YUNCKEN Abstract. We study the (compact) quantum subgroups of the compact quantum group SU-1(3): we show that any non-classical such quantum subgroup is a twist of a compact subgroup of SU(3) or is isomorphic to a quantum subgroup of U-1
QUANTUM SUBGROUPS OF THE COMPACT QUANTUM GROUP SU-1(3) JULIEN BICHON AND ROBERT YUNCKEN Abstract. We study the (compact) quantum subgroups of the compact quantum group SU-1(3): we show that any such non-classical quantum subgroup is a twist of a compact subgroup of SU(3) or is isomorphic to a quantum
Sart, Remi
Smart Grid Research At TTU Robert C. Qiu and David Gao
Smart Grid Research At TTU Robert C. Qiu and David Gao Department of Electrical and Computer and definitions for use in Smart Grid #12;Wind Energy Solar Energy (Donated by TVA) A Real-Time Smart Grid Testbed Grid #12;Smart Grid Research at TTU Renewable and clean energy integration into smart grid Wind Power
Qiu, Robert Caiming
Third Radiation Effects Research Foundation Board of Councilors Meeting
Third Radiation Effects Research Foundation Board of Councilors Third Radiation Effects Research Foundation Board of Councilors Meeting Held in Hiroshima Third Radiation Effects Research Foundation Board of Councilors Meeting Held in Hiroshima July 22, 2013 - 4:54pm Addthis Third Radiation Effects Research Foundation Board of Councilors Meeting Held in Hiroshima The third Board of Councilors (BOC) meeting was held on June 18-19 at the Hiroshima Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), a bi-national U.S.-Japan research organization. The BOC is the highest decision-making body at RERF, consisting of eight Councilors elected from the United States and Japan. A total of 23 participants, including 8 Councilors from the United States and Japan and officials from the U.S. and Japanese Governments, were present at the meeting. The Office of Health, Safety and
Arizona Foundation Expands Weatherization Training Center | Department of
Arizona Foundation Expands Weatherization Training Center Arizona Foundation Expands Weatherization Training Center Arizona Foundation Expands Weatherization Training Center September 22, 2010 - 10:21am Addthis Stephen Graff Former Writer & editor for Energy Empowers, EERE To an outsider, Arizona's Foundation for Senior Living (FSL) probably sounds like an organization that deals just with retired folks. But a closer look reveals a more diverse organization. Not only does the 35-year-old nonprofit perform energy upgrades for low-income residents, but in Maricopa County and the Phoenix area it also trains a good part of the weatherization workforce to do that. Expanding building science Since 2004, more than 1,450 people have completed programs at the Foundation's weatherization training center. Now, because of Weatherization
Honduras-Evaluation of Covelo Foundation DCA Guarantees | Open Energy
Honduras-Evaluation of Covelo Foundation DCA Guarantees Honduras-Evaluation of Covelo Foundation DCA Guarantees Jump to: navigation, search Name Honduras-Evaluation of Covelo Foundation DCA Guarantees Agency/Company /Organization U.S. Agency for International Development Sector Energy Topics Finance, Co-benefits assessment, Background analysis Website http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/ Country Honduras UN Region Latin America and the Caribbean References Honduras-Evaluation of Covelo Foundation DCA Guarantees[1] Background "This report presents findings and conclusions from an evaluation, carried out in March and April of 2009, of DCA guarantees used by the José Maria Covelo Foundation (FJMC) in Honduras. The evaluation sought to answer seven evaluation questions concerning the outputs, outcomes, and impact of the
The Supreme Court's Chief Umpire: Judging the Legal Rhetoric and Judicial Philosophy of John G. Roberts, Jr.
Many Supreme Court followers contended that Judge John Roberts entered his Supreme Court confirmation hearings as a "stealth candidate" who lacked a paper trail the Judiciary Committee could vet to discern the interpretive approach, or judicial philosophy, to which Judge Roberts' subscribed. This dissertation used rhetorical criticism as a methodological approach for examining this claim. A close-reading of Roberts' law journal articles, his writings from his service during the Reagan and Bush (41) administrations, the text of his appellate court confirmation testimony and published opinions, and the text of his Supreme Court confirmation testimony and published opinions reveals that Roberts was not a "stealth candidate" but instead a jurist who resolved constitutional, judicial, political, and statutory issues by incorporating components of originalism and positivism into his prudentialist judicial philosophy. The first two chapters of the dissertation provide the requisite background for the study. Chapter I discusses the challenges of the nomination and confirmation processes for Supreme Court Justices, and the chapter discusses the crucial powers that the Chief Justice possesses. Chapter II introduces readers to legal arguments, argument modalities, and judicial philosophies, and the chapter offers a new definition for the terms "legal rhetoric" and provides a new methodology for studying judicial discourse. The subsequent chapters comprise the core of the study. Chapter III examines Roberts' law review articles and the letters, memoranda, and position papers he wrote while working for the Reagan and Bush administrations, Chapter IV investigates Roberts' appellate court confirmation testimony and his published opinions, and Chapter V investigates Roberts' Supreme Court confirmation testimony and his published opinions. Following a chronological approach reveals that Roberts consistently used certain argument types within corresponding argument modalities to formulate his argumentative strategies, and each chapter demonstrates that Roberts' adhered to a prudentialist interpretive approach to resolve constitutional and statutory questions. Finally, Chapter VI argues that scholars should examine judicial discourse from an interdisciplinary perspective and reevaluate their conceptions about legal rhetoric and rhetorical criticism.
Hudkins, Jay
Power-installed streetlight foundations lower substation construction costs
The Alabama Power Company's power-installed streetlight foundation (SLF) saves 85% of labor costs and is practical as well as economical. After several foundation designs were tried, the multi-helix proved best for swampy terrain. A test of substation structure support began with soil testing to locate any rock on the site. Standard tubular-steel structures with modified baseplates were used. A truck-mounted derrick proved better for installation than a drill rig. Slight corrosive currents are not expected to cause appreciable deterioration to the foundation. (DCK)
Beason, D.
Categorical Exclusion Determination Form Proposed Action Title: (0675-1578) Robert Bosch LLC -
8) Robert Bosch LLC - 8) Robert Bosch LLC - Advanced Battery Management System Program or Field Office: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) LocationCs) CCity/County/State): Bosch RTC (Palo Alto, CA); Cobasys, LLC (Orion, MI); University of California - San Diego (San Diego, CA) Proposed Action Description: Funding will support efforts to develop an adaptive battery management system that controls battery charging and discharging so as to enable fuller, more efficient battery utilization . Proposed work will consist of: (1 ) development of real-time estimation and control strategies for estimating battery performance; (2) design , development, and fabrication of small-scale Lithium-ion battery cells with an electrochemical-based battery management system; and (3) conducting analytical modeling and testing to characterize and validate system performance.
Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Appointed to Lead Nuclear Weapons Program | National
C. Seamans, Jr. Appointed to Lead Nuclear Weapons Program | National C. Seamans, Jr. Appointed to Lead Nuclear Weapons Program | National Nuclear Security Administration Our Mission Managing the Stockpile Preventing Proliferation Powering the Nuclear Navy Emergency Response Recapitalizing Our Infrastructure Continuing Management Reform Countering Nuclear Terrorism About Us Our Programs Our History Who We Are Our Leadership Our Locations Budget Our Operations Media Room Congressional Testimony Fact Sheets Newsletters Press Releases Speeches Events Social Media Video Gallery Photo Gallery NNSA Archive Federal Employment Apply for Our Jobs Our Jobs Working at NNSA Blog Home > About Us > Our History > NNSA Timeline > Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Appointed to Lead ... Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Appointed to Lead Nuclear Weapons Program January 19, 1975
WLS R\\&D for the Detection of Noble Gas Scintillation at LBL: seeing the light from neutrinos, to dark matter, to double beta decay
Radiation detectors with noble gasses as the active medium are becoming increasingly common in experimental programs searching for physics beyond the standard model. Nearly all of these experiments rely to some degree on collecting scintillation light from noble gasses. The VUV wavelengths associated with noble gas scintillation mean that most of these experiments use a fluorescent material to shift the direct scintillation light into the visible or near UV band. We present an overview of the R&D program at LBL related to noble gas detectors for neutrino physics, double beta decay, and dark matter. This program ranges from precise measurements of the fluorescence behavior of wavelength shifting films, to the prototyping of large are VUV sensitive light guides for multi-kiloton detectors.
V. M. Gehman
A publication presented by the Electrical Safety Foundation International
presented by the Electrical Safety Foundation International presented by the Electrical Safety Foundation International A guide to understanding and maintaining your home's electrical system Should You Do-It-Yourself? Is a Permit or Inspection Required? How Much Energy Does My Home Use? How Does My Electrical System Work? What's Inside My Service Panel? What Kind of Wiring System is in My Home? Does My Home Have Grounded Outlets? What is a Tamper-Resistant Outlet? What is a GFCI? What is Energy Efficient Lighting? How Do I Clean Up a Broken CFL? Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5-6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Everything you need to know What's Inside? Electrical Safety Foundation International The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI)
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation Feed | Open Energy Information
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation Feed The Children's Investment Fund Foundation Feed Jump to: navigation, search Home | About | Inventory | Partnerships | Capacity Building | Webinars | Reports | Events | News | List Serve CLEAN Member Feeds Center for Environment and National Security at Scripps Centro de Energías Renovables (CER) The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) ClimateWorks Foundation Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) Ecofys Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) Energy Sector Management Assistance Program of the World Bank (ESMAP) Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM) German Aerospace Center (DLR) German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP)
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Research: US National Science Foundation: $19m security research programme
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) plans to set up a research programme for long-term solutions to computer security problems. The NSF - an independent federal agency that supports research and education in science and engineering - expects to ...
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Tribal Renewable Energy Foundational Course: Electricity Grid Basics
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Experimental determination of foundation properties without shaker tests
The foundation of a rotating machine can contribute to the dynamics of the system, and therefore it becomes essential to include the foundation in the model to predict the correct response of the system. The primary objective of this research is to develop and implement a method to extract foundation properties without resorting to shaker or impedance hammer testing. The method developed in this research uses the rotor vibration data and requires knowledge of bearing coefficients. The results for the foundation stiffness, damping and mass are much higher than the values extracted from impedance hammer tests at the bearing interface. Sources of errors include application of the excitation forces, measurement errors, accuracy of bearing coefficients and modal interaction between the pedestals. The concept of using fiber optic sensors to measure bearing forces is studied. Calibration and dynamic testing of the FFPI sensors is conducted. Results from this testing are encouraging and are in acceptable range of predicted values.
Sampathkumar, Varadharajan
14.74 Foundations of Development Policy, Spring 2004
Explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries. Goal is to spell out various policy options and to quantify the trade-offs between them. Special emphasis on education, health, gender, fertility, adoption ...
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THE FOUNDATION, INC. THE ALLEN SHACKELFORD AIFD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE EULALAH OVERMEYER of an application for scholarship under The Allen Shackelford AIFD Memorial Scholarship Fund, The Eulalah Overmeyer
Schweik, Charles M.
Georgia Cities Foundation - Green Communities Revolving Loan Fund (Georgia)
Georgia Cities Foundation - Green Communities Revolving Loan Fund Georgia Cities Foundation - Green Communities Revolving Loan Fund (Georgia) Georgia Cities Foundation - Green Communities Revolving Loan Fund (Georgia) < Back Eligibility Commercial Savings Category Heating & Cooling Commercial Heating & Cooling Heating Home Weatherization Commercial Weatherization Sealing Your Home Cooling Appliances & Electronics Construction Design & Remodeling Other Ventilation Heat Pumps Commercial Lighting Lighting Insulation Water Heating Solar Maximum Rebate $250,000 Program Info Funding Source Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority State Georgia Program Type State Loan Program Rebate Amount $10,000-$250,000 Provider Georgia Cities Foundation The Green Communities Fund is a revolving loan fund providing low-interest loans to businesses located within the city limits of any city in Georgia.
Coupled Site Characterization and Foundation Analysis Research Project
Analysis Research Project: Rational Selection of for Drained-Strength Bearing Capacity Analysis Manhattan Research Project: Rational Selection of for Drained-Strength Bearing Capacity Analysis Manhattan CollegeCoupled Site Characterization and Foundation Analysis Research Project: Rational Selection
Horvath, John S.
Electrical Resistivity Imaging for Unknown Bridge Foundation Depth Determination
Unknown bridge foundations pose a significant safety risk due to stream scour and erosion. Records from older structures may be non-existent, incomplete, or incorrect. Nondestructive and inexpensive geophysical methods have been identified as suitable to investigate unknown bridge foundations. The objective of the present study is to apply advanced 2D electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) in order to identify depth of unknown bridge foundations. A survey procedure is carried out in mixed terrain water and land environments with rough topography. A conventional resistivity survey procedure is used with the electrodes installed on the stream banks. However, some electrodes must be adapted for underwater use. Tests were conducted in one laboratory experimentation and at five field experimentations located at three roadway bridges, a geotechnical test site, and a railway bridge. The first experimentation was at the bridges with the smallest foundations, later working up in size to larger drilled shafts and spread footings. Both known to unknown foundations were investigated. The geotechnical test site is used as an experimental site for 2D and 3D ERI. The data acquisition is carried out along 2D profile with a linear array in the dipole-dipole configuration. The data collections have been carried out using electrodes deployed directly across smaller foundations. Electrodes are deployed in proximity to larger foundations to image them from the side. The 2D ERI can detect the presence of a bridge foundation but is unable to resolve its precise shape and depth. Increasing the spatial extent of the foundation permits better image of its shape and depth. Using electrode < 1 m to detect a slender foundation < 1 m in diameter is not feasible. The 2D ERI method that has been widely used for land surface surveys presently can be adapted effectively in water-covered environments. The method is the most appropriate geophysical method for determination of unknown bridge foundations. Fully 3D ERI method at bridge sites is labor intensive, time consuming, and does not add enough value over 2D ERI to make it worthwhile.
Arjwech, Rungroj
Noble metal catalyzed hydrogen generation from formic acid in nitrite-containing simulated nuclear waste media
Simulants for the Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant (HWVP) feed containing the major non-radioactive components Al, Cd, Fe, Mn, Nd, Ni, Si, Zr, Na, CO{sub 3}{sup 2{minus}}, NO{sub 3}-, and NO{sub 2}- were used as media to evaluate the stability of formic acid towards hydrogen evolution by the reaction HCO{sub 2}H {yields} H{sub 2} + CO{sub 2} catalyzed by the noble metals Ru, Rh, and/or Pd found in significant quantities in uranium fission products. Small scale experiments using 40-50 mL of feed simulant in closed glass reactors (250-550 mL total volume) at 80-100{degree}C were used to study the effect of nitrite and nitrate ion on the catalytic activities of the noble metals for formic acid decomposition. Reactions were monitored using gas chromatography to analyze the CO{sub 2}, H{sub 2}, NO, and N{sub 2}O in the gas phase as a function of time. Rhodium, which was introduced as soluble RhCl{sub 3}{center_dot}3H{sub 2}O, was found to be the most active catalyst for hydrogen generation from formic acid above {approx}80{degree}C in the presence of nitrite ion in accord with earlier observations. The inherent homogeneous nature of the nitrite-promoted Rh-catalyzed formic acid decomposition is suggested by the approximate pseudo first-order dependence of the hydrogen production rate on Rh concentration. Titration of the typical feed simulants containing carbonate and nitrite with formic acid in the presence of rhodium at the reaction temperature ({approx}90{degree}C) indicates that the nitrite-promoted Rh-catalyzed decomposition of formic acid occurs only after formic acid has reacted with all of the carbonate and nitrite present to form CO{sub 2} and NO/N{sub 2}O, respectively. The catalytic activities of Ru and Pd towards hydrogen generation from formic acid are quite different than those of Rh in that they are inhibited rather than promoted by the presence of nitrite ion.
King, R.B.; Bhattacharyya, N.K. [Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States). Department of Chemistry; Wiemers, K.D.
The strong reactions of Lewis-base noble-metals with vanadium and other acidic transition metals
The noble metals often thought of as unreactive solids,react strongly with nearly 40% of the elements in the periodictable: group IIIB-VB transition metals, lanthanides, theactinides, and group IIIA-IVA non-transition metals. These strong reactions arise from increased bonding/electron transfer fromnonbonding electrons d electron pairs on the noble metal tovacant orbitals on V, etc. This effect is a generalized Lewis acid-base interaction. The partial Gibbs energy of V in the noblemetals has been measured as a function of concentration at a temperature near 1000C. Thermodynamics of the intermetallics are determined by ternary oxide equilibria, ternary carbide equilibria, and the high-temperature galvanic cell technique. These experimental methods use equilibrated solid composite mixtures in which grains of V oxides or of V carbides are interspersed with grains of V-NM(noble-metal) alloys. In equilibrium the activity of V in the oxide or the carbide equals the activity in the alloy. Consequently, the thermodynamics available in the literature for the V oxides and V carbides are reviewed. Test runs on the galvanic cell were attempted. The V oxide electrode reacts with CaF{sub 2}, ThO{sub 2}, YDT(0.85ThO{sub 2}-0.15YO{sub 1.5}), and LDT(0.85ThO{sub 2}- 0.15LaO{sub 1.5}) to interfere with the measured data observed toward the beginning of a galvanic cell experiment are the most accurate. The interaction of vanadium at infinite dilution in the noble-metals was determined.
Ebbinghaus, B.B.
The noble metals often thought of as unreactive solids,react strongly with nearly 40% of the elements in the periodictable: group IIIB-VB transition metals, lanthanides, theactinides, and group IIIA-IVA non-transition metals. These strong reactions arise from increased bonding/electron transfer fromnonbonding electrons d electron pairs on the noble metal tovacant orbitals on V, etc. This effect is a generalized Lewis acid-base interaction. The partial Gibbs energy of V in the noblemetals has been measured as a function of concentration at a temperature near 1000C. Thermodynamics of the intermetallics are determined by ternary oxide equilibria, ternary carbide equilibria, and the high-temperature galvanic cell technique. These experimental methods use equilibrated solid composite mixtures in which grains of V oxides or of V carbides are interspersed with grains of V-NM(noble-metal) alloys. In equilibrium the activity of V in the oxide or the carbide equals the activity in the alloy. Consequently, the thermodynamics available in the literature for the V oxides and V carbides are reviewed. Test runs on the galvanic cell were attempted. The V oxide electrode reacts with CaF[sub 2], ThO[sub 2], YDT(0.85ThO[sub 2]-0.15YO[sub 1.5]), and LDT(0.85ThO[sub 2]- 0.15LaO[sub 1.5]) to interfere with the measured data observed toward the beginning of a galvanic cell experiment are the most accurate. The interaction of vanadium at infinite dilution in the noble-metals was determined.
Assessment of Noble Metal Chemical Addition (NMCA) Effects on BWR Coolant Chemistry and Product Transport on Fuel Surfaces
Noble metal chemical addition (NMCA) provides protection of system materials from stress corrosion cracking and mitigates a radiation problem that results from the use of hydrogen water chemistry in boiling water reactors (BWRs), but NMCA has been associated with fuel surface spallation and enhanced Zircaloy corrosion. This report evaluates the effects of NMCA on the reactor water chemistry, explores possible mechanisms that may account for these effects, and recommends further research to further clarif...
Anomalous oxidation reactions at noble metal surfaces at low potentials: With particular reference to palladium
Multilayer palladium hydrous oxide films, produced by potential cycling, were more stable in acid solution at 0 C (as compared with room temperature). The electrochemical responses for the reduction of such films were more consistent at the lower temperature and were remarkably similar to those of platinum under similar conditions. Both metals yield a hydrous oxide containing two components, HO1 and HO2. The cyclic voltammogram for the bare metal (Pd or Pt) in acid contains an unusual feature at low potentials in the absorbed hydrogen region. This feature, a low level reversible transition at ca. 0.24 V(RHE) for palladium, was reported in earlier independent work. It is attributed here to a premonolayer oxidation effect, i.e., an active metal atom/incipient hydrous oxide transition. The peak maximum potential (E{sub p}) for HO2 reduction in multilayer Pd hydrous oxide reduction experiments, on extrapolation to either very low sweep rates or low film thicknesses, gave a similar potential value. The relevance of this result to noble metal electrocatalysis is outlined. Electrocatalysis is a topic of major interest at the present time, especially in connection with fuel cell development.
Burke, L.D.; Buckley, D.T. [University College Cork (Ireland). Dept. of Chemistry
The Role of Boron-Chloride and Noble Gas Isotope Ratios in TVZ Geothermal Systems
The model of the geothermal system in which deep circulating groundwater containing noble gases, at air saturated water concentrations, mixes with hot fluids of mantle origin at depth, is extended to include the effect of interaction of the ascending fluid with both solid and gaseous phases of basement (or other) rocks en route to the surface. It is demonstrated that this interaction is responsible for most of the CO{sub 2} in the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) geothermal systems. It is proposed that the modeling of this interaction might be accomplished by techniques similar to those used for the understanding of the oxygen isotope shift found in geothermal systems. The water rock interaction experiments of Ellis and Mahon (1964, 1967) provides some data on the kinetic rates for B and Cl dissolution from rocks likely to be encountered in the geothermal system, but further information on the behavior of B may be needed. If these problems can be overcome this modeling technique has promise for the estimation of the recharge of geothermal systems and hence the sustainability of these systems.
Hulston, J.R.
A Numerical Model for Evaluating the Impact of Noble Metal Chemical Addition in Boiling Water Reactors
The technique of noble metal chemical addition (NMCA), accompanied by a low-level hydrogen water chemistry (HWC), is being employed by several U.S. nuclear power plants for mitigating intergranular stress corrosion cracking in the vessel internals of their boiling water reactors (BWRs). An improved computer model by the name of DEMACE was employed to evaluate the performance of NMCA throughout the primary coolant circuit (PCC) of a commercial BWR. The molar ratios of hydrogen to oxidizing species in the PCC under normal water chemistry and HWC are analyzed. The effectiveness of NMCA is justified by calculated electrochemical corrosion potential (ECP) around the PCC and in a local power range monitoring (LPRM) housing tube, in which practical in-vessel ECP measurements are normally taken.Prior to the modeling work for the BWR, the Mixed Potential Model, which is embedded in DEMACE and responsible for ECP calculation, was calibrated against both laboratory and plant ECP data. After modeling for various HWC conditions, it is found that the effectiveness of NMCA in the PCC of the selected BWR varies from region to region. In particular, the predicted ECP in the LPRM housing tube is notably different from that in the nearby bulk environment under NMCA, indicating that cautions must be given to a possible, undesirable outcome due to a distinct ECP difference between a locally confined area and the actual bulk environment.
Yeh, T.-K. [National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan (China)
A progress report on philanthropy of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation, 200708
ExxonMobil Foundation Norval and Mary Fairman Federal Republic of Germany Kenneth and Moira Feingold
California at Santa Cruz, University of
Highlighting High Performance: The Philip Merrill Environmental Center; Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland
Case study on high performance building features of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Philip Merrill Environmental Center.
National Science Foundation - Lake Hoare, Antarctica | Department of Energy
National Science Foundation - Lake Hoare, Antarctica National Science Foundation - Lake Hoare, Antarctica National Science Foundation - Lake Hoare, Antarctica October 7, 2013 - 9:57am Addthis Photo of a Photovoltaic System Located at Lake Hoare, Antarctica Lake Hoare is a scientific research site located in Antarctica. Research at this large field site is conducted all summer and requires an energy source that does not cause pollution or engine noise. The photovoltaic system (PV) that was installed at this site is 1.2 kW PV and was one of 10 PV systems purchased for use in Antarctica. Each system has eight 55 W panels that use a manual tracking system to optimize performance and provide power to the site. The system includes 1,000 amp-hours of deep-cycled gel batteries. The site operates all summer using only PV energy except for a three-day cloudy period when scientists
Vision to reality: From Robert R. Wilson's frontier to Leon M. Lederman's Fermilab
This paper examines the roles of vision and leadership in creating and directing Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory from the late 1960s through the 1980s. The story divides into two administrations having different problems and accomplishments, that of Robert R. Wilson (1967-1978), which saw the transformation from cornfield to frontier physics facility, and that of Leon Max Lederman (1979-1989), in which the laboratory evolved into one of the world's major high-energy facilities. Lederman's pragmatic vision of a user-based experimental community helped him to convert the pioneering facility that Wilson had built frugally into a laboratory with a stable scientific, cultural, and funding environment.
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Robert Shull
... a BS in Materials Science from MIT in 1968, and a MS and Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Mining Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana ...
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... Ceramic Society 1951-1991: Supervisory Research Chemist, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 1951: Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana ...
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phenomena, and energy policy analysis. He earned a Ph.D. in experimental physics from Harvard in 1968. This Speaker's Seminars Recent Progress in U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Safety...
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were spent in the Mackenzie and Yukon River Basins, collecting geological specimens, fishes, mammals, birds, and all kinds of insects for the Smithsonian Institution. His...
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Robert Pratt
as a Berkeley Lab staff member. Rob Pratt is one of the early thought leaders behind the smart grid, focused on an information-rich future for the power grid. He manages Pacific...
Lessons Learned from Continuous Commissioning of the Robert E. Johnson State Office Building, Austin, TX
The Robert E. Johnson State Office building is a 5-story, 303,389 square foot office building built in 2000 located in downtown Austin, TX. The original building design included a number of energy conservation measures that were incorporated into the final construction. During the investigation of the building, four energy conservation measures were identified, three of which deal with conventional HVAC systems. The fourth is related to the currently unutilized daylighting system which was one of the energy conservation measures of the original building design. Utilizing this system would lead to approximately 18.5% annual lighting energy savings or 5.6% annual whole building energy savings based on a DOE-2 simulation analysis.
Three main lessons were learned from the experience with the Robert E. Johnson building:
The traditional design-construction-operation team must include the energy conservation analysis team
The entire building process should be reorganized to assure that complete information is provided and passed on from the energy conservation analysis team
High performance buildings should be continuously monitored and analyzed
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Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 5th edition
Using Hands-On Practice exercises and Web Site Case Studies to motivate readers, Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML includes all the necessary lessons to guide students in developing highly effective Web sites. A well-rounded balance of ...
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Vietnam Education Foundation U.S. FACULTY SCHOLAR PROGRAM
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Exemplary documents: a foundation for information retrieval design
Exemplary documents: a foundation for information retrieval design David C. Blair a,*, Steven O 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Information, or document, retrieval retrieval systems are often rapidly Information Processing and Management 38 (2002) 363±379 www
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Using a Foundational Ontology for Reengineering a Software Enterprise Ontology
The knowledge about software organizations is considerably relevant to software engineers. The use of a common vocabulary for representing the useful knowledge about software organizations involved in software projects is important for several reasons, ... Keywords: Enterprise Ontology, Foundational Ontology, Ontology Reengineering
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Fan Foundation Systems--Analysis and Design Guidelines
Dynamic analysis is the most effective tool for determining the root causes of excessive fan vibration. This study demonstrated the importance of using such analysis in conjunction with a "total systems" approach that considers how the properties of all major fan system components, including foundation, piles, and soil conditions, contribute to vibration.
Foundation Heat Exchanger Model and Design Tool Development and Validation
. Feasibility of foundation heat exchangers in ground source heat pump systems in the United States. ASHRAE systems, with an estimated 1.7 million installed units with total installed heating capacity on the order Heat Exchangers for Residential Ground Source Heat Pump Systems - Numerical Modeling and Experimental
Coupled Site Characterization and Foundation Analysis Research Project: Further Research into the Rational Selection of for Bearing Capacity Analysis under Drained-Strength Conditions Manhattan College Research Report No. CE/GE-00-3 by John S. Horvath, Ph.D., P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering Manhattan
Effect of Mercury-Noble Metal Interactions on SRAT Processing of SB3 Simulants (U)
Controlling hydrogen generation below the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) safety basis constrains the range of allowable acid additions in the DWPF Chemical Processing Cell. This range is evaluated in simulant tests at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). A minimum range of allowable acid additions is needed to provide operational flexibility and to handle typical uncertainties in process and analytical measurements used to set acid additions during processing. The range of allowable acid additions is a function of the composition of the feed to DWPF. Feed changes that lead to a smaller range of allowable acid additions have the potential to impact decisions related to wash endpoint control of DWPF feed composition and to the introduction of secondary waste streams into DWPF. A limited program was initiated in SRNL in 2001 to study the issue of hydrogen generation. The program was reinitiated at the end of fiscal year 2004. The primary motivation for the study is that a real potential exists to reduce the conservatism in the range of allowable acid additions in DWPF. Increasing the allowable range of acid additions can allow decisions on the sludge wash endpoint or the introduction of secondary waste streams to DWPF to be based on other constraints such as glass properties, organic carbon in the melter off-gas, etc. The initial phase of the study consisted of a review of site reports and off-site literature related to catalytic hydrogen generation from formic acid and/or formate salts by noble metals. Many things are already known about hydrogen generation during waste processing. This phase also included the development of an experimental program to improve the understanding of hydrogen generation. This phase is being documented in WSRC-TR-2002-00034. A number of areas were identified where an improved understanding would be beneficial. A phased approach was developed for new experimental studies related to hydrogen generation. The first phase of new experimental work consisted of six simulations of the DWPF Sludge Receipt and Adjustment Tank (SRAT). This phase had four objectives, but the primary focus was on the effect of mercury on hydrogen generation and SRAT processing. These objectives were to: (1) Obtain SRAT processing data at three different mercury concentrations. (2) Obtain comparable data for mercury added as HgO or as Hg(NO{sub 3}){sub 2}. (3) Obtain process data that could lead to more prototypical performance of the experimental equipment. (4) Use data from enhanced gas chromatographs to improve the understanding of acid consumption during processing.
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Traffic Generation of IEC 61850 Sampled Values Jakub W. Konka, Colin M. Arthur, Francisco J. Garcia and Robert C. Atkinson
, data integration and data distribution between the various devices and components that use this complex proposed. A Smart Grid can be defined as a unified, fully interoperable, communications-enabled electrical and Robert C. Atkinson Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1
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Continuing Medical Education (CME) www.princetonhcs.org A University Hospital Affiliate of UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Continuing Medical Education (CME) www.princetonhcs.org A University Hospital Affiliate of UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School The Office of Continuing Medical Education presents the Department shall be able to: 1. Review the history of medical marijuana advocacy and legislation in New Jersey. 2
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Copyright 1996 by Robert In the Proceedings of the 1996 USENIX Tcl/Tk Workshop, July 1996,
Copyright 1996 by Robert S.Gray. In the Proceedings of the 1996 USENIX Tcl/Tk Workshop, July 1996, pages923. Available at . Agent Tcl: A flexible model. Agent Tcl, on the other hand, is a simple, flexible, and secure system that is based on the Tcl
Hail to the Vagina -Robert Thurman The famous Indian Buddhist Esoteric Scripture, The Glorious Esoteric Community Royal Tantra
Hail to the Vagina - Robert Thurman The famous Indian Buddhist Esoteric Scripture, The Glorious Esoteric Community Royal Tantra (Shri Guhyasamaja Tantraraja), is presented as a revelation granted sensitive, delicate, adamantine matrix of life and bliss. This most advanced esoteric text of the Buddhist
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Foundation for Offshore Wind Energy | Open Energy Information
Offshore Wind Energy Offshore Wind Energy Jump to: navigation, search Name Foundation for Offshore Wind Energy Place Varel, Germany Zip D-26316 Sector Wind energy Product Foundation established to operate the 60MW Borkum West Offshore Wind Farm. Coordinates 53.393773°, 8.13759° Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","zoom":14,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"geoservice":"google","maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"wmsoverlay":"","layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"resizable":false,"tilt":0,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"imageoverlays":[],"markercluster":false,"searchmarkers":"","locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":null,"lat":53.393773,"lon":8.13759,"alt":0,"address":"","icon":"","group":"","inlineLabel":"","visitedicon":""}]}
Northern New Mexico College Foundation honors LANL's Richard Marquez with
Rich Marquez honored with leadership, service award Rich Marquez honored with leadership, service award LANL's Richard Marquez honored with leadership, service award Northern New Mexico College Foundation honors LANL's Richard Marquez. October 4, 2012 Rich Marquez Rich Marquez, LANL Executive Director Contact Steve Sandoval Communications Office (505) 665-9206 Email Barcelo said Marquez has "dedicated his career and personal life to the advancement of educational and economic opportunities for Northern New Mexico." Northern New Mexico College Foundation honors LANL's Richard Marquez with leadership, service award LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, October 5, 2012-Los Alamos National Laboratory Executive Director Richard Marquez is the namesake for a new leadership and service award at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) in Española.
Synthetic nanotubes lay foundation for new technology: Artificial pores
Synthetic nanotubes lay foundation for new technology: Artificial pores Synthetic nanotubes lay foundation for new technology: Artificial pores mimic key features of natural pores By Tona Kunz * July 17, 2012 Tweet EmailPrint Scientists have overcome key design hurdles to expand the potential uses of nanopores and nanotubes. The creation of smart nanotubes with selective mass transport opens up a wider range of applications for water purification, chemical separation and fighting disease. Nanopores and their rolled up version, nanotubes, consist of atoms bonded to each other in a hexagonal pattern to create an array of nanometer-scale openings or channels. This structure creates a filter that can be sized to select which molecules and ions pass into drinking water or into a cell. The same filter technique can limit the release of chemical by-products
ESS 2012 Peer Review - Compressed Air Energy Storage - Robert Booth, PG&E-BAI
COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE IN CALIFORNIA COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE IN CALIFORNIA Michael Medeiros, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, CA Robert Booth, Booth & Associates International, San Francisco, CA September 2012 Introduction The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) initiative in evaluating the technical and economic feasibility of compressed air energy storage (CAES) using porous rock reservoirs in California. PG&E was awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to determine the feasibility of a 300 MW CAES facility utilizing up to 10 hours of storage in a
Robert J, Huston. Chairman R B. "Ralph" Marquez, Commissioner
r * Robert J, Huston. Chairman R B. "Ralph" Marquez, Commissioner John ~1. Baker. Commissioner Jeffrey A. Saitas. Executive Director TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Protecting Texas by Reducing and Preventing Pollution * .' March 29, 2000 Mr. Jerry S. Johnson Assistant Area Manager U.S. Department of Energy-Pantex P.O. Box 30030 Amarillo, Texas 79120-0200 Re: Permit by Rule Registration No. 43702 Modifications to Buildings 12-31 Panhandle, Carson County Account ID No. CF-0019-W Dear Mr. Johnson: This is in response to your pennit by rule Form PI-7, concerning the relocation of an epoxy foam production facility near Panhandle, Carson County.. We understand that all emissions are exhausted through Emission Point No. 12-31EPNl.
ESS 2012 Peer Review - Experimental Investigation of Silicon Carbide Power Device Reliability - Robert Kaplar, SNL
Experimental Investigation Experimental Investigation of Silicon Carbide Power Device Reliability September 27, 2012 Robert Kaplar, David Hughart, Sandeepan DasGupta, Matthew Marinella, Mark Smith, and Stanley Atcitty The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Dr. Imre Gyuk of the United States Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Energy Storage Program * Wide-bandgap semiconductors have material properties that make them theoretically superior to Silicon for power device applications * Lower power loss and reduced cooling requirements would increase the efficiency and reduce the size and complexity of power conversion systems linking energy storage to the grid, thus reducing overall system cost * However, wide-bandgap materials and devices are far less mature
Microsoft PowerPoint - Roberts, IV and Stewardship (SSAB April 2010).ppt [Compatibility Mode]
Independent Independent Verification and Independent Verification and Stewardship April 29, 2010 Sarah Roberts, CHP Acting Program Director, ORISE IEAV Benefits of IV "IV is an important quality assurance step that ensures cleanup goals have been achieved" (DOE Lessons Learned from Independent have been achieved (DOE Lessons Learned from Independent Verification Activities, July 2008) * Offers a cost-effective way to provide assurance that the site was successfully remediated to the risk-based release criteria was successfully remediated to the risk based release criteria * Enhances public credibility and builds stakeholder trust in environmental cleanup * Provides consistency among multiple D&D projects at a particular site * Ensures D&D plans and reports are technically sound
Robert Pincus and Crispian Batstone, CIRES/Univ. Colorado and NOAA Earth System Research Lab
Characteristic atmospheric profiles at the SGP site: Characteristic atmospheric profiles at the SGP site: Results from the ARM continuous forcing and two climate models Robert Pincus and Crispian Batstone, CIRES/Univ. Colorado and NOAA Earth System Research Lab Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Errors in climate model predictions of cloud properties stem from some combination of (at least) two causes: * the cloud parameterization may produce the wrong cloud properties from a correct atmospheric state (or history of states), or * the cloud parameterization may be driven by incorrect states. Errors seen in long-term climatologies can't distinguish between these two error sources, but the different modes of failure have very different implica- tions for model development. There are two approaches to disentangling these error sources:
Robert J. Huston, Chairman R. B. "Ralph" Marquez, Commissioner
3 3 , .c Robert J. Huston, Chairman R. B. "Ralph" Marquez, Commissioner Kathleen Hartnett White, Commissioner Jeffrey A. Saitas, Executive Director TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Protecting Texas by Reducing and Preventing Pollution October 4, 2002 Mr. Jerry S. Johnson Associate Director for Environmental and Site Engineering Programs U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (Owner and Co-Permittee) and BWXT Pantex, L.L.C. (Co-Permittee) P.O. Box 30030 'Amarillo, Texas 79120-0030 Re: Standard Exemption Registration Number: 52638 Pantex Plant - Building 12-110 Surface Coating Booths Panhandle, Carson County Account Number: CF-OOI9-W Dear Mr. Johnson: This is in response to your standard exemption registration, including the Form PI-7 with both
Sustainability Assessment of the Robert E. Johnson State Office Building, Final Report, Revised April 2002
The Robert E. Johnson State (REJ) Office building is a 5-story, 303,389 square foot office building for state legislative support staff, including Legislative House Committees, Legislative Council, State Auditor, the Legislative Reference Library, the Senate Print Shop, and the Sunset Commission. Overall, the building is divided into three sections with divisions created by a ground-level breezeway and vehicular access area, which are covered by the upper floors above these areas. The building�s northern facade is approximately 14 degrees west of north, exposing it to direct sunlight during the late afternoon hours in the winter. It is also important to note that the building contains over 50% glazing in the fa�ade consisting of two types of energy efficient, low-E glazing. Deciduous trees shade a large portion of the south fa�ade up to the 3rd level.
Sylvester, K. E.; Song, S.; Haberl, J. S.; Turner, W. D.
Time and Entropy in the Foundations of Mechanics
This contribution analyses the classical laws of motion by means of an approach relating time and entropy. We argue that adopting the notion of change of states as opposed to the usual derivation of Newton's laws in terms of fields a broader picture is obtained, suggesting that diverse branches of physics- classical, quantum, relativistic and statistical mechanics - turn out to be related by a common foundation.
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SunShot Initiative: Solar Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency
Solar Foundational Program to Solar Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency to someone by E-mail Share SunShot Initiative: Solar Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency on Facebook Tweet about SunShot Initiative: Solar Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency on Twitter Bookmark SunShot Initiative: Solar Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency on Google Bookmark SunShot Initiative: Solar Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency on Delicious Rank SunShot Initiative: Solar Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency on Digg Find More places to share SunShot Initiative: Solar Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency on AddThis.com... Concentrating Solar Power Photovoltaics Research & Development Competitive Awards Diversity in Science and Technology Advances National Clean Energy
U.S. Department of Energy and the Automotive X PRIZE Foundation...
the Automotive X PRIZE Foundation to Promote Clean, Energy-Efficient Vehicles U.S. Department of Energy and the Automotive X PRIZE Foundation to Promote Clean, Energy-Efficient...
Business Case Slide 3: DU Uses R&D Program Foundation
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WPF Programmer's Reference: Windows Presentation Foundation with C# 2010 and .NET 4, 1st edition
Build effective user interfaces with Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is included with the Windows operating system and provides a programming model for building applications that provide a clear separation between ...
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Cold Climate Foundation Retrofit Energy Savings: The Simulated Energy and Experimental Hygrothermal Performance of Cold Climate Foundation Wall Insulation Retrofit Measures -- Phase I, Energy Simulation
A split simulation whole building energy/3-dimensional earth contact model (termed the BUFETS/EnergyPlus Model or BEM) capable of modeling the full range of foundation systems found in the target retrofit housing stock has been extensively tested. These foundation systems that include abovegrade foundation walls, diabatic floors or slabs as well as lookout or walkout walls, currently cannot be modeled within BEopt.
Goldberg, L. F.; Steigauf, B.
Towards ontological foundations for agent modelling concepts using the unified fundational ontology (UFO)
Foundational ontologies provide the basic concepts upon which any domain-specific ontology is built. This paper presents a new foundational ontology, UFO, and shows how it can be used as a foundation of agent concepts and for evaluating agent-oriented ...
Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact: Biorecycling Technologies, Inc., Noble Biogas and Fertilizer Plant, Fresno County, California
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a proposal from the California Energy Commission for partial funding up to $1,500,000 of the construction of the biorecycling Technologies, Inc., (BTI) Noble Biogas and Fertilizer Plant in Fresno County, California. BTI along with its contractors and business partners would develop the plant, which would use manure and green waste to produce biogas and a variety of organic fertilizer products. The California Energy Commission has requested funding from the DOE Commercialization Ventures program to assist in the construction of the plant, which would produce up to one megawatt of electricity by burning biogas in a cogeneration unit. The purpose of this environmental assessment (EA) is to provide DOE and the public with information on potential environmental impacts associated with funding development of the proposed project.
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Recent analysis of offshore wind turbine foundations using both applicable API and IEC standards show that the total load demand from wind and waves is greatest in wave driven storms. Further, analysis of overturning moment loads (OTM) reveal that impact forces exerted by breaking waves are the largest contributor to OTM in big storms at wind speeds above the operating range of 25 m/s. Currently, no codes or standards for offshore wind power generators have been adopted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) for use on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Current design methods based on allowable stress design (ASD) incorporate the uncertainty in the variation of loads transferred to the foundation and geotechnical capacity of the soil and rock to support the loads is incorporated into a factor of safety. Sources of uncertainty include spatial and temporal variation of engineering properties, reliability of property measurements applicability and sufficiency of sampling and testing methods, modeling errors, and variability of estimated load predictions. In ASD these sources of variability are generally given qualitative rather than quantitative consideration. The IEC 61400‐3 design standard for offshore wind turbines is based on ASD methods. Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) methods are being increasingly used in the design of structures. Uncertainties such as those listed above can be included quantitatively into the LRFD process. In LRFD load factors and resistance factors are statistically based. This type of analysis recognizes that there is always some probability of failure and enables the probability of failure to be quantified. This paper presents an integrated approach consisting of field observations and numerical simulation to establish the distribution of loads from breaking waves to support the LRFD of fixed offshore foundations.
Nichols, R.
Bohmian Trajectories as the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
Bohmian trajectories have been used for various purposes, including the numerical simulation of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation and the visualization of time-dependent wave functions. We review the purpose they were invented for: to serve as the foundation of quantum mechanics, i.e., to explain quantum mechanics in terms of a theory that is free of paradoxes and allows an understanding that is as clear as that of classical mechanics. Indeed, they succeed in serving that purpose in the context of a theory known as Bohmian mechanics, to which this article is an introduction.
Sheldon Goldstein; Roderich Tumulka; Nino Zanghi
2012 SG Peer Review - Dramatic Residential Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest - Robert Boehm, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
S S t G id P 2012 Smart Grid Program Peer Review Meeting "D ti D d R d ti "Dramatic Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest" Robert F Boehm Robert F. Boehm Center for Energy Research University of Nevada Las Vegas June 8, 2012 "Dramatic Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest" in the Desert Southwest Objective Decrease the peak electrical demand by 65% over code-built houses in a new development of 185 homes. Life-cycle Funding ($K) FY08 - FY13 (now FY15) Technical Scope 1. Build energy conserving residences. 2. Include PV on the residences. FY08 - FY13 (now FY15) $6948k 3. Develop a demand control system that gives the customer options and that is enhanced by an artificial intelligence supplemental system. Instantaneous December 2008 power pricing information will be available
Application of the Dynamic Mercury Cycling Model (D-MCM) to the Robert C. Byrd Pool, Ohio River
This Technical Update describes the ongoing application of the Electric Power Research Institute�s (EPRI�s) Dynamic Mercury Cycling Model (D-MCM) to the Ohio River. The study focuses on mercury sources, sinks and bioaccumulation in the Robert C. Byrd Pool in the Ohio River, including the contribution of nearby coal-fired facilities to fish mercury (Hg) concentrations.BackgroundMonitoring of Hg concentrations in sport fish in the Ohio River has shown generally low ...
Electrodeposition of ultrathin Pd, Co and Bi films on well-defined noble-metal electrodes: studies by ultrahigh vacuum-electrochemistry (UHV-EC)
Three illustrative cases involving the electrodeposition of ultrathin metal films of varying reactivities onto noble-metal substrates were investigated: (i) Pd on Pt(111), a noble admetal on a noble-metal surface; (ii) Bi on Pd(111), a less noble admetal on a noble-metal surface; and (iii) Co on polycrystalline Pd and Pd(111), a reactive metal on a noble-metal surface. The interfacial electrochemistry of these prototypical systems was characterized using a combination of electrochemical methods (voltammetry and coulometry) and ultrahigh vacuum electron spectroscopies (Auger electron spectroscopy, AES; low energy electron diffraction, LEED; and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, XPS). Potential-controlled adsorption-desorption cycles of aqueous bromide exerted surface smoothening effects on ultrathin Pd films with defect sites (steps). This procedure, dubbed as electrochemical (EC) annealing, constituted a nonthermal analogue to conventional annealing. EC-annealed ultrathin Pd films exhibited long-range surface order and remained free of oxygen adspecies. Pdadatoms occupying step-sites were selectively dissolved and/or rearranged to assume equilibrium positions in a well-ordered (1x1) film. Electrodeposition of Co was found to be highly surface-structuresensitive. While virtually no Co electrodeposition transpired on a clean Pd(111) surface, Co was voltammetrically deposited on (i) a Pd(111) electrode roughened by oxidation-reduction cycles; and (ii) thermally annealed polycrystalline Pd, which is a composite of the (111) and (100) facets. Electrodeposition of Co was also observed to be kinetically hindered and slow potential scan rates (0.1 mV/s) were required. Well-defined ultrathin Bi films were potentiostatically electrodeposited onto Pd(111); a Stranski-Krastanov growth mode was indicated. The electrochemical reactivity of ultrathin Bi films was characterized using two surface probes: aqueous iodide and D-glucose. (i) Exposure of the prepared Bi adlayers (�?�?Bi 0.33) to aqueous iodide gave rise to (��?3x��?7) I-on-Bi superlattice. The same superlattice was obtained if Bi was electrodeposited onto Pd(111)(��?3x��?3)R30o-I. (ii) With respect to electrooxidation of D-glucose on Pd(111), the presence of Bi adlayers inhibited the by-product-induced "surface poisoning" of Pd(111) but reduced its electrocatalytic efficiency.
Baricuatro, Jack Hess L
Plastic Limit Analysis of Offshore Foundation and Anchor
This study presents the applications of plastic limit analysis to offshore foundations and anchors, including the drag embedment anchors (DEAs) for mobile offshore drilling units (MODU�s) and spudcan foundations for jack-up platforms. In deep waters, drag embedment anchors are an attractive option for mooring of semisubmersible platforms due to low installation cost and high holding capacity; on the other hand, jack-up platforms are more stable than semisubmersible platforms but only can be placed in shallow waters. The analyses of anchor capacities are developed for an idealized anchor comprising a rectangular fluke, a cylindrical shank, and a metal chain connected to the shank at the padeye. The anchor trajectory prediction during drag embedment is also developed by considering anchor behavior in conjunction with the mechanics of the anchor line. The results of simulations show that anchors approach at equilibrium condition rapidly during the embedment and both the normalized holding capacity and the anchor line uplift angle remain constants in this stage. Besides the geometry of the fluke, the properties of the shank and soil are also crucial factors in the anchor-soil interaction behavior. Partial failure of mooring systems for floating structures will subject drag anchors to loads having an appreciable component outside of the intended plane of loading. Partial failure of mooring systems during hurricanes in recent years have generated an interest in understanding drag anchor performance under these conditions. The analysis presents the simulations of three dimensional trajectories of an anchor system subjected to an out-of-plane load component. For the conditions simulated in the example analyses, the anchor experienced a modest amount of continued embedment following partial failure of the mooring system; however, the ultimate embedment and capacity of the anchor is much less than what would have developed if the anchor had continued in its original trajectory within the plane of intended loading. The analyses of the spudcan foundation of jack-up units include preloading, bearing capacity, and the displacement assessment. When the contribution of the soil moment resistance is considered, a three-stage assessment procedure is recommended: superposing environmental forces on the plot of yield surface, determining the value of yield function corresponding to the external forces, and computing the factor of safety of the spudcan. The results of the assessment may be ambiguous while the different yield functions are employed to analyze the spudcan in soft clay.
Chi, Chao-Ming
Environmental Science and Research Foundation, Inc. annual technical report: Calendar year 1997
This Annual Technical Report describes work conducted for the Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID), by the Environmental Science and Research Foundation (Foundation). The Foundation`s mission to DOE-ID provides support in several key areas. The Foundation conducts an environmental monitoring and surveillance program over an area covering much of the upper Snake River Plain, and provides environmental education and support services related to Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) natural resource issues. Also, the Foundation, with its University Affiliates, conducts ecological and radioecological research on the Idaho National Environmental Research Park. This research benefits major DOE-ID programs including Waste Management, Environmental Restoration, Spent Nuclear Fuels, and Land Management Issues. Summaries are included of the individual research projects.
Reynolds, R.D.; Warren, R.W. [eds.
Environmental Science and Research Foundation annual technical report: Calendar year 1996
This Annual Technical Report describes work conducted for the Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID), by the Environmental Science and Research Foundation (Foundation). The Foundation`s mission to DOE-ID provides support in several key areas. The authors conduct an environmental monitoring and surveillance program over an area covering much of the upper Snake River Plain, and provide environmental education and support services related to Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) natural resource issues. Also, the Foundation, with its University Affiliates, conducts ecological and radioecological research in the Idaho National Environmental Research Park. This research benefits major DOE-ID programs including Waste Management, Environmental Restoration, Spent Nuclear Fuels, and Land Management Issues. The major accomplishments of the Foundation and its University Affiliates during the calendar year 1996 are discussed.
Morris, R.C.; Blew, R.D. [eds.
The Earth, Engineers & Education Proceedings of the Symposium in Honor of Robert V. Whitman held at MIT in October 1994
of complex or massive structures, such as nuclear power plants and offshore platforms. Perhaps inevitably for seismic wave amplification, or to determine the response of massive foundations to dynamic forces applied
Entekhabi, Dara
Activation of Noble Metals on Metal-Carbide Surfaces: Novel Catalysts for CO Oxidation, Desulfurization and Hydrogenation Reactions
This perspective article focuses on the physical and chemical properties of highly active catalysts for CO oxidation, desulfurization and hydrogenation reactions generated by depositing noble metals on metal-carbide surfaces. To rationalize structure-reactivity relationships for these novel catalysts, well-defined systems are required. High-resolution photoemission, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and first-principles periodic density-functional (DF) calculations have been used to study the interaction of metals of Groups 9, 10 and 11 with MC(001) (M = Ti, Zr, V, Mo) surfaces. DF calculations give adsorption energies that range from 2 eV (Cu, Ag, Au) to 6 eV (Co, Rh, Ir). STM images show that Au, Cu, Ni and Pt grow on the carbide substrates forming two-dimensional islands at very low coverage, and three-dimensional islands at medium and large coverages. In many systems, the results of DF calculations point to the preferential formation of admetal-C bonds with significant electronic perturbations in the admetal. TiC(001) and ZrC(001) transfer some electron density to the admetals facilitating bonding of the adatom with electron-acceptor molecules (CO, O{sub 2}, C{sub 2}H{sub 4}, SO{sub 2}, thiophene, etc.). For example, the Cu/TiC(001) and Au/TiC(001) systems are able to cleave both S-O bonds of SO{sub 2} at a temperature as low as 150 K, displaying a reactivity much larger than that of TiC(001) or extended surfaces of bulk copper and gold. At temperatures below 200 K, Au/TiC is able to dissociate O{sub 2} and perform the 2CO + O{sub 2} {yields} 2CO{sub 2} reaction. Furthermore, in spite of the very poor hydrodesulfurization performance of TiC(001) or Au(111), a Au/TiC(001) surface displays an activity for the hydrodesulfurization of thiophene higher than that of conventional Ni/MoS{sub x} catalysts. In general, the Au/TiC system is more chemically active than systems generated by depositing Au nanoparticles on oxide surfaces. Thus, metal carbides are excellent supports for enhancing the chemical reactivity of noble metals.
Rodriguez J. A.; Illas, F.
BWRVIP-274: BWR Vessel and Internals Project, Evaluation of On-Line NobleChemTM Platinum Deposition on Grand Gulf Dry Tubes
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS) removed nuclear instrumentation detector dry tubes from the reactor during their 2012 refueling outage due to cracks in the plunger tubes. The report describes the results from three tubes that were scraped on site in October 2012 to obtain samples of the platinum (Pt) deposition resulting from On-Line NobleChemTM (OLNC) applications done in 2010 and 2011.BackgroundOLNC along with hydrogen injection is used by ...
Conceptual Engineering Method for Attenuating He Ion Interactions on First Wall Components in the Fusion Test Facility (FTF) Employing a Low-Pressure Noble Gas
It has been shown that post detonation energetic helium ions can drastically reduce the useful life of the (dry) first wall of an IFE reactor due to the accumulation of implanted helium. For the purpose of attenuating energetic helium ions from interacting with first wall components in the Fusion Test Facility (FTF) target chamber, several concepts have been advanced. These include magnetic intervention (MI), deployment of a dynamically moving first wall, use of a sacrificial shroud, designing the target chamber large enough to mitigate the damage caused by He ions on the target chamber wall, and the use of a low pressure noble gas resident in the target chamber during pulse power operations. It is proposed that employing a low-pressure (~ 1 torr equivalent) noble gas in the target chamber will thermalize energetic helium ions prior to interaction with the wall. The principle benefit of this concept is the simplicity of the design and the utilization of (modified) existing technologies for pumping and processing the noble ambient gas. Although the gas load in the system would be increased over other proposed methods, the use of a "gas shield" may provide a cost effective method of greatly extending the first wall of the target chamber. An engineering study has been initiated to investigate conceptual engineering metmethods for implementing a viable gas shield strategy in the FTF.
C.A.Gentile, W.R.Blanchard, T.Kozub, C.Priniski, I.Zatz, S.Obenschain
The Efficacy of Foundations & Frameworks on Elementary Students' Reading Achievement in Urban Christian Schools.
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Blackmon, Cheryl McClure
A unified foundational ontology and some applications of it in business modeling
Abstract: Foundational ontologies provide the basic concepts upon which any domain-specific ontology is built. This paper presents a new foundational ontology, UFO, and shows how it can be used as a guideline in business modeling and for evaluating business modeling methods. UFO is derived from a synthesis of two other foundational ontologies, GFO/GOL and OntoClean/DOLCE. While their main areas of application are natural sciences and linguistics/cognitive engineering, respectively, the main purpose of UFO is to provide a foundation for conceptual modeling, including business modeling. 1
Exterior Rigid Foam Insulation at the Edge of a Slab Foundation...
Exterior Rigid Foam Insulation at the Edge of a Slab Foundation, Fresno, California (Fact Sheet), Building America Case Study: Efficient Solutions for New and Existing Homes,...
Robert Penn Warren's internal injuries: ''a picnic on the dark side of the moon''
Robert Penn Warren has a facility for transforming region and history into fiction and poetry. His novel Flood: A Romance of Our Time (1964) and his poem sequence �Internal Injuries� (1968) stand out insofar as they share a leitmotif; that is, he uses images of imprisonment to represent the loss of free and responsible selfhood under a technocratic dispensation. He is the quintessential loneliness artist, as can be heard through the voices of his characters. His literary criticism is a testament to his concerns about how one comes to reconcile oneself to place. His theory of literature provides us a unique window on what it means to discover oneself in the tumult of a rapidly changing landscape. The use and misuse of technology to augment one�s relationship to place and self is my overriding concern. In Fiddlersburg, the town in Flood, melodrama hangs in the air like rotting perfume. All that will remain once the town is flooded is the penitentiary. In �Internal Injuries,� Warren�s poem-within-a-poem sequence about the loss of self within the modern city, Warren invokes the penitentiary to represent and speak for the loss of self and the feeling of lonesomeness. Flood speaks to �Internal Injuries� in the sense that Warren oscillates between the discovery of self in Flood to the loss of self in �Internal Injuries.� I give my observation of how Warren�s critical work forms a dialogue with his creative work, offering insight as to how the oldest maximum-security penitentiary in Kentucky speaks to the lost and found selves of Warren�s world. Finally, I deal with the problem of modernity and Warren�s perennial concern about the alienation of the self and how he wrestles with it from a deeply personal and experiential perspective. The reader will find that Warren�s critical and creative works form a kind of inside passage.
Samaha, Marylouise
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Simquake III: Seismic Interactions Between Building Structures and Rock-Socketed Foundations
The Simquake III database contains information on structure-foundation interactions resulting from forced-vibration and simulated-earthquake ground motions. These data can help nuclear plant designers better understand the seismic behavior of buildings with rock-socketed foundations.
Semantics of model views for information exchanges using the industry foundation class schema
The industry foundation classes (IFC) data schema is generic, designed to support the full range of model exchanges needed in the construction industry. For any particular working exchange for some sub-domain of building construction, a set of model ... Keywords: Industry foundation classes (IFC), Interoperability, Model view definitions (MVD), National BIM Standard (NBIMS), Process modeling, Product modeling
M. Venugopal; C. M. Eastman; R. Sacks; J. Teizer
DOE and The Appraisal Foundation Announce New Partnership to Focus on
The Appraisal Foundation Announce New Partnership to Focus The Appraisal Foundation Announce New Partnership to Focus on Energy Performance and Building Appraisals DOE and The Appraisal Foundation Announce New Partnership to Focus on Energy Performance and Building Appraisals June 13, 2011 - 12:00am Addthis WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the Obama Administration's efforts to improve commercial building efficiency 20 percent by 2020, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a partnership with The Appraisal Foundation that will help expand access to energy efficiency and building performance information for commercial buildings and help American businesses to reduce energy waste. Under the new partnership, the Department of Energy and The Appraisal Foundation will work to ensure that appraisers nationwide have
Foundational development of an advanced nuclear reactor integrated safety code.
This report describes the activities and results of a Sandia LDRD project whose objective was to develop and demonstrate foundational aspects of a next-generation nuclear reactor safety code that leverages advanced computational technology. The project scope was directed towards the systems-level modeling and simulation of an advanced, sodium cooled fast reactor, but the approach developed has a more general applicability. The major accomplishments of the LDRD are centered around the following two activities. (1) The development and testing of LIME, a Lightweight Integrating Multi-physics Environment for coupling codes that is designed to enable both 'legacy' and 'new' physics codes to be combined and strongly coupled using advanced nonlinear solution methods. (2) The development and initial demonstration of BRISC, a prototype next-generation nuclear reactor integrated safety code. BRISC leverages LIME to tightly couple the physics models in several different codes (written in a variety of languages) into one integrated package for simulating accident scenarios in a liquid sodium cooled 'burner' nuclear reactor. Other activities and accomplishments of the LDRD include (a) further development, application and demonstration of the 'non-linear elimination' strategy to enable physics codes that do not provide residuals to be incorporated into LIME, (b) significant extensions of the RIO CFD code capabilities, (c) complex 3D solid modeling and meshing of major fast reactor components and regions, and (d) an approach for multi-physics coupling across non-conformal mesh interfaces.
Clarno, Kevin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN); Lorber, Alfred Abraham; Pryor, Richard J.; Spotz, William F.; Schmidt, Rodney Cannon; Belcourt, Kenneth (Ktech Corporation, Albuquerque, NM); Hooper, Russell Warren; Humphries, Larry LaRon
Gas holdup tests performed in a small-scale mechanically-agitated mixing system at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) were reported in 2006. The tests were for a simulant of waste from the Hanford Tank 241-AZ-101 and featured additions of DOW Corning Q2-3183A Antifoam agent. Results indicated that this antifoam agent (AFA) increased gas holdup in the waste simulant by about a factor of four and, counter intuitively, that the holdup increased as the simulant shear strength decreased (apparent viscosity decreased). These results raised questions about how the AFA might affect gas holdup in Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) vessels mixed by air sparging and pulse-jet mixers (PJMs). And whether the WTP air supply system being designed would have the capacity to handle a demand for increased airflow to operate the sparger-PJM mixing systems should the AFA increase retention of the radiochemically generated flammable gases in the waste by making the gas bubbles smaller and less mobile, or decrease the size of sparger bubbles making them mix less effectively for a given airflow rate. A new testing program was developed to assess the potential effects of adding the DOW Corning Q2-3183A AFA to WTP waste streams by first confirming the results of the work reported in 2006 by Stewart et al. and then determining if the AFA in fact causes such increased gas holdup in a prototypic sparger-PJM mixing system, or if the increased holdup is just a feature of the small-scale agitation system. Other elements of the new program include evaluating effects other variables could have on gas holdup in systems with AFA additions such as catalysis from trace noble metals in the waste, determining mass transfer coefficients for the AZ-101 waste simulant, and determining whether other AFA compositions such as Dow Corning 1520-US could also increase gas holdup in Hanford waste. This new testing program was split into two investigations, prototypic sparger-PJM tests and modeling being conducted at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and small-scale agitation tests and evaluations of effects waste and AFA ingredients have on gas retention and mass transfer being conducted at SRNL. Only work conducted at SRNL is reported here. Key results are: (1) The unexpected gas holdup behavior reported in 2006 for a small-scale agitation system is confirmed. The gas holdup data from small-scale and bench-scale impeller-type mixing systems reported herein show very different trends than the behavior exhibited by the prototypic sparger-PJM mixing system tested in the PNNL APEL facility. Results obtained from testing this 1/4-scale prototypic mixing system will be reported by PNNL. The reason for this difference in holdup behavior between the two different mixing systems is not known at this time. Consequently, data from the small mechanical agitation systems should not be extrapolated to prototypic plant conditions. (2) Bench-scale and small-scale tests conducted with Dow Corning 1520-US AFA show it to be a viable replacement to Dow Corning Q2-3183A AFA. This alternative AFA will, however, require significantly higher dosage (concentration) to perform the same antifoam function. (3) Addition of noble metals to the AZ-101 waste simulant does not produce a catalytic gas retention effect with the AFA. The Gas holdup is similar whether or not noble metals are present in the AZ-101 simulant. (4) Mass transfer tests were performed in a large (0.76 m diameter) bubble column filled to 1.3, 3.4, and 7.4 m elevations with water and the AZ-101 waste simulant. Mass transfer coefficients for air bubbles emanating from a prototypic 0.051 m diameter sparger were obtained from the transient decay of dissolved oxygen concentration in the initially saturated fluids. Adding AFA to water reduces the mass transfer coefficient slightly. AFA addition reduces the mass transfer coefficient for AZ-101 simulant more than it does for water because the shear strength of the simulant allows for larger bubble sizes, and larger bubbles have smaller surf
Guerrero, H; Mark Fowley, M; Charles Crawford, C; Michael Restivo, M; Robert Leishear, R
Overexpression of miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production
miR156 miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production Chunxiang Fu 1 , Ramanjulu Sunkar 2 , Chuanen Zhou 1 , Hui Shen 3,4 , Ji-Yi Zhang 3,4 , Jessica Matts 2 , Jennifer Wolf 1 , David G. J. Mann 4,5 , C. Neal Stewart Jr 4,5 , Yuhong Tang 3,4 and Zeng-Yu Wang 1,4, * 1 Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA 2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA 3 Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA 4 BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, TN, USA 5 Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA Received 10 October 2011; revised 8 December 2011; accepted 12 December 2011. *Correspondence (Tel 1-580-224 6830; fax 1-580-224 6802; email email@example.com) Re-use
American Legacy Foundation, The relationship between Cigarette Use and Other Tobacco Products. Results from The 2000 National Tobacco Survey
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Jeanne S Ringel, PhD; Jeffrey Wasserman, PhD; Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, PhD
Environmental Science and Research Foundation. Annual technical report, April 11, 1994--December 31, 1994
This Annual Technical Report describes work conducted for the Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, by the Environmental Science and Research Foundation (Foundation) for work under contract DE-AC07-94ID13268. The Foundation began, on April 11, 1994, to conduct environmental surveillance near to and distant from the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, provide environmental public relations and education related to INEL natural resource issues, and conduct ecological and radioecological research benefiting major DOE-ID programs including Waste Management, Environmental Restoration, Spent Nuclear Fuels, and Infrastructure.
Reynolds, T.D.; Morris, R.C.; Markham, O.D. [eds.
The Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at the Savannah River Site vitrifies radioactive High Level Waste (HLW) for repository internment. The process consists of three major steps: waste pretreatment, vitrification, and canister decontamination/sealing. HLW consists of insoluble metal hydroxides (primarily iron, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, manganese, and uranium) and soluble sodium salts (carbonate, hydroxide, nitrite, nitrate, and sulfate). The pretreatment process in the Chemical Processing Cell (CPC) consists of two process tanks, the Sludge Receipt and Adjustment Tank (SRAT) and the Slurry Mix Evaporator (SME) as well as a melter feed tank. During SRAT processing, nitric and formic acids are added to the sludge to lower pH, destroy nitrite and carbonate ions, and reduce mercury and manganese. During the SME cycle, glass formers are added, and the batch is concentrated to the final solids target prior to vitrification. During these processes, hydrogen can be produced by catalytic decomposition of excess formic acid. The waste contains silver, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and mercury, but silver and palladium have been shown to be insignificant factors in catalytic hydrogen generation during the DWPF process. A full factorial experimental design was developed to ensure that the existence of statistically significant two-way interactions could be determined without confounding of the main effects with the two-way interaction effects. Rh ranged from 0.0026-0.013% and Ru ranged from 0.010-0.050% in the dried sludge solids, while initial Hg ranged from 0.5-2.5 wt%, as shown in Table 1. The nominal matrix design consisted of twelve SRAT cycles. Testing included: a three factor (Rh, Ru, and Hg) study at two levels per factor (eight runs), three duplicate midpoint runs, and one additional replicate run to assess reproducibility away from the midpoint. Midpoint testing was used to identify potential quadratic effects from the three factors. A single sludge simulant was used for all tests and was spiked with the required amount of noble metals immediately prior to performing the test. Acid addition was kept effectively constant except to compensate for variations in the starting mercury concentration. SME cycles were also performed during six of the tests.
Stone, M; Tommy Edwards, T; David Koopman, D
FIA-13-0066 - In the Matter of Protect Our Communities Foundation,
6 - In the Matter of Protect Our Communities Foundation, 6 - In the Matter of Protect Our Communities Foundation, Backcountry Against Dumps, and Donna Tisdale FIA-13-0066 - In the Matter of Protect Our Communities Foundation, Backcountry Against Dumps, and Donna Tisdale On November 4, 2013, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) issued a decision denying an appeal (Appeal) from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) determination issued by the Department's Office of Information Resources (OIR) and Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE). The Appellants, the Protect Our Communities Foundation, Backcountry Against Dumps, and Donna Tisdale, contested the adequacy of the search of documents responsive their FOIA request. The OHA reviewed OE's description of its search, indicating that a search of emails of an SME was
U.S. Department of Energy and the Automotive X PRIZE Foundation to Promote
the Automotive X PRIZE Foundation to the Automotive X PRIZE Foundation to Promote Clean, Energy-Efficient Vehicles U.S. Department of Energy and the Automotive X PRIZE Foundation to Promote Clean, Energy-Efficient Vehicles March 20, 2008 - 10:52am Addthis DOE to invest $3.5 million in public outreach effort NEW YORK, NY - In an effort to engage students and the public on the significance of increasing the use of more clean, cutting-edge and energy-efficient vehicles to help transform our nation's transportation sector, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced plans to award nearly $3.5 million in a grant to the X PRIZE Foundation for the national education and outreach component of the Automotive X PRIZE (AXP) Education Program. The AXP, officially launched today, will award at least $10
Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Loan Program
Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Loan Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Loan Program (FirstEnergy Territory) Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Loan Program (FirstEnergy Territory) < Back Eligibility Commercial Industrial Local Government Nonprofit Schools Savings Category Bioenergy Commercial Heating & Cooling Manufacturing Buying & Making Electricity Alternative Fuel Vehicles Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Water Heating & Cooling Solar Heating Water Heating Wind Maximum Rebate $500,000 (generally) Program Info State Pennsylvania Program Type Local Loan Program Rebate Amount Varies according to project Provider Community Foundation of the Alleghenies FirstEnergy (formerly GPU) established the Metropolitan Edison Company Sustainable Energy Fund and the Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund in 2000.
Rewriting game theory as a foundation for state-based models of gene regulation
We present a game-theoretic foundation for gene regulatory analysis based on the recent formalism of rewriting game theory. Rewriting game theory is discrete and comes with a graph-based framework for understanding compromises and interactions ...
Chafika Chettaoui; Franck Delaplace; Pierre Lescanne; Mun�delanji Vestergaard; Ren� Vestergaard
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
The Foundations of Digital Games is a unique conference that brings together researchers and practitioners from computer science, education, design, cultural studies, and other disciplines. Games research draws ideas and methods from these disciplines, ...
Ian Horswill; Yusuf Pisan
Tribal Renewable Energy Foundational Course: Direct Use for Building Heat and Hot Water
Watch the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy foundational course webinar on direct use for building heat and hot water by clicking on the .swf link below. You can also download the...
Theoretical foundations for knowledge-based conceptual design of complex systems
The theoretical foundations that were developed and validated in a research work in order to the conceptual design systematizing of complex systems or processes, are presented in this paper. From the earliest design stages, two approaches of concurrent ...
Heriberto Maury Ram�rez; Carles Riba Romeva
Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Information and Computation and Its Applications to Nano- and Bio-systems
This monograph provides a mathematical foundation to the theory of quantum information and computation, with applications to various open systems including nano and bio systems. It includes introductory material on algorithm, functional analysis, probability ...
Masanori Ohya, I. Volovich
Pore pressure prediction using an Eaton's approach for PS-waves. Kimberly M. Kumar*,Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin; Robert J. Ferguson,
of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin; Robert J. Ferguson, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin; Dan Ebrom, and Phil Heppard, bp America, Exploration and Production, Technology Group-wave energy, and scattering is reduced where the porous rock-matrix is otherwise homogeneous (Tatham and Mc
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Copyright 1996 by Robert S. Gray. In the Proceedings of the 1996 USENIX Tcl/Tk Workshop, July 1996, pages 9-23.
Copyright 1996 by Robert S. Gray. In the Proceedings of the 1996 USENIX Tcl/Tk Workshop, July 1996, pages 9-23. Available at . Agent Tcl: A exible to learn and work with a complex object-oriented language and a com- plex security model. Agent Tcl
A COMPREHENSIVE THEORY ON THE ETIOLOGY OF BURNT TUNA CHERYL WATSON,I RoBERT E. BOURKE,2 AND RICHARD W. BRlLL3
A COMPREHENSIVE THEORY ON THE ETIOLOGY OF BURNT TUNA CHERYL WATSON,I RoBERT E. BOURKE,2 AND RICHARD growth in the catch for large yellowfin tuna, Thunnus a/bacares, and bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus with a product quality problem known as "burnt tuna" or, in Japanese, yake niku. Not only does this problem
Commentary on Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, Herbert Gintis, Richard McElreath, Michael Alvard, Abigail Barr, Jean Ensminger,
Commentary on Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, Herbert Gintis and Cross-Cultural Normative Diversity Edouard Machery Department of History and Philosophy of firstname.lastname@example.com Stephen P. Stich Department of Philosophy & Center for Cognitive Science Rutgers University Davison Hall
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�Old Indian Ways� of Predicting the Weather: Senator Robert S. Kerr and the Winter Predictions of 1950�51 and 1951�52
In September 1950, U.S. Senator Robert S. Kerr (D-Oklahoma) wrote to Indian leaders across the United States in order to �make some determination with regard to whether or not we are going to have an early winter and whether or not we may expect ...
Randy A. Peppler
HOT BOTTOM BURNING IN INTERMEDIATE MASS STARS JOHN LATTANZIO 1;2 , CHERYL FROST 1;2 , ROBERT CANNON burning in the bottom of the convective envelope. We find strong CN cycling, with substantial Al include the recently discovered ``Hot Bottom Burning''. Hot Bottom Burning (hereafter HBB
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Biomass-Derived Hydrogen from a Thermally Ballasted Gasifier Robert C. Brown, Glenn Norton, Andy Suby, Jerod Smeenk, Keith Cummer, and Josh Nunez
Biomass-Derived Hydrogen from a Thermally Ballasted Gasifier Robert C. Brown, Glenn Norton, Andy fuel cells. We have developed a thermally ballasted gasifier that uses a single reactor for both compared to conventional gasifiers. The carbon monoxide, along with steam used to fluidize the reactor, can
Program on Technology Innovation: Effect of Seismic Wave Incoherence on Foundation and Building Response
Task S2.1 of the New Plant Seismic Issues Resolution Programa joint effort of EPRI and the Department of Energy (DOE)entails a research program into the effect of seismic wave incoherence on foundation and building response. The tasks objective is to systematically study seismic wave incoherence effects on structures/foundations similar to those being considered for advanced reactor designs. Seismic wave incoherence occurs because of horizontal spatial variation of both horizontal and vertical ground mot...
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Department of Energy Department of Energy BioEnergy Science Center Purpose: To develop cost-effective and sustainable means of producing biofuels from plants. Team members * Oak Ridge National Laboratory * University of Tennessee * University of Georgia, Athens * Dartmouth College * Georgia Institute of Technology * National Renewable Energy Laboratory * Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation * ArborGen, LLC * Mascoma Corporation * Brookhaven National Laboratory * North Carolina State University * University of Minnesota * Cornell University * Washington State University * Ceres, Inc. * Virginia Polytechnic Laboratory and State University * University of California, Riverside * University of California, Los Angeles * West Virginia University
Measurement of Exterior Foundation Insulation to Assess Durability in Energy-Saving Performance
The foundation of a house is a sometimes ignored component of the building because of its low visibility. It is increasingly evident, however, that attention to good foundation design and construction significantly benefits the homeowner and the builder by mitigating future problems. Good foundation design and construction practice involves not only insulating to save energy but also providing effective structural design as well as moisture, termite, and radon control techniques as appropriate. Energy efficiency in housing is augmented by use of exterior slab and basement insulation, but high moisture content in the insulation material has led to concerns about its durability. The activity under this task was to extract six different exterior insulation systems that were characterized at installation and have been in the ground for 9 months to 15 years. R-value and moisture content were measured and inspections conducted for evidence of termite intrusion or deterioration. Based on the results, the durability of the various systems has been documented and assessments made of which systems appear to be best practice. Heat flux and temperature measurement data had been archived for some of the exterior insulation tests, thereby providing a unique opportunity to assess energy-saving performance and durability over the long term. The results show that the durability of foundation insulation systems depends on insulation type as well as on foundation type and local boundary conditions, the latter of which may have a marked influence on the durability of energy-saving performance.
Kehrer, Manfred [ORNL; Christian, Jeff [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Control of high level radioactive waste-glass melters. Part 6, Noble metal catalyzed formic acid decomposition, and formic acid/denitration
A necessary step in Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) melter feed preparation for the immobilization of High Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) is reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(0), permitting steam stripping of the Hg. Denitrition and associated NOx evolution is a secondary effect of the use of formic acid as the mercury-reducing agent. Under certain conditions the presence of transition or noble metals can result in significant formic acid decomposition, with associated CO{sub 2} and H{sub 2} evolution. These processes can result in varying redox properties of melter feed, and varying sequential gaseous evolution of oxidants and hydrogen. Electrochemical methods for monitoring the competing processes are discussed. Laboratory scale techniques have been developed for simulating the large-scale reactions, investigating the relative effectiveness of the catalysts, and the effectiveness of catalytic poisons. The reversible nitrite poisoning of formic acid catalysts is discussed.
Bickford, D.F.; Coleman, C.J.; Hsu, C.L.W.; Eibling, R.E.
Demonstration and Performance Monitoring of Foundation Heat Exchangers in Low Load, High Performance Research Homes
Demonstration and Performance Monitoring of Foundation Heat Exchangers (FHX) in Low Load, High Performance Research Homes Piljae Im, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Building America Technical Update Meeting April 29 - 30, Denver, Colorado ACKNOWLEDGEMENT * This project was sponsored by the Building Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy 2 PRESENTATION OVERVIEW * INTRODUCTION * FIELD TEST OF THE FOUNDATION HEAT EXCHANGER (FHX) CONCEPT * FOUNDATION HEAT EXCHANGER PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS * ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AND COST COMPARISON * SUMMARY Managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy
DOE - Office of Legacy Management -- Bartol Research Foundation - PA 0-02
Bartol Research Foundation - PA Bartol Research Foundation - PA 0-02 FUSRAP Considered Sites Site: Bartol Research Foundation (PA 0-02) Eliminated from further consideration under FUSRAP Designated Name: Not Designated Alternate Name: The Franklin Institute PA.0-02-1 Location: Swathmore , Pennsylvania PA.0-02-1 Evaluation Year: 1987 PA.0-02-1 Site Operations: Research organization. Possibly performed radiation monitoring and possibly supplied monitoring equipment to Monsanto Chemical Company. PA.0-02-1 Site Disposition: Eliminated - No indication that radioactive materials were used on this site PA.0-02-1 Radioactive Materials Handled: None Indicated PA.0-02-1 Primary Radioactive Materials Handled: None Indicated Radiological Survey(s): None Indicated Site Status: Eliminated from further consideration under FUSRAP
UT-Battelle, ATLC project cited by Tennessee Labor Management Foundation |
Jennifer Brouner Jennifer Brouner Communications 865.241.0709 UT-Battelle, ATLC project cited by Tennessee Labor Management Foundation Volunteers were on hand to receive the Horizon Award from the Tennessee Labor Management Foundation. (From left) Angela Galyon; Dale McBee; Oak Ridge ATLC President Steve Jones; Mike Day; team captain Ann Weaver; Jeff Reasor Volunteers were on hand to receive the Horizon Award from the Tennessee Labor Management Foundation. (From left) Angela Galyon; Dale McBee; Oak Ridge ATLC President Steve Jones; Mike Day; team captain Ann Weaver; Jeff Reasor (hi-res image) OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 16, 2013 - Team UT-Battelle's all-volunteer project to build homes for Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC) has earned the 2013 Horizon Award from the Tennessee Labor
Text Version of the DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Wind
Wind Webinar (text Wind Webinar (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Courses Renewable Energy Technologies: Wind". Amy Hollander: The DOE Office of Indian Energy is responsible for assisting tribes with energy planning and development, infrastructure, energy cost, and electrification of Indian lands and homes. As part of this commitment, and on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, Indian Energy is leading educational and capacity building efforts in Indian country. The foundational courses were created to give tribal leaders and professionals background information in renewable energy development that presents foundational information on strategic energy planning, grid basics, and renewable energy technologies
REVIEW: REVIEW: PART OF HIGHLIGHT ON BREEDING STRATEGIES FOR FORAGE AND GRASS IMPROVEMENT Is genetic engineering ever going to take off in forage, turf and bioenergy crop breeding? Zeng-Yu Wang* and E. Charles Brummer Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73401, USA * For correspondence. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Received: 1 December 2011 Returned for revision: 22 December 2011 Accepted: 5 January 2012 † Background Genetic engineering offers the opportunity to generate unique genetic variation that is either absent in the sexually compatible gene pool or has very low heritability. The generation of transgenic plants, coupled with breeding, has led to the production of widely used transgenic cultivars in several major cash crops, such as maize, soybean, cotton and canola. The process for regulatory approval of genetically engineered crops
The Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Sebacina vermifera, Enhances Biomass Production of 1 The Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Sebacina vermifera, Enhances Biomass Production of 1 Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Under Drought Conditions 2 3 Sita R. Ghimire and Kelly D. Craven * 4 Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble 5 Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401, USA 6 7 Abstract 8 Experiments were conducted to examine the effects of cocultivating the important 9 bioenergy crop switchgrass with the ectomycorrhizal fungus, Sebacina vermifera under 10 severe drought conditions. Plants cocultivated with the fungus produced significantly 11 higher biomass and had a higher macronutrient content than uninoculated control plants 12 under both well watered and drought conditions. 13 14 Running title: 15 Symbiosis offsets drought related biomass losses 16
Novel seed coat lignins in the Cactaceae: structure, distribution and implications for the evolution of lignin diversity
12 12 © 2012 The Authors. The Plant Journal © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Received Date : 08-Jul-2012 Revised Date : 30-Aug-2012 Accepted Date : 03-Sep-2012 Article type : Original Article Novel seed coat lignins in the Cactaceae: structure, distribution and implications for the evolution of lignin diversity Fang Chen, 1,3* Yuki Tobimatsu, 2, Lisa Jackson, 1 John Ralph, 2,4 and Richard A. Dixon 1,3* 1 Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401, USA; 2 Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Enzyme Institute, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726, USA; 3 DOE Bioenergy Sciences Center, Oak Ridge, TN, USA; 4 DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, WI, and Wisconsin Bioenergy
An aerial radiological survey of the Robert Emmett Ginna Nuclear Power Plant and surrounding area, Ontario, New York
Terrestrial radioactivity surrounding the Robert Emmett Ginna Nuclear Power Plant was measured using aerial radiological surveying techniques. The purpose of this survey was to document exposure rates near the plant and to identify unexpected, man-made radiation sources within the survey area. The surveyed area included land areas within a three-mile radius of the plant site. Data were acquired using an airborne detection system that employed sodium iodide, thallium-activated detectors. Exposure-rate and photopeak counts were computed from these data and plotted on aerial photographs of the survey area. Several ground-based exposure measurements were made for comparison with the aerial survey results. Exposure rates in the area surrounding the plant site varied from 6 to 10 microroentgens per hour. Man-made radiation (cobalt-60 within the plant site and cesium-1 37 directly over the reactor) was found at the plant site. In addition, small areas of suspected cesium-137 activity were found within the survey areas. Other than these small sites, the survey area was free of man-made radioac- tivity.
Proctor, A.E.
RETURN TO THE RIVER -2000 Chapter 3 An Alternative Conceptual Foundation50
-cobble bedded mainstem segments (e.g., alluvial reaches such as the Hanford Reach in central Washington is a central tenet of our conceptual foundation. We believe that the floodplain reaches and gravel the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River are characterized by nutrient rich floodplain soils and diverse
Preparing the U.S. Foundation for Future Electric Energy Systems
Preparing the U.S. Foundation for Future Electric Energy Systems: A Strong Power and Energy Engineering Workforce U.S. Power and Energy Engineering Workforce Collaborative Prepared by the Management Steering Committee of the U.S. Power and Energy Engineering Workforce Collaborative Endorsed
Digitally complemented zoomorphism: a theoretical foundation for human-animal interaction design
From an interspecies perspective, we advocate for a theoretical foundation aimed at facilitating further research towards digitally mediated human-animal interaction. The proposed framework follows an approach we call 'digitally complemented zoomorphism' ... Keywords: design, human-animal interaction, play, technology, user experience
Michelle Westerlaken, Stefano Gualeni
From Power Laws to Power Grids: A Mathematical and Computational Foundation for Complex Interactive Networks
First-year research accomplishments of one of the six consortia established under the EPRI/DOD Complex Interactive Networks/Systems Initiative are provided in this report. This report focuses on certain aspects of mathematical and computational foundations for complex interactive networks.
Course Justification for ASTRONOMY 241 Foundations of Astrophysics I: The Solar System
. Energy transport via radiation and convection. Helioseismology. Hydrogen burning. 12. Solar SystemCourse Justification for ASTRONOMY 241 Foundations of Astrophysics I: The Solar System 1 Description & Objectives ASTR 241 is a rigorous, calculus-based introduction to Solar System astrophysics
Barnes, Joshua Edward
An approach for grounding ontologies in raw data using foundational ontology
Many information systems employ domain ontologies to make explicit the semantic of the descriptions manipulated by them. However, the relation between the system and the real world is always mediated by the user: the representations within the system ... Keywords: Conceptual spaces, Foundational ontology, Stratigraphy, Symbol grounding problem, Visual interpretation system
Sandro Rama Fiorini; Mara Abel; Claiton M. S. Scherer
Applying and extending a semantic foundation for role-related concepts in enterprise modelling
In this paper, we provide a semantic foundation for role-related concepts in enterprise modelling. We use a conceptual modelling framework to provide a well-founded underpinning for these concepts. We review a number of enterprise modelling approaches ... Keywords: actors, conceptual modelling, enterprise modelling, object modelling, roles
Joao Paulo A. Almeida; Giancarlo Guizzardi; Paulo Sergio Santos, Jr
MSE 410: Materials Foundations for Energy Applications MSE 810: Materials for Energy Applications
; materials for electrical energy storage; materials for hydrogen production, storage, and use; bio-fuel cellsMSE 410: Materials Foundations for Energy Applications MSE 810: Materials for Energy Applications of energy production and use: a rapidly increasing worldwide demand, dwindling supply, and the overarching
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LARGE-SCALE LARGE-SCALE BIOLOGY ARTICLE A Genomics Approach to Deciphering Lignin Biosynthesis in Switchgrass W Hui Shen, a,b,2 Mitra Mazarei, b,c,1 Hiroshi Hisano, b,d,1,3 Luis Escamilla-Trevino, a,b,2 Chunxiang Fu, b,d Yunqiao Pu, b,e Mary R. Rudis, b,c Yuhong Tang, a,b Xirong Xiao, b,d,2 Lisa Jackson, a,b Guifen Li, a,b Tim Hernandez, a,b Fang Chen, a,b,2 Arthur J. Ragauskas, b,e C. Neal Stewart Jr., b,c Zeng-Yu Wang, b,d and Richard A. Dixon a,b,2,4 a Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 b BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 c Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 d Forage Improvement Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 e School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Southcentral Foundation
... the management of diabetes, a condition experienced by Alaska Native and ... SCF manages performance data through a state-of-the-art database ...
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Solar: Text Version
Solar Webinar (text Solar Webinar (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Courses Renewable Energy Technologies: Solar". Amy Hollander: Hello, I'm Amy Hollander with the energy department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Welcome to today's webinar on solar as a renewable energy sponsored by DOE's Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. This webinar is being recorded from DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's brand new state-of-the-art net zero energy research support facility in Golden, Colorado. Our solar energy presentation today is one of nine foundational webinars in a series from the DOE Office of Indian Energy education initiative designed to assist tribes with
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Renewable Energy Technologies: Assessing Energy Resources Text Version
Renewable Renewable Energy Technologies: Assessing Energy Resources Webinar (text version) Below is the text version of the webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Courses Renewable Energy Technologies: Assessing Energy Resources". Amy Hollander: Hello. I'm Amy Hollander with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Welcome to today's Webinar on assessing energy needs and resources sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Indian Energy, Policy and Programs. This Webinar is being recorded from DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's brand new state of the art net zero energy research support facility in Golden, Colorado. Our energy needs and resources presentation today is one of nine foundational Webinars in a series from
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Hydroelectric Renewable Energy Text Version
Hydroelectric Webinar Hydroelectric Webinar (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Courses Renewable Energy Technologies: Hydroelectric." Amy Hollander: Hello. I'm Amy Hollander with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Welcome to today's webinar on hydroelectricity as a renewable energy, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. This webinar is being recorded from DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's brand new, state of the art, net zero energy research support facility in Golden, Colorado. Our hydroelectricity presentation today is one of nine foundational webinars in the series from the DOE Office of Indian Energy Education Initiative, designed to assist tribes with
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course Webinar on Biomass: Text Version
Biomass Webinar (text Biomass Webinar (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Courses Renewable Energy Technologies: Biomass". Amy Hollander: Hello, I'm Amy Hollander with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Welcome to today's webinar on biomass as a renewable energy sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the Indian Energy Policy and Programs. This webinar is being recorded from DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's brand new state-of-the- art net zero energy research support facility in Golden, Colorado. Our biomass presentation today is one of nine foundational webinars in the series from the DOE Office of Indian Energy designed to assist tribes with energy planning and
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course Webinar: Electricity Grid Basics Text Version
Electricity Grid Basics Electricity Grid Basics Webinar (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Courses Renewable Energy Technologies: Electricity Grid Basics." Amy Hollander: Hello. I'm Amy Hollander with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Welcome to today's Webinar on Electricity Grid Basics sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. This webinar is being recorded from DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's brand new state-of-the-art net-zero energy research support facility in Golden, Colorado. This presentation on electricity grid basics is one of nine foundational webinars in the series from the DOE Office of Indian Energy and Education Initiative, designed to assist
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Strategic Energy Planning Audio Version
Course: Course: Strategic Energy Planning (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course: Strategic Energy Planning." Amy Hollander: Hello. I'm Amy Hollander with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Welcome to today's webinar on strategic energy planning sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. This webinar is being recorded from DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's brand new state-of-the-art net- zero energy research support facility in Golden, Colorado. Our strategic energy planning presentation today is one of nine foundational webinars in the series from the DOE Office of Indian Energy Education Initiative, which is designed to assist tribes with energy
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Geothermal Energy Text Version
Geothermal Webinar Geothermal Webinar (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course: Geothermal Energy as a Renewable Energy." Amy Hollander: Hello. I'm Amy Hollander with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Welcome to today's webinar on Geothermal Energy as a Renewable Energy, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. This webinar is being recorded from DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's brand new, state of the art net-zero energy research support facility in Golden, Colorado. Our Geothermal presentation today is one of nine foundational webinars in this series from the DOE Office of Indian Energy Education Initiative designed to assist tribes with energy
Foundation heat exchangers for residential ground source heat pump systems Numerical modeling and experimental validation
A new type of ground heat exchanger that utilizes the excavation often made for basements or foundations has been proposed as an alternative to conventional ground heat exchangers. This article describes a numerical model that can be used to size these foundation heat exchanger (FHX) systems. The numerical model is a two-dimensional finite-volume model that considers a wide variety of factors, such as soil freezing and evapotranspiration. The FHX numerical model is validated with one year of experimental data collected at an experimental house located near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The model shows good agreement with the experimental data-heat pump entering fluid temperatures typically within 1 C (1.8 F) - with minor discrepancies due to approximations, such as constant moisture content throughout the year, uniform evapotranspiration over the seasons, and lack of ground shading in the model.
Xing, Lu [Oklahoma State University; Cullin, James [Oklahoma State University; Spitler, Jeffery [Oklahoma State University; Im, Piljae [ORNL; Fisher, Daniel [Oklahoma State University
Small Wind Electric Systems: A Guide Produced for the American Corn Growers Foundation
The purpose of the Small Wind Electric Systems Consumer's Guide produced for the AGCF is to provide members of the foundation with enough information to help them determine if a small wind electric system will work for them based on their wind resource, the type and size of their sites, and their economics. The cover of this guide contains the results of the 2003 National Corn Producer Survey Wind Energy Issues.
A reduced mechanism for methane and one-step rate expressions for fuel-lean catalytic combustion of small alkanes on noble metals
A reduced mechanism and a one-step rate expression for fuel-lean methane/air catalytic combustion on an Rh catalyst are proposed. These are developed from a detailed microkinetic model using a computer-aided model reduction strategy that employs reaction path analysis, sensitivity analysis, partial equilibrium analysis, and simple algebra to deduce the most abundant reaction intermediate and the rate-determining step. The mechanism and the one-step rate expression are then tested on Pt catalyst. It is found that the reaction proceeds effectively via the same mechanistic pathway on both noble metals, but the effective reaction orders differ due to the difference in the adsorption strength of oxygen. Based on the homologous series idea, the rate expression is extended to small alkanes (ethane and propane; butane is also briefly discussed) and is found to reasonably describe experimental data. Estimation of the relevant parameters in the rate expression for various fuels and catalysts using the semiempirical bond-order conservation theory, quantum mechanical density functional theory, and/or simple experiments is discussed. Finally, it is proposed that detailed microkinetic models with coverage-dependent parameters can assist in rationalizing the apparent discrepancies between experimental data from various research groups. (author)
Deshmukh, S.R.; Vlachos, D.G. [Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST), University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-3110 (United States)
Dr. Robert N. Goldberg
... evaluation of physical and chemical property data, and biochemical thermodynamics. ... in the determination of the thermodynamic properties for ...
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'editoria e della lettura, tra cui Il bacio di Lamourette (1994), Libri proibiti. Pornografia, satira e utopia
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Robert Harrison | BNL
Director In The News Stony Brook University Launches Institute for Advanced Computational Science Education University of Cambridge, U.K. Department of Organic and...
Robert MacCuspie
... nanoparticles in biologically and environmentally relevant conditions that affect ... Division, NIST 2006-2008: Research Associate, Air Force Research ...
BNL | Robert Lincoln
HR infrastructure for five Asia Pacific startup companies in India, Japan, Korea and Malaysia, and serving as an internal consultant providing HR expertise to Battelle's cadre of...
Interview of Robert Hinde
-Einstein manifesto in 1955 against nuclear weapons; it gave rise to conferences on science and world affairs, the first meeting of which was held in 1957 and involved scientists from both sides of the iron curtain; has had many subsequent meetings and workshops... , mostly on nuclear weapons but on other subjects too; the movement got the Nobel Peace prize with Sir Joseph Rotblat in 1995; when I joined in the 1980's it worked primarily at the political level, trying to get the right scientific insights across...
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Robert D. Shull
For the past 18 years, he has also led a six-month-long pre-high-school science program for 200 children, called 4H Adventure In Science. He is presently the�...
By Robert M. Thompson
... could be characterized as a search engine for firearm ... is cycled by an external lever generally ... a projectile is propelled by products of combustion. ...
Interview of Robert Foley
essays were geared toward taking facts then sifting and analysing them; he was also good at getting us to look for originality in our thinking, which Cambridge encourages, but I got it early; thus Geoffrey Boxall, who was also a good cricketer, was a bit... human variation in an ecological environment; that was always what we wanted to do; creatively working with Marta in the 1990s, suddenly we had a better understanding of how human diversity and human evolution went together; that creativity was very much...
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crystallography program at Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Synchrotron Light Source. Acta Cryst., D62(11):1336-1339 (2006). PubMed Full Text Shi W., Robinson H.,...
Robert R. Zarr
... facility to address thermal measurement issues for industrial building applications, including potential high-temperature thermal insulation SRM's. ...
Robert Herre Crabtree Remembered
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Dr. Robert E. Chapman
... Education: George Washington University, Ph.D., Economics, 1988. Indiana University (Bloomington), MA, Mathematics/Statistics, 1974. ...
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, metal product facilities, drug manufacturing, petroleum facilities, vehicle service facilities. The IDEXX trays are compared to the comparator (provided by the manufacturer) and the cells which are more household toxicant disposal, automobile engine de- greasing, vehicle accident clean-up, and irrigation
Pitt, Robert E.
Results of experimental drilling and blasting operations in preparing the rock foundation of the Krapivinskii hydroelectric station
The purpose of the experimental drilling and blasting operations in preparing the rock foundation of the Krapivinskii hydrostation was to test under specific conditions the parameters of blasting near the lower contour of the pit with reduced blasthole charges. Results show: the possibility of replacing shothole by blasthole charges with parameters calculated by a special method; the suitability of the method of calculating the parameters of DBO's with reduced blasthole charges developed earlier by Gidrospetsproekt, which provides preservation of the foundations of important structures with a reduction of labor intensity and work time, was confirmed; an analysis of the results of the experimental blasts and also for a number of hydrotechnical construction objects made it possible to evaluate the characteristics of irregularities of foundations with blasting preparation and to establish their practically allowable values for use in specifications; rational parameters of blasting near the foundation of the Krapivinskii hydrostation were determined.
Azarovich, A.E.; Yanovskii, V.N.
American Legacy Foundation, First Look Report 12. Exposure to Pro-tobacco Messages among Teens and Young Adults
Legacy staff and colleagues from RTI, Legacy�s Research andSurvey (LMTS) was developed by RTI and the American LegacyFoundation. RTI developed and implemented the LMTS sampling
Jeff Niederdeppe, MA; Drew Lindsey, BA; Maria E. Girlando, BA; Alec Ulasevich, PhD; Matthew C. Farrelly, PhD
Wind Speed Technology Phase II: Semisubmersible Platform and Anchor Foundation Systems for Wind Turbine Support; Concept Marine Associates, Inc.
This fact sheet describes a subcontract with Concept Marine Associates, Inc. to evaluate and optimize a semisubmersible platform and anchor foundation system that can support a 5-MW wind turbine.
Condition Assessment Survey (CAS) Program. Deficiency standards and inspections methods manual: Volume 1, 0.01 Foundations and footings
General information is presented for asset determinant factor/CAS repair codes/CAS cost factors; guide sheet tool & material listing; testing methods; inspection frequency; standard system design life tables; system work breakdown structure; and general system/material data. Deficiency standards and inspection methods are given for footings - spread/strip/grade beams; foundation walls; foundation dampproofing/waterproofing; excavation/backfill/ and piles & caissons.
DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Course on Direct Use for Building Heat and Hot Water
Direct Use for Building Direct Use for Building Heat and Hot Water Webinar (text version) Below is the text version of the Webinar titled "DOE Office of Indian Energy Foundational Courses Renewable Energy Technologies: Direct Use for Building Heat and Hot Water." Slide 1 Amy Hollander: Hello, I'm Amy Hollander with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Welcome to today's webinar on Building Heat and Hot Water sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. This webinar is being recorded from DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's new state-of-the-art net zero
Complex Adaptive Systems of Systems (CASoS) engineering and foundations for global design.
Complex Adaptive Systems of Systems, or CASoS, are vastly complex ecological, sociological, economic and/or technical systems which must be recognized and reckoned with to design a secure future for the nation and the world. Design within CASoS requires the fostering of a new discipline, CASoS Engineering, and the building of capability to support it. Towards this primary objective, we created the Phoenix Pilot as a crucible from which systemization of the new discipline could emerge. Using a wide range of applications, Phoenix has begun building both theoretical foundations and capability for: the integration of Applications to continuously build common understanding and capability; a Framework for defining problems, designing and testing solutions, and actualizing these solutions within the CASoS of interest; and an engineering Environment required for 'the doing' of CASoS Engineering. In a secondary objective, we applied CASoS Engineering principles to begin to build a foundation for design in context of Global CASoS
Brodsky, Nancy S.; Finley, Patrick D.; Beyeler, Walter Eugene; Brown, Theresa Jean; Linebarger, John Michael; Moore, Thomas W.; Glass, Robert John, Jr.; Maffitt, S. Louise; Mitchell, Michael David; Ames, Arlo Leroy
Exterior Rigid Foam Insulation at the Edge of a Slab Foundation, Fresno, California (Fact Sheet)
Exterior rigid foam insulation at the edge of the slab foundation was a unique feature for this low-load, unoccupied test house in a hot-dry climate and may be more appropriate for climates with higher heating loads. U.S. Department of Energy Building America research team IBACOS worked with National Housing Quality Award winner Wathen-Castanos Hybrid Homes, Inc., to assess the performance of this feature in a single-family detached ranch house with three bedrooms and two full bathrooms constructed on a slab-on-grade foundation in Fresno, California. One challenge during installation of the system was the attachment of the butyl flashing to the open framing. To solve this constructability issue, the team added a nailer to the base of the wall to properly attach and lap the flashing. In this strategy, R-7.5, 1.5-in.-thick extruded polystyrene was installed on the exterior of the slab for a modeled savings of 4,500 Btu/h on the heating load.
Joint inversion of P-and SV-wave traveltime error to esimate anisotropy: a CFP approach Robert J. Ferguson, Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas
Joint inversion of P- and SV-wave traveltime error to esimate anisotropy: a CFP approach Robert J. For stability, joint inversion P- and SV-data is employed and, as pure SV-data are relatively rare, the use of mode-converted (PSV) data to represent SV in the joint inversion is suggested. Analytic and synthetic
The history of NATO TNF policy: The role of studies, analysis and exercises conference proceedings. Volume 3: Papers by Gen. Robert C. Richardson III (Ret.)
This conference was organized to study and analyze the role of simulation, analysis, modeling, and exercises in the history of NATO policy. The premise was not that the results of past studies will apply to future policy, but rather that understanding what influenced the decision process-and how-would be of value. The structure of the conference was built around discussion panels. The panels were augmented by a series of papers and presentations focusing on particular TNF events, issues, studies, or exercises. The conference proceedings consist of three volumes. Volume 1 contains the conference introduction, agenda, biographical sketches of principal participants, and analytical summary of the presentations and discussion panels. Volume 2 contains a short introduction and the papers and presentations from the conference. This volume contains selected papers by Brig. Gen. Robert C. Richardson III (Ret.).
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Plug-in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: A Foundation for Electrified Transportation: Preprint
7951 7951 April 2010 Plug-in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: A Foundation for Electrified Transportation Preprint T. Markel To be presented at the MIT Energy Initiative Transportation Electrification Symposium Cambridge, Massachusetts April 8, 2010 NOTICE The submitted manuscript has been offered by an employee of the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE), a contractor of the US Government under Contract No. DE-AC36-08-GO28308. Accordingly, the US Government and ASE retain a nonexclusive royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or allow others to do so, for US Government purposes. This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States government. Neither the United States government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (EERE)
951 951 April 2010 Plug-in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: A Foundation for Electrified Transportation Preprint T. Markel To be presented at the MIT Energy Initiative Transportation Electrification Symposium Cambridge, Massachusetts April 8, 2010 NOTICE The submitted manuscript has been offered by an employee of the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE), a contractor of the US Government under Contract No. DE-AC36-08-GO28308. Accordingly, the US Government and ASE retain a nonexclusive royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or allow others to do so, for US Government purposes. This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States government. Neither the United States government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any
Support of Activities of the NAS in Relation to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation
The National Academies (NA) provides support for the activities related to the long-term follow up of the health of the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki being conducted by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) laboratories in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The NA serves as scientific and administrative liaison between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and RERF, and performs tasks in the areas of scientific oversight, information/public interface, fiscal oversight, and personnel management. The project includes recruitment and support of approximately 10 NA employees who work at RERF in Japan. Specific activities are performed consistent with the cooperative agreement�s Statement of Work between DOE and NA and consistent with an Annual Work Plan developed by DOE and NA.
Douple, Evan B.
Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, Alaska second stage development, Crater lake. Final foundation report. Final report
The important geologic features and methods used to construct the Crater Lake stage of the Snettisham Hydroelectric project, built between 1985 and 1989, are discussed. The project added 31 megawatts of non-polluting, renewable electric power for Juneau, Alaska and the surrounding area. Features of the report include the power tunnel and access adits, penstock excavation, surge shaft, gate shaft and lake top. Construction aspects include the general geology, design features, construction methods, geologic conditions encountered, ground support requirements, grouting, instrumentation and tunnel filling. Foundation conditions for the Crater Lake status were excellent, permitting the power and penstock tunnel and shafts to be constructed essentially unlined. The basic rock type throughout the project is a high-quality, quartz diorite gneiss with randomly spaced, subparallel basalt dikes.... Unlined rock tunnels, Power tunnel, Penstocks, Lake tap, Surge shaft.
Nontriviality in Black Hole Thermodynamics: towards physically and mathematically rigorous foundation as phenomenology
Comparing black hole thermodynamics with the axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics for laboratory systems, it is found that some basic assumptions (required by experimental facts) in laboratory thermodynamics do not hold for black hole thermodynamics. Hence, at present, it is not obvious whether black hole thermodynamics retains some crucial theorems of laboratory thermodynamics (e.g. Carnot's theorem, increase of entropy by arbitrary adiabatic process, and uniqueness of entropy) whose proofs use the basic assumptions which do not hold for black holes. This paper aims to clarify such nontriviality in black hole thermodynamics, and propose a suitable set of basic assumptions in black hole thermodynamics, which are regarded as the rigorous foundation of black hole thermodynamics as phenomenology.
Saida, Hiromi
Model Validation and Testing: The Methodological Foundation of ASHRAE Standard 140; Preprint
Model Validation and Testing: Model Validation and Testing: The Methodological Foundation of ASHRAE Standard 140 Preprint R. Judkoff National Renewable Energy Laboratory J. Neymark J. Neymark & Associates Presented at the ASHRAE 2006 Annual Meeting Quebec City, Canada June 24-29, 2006 Conference Paper NREL/CP-550-40360 July 2006 NOTICE The submitted manuscript has been offered by an employee of the Midwest Research Institute (MRI), a contractor of the US Government under Contract No. DE-AC36-99GO10337. Accordingly, the US Government and MRI retain a nonexclusive royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or allow others to do so, for US Government purposes. This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States government.
DOE/EA-1622: Final Environmental Assessment for University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research Foundation Solar Technology Center (January 2009)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research Foundation SOLAR TECHNOLOGY CENTER January 2009 Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact DOE/EA-1622 U.S. Department of Energy Golden Field Office National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, Colorado 80401 This Environmental Assessment was prepared on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research Foundation with contractual assistance from Ninyo & Moore, Inc. and MBP Consulting, LLC. Finding of No Significant Impact Solar Technology Center January 2009 Finding of No Significant Impact Solar Technology Center January 2009 Finding of No Significant Impact Solar Technology Center
Environmental Science and Research Foundation annual technical report to DOE-ID, January , 1995--December 31, 1995
The foundation conducts an environmental monitoring and surveillance program over an area covering much of the upper Snake River Plain and provide environmental education and support services related to INEL natural resource issues. Also, the foundation, with its university affiliates, conducts ecological and radioecological research on the Idaho National Environmental Research Park. This research benefits major DOE-ID programs including waste management, environmental restoration, spent nuclear fuels, and land management issues. Major accomplishments during CY1995 can be divided into five categories: environmental surveillance program, environmental education, environmental services and support, ecological risk assessment, and research benefitting the DOE-ID mission.
Noble Group | Open Energy Information
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Qingguo Zhang David R. Noble
, or landfill gas 1 . Current dry low emissions technology primarily focuses on burning natural gas, a fuel in utilizing coal-derived syngas or fuels from other sources, such as biomass, landfill gas, or process gas to 40%. The primary constituents of landfill or sewage gas are typically CH4 and CO2 4
Lieuwen, Timothy C.
Rough Draft! Please don't quote. Hot and Heavy Matters in the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
Mechanics Craig Callender Department of Philosophy, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA 1. INTRODUCTION Is thermodynamics true of self-gravitating systems? Or better put, does equilibrium statistical mechanics foundational projects in statistical mechanics. By considering it, we increase our understanding
Wüthrich, Christian
Alumni Foundation Grant application form Name of club/society/project/group you are applying for funding for
of the project Project budget (please break the project down into individual costs and calculate the totalAlumni Foundation Grant application form Name of club/society/project/group you are applying for funding for: Information about your project Please give background information about the project and
Dixon, Peter
ITU e-Health Training Program for Pacific Island Community with the Support of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Tokai University School of Medicine provided a short-term e-Health training program for persons from Pacific Island Nations from 2006 until 2008 supported by funds from the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. There were lectures on software, hardware and topics ... Keywords: Pacific Islands, Tele-medicine, Training program, e-Health
Yuichi Ishibashi; Hiroshi Juzoji; Toshihiko Kitano; Isao Nakajima
10-MWe solar-thermal central-receiver pilot plant: collector subsystem foundation construction. Revision No. 1
Bid documents are provided for the construction of the collector subsystem foundation of the Barstow Solar Pilot Plant, including invitation to bid, bid form, representations and certifications, construction contract, and labor standards provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act. Instructions to bidders, general provisions and general conditions are included. Technical specifications are provided for the construction. (LEW)
To appear in the proceedings of the conference AICA'96, Rome, 2427 September 1996. On the Foundations of Information Retrieval
. On the Foundations of Information Retrieval Stefano Mizzaro Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università di, and it is experienced by many people. Information retrieval is aimed at solving such problem, and hence it is a crucial discipline of this new era. Despite its centrality, information retrieval has its own shortcomings
Mizzaro, Stefano
The East-West Center in Washington, Hokkaido University's Global COE Program, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA invite you to a public conference
Peace Foundation USA invite you to a public conference: Regional Security and Okinawa in the U the dilemma of how to best ensure regional security and contention over U.S. bases in Okinawa. In a public, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, Japanese and American experts on regional security and Okinawa base issues
Tachizawa, Kazuya
Cancer risk among atomic bomb survivors. The RERF Life Span Study. Radiation Effects Research Foundation
This article summarizes the risk of cancer among the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We focus primarily on the risk of death from cancer among individuals in the Life Span Study sample of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation from 1950 through 1985 based on recently revised dosimetry procedures. We report the risk of cancer other than leukemia among the atomic bomb survivors. We note that the number of excess deaths of radiation-induced malignant tumors other than leukemia increases with age. Survivors who were exposed in the first or second decade of life have just entered the cancer-prone age and have so far exhibited a high relative risk in association with radiation dose. Whether the elevated risk will continue or will fall with time is not yet clear, although some evidence suggests that the risk may be declining. It is important to continue long-term follow-up of this cohort to document the changes with time since exposure and to provide direct rather than projected risks over the lifetime of an exposed individual.
Shimizu, Y.; Schull, W.J.; Kato, H. (Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima (Japan))
Photon flux and distance from the source: consequences for quantum foundations and technologies
The paper explores the fundamental physical principles of quantum mechanics (in fact, quantum field theory) which limit the bit rate for long distances. Propagation of photons in optical fibers is modeled using methods of quantum electrodynamics. We define photon "duration" as the standard deviation of the photon arrival time; we find its asymptotics for long distances and then obtain the main result of the paper: the linear dependence of photon duration on the distance. This effect puts the limit to joint increasing of the photon flux and the distance from the source and it has important consequences both for quantum information technologies and quantum foundations. Once quantum communication develops into a real technology, it would be appealing to the engineers to increase both the photon flux and the distance. And here our "photon flux/distance effect" has to be taken into account (at least if successively emitted photons are considered as independent). This effect also has to be taken into account in a loophole free test of Bell's type -- to close jointly the detection and locality loopholes.
Andrei Khrennikov; B�rje Nilsson; Sven Nordebo; Igor Volovich
Topics in Mode Conversion Theory and the Group Theoretical Foundations of Path Integrals
This dissertation reports research about the phase space perspective for solving wave problems, with particular emphasis on the phenomenon of mode conversion in multicomponent wave systems, and the mathematics which underlie the phase space perspective. Part I of this dissertation gives a review of the phase space theory of resonant mode conversion. We describe how the WKB approximation is related to geometrical structures in phase space, and how in particular ray-tracing algorithms can be used to construct the WKB solution. We also present new higher order corrections to the local solution for the mode conversion problem which allow better asymptotic matching to the WKB solutions. The phase space tools used in Part I rely on the Weyl symbol calculus, which gives a way to relate operators to functions on phase space. In Part II of this dissertation, we explore the mathematical foundations of the theory of symbols. We go on to present the group theoretical formulation of symbols, as developed recently by Zobin. This defines the symbol of an operator in terms of a double Fourier transform on a non-commutative group. We then show how the path integral arises when calculating the symbol of a function of an operator. We conclude with a survey of ideas for future research and describe several potential applications of this group theoretical perspective to problems in mode conversion.
A. S. Richardson
Activities of the National Academy of Sciences in relation to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation
The activities of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), in relation to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), has a long history and the specific time period supported by this contract is but a small piece of the long-term continuing program. As a background, in August 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima (6 August) and Nagasaki (9 August). Shortly after the bombings, US medical teams joined forces with their Japanese counterparts to form a Joint Commission for the Investigation of the Effects of the Atomic Bombs. As a result of the Joint Commission's investigations, it was determined that consideration should be given to the establishment of a long-term study of the potential late health effects of exposure of the survivors to radiation from the bombs. The results obtained from RERF studies contribute the vast majority of information that provides a better understanding of radiation effects on humans. This information has been used extensively by national organizations and international committees for estimating risks associated with radiation exposures. The estimated risks developed by these independent organizations are used by government agencies around the world to establish standards for protection of individuals exposed in the occupational, medical, and general environment. Some of these results are described briefly in this report.
Edington, C.W.
Quantum mechanics as quantum information (and only a little more), Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations
In this paper, I try once again to cause some good-natured trouble. The issue remains, when will we ever stop burdening the taxpayer with conferences devoted to the quantum foundations? The suspicion is expressed that no end will be in sight until a means is found to reduce quantum theory to two or three statements of crisp physical (rather than abstract, axiomatic) significance. In this regard, no tool appears better calibrated for a direct assault than quantum information theory. Far from a strained application of the latest fad to a time-honored problem, this method holds promise precisely because a large part�but not all�of the structure of quantum theory has always concerned information. It is just that the physics community needs reminding. This paper, though takingquant-ph/0106166 as its core, corrects one mistake and offers several observations beyond the previous version. In particular, I identify one element of quantum mechanics that I would not label a subjective term in the theory�it is the integer parameter D traditionally ascribed to a quantum system via its Hilbert-space dimension. 1
Christopher A. Fuchs
Soil structure interaction for shrink-swell soils a new design procedure for foundation slabs on shrink-swell soils
Problems associated with shrink-swell soils are well known geotechnical problems that have been studied and researched by many geotechnical researchers for many decades. Potentially shrink-swell soils can be found almost anywhere in the world especially in the semi-arid regions of the tropical and temperate climate. Foundation slabs on grade on shrink-swell soils are one of the most efficient and inexpensive solutions for this kind of problematic soil. It is commonly used in residential foundations or any light weight structure on shrink-swell soils. Many design methods have been established for this specific problem such as Building Research Advisory Board (BRAB), Wire Reinforcement Institute (WRI), Post- Tensioning Institute (PTI), and Australian Standards (AS 2870) design methods. This research investigates most of these methods, and then, proposes a moisture diffusion soil volume change model, a soil-weather interaction model, and a soil-structure interaction model. The proposed moisture diffusion soil volume change model starts with proposing a new laboratory test to determine the coefficient of unsaturated diffusivity for intact soils. Then, it introduces the development of a cracked soil diffusion factor, provides a chart for it, and explains a large scale laboratory test that verifies the proposed moisture diffusion soil volume change model. The proposed soil-weather interaction model uses the FAO 56-PM method to simulate a weightless cover performance for six cities in the US that suffer significantly from shallow foundation problems on shrink-swell soils due to seasonal weather variations. These simulations provide more accurate weather site-specific parameters such as the range of surface suction variations. The proposed weather-site specific parameters will be input parameters to the soil structure models. The proposed soil-structure interaction model uses Mitchell (1979) equations for moisture diffusion under covered soil to develop a new closed form solution for the soil mound shape under the foundation slab. Then, it presents a parametric study by carrying out several 2D finite elements plane strain simulations for plates resting on a semiinfinite elastic continuum and resting on different soil mounds. The parametric study outcomes are then presented in design charts that end with a new design procedure for foundation slabs on shrink-swell soils. Finally, based on the developed weather-soil-structure interaction models, this research details two procedures of a proposed new design method for foundation slabs on grade on shrink-swell soils: a suction based design procedure and a water content based design procedure.
Abdelmalak, Remon Melek
Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program (Water Entity); National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Annual Report 2003.
Launched in 2002, the Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program (CBWTP) is anticipated to be a five-year effort to test new strategies for enhancing tributary flows. The premise of the CBWTP is that water can most readily be made available for instream flows not by attempting to regulate senior water users but, instead, by acquiring water rights from willing sellers and transferring those rights to instream flows within the prior appropriation framework ('first in time, first in right'). The primary goals for this water initiative included: (1) To implement Action 151 of the NOAA Fisheries 2000 Biological Opinion on the Operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System. (2) To implement Provision A.8 of the Council's 2000 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program related to securing water for instream flows. (3) To integrate components of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Program and Watershed Assessment process with the NOAA Fisheries 2000 Biological Opinion. (4) To ensure actions taken under the program would be effective, fiscally efficient, and biologically beneficial to fish and wildlife in the region. In the spring of 2002, BPA and a group of water experts selected ten local entities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana with a demonstrated potential to innovate and implement tributary flow improvements. We also selected the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to serve as the regional entity for this initiative. BPA then set up the funding agreement and scope of work to establish what is now known as the Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program. In FY 2003, BPA provided over $1.5 million in funding to the CBWTP and approved 33 water transactions. In FY 2004, BPA will provide up to $4 million to the project to enhance habitat. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of partners throughout the Basin, the CBWTP is off to a strong start in improving tributary flows in key areas across the region.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
FEATURE ARTICLE A View of the Hydrophobic Effect
OUPD ENT MONITORST DEWEYST PARDR SAM NOBLE OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY JIMMIE AUSTIN OU GOLF VISITOR CENTER RESIDENCE HALLS ELMAVE LLOYD NOBLE CENTER KRAETTLI APTS KRAETTLI APTS OIL WELL BLOW OUT Facility 204 OU Foundation 205 Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 207 Our Children's World
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Demonstration and Performance Monitoring of Foundation Heat Exchangers (FHX) in Ultra-High Energy Efficient Research Homes
The more widespread use of Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) systems has been hindered by their high first cost, which is mainly driven by the cost of the drilling and excavation for installation of ground heat exchangers (GHXs). A new foundation heat exchanger (FHX) technology was proposed to reduce first cost by placing the heat exchanger into the excavations made during the course of construction (e.g., the overcut for the basement and/or foundation and run-outs for water supply and the septic field). Since they reduce or eliminate the need for additional drilling or excavation, foundation heat exchangers have the potential to significantly reduce or eliminate the first cost premium associated with GSHPs. Since December 2009, this FHX technology has been demonstrated in two ultra-high energy efficient new research houses in the Tennessee Valley, and the performance data has been closely monitored as well. This paper introduces the FHX technology with the design, construction and demonstration of the FHX and presents performance monitoring results of the FHX after one year of monitoring. The performance monitoring includes hourly maximum and minimum entering water temperature (EWT) in the FHX compared with the typical design range, temperature difference (i.e., T) across the FHX, and hourly heat transfer rate to/from the surrounding soil.
Im, Piljae [ORNL; Hughes, Patrick [ORNL; Liu, Xiaobing [ORNL
A rapid analytical pyrolysis method - Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
Increase in 4-coumaryl alcohol (H) units during lignification in Increase in 4-coumaryl alcohol (H) units during lignification in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) alters extractability and molecular weight of lignin Angela Ziebell 1,2 , Kristen Gracom ,1,2 , Rui Katahira 1 , Fang Chen 3,4 , Yunqiao Pu 5,6 , Art Ragauskas 5,6 , Richard A. Dixon 3,4 and Mark Davis 1,2 1-National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401-3393; 2-Bioenergy Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Golden, CO 80401-3393; 3-Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73401; 4-Bioenergy Science Center, Ardmore, OK 73401; 5-Institute of Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Tech., Atlanta, GA 30318; 6-Bioenergy Science Center, Georgia Tech., Atlanta, GA 30318 Running head: Increase in coumaryl alcohol units alters lignin molecular weight
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polymer polymer of caffeyl alcohol in plant seeds Fang Chen a,b,1 , Yuki Tobimatsu c,1 , Daphna Havkin-Frenkel d , Richard A. Dixon a,b,2 , and John Ralph c,e,2 a Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73401; b Department of Energy, BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831; c Department of Biochemistry, Enzyme Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53726; d Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; and e Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, and Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative, Madison, WI 53706 Contributed by Richard A. Dixon, December 20, 2011 (sent for review November 2, 2011) Lignins are complex phenylpropanoid polymers mostly associated with plant secondary cell walls. Lignins arise primarily via oxidative
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Coexistence Coexistence but Independent Biosynthesis of Catechyl and Guaiacyl/Syringyl Lignin Polymers in Seed Coats W OPEN Yuki Tobimatsu, a,1 Fang Chen, b,c,1,2 Jin Nakashima, b Luis L. Escamilla-Treviño, b,c,2 Lisa Jackson, b,c Richard A. Dixon, b,c,2 and John Ralph a,d,3 a Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, Wisconsin 53726 b Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 c U.S. Department of Energy, BioEnergy Sciences Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 d U.S. Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, Wisconsin 53726 ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6093-4521 (J.R.). Lignins are phenylpropanoid polymers, derived from monolignols, commonly found in terrestrial plant secondary cell walls. We recently
Press Releases: BioEnergy Science Center
Press Releases Press Releases Current Press Releases BESC researchers tap into genetic reservoir of heat-loving bacteria - 2012 Foxtail Millet Offers Clues for Assembling the Switchgrass Genome - 2012 Gerald A. Tuskan named Forest Biotechnologist of the Year - 2012 ORNL explores proteins in Yellowstone bacteria for biofuel inspiration - 2012 UGA discovery changes how scientists think about plant cell wall formation - 2011 Research collaboration at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation discover new type of lignin in vanilla cactus - 2011 First-of-a-kind tension weed study broadens biofuels research - 2011 New lignin "lite" switchgrass boots biofuel yield by more than one-third - 2011 Key Plant Traits Yield More Sugar For Biofuels - 2011 BESC Scores a First with Isobutanol Directly from Cellulose - 2011
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Syringyl Syringyl lignin biosynthesis is directly regulated by a secondary cell wall master switch Qiao Zhao a , Huanzhong Wang a , Yanbin Yin b,c , Ying Xu b,c , Fang Chen a,c , and Richard A. Dixon a,c,1 a Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73401; b Computational Systems Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602; and c Bioenergy Sciences Center (BESC), Oak Ridge, TN 37831 Contributed by Richard A. Dixon, June 29, 2010 (sent for review June 6, 2010) Lignin is a major component of plant secondary cell walls and is derived from p-hydroxyphenyl (H), guaiacyl (G), and syringyl (S) monolignols. Among higher plants, S lignin is generally considered to be restricted to angiosperms, which contain the S lignin-specific cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase, ferulic
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AtLOV1 AtLOV1 in Switchgrass Alters Plant Architecture, Lignin Content, and Flowering Time Bin Xu 1 , Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh 2 , Yuhong Tang 3,6 , Michael K. Udvardi 3,6 , Ji-Yi Zhang 3,6 , Zhengxing Shen 1 , Maria Balota 4 , Kim Harich 5 , Percival Y.-H. Zhang 2 , Bingyu Zhao 1 * 1 Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, 2 Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, 3 Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America, 4 Department of Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, 5 Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, 6 BESC - The BioEnergy Science Center of U.S. Department of Energy, Ardmore, Oklahoma,
Best practices for venture philanthropy collaborations between disease-focused foundations and for-profit life science companies by Joanne Chang.
The history of private philanthropy in the US has been dominated by family foundations with arms-length philanthropy practices that largely existed in separation from commercial enterprise and business operations. This ...
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Resource Theory for Natural Gas Production and Regulation," with J.M.. Chermak, manuscript presented, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. "A Hybrid Economic-Engineering Model for Optimal Natural Gas Production-Based Cost Function and the Economics of Exhaustible Resources: the Case of Natural Gas," with J.M. Chermak
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of scientific fields including nuclear fuel development, archaeological dating, the search for super-heavy elements in nature, cosmic ray research, nuclear materials safeguards,...
Foundation Heat Exchanger Final Report: Demonstration, Measured Performance, and Validated Model and Design Tool
Geothermal heat pumps, sometimes called ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs), have been proven capable of significantly reducing energy use and peak demand in buildings. Conventional equipment for controlling the temperature and humidity of a building, or supplying hot water and fresh outdoor air, must exchange energy (or heat) with the building's outdoor environment. Equipment using the ground as a heat source and heat sink consumes less non-renewable energy (electricity and fossil fuels) because the earth is cooler than outdoor air in summer and warmer in winter. The most important barrier to rapid growth of the GSHP industry is high first cost of GSHP systems to consumers. The most common GSHP system utilizes a closed-loop ground heat exchanger. This type of GSHP system can be used almost anywhere. There is reason to believe that reducing the cost of closed-loop systems is the strategy that would achieve the greatest energy savings with GSHP technology. The cost premium of closed-loop GSHP systems over conventional space conditioning and water heating systems is primarily associated with drilling boreholes or excavating trenches, installing vertical or horizontal ground heat exchangers, and backfilling the excavations. This project investigates reducing the cost of horizontal closed-loop ground heat exchangers by installing them in the construction excavations, augmented when necessary with additional trenches. This approach applies only to new construction of residential and light commercial buildings or additions to such buildings. In the business-as-usual scenario, construction excavations are not used for the horizontal ground heat exchanger (HGHX); instead the HGHX is installed entirely in trenches dug specifically for that purpose. The potential cost savings comes from using the construction excavations for the installation of ground heat exchangers, thereby minimizing the need and expense of digging additional trenches. The term foundation heat exchanger (FHX) has been coined to refer exclusively to ground heat exchangers installed in the overcut around the basement walls. The primary technical challenge undertaken by this project was the development and validation of energy performance models and design tools for FHX. In terms of performance modeling and design, ground heat exchangers in other construction excavations (e.g., utility trenches) are no different from conventional HGHX, and models and design tools for HGHX already exist. This project successfully developed and validated energy performance models and design tools so that FHX or hybrid FHX/HGHX systems can be engineered with confidence, enabling this technology to be applied in residential and light commercial buildings. The validated energy performance model also addresses and solves another problem, the longstanding inadequacy in the way ground-building thermal interaction is represented in building energy models, whether or not there is a ground heat exchanger nearby. Two side-by-side, three-level, unoccupied research houses with walkout basements, identical 3,700 ft{sup 2} floor plans, and hybrid FHX/HGHX systems were constructed to provide validation data sets for the energy performance model and design tool. The envelopes of both houses are very energy efficient and airtight, and the HERS ratings of the homes are 44 and 45 respectively. Both houses are mechanically ventilated with energy recovery ventilators, with space conditioning provided by water-to-air heat pumps with 2 ton nominal capacities. Separate water-to-water heat pumps with 1.5 ton nominal capacities were used for water heating. In these unoccupied research houses, human impact on energy use (hot water draw, etc.) is simulated to match the national average. At House 1 the hybrid FHX/HGHX system was installed in 300 linear feet of excavation, and 60% of that was construction excavation (needed to construct the home). At House 2 the hybrid FHX/HGHX system was installed in 360 feet of excavation, 50% of which was construction excavation. There are six pipes in all excavations (three par
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DHS Summary Report -- Robert Weldon
This summer I worked on benchmarking the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory fission multiplicity capability used in the Monte Carlo particle transport code MCNPX. This work involved running simulations and then comparing the simulation results with experimental experiments. Outlined in this paper is a brief description of the work completed this summer, skills and knowledge gained, and how the internship has impacted my planning for the future. Neutron multiplicity counting is a neutron detection technique that leverages the multiplicity emissions of neutrons from fission to identify various actinides in a lump of material. The identification of individual actinides in lumps of material crossing our boarders, especially U-235 and Pu-239, is a key component for maintaining the safety of the country from nuclear threats. Several multiplicity emission options from spontaneous and induced fission already existed in MCNPX 2.4.0. These options can be accessed through use of the 6th entry on the PHYS:N card. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) developed a physics model for the simulation of neutron and gamma ray emission from fission and photofission that was included in MCNPX 2.7.B as an undocumented feature and then was documented in MCNPX 2.7.C. The LLNL multiplicity capability provided a different means for MCNPX to simulate neutron and gamma-ray distributions for neutron induced, spontaneous and photonuclear fission reactions. The original testing on the model for implementation into MCNPX was conducted by Gregg McKinney and John Hendricks. The model is an encapsulation of measured data of neutron multiplicity distributions from Gwin, Spencer, and Ingle, along with the data from Zucker and Holden. One of the founding principles of MCNPX was that it would have several redundant capabilities, providing the means of testing and including various physics packages. Though several multiplicity sampling methodologies already existed within MCNPX, the LLNL fission multiplicity was included to provide a separate capability for computing multiplicity as well as including several new features not already included in MCNPX. These new features include: (1) prompt gamma emission/multiplicity from neutron-induced fission; (2) neutron multiplicity and gamma emission/multiplicity from photofission; and (3) an option to enforce energy correlation for gamma neutron multiplicity emission. These new capabilities allow correlated signal detection for identifying presence of special nuclear material (SNM). Therefore, these new capabilities help meet the missions of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), which is tasked with developing nuclear detection strategies for identifying potential radiological and nuclear threats, by providing new simulation capability for detection strategies that leverage the new available physics in the LLNL multiplicity capability. Two types of tests were accomplished this summer to test the default LLNL neutron multiplicity capability: neutron-induced fission tests and spontaneous fission tests. Both cases set the 6th entry on the PHYS:N card to 5 (i.e. use LLNL multiplicity). The neutron-induced fission tests utilized a simple 0.001 cm radius sphere where 0.0253 eV neutrons were released at the sphere center. Neutrons were forced to immediately collide in the sphere and release all progeny from the sphere, without further collision, using the LCA card, LCA 7j -2 (therefore density and size of the sphere were irrelevant). Enough particles were run to ensure that the average error of any specific multiplicity did not exceed 0.36%. Neutron-induced fission multiplicities were computed for U-233, U-235, Pu-239, and Pu-241. The spontaneous fission tests also used the same spherical geometry, except: (1) the LCA card was removed; (2) the density of the sphere was set to 0.001 g/cm3; and (3) instead of emitting a thermal neutron, the PAR keyword was set to PAR=SF. The purpose of the small density was to ensure that the spontaneous fission neutrons would not further interact and induce fissions (i.e. th
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Robert J. Goldston Princeton University
construction of the domestic FIRE experiment. ! Complete NIF and ZR (Z Refurbishment) (funded by NNSA). ! Study and target design/target physics. ! Explore fast ignition for IFE (funded largely by NNSA). ! Conduct energy-scaled direct-drive cryogenic implosions and high intensity planar experiments (funded by NNSA). ! Conduct z
Robert L. Byer Stanford University
causing irreparable harm to the DOE's science programs generally and the domestic fusion and plasma research programs more specifically. If the U.S. is to maintain a leadership position in fusion energy
Advanced Research Robert R. Romanosky
Collins Ferry Road P.O. Box 880 Morgantown, WV 26507-0880 304-285-4132 email@example.com Coal advanced, cost-effective mercury control technologies for coal-fired power plants. Anticipating new Federal (ORNL) have investigated bioleaching of mercury (Hg) from coal by using iron and sulfur
in advanced ultra supercritical (USC) coal-fired power plants. The advanced materials developed in this project are essential for construction of coal-fired boilers with advanced steam cycles involving much higher temperatures and pressures than those presently used in conventional pulverized coal (PC) power
Robert Middaugh | Department of Energy
- Communications Coordinator at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Most Recent NNSA Meets with Japanese Scientists to Discuss On-Going Fukushima Work August 3...
Fermilab Education Office: Robert Peterson
way. So, he's always glad to promote Inquiry Based learning as an alternative to text-book, rote education. Bob also knows the research world having worked on the Sloan Digital...
Short Curriculum Vitae Robert Scheichl
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}. References 1. Bell,I., Glasstone,S.: Nuclear reactor theory. Princeton, New Jersey: Van Nostrand 1970 2 surrounding a interaction region is quite far from reactor theory. It is nevertheless of some physical interest and is of special interest in the mathe- matical theory of scattering [10, 12, 19] for two reasons
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is to gain a fundamental understanding of the effect of syngas on the LSI flame behavior, the emissions, emissions, and the flowfield characteristics. Verification of syngas operation at elevated temperatures observed in hydrocarbon and pure or diluted hydrogen flames. The NOx emissions from syngas flames show log
Assessing Foundation Insulation Strategies for the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code in Cold Climate New Home Construction
While the International Energy Conservation Code 2012 (IECC 2012) has been adopted at a national level, only two cold climate states have adopted it as their new home energy code. Understanding the resistance to adoption is important in assisting more states accept the code and engage deep energy strategies nationwide. This three-part assessment by the NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership was focused on foundation insulation R-values for cold climates and the design, construction, and performance implications. In Part 1 a literature review and attendance at stakeholder meetings held in Minnesota were used to assess general stakeholder interest and concerns regarding proposed code changes. Part 2 includes drawings of robust foundation insulation systems that were presented at one Minnesota stakeholder meeting to address critical issues and concerns for adopting best practice strategies. In Part 3 a sampling of builders participated in a telephone interview to gain baseline knowledge on insulation systems used to meet the current energy code and how the same builders propose to meet the new proposed code.
VonThoma, E.; Ojczyk, C.; Mosiman, G.
NETL: Utilization Projects - Effects of Ammonia Injection on...
Report PDF-4.4MB Contacts: For further information on this project, contact NETL Project Manager, Robert A. Patton or Thomas Robl, University of Kentucky Research Foundation...
Environmental Conservation: page 1 of 9 C Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2013 doi:10.1017/S0376892913000015 Rethinking property rights: comparative analysis of conservation
Environmental Conservation: page 1 of 9 C Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2013 doi:10.1017/S0376892913000015 Rethinking property rights: comparative analysis of conservation easements for wildlife conservation ADENA R. RISSMAN Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin
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MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-502): Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Presentation Foundation, Har/Cdr edition
Announcing an all-new Self-Paced Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on 70-502, the required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Presentation Foundation. ...
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To appear in the proceedings of the conference AICA'96, Rome, 24-27 September 1996. On the Foundations of Information Retrieval
. On the Foundations of Information Retrieval Stefano Mizzaro Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università di people. Information retrieval is aimed at solving such problem, and hence it is a crucial discipline of this new era. Despite its centrality, information retrieval has its own shortcomings: for instance, most
FY12 -TOTAL AWARDS BY SPONSOR TYPE AND UNIT Unit Federal Industry International Private Foundation Local Government TotalOther Private State
FY12 - TOTAL AWARDS BY SPONSOR TYPE AND UNIT Unit Federal Industry International Private Foundation to an identified unit (or units)---typically to the employee's academic department(s). Colleges/Schools COLLEGE and Administrative Units VP FOR RESEARCH UNITS $ 15,456,303 $ 856,884 $ 0 $ 35,000 $ 100,129 $ 2,755,103 $ 2
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The work at the InfoLab is funded in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and McKinsey and Company, and a gift from Microsoft research. The world of information has changed dramatically.
The work at the InfoLab is funded in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and McKinseyLab is funded in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and McKinsey and Company, and a gift from
Cancer risk among children of atomic bomb survivors. A review of RERF epidemiologic studies. Radiation Effects Research Foundation
This article summarizes recent epidemiologic studies of cancer risk among the children of atomic bomb survivors conducted at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation. These children include two groups: (1) the in utero-exposed children (ie, those born to mothers who had been pregnant at the time of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) and (2) the F1 population, which was conceived after the atomic-bombings and born to parents of whom one or both were atomic bomb survivors. Although from 1950 to 1984 only 18 cancer cases were identified among the in utero sample, cancer risk did appear to significantly increase as maternal uterine dose increased. However, since the observed cases are too few in number to allow a site-specific review, the increased cancer risk cannot be definitively attributed to atomic bomb radiation, as yet. For those members of the F1 population who were less than 20 years old between 1946 and 1982, cancer risk did not appear to increase significantly as parental gonadal dose increased. Follow-up of this population will continue to determine if the patterns of adult-onset cancer are altered.
Yoshimoto, Y. (Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima (Japan))