October - December 2000 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. 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.

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Reports and Working Papers

Ellerman, D. Tradable Permits for Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Primer with Particular Reference to Europe. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 69. 39 pages. November 2000.*

Forest, C., P. Stone, and H. Jacoby. How to Think About Human Influence on Climate. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 68. 9 pages. October 2000.*

Skantze, P., A. Gubina, and M. Ilic. Bid-based Stochastic Model for Electricity Prices: The Impact of Fundamental Drivers on Market Dynamics. Energy Laboratory Report No. MIT-EL 00-004. 62 pages. November 2000.*

Skantze, P., and M. Ilic. The Joint Dynamics of Electricity Spot and Forward Markets: Implications of Formulating Dynamic Hedging Strategies. Energy Laboratory Report No. MIT-EL 00-005. 19 pages. November 2000.*

Skantze, P., P. Visudhiphan, and M. Ilic. Valuation of Generation Assets with Unit Commitment Constraints under Uncertain Fuel Prices. Energy Laboratory Report No. MIT-EL 00-006. 15 pages. November 2000.*

Symposium Summary: Proceedings of the 2000 Air Pollution Symposium-The Future of Diesel: Scientific Issues, R. Robins, ed. Energy Laboratory Report No. MIT-EL 00-007. 31 pages. December 2000.*

Webster, M. The Curious Role of "Learning" in Climate Policy: Should We Wait for More Data? Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 67. 22 pages. October 2000.*

Weiss, M., J. Heywood, E. Drake, A. Schafer, and F. AuYeung. On the Road in 2020: A Life-cycle Analysis of New Automobile Technologies. Energy Laboratory Report No. MIT-EL 00-003. 156 pages. September 2000.*

Other Publications

Babiker, M., J. Reilly, and D. Ellerman. "Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement." Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, v. 14, pp. 169-188, 2000.

Barta, L., L. Varga, and J. Beér. "Density stratified swirl flows; an improved turbulence model." Journal of the Institute of Energy, v. 73, pp. 191-195, December 2000.

Barton, P. Hybrid Systems: A Powerful Framework for the Analysis of Process Operations. Presented at PSE Asia 2000, Kyoto, Japan, December 6-8, 2000. 13 pages. $10.00

Barton, P. "Modeling, simulation and sensitivity analysis of hybrid systems." In Proceedings, 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design, Anchorage, Alaska, September 25-27, 2000, pp. 117-122, 2000.

Barton, P. "Solvent recovery opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry." Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development, v. 3, no. 6, pp. 707-713, 2000.

Barton, P., J. Banga, and S. Galan. "Optimization of hybrid discrete/continuous dynamic systems." Com-puters and Chemical Engineering, v. 24, pp. 2171-2182, 2000.

Beér, J. "Combustion technology developments in power generation in response to environmental challenges." Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, v. 26, pp. 301-327, 2000.

Biggs, S., H. Herzog, J. Reilly, and H. Jacoby. Economic Modeling of CO2 Capture and Sequestration. Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Cairns, Australia, August 13-16, 2000. Available at <http://sequestration.mit.edu/bibliography/>.

Bugnion, V., and D. Reiner. "A game of climate chicken: can EPA regulate greenhouse gases before the US Senate ratifies the Kyoto Protocol?" Environmental Law, v. 30, no. 3, pp. 491-525, Summer 2000.

Buongiorno, J., N. Todreas, and M. Kazimi. Thermal-Hydraulic Modeling of a Water /Liquid-Metal Direct Contact Heat Transfer Reactor. Presented at the ANS/ENS 2000 International Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Buongiorno, J., N. Todreas, and M. Kazimi. "Void fraction prediction for the Pb-Bi/water direct contact nuclear reactor." In Proceedings of ICONE 8, 8th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Baltimore, MD, April 2-6, 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Busse, M., and M. Kazimi. Thermal and Economic Analysis of Thorium-Based Seed-Blanket Fuel Cycles for Nuclear Power Plants. Department of Nuclear Engineering Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-025. August 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Busse, M., and M. Kazimi. Thorium-Based Seed-Blanket Fuel Assembly Thermal Hydraulics. Presented at the ANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, June 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Castaing, B., J. Cowart, and W. Cheng. Fuel Metering Effects on Hydrocarbon Emissions and Engine Stability During Cranking and Start-up in a Port Fuel Injected Spark Ignition Engine. SAE Technical Paper Series No. 2000-01-2836. Presented at Society of Automotive Engineers International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, Baltimore, MD, October 16-19, 2000. Available from SAE Publications, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001.

David, J., and H. Herzog. The Cost of Carbon Capture. Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Cairns, Australia, August 13-16, 2000. Available at <http://web.mit.edu/energylab/www/hjherzog/publications.html>.

Ellerman, D., and I. Sue Wing. "Supplementarity: an invitation to monopsony?" Energy Journal, v. 21, no. 4, pp. 29-59, October 2000.

Hejzlar, P., M. Driscoll, and M. Kazimi. "Conceptual neutronic design of a lead-bismuth cooled actinide burning reactor." Nuclear Science & Engineering, December 2000.

Hejzlar, P., M. Driscoll, and M. Kazimi. Consequence of Fuel Choice for Spent Fuel Characteristics for Once-Through Heavy Metal Cooled Fast Reactors. Presented at the ANS/ENS 2000 International Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Herzog, H. "The Economics of CO2 Separation and Capture." Technology, v. 7S, pp. 13-23, 2000. Available at <http://sequestration.mit.edu/bibliography/>.

Herzog, H., E. Adams, M. Akai, G. Alendal, L. Golmen, P. Haugan, S. Masuda, R. Matear, S. Masutani, T. Ohsumi, and C. Wong. Update on the International Experiment on CO2 Ocean Sequestration. Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Cairns, Australia, August 13-16, 2000. Available at <http://sequestration.mit.edu/bibliography/>.

Herzog, H., and O. Falk-Pedersen. The Kvaerner Membrane Contactor: Lessons from a Case Study in How to Reduce Capture Costs. Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Cairns, Australia, August 13-16, 2000. Available at <http://web.mit.edu/energylab/www/hjherzog/publications.html>.

Kazimi, M., M. Driscoll, R. Ballinger, V. Curran, K. Czerwinski, Y. Long, H. No, S. Oggianu, and X. Zhao. Advanced Fuel for High Burnup and Proliferation Resistance in Light Water Reactors: Annual Report. Department of Nuclear Engineering Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-024. July 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Kim, D., N. Todreas, M. Kazimi, and M. Driscoll. Plant Design and Cost Estimation of a Natural Circulation Lead-Bismuth Reactor with Helium Power Conversion Cycle. Department of Nuclear Engineering Report No. MIT-ANP-TR-076. November 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Kutney, M., M. Reagan, K. Smith, J. Tester, and D. Herschbach. "The Zeno (Z=1) behavior of equations of state: an interpretation across scales from macroscopic to molecular." Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v. 104, no. 40, pp. 9513-9525, 2000.

Lettow, J., Y. Han, P. Schmidt-Winkel, P. Yang, D. Zhao, G. Stucky, and J. Ying. "Hexagonal to mesocellular foam phase transition in polymer-templated meso-porous silicas." Langmuir, v. 16, no. 22, pp. 8291-8295, 2000.

Long, Y., P. Monnier, S. Schultz, and M. Kazimi. Modeling the Rim Effect and Fission Gas Release Performance in Thoria Fuel. Presented at the International Topical Meeting on Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance, Park City, Utah, April 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Long, Y., E. Pilat, and M. Kazimi. On Radial Power Distribution in High Burnup ThO2-UO2 Fuel Pellet. Presented at the ANS/ENS 2000 International Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Mann, E., and S. Chisholm. "Iron limits the cell division rate of Prochlorococcus in the eastern equatorial Pacific." Limnology and Oceanography, v. 45, no. 5, pp. 1067-1076, 2000.

Oggianu, S., H. No, and M. Kazimi. Performance Indices for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Materials. Presented at the ANS/ENS 2000 International Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Pindyck, R. "Irreversibilities and the timing of environmental policy." Resource and Energy Economics, v. 22, pp. 233-259, 2000.

Quiviger, G. Building New Power Plants in a CO2 Constrained World: A Case Study from Norway on Gas-Fired Power Plants, Carbon Sequestration, and Politics. SM thesis. MIT Engineering Systems Division, Cambridge, Massachusetts. May 2001. Available at <http://sequestration.mit.edu/bibliography/>.

Reagan, M., and J. Tester. The Zeno (Z=1) Behavior of Water: A Molecular Simulation Study. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Thermophysics, 2000. 23 pages. $10.00

Skolnikoff, E. "The role of science in policy: the climate change debate in the United States." Journal of Liberal Arts, American College of Thessaloniki, v. 5, no. 2, pp. 15-29, May 2000.

Sun, T., M. Wong, and J. Ying. "Synthesis of amorphous, microporous silica with adamantanamine as a templating agent." Chemical Communications, pp. 2057-2058, 2000.

Taylor, J., J. Steinfeld, and J. Tester. "Experimental measurement of the rate of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) hydrolysis in sub- and supercritical water." Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, v. 40, no. 1, pp. 67-74, 2000.

Wang, D., M. Driscoll, and M. Kazimi. Design and Performance Assessment of a PWR Whole-Assembly Seed and Blanket Thorium Based Fuel Cycle. Department of Nuclear Engineering Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-026. October 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Xu, Z., M. Driscoll, and M. Kazimi. Effect of Moderator-to-Fuel Ratio on High-Burnup Potential in UO2-Fueled Water/Stream Cooled Lattices. Presented at the ANS/ENS 2000 International Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Xu, Z., M. Driscoll, and M. Kazimi. Proliferation and Waste Disposal Characteristics of High-Burnup UO2 Fuel In Water Cooled Lattices. Presented at the ANS/ENS 2000 International Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Ying, J. "Nanostructure tailoring: opportunities for molecular engineering in catalysis." Invited paper in AIChE Journal, v. 46, no. 10, pp. 1902-1906, 2000.

Yuan, Y., C. Rim, and M. Kazimi. Fission Gas Release from ThO2-UO2 Fuels: A Comparison Between Observed Data and Model Predictions. Presented at the ANS/ENS 2000 International Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Yuan, Y., P. Monnier, C. Rim, and M. Kazimi. Fission Gas Release Modeling for Thoria-Urania Fuels: A Preliminary Investigation. Department of Nuclear Engineering Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-022. September 2000. Copies available from Michael Messina, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.