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Functional Disaster Resistant Buildings, Florida Solar Energy Center, William Young Dec 2006

Functional Disaster Resistant Buildings, Florida Solar Energy Center, William Young

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, tornados, tsunami and earthquakes, are becoming a greater problem as they destroy lives, homes, businesses and the natural environment. Such disasters can happen with little or no warning, leaving hundreds or even thousands of people without medical services, potable water, sanitation, communications and electrical services for up to several weeks. One proactive strategy to minimize this type of destruction and disruption to lives is the implementation of disaster-resistant buildings that are energy efficient, fortified to the latest codes, and incorporate renewable energy systems. This approach uses the best energy-efficient buildings, fortified to the latest …


Problems And Solutions: Training Disaster Organizations On The Use Of Pv, Florida Solar Energy Center, William Young Dec 2006

Problems And Solutions: Training Disaster Organizations On The Use Of Pv, Florida Solar Energy Center, William Young

FSEC Energy Research Center®

In 1992, the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) assisted the University of Miami Field Epidemiology Survey Team (FEST) with photovoltaic systems to power temporary medical clinics after Hurricane Andrew struck south Dade County. At that time, it became apparent that there were no educational materials prepared for disaster relief or emergency management personnel on the use of photovoltaic (PV) to supply electrical power in response to a disaster. This need prompted FSEC to create an education program to develop awareness and train organizations on the proper use of PV in disasters. Since then, FSEC has …


Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Design Review And Approval, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Dunlop Dec 2006

Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Design Review And Approval, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Dunlop

FSEC Energy Research Center®

This document provides details of operations and procedures for the approval of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system designs and documentation conducted by the Florida Solar Energy Center. The principal goal of this process is to help ensure the safety and quality of installed PV systems, and provides an assurance to installers, consumers and financiers that approved designs meet accepted codes and industry practices, and are accompanied by a complete System Manual that meets the minimum requirements outlined in this document.


Executive Summary: Evaluation Of The Impact Of Vacant Home Space Conditioning Strategies On Summer Relative Humidity, Energy, And Peak Load; Phase Ii, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings Dec 2006

Executive Summary: Evaluation Of The Impact Of Vacant Home Space Conditioning Strategies On Summer Relative Humidity, Energy, And Peak Load; Phase Ii, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings

FSEC Energy Research Center®

The Vacant Home Space Conditioning Study was sponsored by Florida Power & Light (FPL) as part of its Conservation R&D Program and carried out by the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). In the US, about one in four retiree "snowbirds" make Florida their destination to escape the northern cold. Snowbird residents number more than 900,000 in Florida during the winter. In some counties of FPL's territory these seasonal residents compose up to 15% of the population (Shih, 1981). This pattern of seasonal occupancy creates a need for space conditioning guidelines for vacant homes to avoid mold problems while minimizing both …


Test Method For Photovoltaic Module Ratings, Florida Solar Energy Center, Kevin Lynn Dec 2006

Test Method For Photovoltaic Module Ratings, Florida Solar Energy Center, Kevin Lynn

FSEC Energy Research Center®

This document describes the testing and reporting requirements for certification and labeling of photovoltaic modules (PV) for their power ratings. The test methods and procedures chosen for this purpose are based on consensus standards of relevant committees of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), or the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 45, December 8, 2006 Dec 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 45, December 8, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 44, December 6, 2006 Dec 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 44, December 6, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Controlling Pulse Energy Of An Optical Amplifier By Controlling Pump Diode Current, Peter Delfyett, Richard Stoltz Dec 2006

Controlling Pulse Energy Of An Optical Amplifier By Controlling Pump Diode Current, Peter Delfyett, Richard Stoltz

UCF Patents

The present invention includes the method of using optically-pumped optical amplifiers to remove material from a body by optical-ablation through time-compressing the amplified pulse and illuminating a portion of the body with the time-compressed optical pulse. The pulse energy of semiconductor optical amplifiers may also be adjusted by controlling the pump diode current.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 43, December 4, 2006 Dec 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 43, December 4, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Sandspur, Vol 113, No 14, December 04, 2006, Rollins College Dec 2006

Sandspur, Vol 113, No 14, December 04, 2006, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.


The Arms Race In College Football, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 2006

The Arms Race In College Football, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Watching the BCS crash and burn again this year brings to mind a number of developments in intercollegiate athletics that have been accumulating in my memory for the past month or so. Before turning to those less significant topics-as who is number one is always the most important question in intercollegiate athletics-I would like to offer a modest proposal to solve the BCS Championship Game quandary. Given the Ohio State dominance and perfect record, and given the fact that they have already hammered Michigan, the Buckeyes should be awarded the BCS championship outright. No one is close to their level. …


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 42, December 1, 2006 Dec 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 42, December 1, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


In Development, Vol. Ii, No. 9, December 2006, Ucf Libraries Office Of Library Development Dec 2006

In Development, Vol. Ii, No. 9, December 2006, Ucf Libraries Office Of Library Development

In Development Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Solar Dhw Storage Tanks And Systems, Florida Solar Energy Center Dec 2006

Solar Dhw Storage Tanks And Systems, Florida Solar Energy Center

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Water is by far the most common storage medium in solar domestic hot water systems. Rock storage is another method of sensible heat storage, but is not generally used in systems that are exclusively DHW. Storage of heat in solutions of phase-changing salts is extremely rare in DHVJ systems and therefore is not discussed.


Field Monitoring And Computer Modeling To Determine Energy And Demand Savings From The Melink Intellihood Exhaust And Make-Up Air Control System At Two Supermarkets, One Restaurant, And One Fast Food Restaurant, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings Nov 2006

Field Monitoring And Computer Modeling To Determine Energy And Demand Savings From The Melink Intellihood Exhaust And Make-Up Air Control System At Two Supermarkets, One Restaurant, And One Fast Food Restaurant, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Note: Only the Executive Summary of this proprietary report is available for public download.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 41, November 29, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 41, November 29, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Balanced Return Air, Duct Airtightness, And Combustion/Dilution Air Code Compliance In 40 Central Florida Homes, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings Nov 2006

Balanced Return Air, Duct Airtightness, And Combustion/Dilution Air Code Compliance In 40 Central Florida Homes, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings

FSEC Energy Research Center®

This report has been extracted from a larger report titled "Florida Building Code - Enhance Florida's Building to Next-Generation Energy & Mechanical Codes and Enrich Compliance", FSEC-CR-1678-06, November 29, 2006, which can be found at http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/pdf/FSEC-CR-1678-06.pdf


Florida Building Code - Enhance Florida's Building To Next-Generation Energy & Mechanical Codes And Enrich Compliance, Florida Solar Energy Center, Muthusamy V. Swami Nov 2006

Florida Building Code - Enhance Florida's Building To Next-Generation Energy & Mechanical Codes And Enrich Compliance, Florida Solar Energy Center, Muthusamy V. Swami

FSEC Energy Research Center®

The project Implemented ASHRAE 90.1 2004 into Florida's compliance tool, EnergyGauge, to allow inclusion of the methodologies and rule sets of ASHRAE 90.1-2004. The project also implemented IECC 2003 into Florida's compliance tool to allow inclusion of the methodologies of Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of the International Energy Conservation Code 2003 (IECC 2003). Field testing was completed in 40 central Florida homes (built after March 1, 2002) to examine compliance with the balanced return air, duct leakage, and combustion/dilution air requirements of the Florida Mechanical Code. A course titled Complying with Duct System Requirements of the Florida Energy Code …


Variable Focus Liquid Lens, Shin-Tson Wu, Hongwen Ren Nov 2006

Variable Focus Liquid Lens, Shin-Tson Wu, Hongwen Ren

UCF Patents

A liquid-filled variable focus lens cell is disclosed. The liquid lens cell consists of four parts: a clear distensible membrane, a transparent wall member, liquid with a fixed volume stored in lens cell chamber, and an annular periphery sealing ring. The inner surfaces of the annular sealing ring are sealed with distensible membrane. The radius of the annular sealing ring is changeable, similar to a conventional iris diaphragm. By tuning the radius of the annular sealing ring, the stored liquid in the lens cell will be redistributed, thus change the curvature of the distensible membrane. Therefore, the liquid lens cell …


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 40, November 27, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 40, November 27, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 39, November 22, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 39, November 22, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 38, November 20, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 38, November 20, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Sandspur, Vol 113, No 13, November 20, 2006, Rollins College Nov 2006

Sandspur, Vol 113, No 13, November 20, 2006, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 37, November 17, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 37, November 17, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 36, November 15, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 36, November 15, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Genetic Engineering Of Plant Chloroplasts, Henry Daniell, Bruce Mcfadden Nov 2006

Genetic Engineering Of Plant Chloroplasts, Henry Daniell, Bruce Mcfadden

UCF Patents

Novel chimeric constructions and methods for their use are provided for expression of exogenous genes in a plant chloroplast. Particularly, expression is achieved by the use of a chloroplast or bacterial 5' untranslated region in the expression cassette. The expression cassette may be integrated into the chloroplast genome by the use of chloroplast DNA flanking sequences, or may replicate autonomously if provided with a chloroplast origin of replication. Plants and cells containing the transformed chloroplasts are also provided. The constructs may be used with both monocotyledenous and dicotyledenous chloroplasts.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 35, November 13, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 35, November 13, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.


Sandspur, Vol 113, No 12, November 13, 2006, Rollins College Nov 2006

Sandspur, Vol 113, No 12, November 13, 2006, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.


The Breeders' Cup, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 2006

The Breeders' Cup, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Since the first running of the Breeders' Cup in 1984, I have sat before my television each year and watched the greatest day of horse racing available in this country. I haven't seen all the Breeders' Cups, having been out of the country for a few of them, but have seen most of these great spectacles of racing.


Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 34, November 8, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 34, November 8, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.