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    Is an electric power consumption analyzer. It measures the AC power waveform, power quality, and in-rush current.

    BURNER TEST FACILITY
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    Dept. of Defense
    Lab Representatives
    Nati-Amsrd-Nsc-Ad-B
    E: 
    nati-amsrd-nsc-ad-b@conus.army.mil
    P: 
    (508) 233-4184
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    CCDC Soldier Center
    Ion Beam Laboratory
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Mid-Continent
    State: 
    New Mexico
    Phone: 
    (505) 845-8594
    Lab Representatives
    Jonathan Custer
    E: 
    jscuste@sandia.gov
    P: 
    (505) 845-8594
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
    Ion Beam Laboratory
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Mid-Continent
    State: 
    New Mexico
    Phone: 
    (505) 845-8594
    Lab Representatives
    Jonathan Custer
    E: 
    jscuste@sandia.gov
    P: 
    (505) 845-8594
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

    The Roof Thermal Research Apparatus (RTRA) was constructed for documenting the effects of long-term exposure of small, low-slope roof test sections to the East Tennessee climate. The RTRA has four 4 ft by 8 ft openings in its roof to receive different instrumented low-slope roof test sections. Each test section comprises one to eight configurations. Its original use showed the in-service aging effects with CFC and alternative blowing agents for polyisocyanurate foam boards in roofs covered by black and white membranes. These test sections are shown in the photographs below. More recent use of the RTRA has been to document the thermal performance of low-slope roofs coated with reflective coatings. In June 2000, we completed a three-year study with the support of the Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association. The thermal performance of 24 different roof coating systems was monitored simultaneously.

    The Envelope Systems Research Apparatus (ESRA) was constructed to expose large areas of low-slope roof to the East Tennessee climate. The ESRA is used to study energy and moisture flow through walls and foundations. The interior of the ESRA is heated and cooled to constant conditions year round. The ESRA contains a system that does automatic, continuous data acquisition and houses communications equipment that connects the data system to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's intranet. Since January 2000, the interior of the ESRA is the site of the ORNL Hygrothermal Properties Laboratory.

    Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Southeast
    State: 
    Tennessee
    Lab Representatives
    Andre Desjarlais
    E: 
    desjarlaisa@ornl.gov
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

    The Large Scale Climate Simulator provides controlled conditions of temperature and humidity above and below test sections as big as 12.5 ft by 12.5 ft. A test section is assembled in a platform outside the LSCS and moved by a crane. The assembly can weigh as much as 10 Tons and can be 6 ft high. A low-slope roof test section is shown being placed in the LSCS in the above photograph, and the residential attic test section is shown below. Once a test section is in place with all instrumentation installed and checked out, an automated data acquisition and control system maintains desired conditions above and below it and records the responses of thermocouples and resistance temperature devices, heat-flux transducers, relative humidity sensors, mass flowrate meters, load cells, current shunts or any transducer that produces a voltage output.

    A sketch of the entire LSCS is shown below. The climate chamber simulates any outdoor condition of interest: steady-state temperatures from 150ºF to -40ºF and a wide range of relative humidities (dewpoint temperature is controllable from 37ºF to 122ºF). Infrared lamps can heat surface temperatures to 200ºF. There is sufficient heating and refrigerating capacity to vary the simulated outdoor conditions in diurnal cycles, which allows tests of the dynamic response of test sections.

    Sketch of Large Scale Climate Simulator
    Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Southeast
    State: 
    Tennessee
    Lab Representatives
    Andre Desjarlais
    E: 
    desjarlaisa@ornl.gov
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

    Researchers use the Rotatable Guarded Hot Box to test full-size wall, fenestration, roof, and floor systems. The ORNL Rotatable Guarded Hot Box is a unique envelope testing apparatus available at the Buildings Technology Center. This advanced thermal testing facility is designed in accordance with ASTM C236, Standard Test Method for "Steady-State Thermal Performance of Building Assemblies by Means of a Guarded Hot Box." The RGHB accepts test specimens that are up to 13 ft by 10 ft in cross-section with a metering chamber that is approximately 8 ft by 8 ft. The RGHB is particularly unique because it can accommodate assemblies up to 24 inches thick, which may be useful in testing projecting or extremely thick envelope assemblies, a second unique feature is that the test walls can be rotated and thermal performance measured at any angle from 0 to 180 degrees. Another unique capability is the ability to conduct dynamic guarded hot box tests on massive wall systems.

    In the above photo, the hot box is show in the open position with a test wall in place between the hot and cold chambers. To the right of the hot box is a frame in which another envelope component can be mounted for testing. The RGHB climate chamber temperature can be controlled from - 10ºF to 140ºF and the air velocity from 0 mph to 15 mph. The RGHB metering chamber temperature can be controlled from 70ºF to 140ºF and air velocity from 0 to 1 mph. The instrumentation inventory available consists of 200 Type-T thermocouple-temperature sensors, 10 thermopile type heat-flux transducers, two air velocity meters, two pressure transducers and 8 other voltage output type sensors. The test apparatus is fully automated: the chamber temperatures and air velocities are computer controlled at steady conditions or in 200 step cycles. Data collection and processing are performed in real time. The system was designed for a precision of better than 3 percent and a bias of less than 5 percent. Estimates of the error bands will be generated with all test results.

    Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Southeast
    State: 
    Tennessee
    Lab Representatives
    Andre Desjarlais
    E: 
    desjarlaisa@ornl.gov
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

    In designing the experiment hall, the APS benefited from the experiences of researchers who had carried out experiments at other synchrotron facilities. One lesson learned was the need for adequate user laboratory and office space. The APS User Organization opted for laboratory/office modules (or LOMs) and were clear in their desire that the modules be located as close as possible to beamlines. As shown in the diagram below, LOMs are adjacent to the experiment hall, a short walk from each beamline.

    User beamlines comprise crystal and/or mirror optics designed to tailor the photon beam for specific types of experiments. These optics select out about one part per million from the energies (or wavelengths) that are carried by the insertion device beam and pass that energy down the beamline to a lead, radiation-proof experiment station that contains the sample under investigation; additional optics that may be needed to analyze and characterize the scattering, absorption, or imaging process; and detectors to collect data from the interaction of x-ray beam and sample.

    This concludes your introduction to the APS! For information about becoming a user and obtaining x-ray beam time at the APS, start here.

    Advanced Photon Source (APS)
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Midwest
    State: 
    Illinois
    Phone: 
    (630) 252-9090
    Email: 
    apsuser@aps.anl.gov
    Lab Representatives
    Apsuser
    E: 
    apsuser@aps.anl.gov
    P: 
    (630) 252-9090
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

    Synchrotron storage rings optimized for insertion devices (photo below) are called "third-generation" light sources. Some, like the Advanced Light Source in California and the SuperACO in France, provide radiation in the ultraviolet/soft x-ray part of the spectrum. The 7-GeV APS and its sister facilities, the 6-GeV European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France, and the Super Photon Ring 8-GeV (SPring-8) in Japan, can produce a range of x-rays up to those of the hard (highly penetrating) variety because of higher machine energies.

    Advanced Photon Source (APS)
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Midwest
    State: 
    Illinois
    Phone: 
    (630) 252-9090
    Email: 
    apsuser@aps.anl.gov
    Lab Representatives
    Apsuser
    E: 
    apsuser@aps.anl.gov
    P: 
    (630) 252-9090
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

    Electrons are injected into the booster synchrotron, a racetrack-shaped ring of electromagnets, and accelerated from 450 MeV to 7 billion electron volts (7 GeV) in one-half second. (By comparison, the electron beam that lights a TV screen is only 25,000 electron volts.) The electrons are now traveling at >99.999999% of the speed of light. The accelerating force is supplied by electrical fields in four radio frequency (rf) cavities. In order to maintain the orbital path of the electrons, bending and focusing magnets increase the electron field strength in synchronization with the rf field.

    Advanced Photon Source (APS)
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Midwest
    State: 
    Illinois
    Phone: 
    (630) 252-9090
    Email: 
    apsuser@aps.anl.gov
    Lab Representatives
    Apsuser
    E: 
    apsuser@aps.anl.gov
    P: 
    (630) 252-9090
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

    Producing brilliant x-ray beams at the APS begins with electrons emitted from a cathode heated to ~1100° C. The electrons are accelerated by high-voltage alternating electric fields in a linear accelerator (linac; photo below). Selective phasing of the electric field accelerates the electrons to 450 million volts (MeV). At 450 MeV, the electrons are relativistic: they are traveling at >99.999% of the speed of light, which is 299,792,458 meters/ second (186,000 miles/second).

    Advanced Photon Source (APS)
    Agency
    Dept. of Energy
    Region
    Midwest
    State: 
    Illinois
    Phone: 
    (630) 252-9090
    Email: 
    apsuser@aps.anl.gov
    Lab Representatives
    Apsuser
    E: 
    apsuser@aps.anl.gov
    P: 
    (630) 252-9090
    F: 
    Parent Lab: 
    Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

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