Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ABSTRACT:
Because of the dispersed program management and the magnitude of the thermal and chemical energy storage effort, annual reviews are held to assess the subprograms and individual projects (subcontractors), and to provide overall guidance and perspective. Attendance is limited to program participants (subcontractors), government sponsors and users, and National Laboratory management personnel. However, the information presented at these meetings is widely disseminated through publication of the proceedings.

This proceedings volume for the Annual Mechanical, Magnetic and Underground Energy~Storage Review Meeting contains the program overviews and contractor summaries and reports presented at the meetings. The summaries and reports were prepared by the responsible individuals/organizations. No technical editing or evaluation has been performed by Los Alamos National Laboratory or the Department of Energy.… (altro)

ABSTRACT:
The Department of Energy (DOE), which incorporates the former Energy Research and Development Administration through the Chemical and Thermal Storage Branch of its Division of Energy Storage Systems (STOR), is engaged in developing and disseminating thermal and thermochemical energy storage technology as a means for achieving use of such energy source alternatives as solar, waste heat, and off-peak electricity. The overall national program has been subdivided into three logical subprograms:
1. Low-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage (LTTES) - by sensible and latent heat storage modes at temperatures up to ~250°C.
2. High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage (HTTES) - by sensible and latent heat storage modes at temperatures above ~250°C.
3. Thermochemical Energy Storage and Transport (TEST) - using reversible chemical reactions at all temperature levels.

DOE-STOR is assisted in the management of these three subprograms by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NASA-Lewis Research Center, and Sandia Laboratories-Livermore, respectively.

Because of the dispersed management and the size of the effort, it was felt that an annual gathering to review the individual studies and provide perspective was in order. It was agreed that attendance at these meetings would be limited to program participants (subcontractors), government sponsors and users, and representatives of some coordinate activities in order to maximize the impact on the planning and implementation functions of the national Thermal Energy Storage Program. At the same time, it was also agreed that the information presented at these meetings should be more widely disseminated through publication of the proceedings.… (altro)

ABSTRACT:
Early in 1972 the Energy R&D Goals Committee of the Federal Council on Science and Technology organized a study to assess a number of basic energy technologies which could favorably influence the U.S. future energy supplies. Various federal agencies sponsored eleven technical panels to perform this assessment and to prepare R&D plans tor developing the priority technologies. The findings of one of these panels, "Hydrogen and Synthetic Fuels,'' sponsored by the USAEC, is the primary subject of this paper.… (altro)