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Flat Plate Solar Collector Materials (And Designs With An Economic Methodology For Optimizing Collector Design), Michael L. Day '79, Donald S. Remer, Daniel Hyatt '82 Jan 1979

Flat Plate Solar Collector Materials (And Designs With An Economic Methodology For Optimizing Collector Design), Michael L. Day '79, Donald S. Remer, Daniel Hyatt '82

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The desirability of specific materials and designs for conventional flat-plate solar collector components is considered. Then a methodology for choosing the most economic component is presented, consisting of a computer simulation and a rate-of-return analysis. The effect of rising conventional fuel costs is examined. Examples of using the methodology are given, based on Southern California climatic and user-demand conditions. Selective absorber-plate coatings and film inner glazing are shown to be economic, yielding a rate-of-return of 23 percent and 29 percent, respectively.


Asset Markets, External Finance And Macroeconomic Policy, Sven W. Arndt Jan 1978

Asset Markets, External Finance And Macroeconomic Policy, Sven W. Arndt

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En este trabajo se examina una función alternativa del endeudamiento internacional relacionada a su rol en la estabilización macroeconómica, y es claramente de corto plazo. También se consideran las consecuencias de una caracterización particular de un país en desarrollo para el proceso de ajuste de corto plazo. Esta caracterización define a una economía subdesarrollada en términos de una combinación de mercados-subasta, que se suponen en equilibrio en todo momento, y de mercados contractuales con precios rígidos en el corto plazo e intercambio a precios que no equilibran la oferta y la demanda. Este trabajo hace hincapié en los efectos de …


New Perspectives On The Materials Interface With The Three E'S -- Energy, Environment And Economics, Donald S. Remer Jan 1978

New Perspectives On The Materials Interface With The Three E'S -- Energy, Environment And Economics, Donald S. Remer

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New perspectives are presented on the material interface with the three E's -- Energy, Environment, and Economics. The past, present, and future energy picture is described from 1850 through the year 2030. The major energy sources such as oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, and several new emerging energy options are compared and contrasted. The lead time, capital, and materials required for bringing on-stream new energy sources is described. Previous U.S. energy forecasts are reviewed and are found to be too optimistic. The U.S. materials situation is outlined with an emphasis on per capita materials use and the critical role that …


Policy Choices In An Open Economy: Some Dynamic Considerations, Sven W. Arndt Jan 1973

Policy Choices In An Open Economy: Some Dynamic Considerations, Sven W. Arndt

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Decision rules for stabilization policy in an open economy are examined under alternative specifications of the balance of payments. In particular, distinction between interest-sensitive debt capital and equity capital which responds to an activity variable alters the comparative static properties of instrument assignment. Various aspects of dynamic adjustment are further investigated in a context in which time is endogenous and in which the decision process minimizes a criterion function. It is shown that traditional one-to-one pairing of targets and controls may be inferior to assignment of clusters of instruments to some targets for specified time intervals.