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Intense Flowing Hollow Cathode Lamp, F. H.K. Rambow, Laird D. Schearer

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

An inexpensive, simple, and versatile hollow cathode lamp has been developed which produces intense ion resonance radiation of about 1 mW into 4π/25 sr. The lamp employs flowing helium gas to sustain the discharge. The construction permits a variety of cathode seed materials to be easily interchanged. The same lamp has been used as a source of ion resonance radiation for Ca, Ba, Zn, Mg, Sr, Yb, and Eu.

Household Energy Availability And Use -- A Systems Theory Formulation, Charles Geiger, Milton E. Harvey

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

Systems theory provides an excellent perspective, as well as methodology, for analyzing energy problems of availability and use. The linear systems format is applied here to a system which focuses on household energy, energy independence, and energy conservation. Z-transform analysis can be used to simplify the mathematical operations required in this model.

Appropriate Technology And The Energy Crisis, James P. Bosscher

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

The proposal is to initially outline the cognative aspects - the knowledge needs - necessary to generate a technological base which will be fitting, germane, and appropriate over against the society it must seek to serve.

It is proposed, secondly, to indicate the value -- laden and sensitive aspects -- the elements of care and concern - so vital in creating a technology which will be thoughtfully supportive and, insofar with respect to the people served.

Finally, the paper would seek to apply the appropriate technological concepts; both the knowing and the caring aspects, to the expanding and very real …

Attainability And Nonattainability Under Anti-Pollution Laws, J. David Reed, John H. Hoag

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

The central issue with which this paper deals is the effectiveness of alternative air pollution control standards presently in use in the United States. More specifically, an analysis and comparison of effluent air standards versus ambient air standards will be performed. The question of effectiveness will be in the context of how well the alternative pollution control measures achieve society's expectations as goals when the standards are imposed. Society's views are assumed to be reflected through a regional (state) planner. The analysis is performed through the use of optimal control techniques. Initially the effluent air standards model will be examined. …

4th Annual Umr-Dnr Conference On Energy -- Entire Proceedings, University Of Missouri--Rolla

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, October 13, 1977

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Life Cycle Costing Of Energy Systems, William R. Baker

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

Determination of true costs of ownership and the proper evaluation of savings are extremely important with regard to the purchase of energy efficient systems. It is the purpose of the following paper to discuss the application of the life cycle costing process as applied to the evaluation of capital expenditures.

Reducing Electrical Power Demand For Industries, Burns E. Hegler, J. Byron Nelson, Rene O. Harrell

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

A typical industry has an electric power demand that is in excess of its needs. This condition places an unnecessary burden upon the industry and contributes to the current energy crisis. Reduction of demand may be accomplished by a number of methods of control that are examined and evaluated. Standard techniques of engineering analyses and engineering economy have been used to study and analyze an industry selected as an example.

Economic Optimization Of Heatpump Assisted Solar Heating In Illinois, Ali Shams, Edward A. Mass

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

This study undertakes the task of determing the optimal mix of solar and heat pump forms of heating. By installing a solar heating system a homeowner is considered to be an energy producer and thus to apply the least cost methods used by firms in the competitive market for any given level of fuel conservation. The study will examine the simulated performances of air and liquid circulating systems in conjunction with heat pumps, in parallel as well as combined fashion. Optimization is achieved by equating the present value of the cost of solar and heat pump heating systems at margin.

Land Use And Energy Utilization For The St. Louis Smsa, Norval D. Wallace, Alfred Kahn

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

The sensitivity of energy consumption to the residential patterns of the population growth in the St. Louis region between 1970 and 1995 is investigated. Methodology is presented for computing transportation and residential energy consumption, making maximum use of local data in a manner which is intimately tied to land use. Results of energy computations for a 1995 land use plan developed by East-West Gateway Coordinating Council and four alternatives are presented. The results are put into perspective with other related energy conservation measures.

The Opec Oil-Pricing Policies, Vaman Rao

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

The capital-theoretic model suggested for determining the price- quantity combinations does not hold in the case of most natural resources, including petroleum, since the inelastic demand function would vitiate the optimal solution. The specification of a dynamic demand function, with necessary, attributes, no doubt, results in a valid optimal solution in period t, but that could be achieved only at the cost of sub-optimal solution in other periods. If the OPEC starts behaving as a discriminating monopoly, instead of as a pure monopoly, the optimal solution is assured in all markets and in all time periods.

Quantification Of Energy Resource Consumption, William J. Coad

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

This paper addresses the fundamental issue of energy conservation in exploring the question - what is to be conserved? Following a brief chronology of the situation leading to the present day concerns regarding the energy intensity of our economy, the role of the engineering community is addressing solutions is discussed. The conclusion developed is that the engineering disciplines must assume the lead in channeling energy conservation efforts toward the salient goal of reducing excessive use of energy resource matter.

A Systems Study Of Our Energy Problems, S. C. Lee

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

The diminishing supply of petroleum and natural gas has induced many concerned citizens as well as many interest groups to study energy problems. Based on different sources of information and various degrees of economical consideration, conflicting conclusions have been reached. To help resolve this situation, a systems study was conducted. The available statistics on the supply and demand of energy were examined. The resources of nuclear energy, fossil fuel, and renewable energy sources were analyzed. Considerations were weighted equally on energy content, resource availability, existing technology, and consumer economics as well as on the impact of ecology and sociology. The …

Regulatory Effectiveness In The Electric Utility Industry: An Empirical Analysis, Michael A. Zimmer

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

An established result in the theory of the regulated firm is that an effective rate-of-return constraint induces the firm to employ larger proportions of capital inputs to noncapital inputs than would be the case in the absence of the regulatory constraint. This overcapitalization, often referred to as the Averch-Johnson effect, has been the subject of several recent empirical studies of the electric utility industry. The present study adds to this body of literature. It seeks to test for the effectiveness of utility regulation in the context of a cost minimization model which includes the allowed rate of return as an …

Recovery Of Oil From Oil Shale -- An Overall Technological Perspective, Abu Ahmad, Sayeed Hasan

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

The hydrocarbon content of oil shale can be converted into liquid oil which is a possible energy resource for the future. Different aspects of shale oil recovery is briefly discussed. The technology of modified in situ oil shale retorting, which is receiving increasing attention for commercialization, is discussed in a little more detail.

The Missouri Miner, October 06, 1977

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Water Monomer On The Basal Plane Of Ice Iₕ: An Effective Pair, Central Force Potential Model Of The Static Interaction, Jerry Kiefer, Barbara N. Hale

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The H₂O-H₂O intermolecular central force potential of Lemberg and Stillinger is used to obtain optimal binding energy surfaces, vibrational frequencies, and bonding configurations of an adsorbed water monomer on a model basal plane of ice I_h. The monomer interacts (pairwise) with 50 molecules arranged in two layers of the unrelaxed bulk ice lattice. The results of calculations for three model surface sites of differing proton arrangement indicate the existence of diffusion barriers of the order of 2.5 kcal/mole and optimal monomer bonding sites at about 9 kcal/mole with nonepitaxial characteristics. Perspective computer-drawn plots of …

The Missouri Miner, September 15, 1977

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, September 08, 1977

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, September 01, 1977

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, August 25, 1977

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Missouri S&T Magazine, August 1977, Miner Alumni Association

Missouri S&T Magazine

No abstract provided.

High Spin-Low Spin Crossover And Antiferromagnetic Interactions In Tris(1-Pyrrolidinecarbodithioato)Iron(Iii) And The 4-Morpholine (Fem) And Dibutyl Analogs, Effect Of Recrystallization Solvent, And Crystal Structure Of Fem·Nitrobenzene, Edward J. Cukauskas, Bascom Sine Deaver, Ekkehard Sinn

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

High sensitivity magnetic susceptibility determinations, especially in the range 1.2-4.2 K on pure and dilute tris(pyrrolidinecarbodithioato)iron(III) (FeP) in its high spin form, show that a maximum at about 2 K is caused by antiferromagnetic interactions. The analogous chromium(III) complex does not exhibit significant antiferromagnetism compared to that of the iron complex, and it is likely that the upper e electrons possessed by the iron and not by the chromium are responsible for the bulk of the antiferromagnetism. As the iron atoms are about 9 Å apart in discrete molecules, the antiferromagnetic interactions presumably occur between unpaired spins delocalized on to …

Erratum: Excitation Of The N=2 State Of Atomic Hydrogen By Electron Impact In The Distorted-Wave Approximation (Physical Review A (1977) 16, 2), Ralph V. Calhoun, Don H. Madison, W. Neil Shelton

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

X-Ray Investigation Of The Critical Exponent Η In Argon, Harold D. Bale, J. S. Lin, Duane A. Dolejsi, James L. Casteel, Oran Allan Pringle, Paul W. Schmidt

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Measurements were made of the small-angle x-ray scattering intensity from argon near the critical point. After the scattering curves are corrected for all known effects except those resulting from irrelevant variables, a value of the critical exponent η=0.09±0.02 is obtained, while if a correction for the estimated effect of irrelevant variables is also made, η=0.03±0.03. The scattering data for argon therefore show that if irrelevant variables can be neglected, the critical exponent η for argon is in good agreement with the value obtained by Warkulwiz, Mozer, and Green from small-angle neutron scattering data for neon. These values of η, however, …

Missouri River Computerized Data Bank, Glendon Taylor Stevens

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This report explains the results of "The Missouri River Computerized Data Bank." It contains all known data collected on the Missouri River beginning in the mid-1930's.

It should be noted that only 10% of the included data has been verified, i.e. has been checked against the source document. A bounds check was performed by the computer on each piece of data for upper and lower limits established for each type of data. Any potential user of these data should be aware of this fact and that, on the average, 1 piece of data out of 200 may be in error. …

Missouri S&T Magazine, June 1977, Miner Alumni Association

Missouri S&T Magazine

No abstract provided.

Metal-Ion Oxidative Decarboxylations. 10. Substituent Effects In The Cerium(Iv)-Benzilic Acids Reaction, Samir B. Hanna, Sezai A. Sarac

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The rates of oxidation by cerium (IV) of several substituted benzylic acids (unsubstituted, 2,2′-dichloro, 4,4′-dichloro, 4,4′-dimethyl, 4,4′-dimethoxy, and 4,4′-dinitro) to the corresponding benzophenones have been studied spectrophotometrically in aqueous H₂SO₄, aqueous HClO₄-HOAc, and acetonitrile. The rates are much slower in H₂SO₄ than in the other two media, probably because of heavy sulfato complexation of cerium(IV). The px as of the various acids were determined potentiometrically. The Hammett p values in acetonitrile and HClO₄-HOAc media, derived from correlations with several sets of σ constants and with the newly determined pK …

Micellar Solutions Versus Microemulsions, Derek G. Rance, Stig Friberg

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Metal-Ion Oxidative Decarboxylations. 9. Reaction Of Benzilic Acid With Cerium(Iv) In Acidic Perchlorate And Sulfate Media, Samir B. Hanna, Sezai A. Sarac

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The kinetics of oxidation of benzylic acid (HLH) to benzophenone by cerium (IV) has been studied in several media using the stopped-flow technique. In HClO₄-Na₂SO₄-NaClO₄ media, which allow for the variation and control of the concentrations of the various Ce(IV) species at constant [H⁺] and ionic strength, the rate data suggest CeSO₄²⁺ as the kinetically relevant species. In HClO₄ the observed first-order rate constants, tetrad, first increase with increasing HLH concentration, then decrease slightly at higher substrate concentrations suggesting the intermediacy of two complexes: a reactive [Ce(IV)HL] and …