January - March 1997 Issue


Publications

The following publications of Energy Laboratory and related research were released during the past period or are cited as references in this issue. An order form for reports from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is available by request to the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Publications, Room E40-271, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, tel.: 617-253-7492; fax: 617-253-9845; e-mail: tzh@mit.edu. MIT theses may be ordered from the Library Document Services, MIT, Room 14-0551, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. Other publications may be ordered from Energy Laboratory Publications, MIT, Room E40-473, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, only if a price is assigned and only if prepaid by check payable to "MIT Energy Laboratory." Prices are postpaid surface mail. For air delivery, add 15% to US, Canada, and Mexico, and 30% elsewhere. A list of publications is available on request.

Reports and Working Papers

Bailey, E. Allowance Trading Activity and State Regulatory Rulings: Evidence from the US Acid Rain Program. March 1996. Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 96-002WP. 28 pages. $10.00

Dixit, A., R. Pindyck, and S. Sodal. A Markup Interpretation of Optimal Rules for Irreversible Investment. February 1997. Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 97-002WP. 15 pages. $10.00

Ellerman, A., and J. Montero. Why Are Allowance Prices So Low? An Analysis of the SO₂ Emissions Trading Program. February 1996. Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 96-001WP. 27 pages. $10.00

Joskow, P., and R. Schmalensee. The Political Economy of Market-Based Environmental Policy: The US Acid Rain Program. March 1996. Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 96-003WP. 93 pages. $12.00

Joskow, P., R. Schmalensee, and E. Bailey. Auction Design and the Market for Sulfur Dioxide. August 1996. Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 96-007WP. 46 pages. $10.00

Montero, J. Volunteering for Market-Based Environmental Regulation: The Substitution Provision of the SO₂ Emissions Trading Program. January 1997. Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 97-001WP. 37 pages. $10.00

Other Publications

Ahmad, B., and P. Barton. "Homogeneous multicomponent azeotropic batch distillation." AIChE Journal, v. 42, no. 12, pp. 3419-3433, December 1996.

Binello, E., S. Shortkroff, A. Jones, C. Viveiros, A. Ly, C. Sledge, A. Davison, R. Shefer, and J. Yanch. "Research in boron neutron capture synovectomy." Presented at Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers International Conference on Neutrons in Research and Industry, Crete, Greece, June 9-15, 1996. SPIE Proceedings Series, v. 2867, pp. 68-71, 1997.

Bryden, K., and J. Ying. "Synthesis and structural characteristics of mechanically alloyed nanostructured palladium-yttrium." Materials Science Forum, v. 225-227, pp. 895-900, 1996.

Carroll, J. Organizational Learning Activities in High Hazard Industries: The Logics Underlying Self-Analysis. MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper No. 3936. January 1997. 37 pages. Available from MIT Sloan School of Management Publications, Room E56-290, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Eckaus, R., H. Jacoby, A. Ellerman, W. Leung, and Z. Yang. "Economic assessment of CO₂ capture and disposal." Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier Science Ltd., 1997.

Ellerman, A. "The competition between coal and natural gas." Resources Policy, v. 22, nos. 1/2, pp. 33-42, 1996.

Feehery, W., and P. Barton. "A differentiation-based approach to dynamic simulation and optimization with high-index differential-algebraic equations." Chapter 21 in Computational Differentiation: Techniques, Applications, and Tools, M. Berz, C. Bischof, G. Corliss, and A. Griewank, eds. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996.

Glicksman, L., L. Norford, G. Okutan, and K. Holden. "Scale model studies of displacement ventilation." ROOMVENT '96, 5th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms, Yokohama, Japan, July 17-19, 1996.

Glicksman, L., and P. Noymer. "Measurements of cluster-wall contact times in a scale-model circulating fluidized bed." Proceedings of the 1996 Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition: The Winter Annual Meeting of ASME, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14-22, 1996.

Herzog, H., E. Drake, and E. Adams. CO₂ Capture, Reuse, and Storage Technologies for Mitigating Global Climate Change. US Department of Energy White Paper prepared under DOE Order No. DE-AF22-96PC01257, January 1997. 66 pages. $12.00

Herzog, H., J. Tester, and M. Frank. "Economic analysis of heat mining." Energy Sources, v. 19, pp. 19-33, 1997.

Hytros, M., J. Chun, R. Lanza, and N. Saka. "A solidification front monitor for metal casting." Proceedings of the 1996 Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition: The Winter Annual Meeting of ASME, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14-22, 1996.

Hytros, M., I. Jureidini, D. Kim, J. Chun, R. Lanza, and N. Saka. A Computed Tomography Sensor for Solidification Monitoring in Metal Casting. Presented at TMS (The Metallurgical Society) Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 1997. 9 pages. $10.00

Jacoby, H., E. Eckaus, A. Ellerman, R. Prinn, D. Reiner, and Z. Yang. CO₂ Emissions Limits: Economic Adjustments and the Distribution of Burdens. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 9, Revised November 1996.

Jacoby, H., R. Schmalensee, and D. Reiner. What Does Stabilizing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Mean? MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 14, November 1996.

Jureidini, I. A Design for a High Energy X-Ray Computed Tomography Sensor for the Study of Solidification Fronts in Aluminum. SM Thesis. MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997.

Lee, D., and S. Hochgreb. Hydrogen Autoignition at Pressures Above the Second Explosion Limit (0.6-4.0 MPa). Prepared for Western States Section/The Combustion Institute 1997 Spring Meeting, Livermore, California, April 14-15, 1997. 31 pages. $10.00

Lienhard, J., and D. Napolitano. "Thermal stress limits of plates subjected to extremely high heat flux." Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, D. Wroblewski, et al., eds., American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, 1996. HTD, v. 333, pp. 23-35, 1996.

Liu, Y. Modeling the Emissions of Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) and Methane (CH₄) from the Terrestrial Biosphere to the Atmosphere. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 10, August 1996.

Mitton, D. "Hazardous waste destruction by supercritical water oxidation." New England Science Teachers Working to Promote Science Literacy, v. 8, no. 1, p. 22, August 1996.

Mitton, E., E. Han, S. Zhang, K. Hautanen, and R. Latanision. Degradation in Supercritical Water Oxidation Systems. Presented at the Supercritical Fluid Extraction Symposium, American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 24-28, 1996. 14 pages. $10.00

Mitton, D., P. Marrone, and R. Latanision. "Interpretation of the rationale for feed modification in SCWO systems." Journal of the Electrochemical Society, v. 143, no. 3, pp. L59-L61, March 1996.

Mitton, D., S. Zhang, E. Han, J. Cline, K. Hautanen, and R. Latanision. An Assessment of Corrosion and Failure Mechanisms in Supercritical Water Oxidation Systems. Presented at the 13th Annual ICC (International Combustion Council) Congress, Melbourne, Australia, November 25-29, 1996. 8 pages. $10.00

Mitton, D., S. Zhang, K. Hautanen, J. Cline, E. Han, and R. Latanision. Evaluating Stress Corrosion and Corrosion Aspects in Supercritical Water Oxidation Systems for the Destruction of Hazardous Waste. Presented at NACE International Conference "Corrosion 97," New Orleans, Louisiana, March 9-14, 1997. Paper No. 203. 6 pages. $10.00

O'Brien, C., and S. Hochgreb. Thermodynamic Analysis of Fuel Processing. Prepared for Western States Section/The Combustion Institute 1997 Spring Meeting, Livermore, California, April 14-15, 1997. 14 pages. $10.00

Prinn, R., H. Jacoby, A. Sokolov, C. Wang, X. Xiao, Z. Yang, R. Eckaus, P. Stone, A. Ellerman, J. Melillo, J. Fitzmaurice, D. Kicklighter, G. Holian, and Y. Liu. Integrated Global System Model for Climate Policy Assessment: Feedbacks and Sensitivity Studies. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 7, March 1997.

Renslo, A., R. Weinstein, J. Tester, and R. Danheiser. Concerning the Regio-chemical Course of the Diels-Alder Reaction in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Accepted for publication in Journal of Organic Chemistry. 1997. 12 pages. $10.00

Schmalensee, R. Greenhouse Policy Architectures and Institutions. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 13, November 1996.

Sokolov, A., and P. Stone. Description and Validation of the MIT Version of the GISS 2D Model. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 2, May 1995.

Sokolov, A., and P. Stone. A Flexible Climate Model for Use in Integrated Assessments. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 17, March 1997.

Sokolov, A., and P. Stone. Global Warming Projections: Sensitivity to Deep Ocean Mixing. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 11, September 1996.

Sun, T., M. Fokema, and J. Ying. "Mechanistic study of NO reduction with methane over Co²⁺ modified ZSM-5 catalysts." Catalysis Today, v. 33, nos. 1-3, pp. 251-261, 1997.

Tester, J., H. Herzog, C. Peterson, and R. Potter. The Impacts of Reservoir Performance and Drilling Costs on the Commercial Feasibility of Geothermal Energy Production. March 1997. Accepted for publication in GRC Bulletin. 11 pages. $10.00

Tian, T., R. Rabute, V. Wong, and J. Heywood. Effects of Piston-Ring Dynamics on Ring/Groove Wear and Oil Consumption. Presented at 1997 Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 1997. SAE Paper 970835. Available from SAE, Inc., 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001.

Trudeau, M., M. Braunovic, K. Bryden, and J. Ying. "Fretting studies of nanocrystalline Pd, Pd-Ag, and Pd-Y films." Holm Conference Proceedings, Electrical Contacts - 1996, Montreal, Canada, 1996, pp. 393-394, 1996.

VanDerWege, B., and S. Hochgreb. Application of Shear Plate Interferometry to Jet Diffusion Flame Temperature Measurements. Prepared for Western States Section/The Combustion Institute 1997 Spring Meeting, Livermore, California, April 14-15, 1997. 11 pages. $10.00

Xiao, X., D. Kicklighter, J. Melillo, A. McGuire, P. Stone, and A. Sokolov. "Linking a global terrestrial biogeochemical model and a 2-dimensional climate model: implications for the global carbon budget." Tellus, in press, 1997.

Xiao, X., J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, A. McGuire, P. Stone, and A. Sokolov. Relative Roles of Changes in CO₂ and Climate to Equilibrium Responses of Net Primary Production and Carbon Storage of the Terrestrial Biosphere. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 8, June 1996.

Xiao, X., J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, Y. Pan, A. McGuire, and J. Helfrich. Net Primary Production of Terrestrial Ecosystems in China and Its Equilibrium Responses to Changes in Climate and Atmospheric CO₂ Concentration. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 12, October 1996.

Yang, Z., R. Eckaus, A. Ellerman, and H. Jacoby. The MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA) Model. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No. 6, May 1996.

Yanch, J., R. Shefer, and E. Binello. "Design of low-energy neutron beams for boron neutron capture synovectomy." Presented at Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers International Conference on Neutrons in Research and Industry, Crete, Greece, June 9-15, 1996. SPIE Proceedings Series, v. 2867, pp. 31-40, 1997.

Ying, J., and A. Tschope. "Synthesis and characteristics of nonstoichiometric nanocrystalline cerium oxide-based catalysts." Chemical Engineering Journal, v. 64, no. 2, pp. 225-237, 1996.