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RD-R121 Mi SOLR THERMOCHEMICL ENERGY CONVERSION ND TRNSPORT IAiII (U) NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV LAS CRUCES PHYSICAL SCIENCE

LAB J H MCCRARY ET AL. A NOV 92 NNSI/PSL-PSBiS±6

UNCLASSFID N89914-77-C-8229 F/G 19/2, N

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MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHARTNATIONAL BUREAU OF STANOAROS-1963- A

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PSL #PS01010

SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND TRANSPORT

J.H. McCraryGloria E. McCraryPhysical Science LaboratoryNew Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, NM 88003-3548

10 November 1982

a FINAL REPORT15 March 1977 -30 September 1982

prepared for:

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UNCLASSIFIEDSECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE ("ohen Data Entered)

REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE READ INSTRUCTIONSREPORT__ DOCUMENTATIONPAGE_ BEFORE COMPLETING FORM

1. REPORT NUMBER 12. /AC, 7 j 3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER

4. TITLE (and Subtitle) S. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED

[ SOLAR THERM OCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND FINAL REPORT

TRANSPORT 15 March 1977 - 30 Sept 1982S. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER

PSL #PSO10107. AUTHOR(e) 8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER(e)

J.H. McCrary, Gloria E. McCrary N00014-77-C-0229

9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 10. PROGRAM ELEMENT. PROJECT, TASK

Physical Science Laboratory AREA & WORK UNIT NUMBERS

New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, NM 88003-3548

11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 12. REPORT DATE

Naval Research Laboratory 10 November 19824555 Overlook Avenue, S.W. 1s. NUMBER OF PAGES

Washington, D.C. 20375 3614. MONITORING AGENCY NAME & ADDRESS(If different from Controlling Office) IS. SECURITY CLASS. (of this report)

G. Max Irving UNCLASSIFIEDONR Resident RepresentativeUniversity of New Mexico - Bandolier Hall, West I58. DECL ASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADING! SCHEDULE

Albuquerque, NM 8713116. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of thia Report)

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.

17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of the abestrct entered in Block 20, If different from Report)

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.

18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

19. KEY WORDS (Continue on reveree side It neceeary and Identify by block number)

Solar EnergyThermochemi stryEnergy Conversion

20. A&SRAcT' r rn e ereZ eifi if neceeyea acd identlty by block number)

'The high temperature catalytic dissociation of S03 and the C02 -CH4reforming-methanation cycle are important chemical processes being

considered in the development and application of solar-thermal energy

conversion, transport, and storage systems. Separate facilities for

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evaluating chemical converter-heat exchangers at temperatures to 1000Cwith high flow rates of SO and of mixtures of CO2 and CH Ifeedstockshave been assembled and operated on the NMSU campus. A number of

receiver elements (chemical reactors) have been tested in theselaboratory facilities in an effort to optimize catalyst parameters and

catalyst reactor configurations. These tests led to the design and

fabrication of both low power and high power solar energy receiverswhich were operated successfully at the White Sands Solar Furnace.

Energy delivery methanation reactor design and parametric studies led to

the fabrication and operation of a laboratory closed-loop, energy

conversion, transport, and delivery system. These latter experiments'I met with limited but promising success. Carbon deposition, though a

problem, is believed to be controllable with the optimization of

catalyst parameters and feedstock composition.

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Table of Contents

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I. INTRODUCTION ....... .. ....................... 1

II. S03 DISSOCIATION EXPERIMENTS ...... ............... 2

III. C02 -CH4 REFORMING EXPERIMENTS ...... .............. 4

IV. CLOSED LOOP EXPERIMENTS ....... ................. 6

SV. CONCLUSIONS...................... 9

VI. FIGURES ........ ......................... ... 11

VII. DISTRIBUTION LIST ...... .. .................... 36

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I. INTRODUCTION

Thermochemical capture of solar energy - Solchem - is an important

concept in the development of economical, practical, alternate energy

systemsl 4 . Solchem provides an alternative to the more conventional

method of transporting solar thermal energy to directly drive a heat

H* engine power cycle. Solchem involves the use of the high temperature

heat available from concentrating collectors to activate an energy

absorbing chemical reaction which will then produce an energy rich

chemical product. The thermochemical receivers involve no moving parts,

only gas passages and catalytic surfaces.

Two gaseous chemical fluids have been considered for thermochemical

energy conversion systems. These are S03 and a mixture of CH4 and C02.

The S03 dissociation reaction may be written as

S03 4- S02 + 02 + 22 kcal/mol.

The forward reaction is used in a receiver to convert solar energy into

chemical heat of reaction. This energy is then transported and is

deposited in a storage system via the reverse reaction. The use of S03

as a working fluid offers the following advantages: (1) the lack of

Iside chains in the chemical reaction; (2) the sensitivity of the

reaction to control by catalysis; (3) the relatively low gas pressures

1. T.A. Chubb, Analysis of gas dissociation solar thermal power system.Solar Energy 17, 129 (1975).

2. T.A. Chubb, J.J. Nemecek and D.E. Simmons. Application of chemicalengineering to large scale solar energy. Solar Energy 20, 219 (1978).

3. T.A. Chubb, J.J. Nemecek and D.E. Simmons, Design of smallthermochemical receiver for solar thermal power. Solar Energy 23, 217(1979).

4. T.A. Chubb, Characteristics of C02 -CH4 reforming-methanation cyclerelevant to the solchem thermochemica -power system. Solar Energy 24,341 (1980).

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involved; and (4) the temperature range of gas dissociation and

recombination. The disadvantages are: (1) toxicity; (2)

? rincompatibility with low cost materials; (3) corrosiveness at receiver

temperature; and (4) poor thermal conductivity.

The C02-CH4 reforming-methanation reactions and the accompanying shift

p reaction can be written as

C02 + CH4 7 2H2 + 2C0 + 61 kcal/mol.

C02 + H2 H20 + CO.

The reforming chemical cycle offers the following advantages: (1) the

relative nontoxicity of the components of the working fluids: (2) thelow pressure and temperature requirements for both feedstock and

synthesis gases; (3) the compatibility of the working fluids with low

cost materials; and (4) no serious corrosion problems at receiver

temperature. The disadvantages are: (1) complicated chemistry withseveral possible side reactions; and (2) carbon deposition can be a

problem.

The work performed under this contract falls into three categories.

These are: (1) SO3 dissociation experiments; (2) C02 -CH4 reforming

experiments; and (3) methanation and closed-loop experiments.

II. S03 DISSOCIATION EXPERIMENTS

Although SO3 is a toxic chemical, there are well established rules for

handling the material which have led to production rates of 2x1010

kg/yr. In addition, S03 is the end product of SO2 , which is introduced

into the atmosphere in enormous quantities during the burning of coal.

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Its use in a closed loop energy conversion and transport process thus

imposes negligible ecological problems. The use of S03 does, however,involve significant material problems. At 1000 C, these problems are not

severe, although common material choices are largely restricted to

Teflon, mild steel, stainless steel, glass, quartz and ceramics. At

receiver temperature (10000 C), Teflon and steel are not usable. While

there are indications that aluminium rich alloys, such as Kanthal A-i,

may be usable, the materials of choice for S03 energy converters are

fused silica and ceramics.

The objective of the present work is to measure the dissociation

efficiency of several reactor-catalyst configurations. A facility was

assembled at NMSU which permitted the testing of prototype Solchem S03

dissociation reactors under conditions similar to those which would be

encountered in a full-scale solar power conversion plant. A typical

reactor with its counter-current heat exchanger is configured as a flat

helix whose outer diameter is 0.75 m and whose inner diameter is 0.30 m.

This test article is positioned in a furnace in such a manner that only

the innermost turn of the helix, the converter turn which contains the

catalyst, is heated. Electrical heaters, simulating the focussed solar

beam, were located within a cavity which was surrounded by the reactor's

inner (converter) turn. The test facility does not utilize closed-loop

operation; gaseous feedstock, evaporated from liquid S03, was introduced

to the reactor at controlled temperature, pressure, and flow rate. The

reactor effluent was completely scrubbed after being analyzed to prevent

the release of S02 or S03 to the environment. From the molar fraction

of SO2 measured in the effluent gas the power converted to chemical heat

of reaction was calculated.

From September 1979 through September 1980, twenty-five separate tests

were conducted in the S03 laboratory on four separate reactors. The

conditions attending these tests and the experimental results have been

published 5,6 . Conversion powers of 2kW with conversion efficiencies of

greater than 50% were observed in these single coil tests.

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III. C02-CH4 REFORMING EXPERIMENTS

q A facility was assembled at NMSU in which reforming converter-heatexchangers were tested under conditions similar to those which would be

encountered in a full-scale solar power conversion plant. A typical

reformer was configured as a helical, tube-in-tube, counter-current heat

exchanger surrounding a single turn converter in which the reforming

reaction is catalyzed. Most of the receiver elements studies in this

work were fabricated from type 316 stainless steel tubing. Other

materials, including types 304 and 310 stainless steel and Kanthal A-1

tubing, have also been utilized. In nearly all of the (approx. 20)

reactors tested, the outer diameter of the outer tube was 25.4 mm while

that of the inner tube was 15.9 or 19.0 mm. The wall thickness of these

tubes is typically 1.2 mm. Heat exchanger lengths have varied from 4 to

6 turns. In some of the reactors the converter turn was the inner turn

of the hel ix, while in others a circular converter, manifolded to theheat exchanger, was used. A number of catalyst and catalyst

configurations were tested. In the first reactor tested, the converter

was loaded with small (6x6 mm) alumina pellets which were coated with

NiO catalyst. Other converters studied during the first phase (1979) of

the program contained NiO coated alumina Raschig rings. The number and

distribution of these rings within the converter tube were varied and

Ioptimized early in the project.

Early in the project it was found that catalyst deterioration was an

important problem. In an effort to circumvent this difficulty,

different catalyst configurations and materials were studied. A short

5. J.H. McCrary and Gloria E. McCrary, "Evaluation of MetallicConverters," Final Report submitted to California Institute ofTechnology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Contract No.955704, December 1980.

6. J.H. McCrary, Gloria E. McCrary, T.A. Chubb, and Y.S. Won, "AnExperimental Study of SO3 Dissociation as a Mechanism for Convertingand Transporting Solar Energy," Solar Energy 27, 433 (1981).

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sequence of tests was conducted with tubewall reactors. These

converters contained Ni catalyst material deposited directly on the

rq inner wall of the converter tubes. For the tubewall converters tested

the conversion efficiency was unacceptably low. The most successful

catalyst material used in the reforming work was ruthenium. The

material was in the form of small, perforated stainless steel saddles,

m coated with a ruthenium bearing surface layer. The converter tube was

tightly packed with the Ru coated stainless steel saddles. The Ru

catalyzed reactors were found to have good long-term stability. During

ten months of tests and experimentation there was no evidence of

catalyst deterioration.

Two solar energy receivers were assembled and operated at the White

Sands Solar Furnace in December 1979 and January 1981 respectively. At

this facility, the full power of the furnace is concentrated within a

conical envelope with a half angle of 450 and a focal spot of less than

10 cm dia. In December 1979 the full power capability of the furnace

was 30 kW; in January 1981, 26 kW was the maximum power available.CFrom May 1979 through January 1981 approximately eighty separate tests

were conducted in the reforming laboratory at NMSU and at the White

Sands Solar Furnace. These tests involved some twenty reactors

utilizing many different catalyst-converter configurations. The results

of this work have been published7 - 1 1 .

7. J.H. McCrary, Gloria E. McCrary, and D.H. Clark, "Solchem Thermo-chemical Tests and Demonstrations at NMSU," Proceedings, 1980 AnnualMeeting, American Section, International Solar Energy Society, Inc. Vol3.1, 99 (1980).

8. J.H. McCrary, Gloria E. McCrary, and T.A. Chubb, "Solchem Thermo-chemical Demonstration at the White Sands Solar Furnace," Proceedings,1980 Annual Meeting of Solar Thermal Test Facility Users Association.

9. "Solar-Chemical Energy Converter Tested," Chemical and EngineeringNews 57, 26 (July 30, 1979).

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IV. CLOSED-LOOP EXPERIMENTS

?4 1Relatively little work has been done on the energy delivery part of the

Solchem system. An attempt was made to operate an ordinary re-forming

receiver element as a methanator. The synthesis gas used as the

feedstock in these tests consisted of mixture of 3 parts (by volume) CO

U to 3 parts H2 to 2 parts CO2 . From the results of this work it was

concluded that a good reformer is not necessarily a good methanator.

The results, however, did indicate that methanation reactivity would be

improved if the space velocity could be reduced by a large factor. A

methanation reactor was then fabricated which was similar to the

reformer receiver elements except that the converter turn was made from

5.08cm O.D. stainless steel tubing with 1.2mm thick walls. The

converter was loaded with tightly packed NiO Raschig rings of the type

described earlier. With space velocities in the range of 500 hr - 1 , this

reactor was found to perform well as a methanator, delivering about 1kW

of heat while producing an effluent gas which contained 25% CH4 and less

than 5% CO from the 3:3:2 feedstock described above1 0 .

From April through October 1981 a sequence of experiments was performed

in the NMSU Solchem reforming laboratory to demonstrate a low-power,

laboratory model, closed-loop, energy delivery system. Figure 1 shows a

chemical engineering flow chart for the system. Included in the chart

are temperatures and pressures at various points in the loop.

10. J..H. McCrary, Gloria E. McCrary, T.A. Chubb, J.J. Nemecek, and D.E.Simmons, "An Experimental Study of the C02 -CH4 Reforming-MethanationCycle as a Mechanism for Converting and Transporting Solar Energy,"Solar Energy 29, 141 (1982).

11. T.A. Chubb, J.J. Nemecek, D.E. Simmons, J.H. McCrary, and Gloria E.McCrary, "Thermochemical Receiver Tests," Proceedings, 1981 AnnualMeeting, American Section, International Solar Energy Society, Inc. Vol4.1, 166 (1981).

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Due to the fact that project funding was running low at this time, every

effort was made to minimize spending in the construction and operationof the closed-loop te-t facility. Virtually all of the hardware

comprising the loop were taken from the reforming and SO3 test

facilities described earlier. The most difficult item to procure was

the blower. After a lengthy search, a $300 blower manufactured by a

milking machine company was acquired and found to be technically

adequate for short-term operations.

A total of sixteen test runs were made in the closed-loop facility. The

first such run (Run 80) used a start-up (make-up) gas comprised of 77.5%

H2 , 21.1% CO, and 1.4% CO2 (volume percent). During this 2.75 hour

test, the mass flow slowly dropped from 0.5 g/s to 0.1 g/s. The methaneconcentration in the reformer feedstock line was high (>40%) and the CO

concentration in the synthesis gas line ran from 12 to 20% during most

of the run. The [CO] in the feedstock line ran <1%. Approximately 500

watts of power was delivered to the methanation furnace. The test was

terminated due to blower failure. Runs 81 and 82 were hampered by

blower and catalyst problems.

On May 18, 1981 Run 83 was conducted with the same start-up gas

composition as used in Runs 80-82. Figures 2-13 contain plots of tte

results from this test. The test was terminated after eight hours due

to carbon build-up in the lines and on the mass-flow transducer. Except

for the first and last hours of Run 83 the pressures, pressure drops,mass flow, feedstock and synthesis gas composition, and all temperatures

exhibited very stable operation as power was delivered to the

methanation reactor furnace. This demonstration of closed-loop

operation was considered to be a success in spite of carbon build-upproblems. After start-up in all of these runs the methanation furnace

heaters were removed and methanator cooling was achieved by blowing

compressed air through the furnace cavity.

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Runs 84 and 85 utilized a slight increase in the hydrogen concentration

of the start-up gas in an effort to decrease carbon deposits. The

[results from these runs were little different from Run 83 with line

carbonization still a problem.

In August, September, and October 1981, Runs 86 through 96 were

6 conducted with a start-up synthesis gas mixture of 80% H2 and 20% C02 •With the reformer operating at 9000C and the methanator at 550 to 6000C

the equilibrium feedstock and synthesis gas compositions should be as

fol 1ows:

Feedstock Synthesis Gas

H2 38.4%(vol.) 62.8% (vol.)

H20 35.2 17.1

CO 3.2 16.6

C02 7.2 3.3

CH4 16.0 0.3

These numbers were calculated assuming 50% CO2 reforming and 50% steam

reforming at 4 atmospheres pressure.

During the course of the eleven runs made under these conditions, a

total of 41 operating hours was put on the closed-loop system. The

system generally performed well. There were some carbon fouling

incidents, and considerable difficulty was experienced with the blower.

Run 91 was typical of this series and graphs of its results are shown in

Figures 14 through 25. The equilibrium values of the gas concentrations

which were measured are consistent with those predicted above. Clearly,

it would be desirable to measure the concentration of all constituents,

but instrumentation for this purpose was not available.

It is believed that the carbon problem can be eliminated through the

optimization of catalyst, catalyst configuration, pressure,

temperatures, and gas composition. If this is not possible, the carbon

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problem can be minimized and coped with by proper mechanical and

chemical engineering design.

V. CONCLUSIONS

M The work reported here has clearly demonstrated not only the feasibility

but the practicality of the chemical conversion and transport of solar

energy. The present field model Solchem receiver is capable of

operating at the focus of a 6m paraboloidal collector with an efficiencyof 60-65%. This receiver efficiency could be increased to perhaps 85%

by improving the cavity design. If the spacing of receiver elements in

the cavity were optimized, the difference between the temperatures of

the front and back converter coils could be reduced from 350CO (Run 74)

to less than 10OCO. With all six coils operating in the 850-950oC

temperature range and with 2 g/s of gas flowing through each, resultsshow that the improved cavity receiver would be converting about 20kW of

solar power. A major cause of energy loss was reflection of light from

the back surface of the cavity out of the entrance aperture. Addition

of a special receiver element designed to cover this surface wouldlargely eliminate this source of energy loss. Finally, receiver heat

losses could be reduced through the use of more efficient thermal

insulation and through use of a concave cone shaped entrance window.

Such an entrance cone would reduce both convective and radiative

aperture losses.

Nickel catalyst deterioration was a serious problem early in the

project. This problem, however, appears to have been resolved by the

use of a ruthenium-on-stainless-steel catalyst. During hundreds of

hours of operation of ruthenium catalyzed reformers no effects due to

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catalyst degradation have been observed. Side reactions have presented

minor problems. The shift reaction leads to the formation of small

quantities of steam which are controlled by the steam reforming reaction

and by allowing line temperatures to operate above their respective dew

points.

A major problem area in closed-loop operation was found to be carbon

deposition. It is strongly felt, however, that this problem can either

be eliminated or tolerated through the optimization of chemical and

mechanical design.

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FIGUREl1.

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FIGURE 2.

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FIGURE 3.

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FIGURE 4.

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+ =

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FIGURE 5.

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FIGURE 6.

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FIGURE 7.

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FIGURE 8.

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LL LZ a-

L --

o< --

Li Li Li +

0

-J t

CC

(A)

oo1:o 'o o'-oo o o '-o '

o

z +4,

OO9~ T 0 ~22

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FIGURE 13.

cr-H

zn -jtjCC

o

w-I w +

CD

o C.)

-jf-

CrD

m K r+

att - ~Cr)>6 -4- D

OnAxi*0

xx -DI I I I ID

009 00? 00 cD~~O1)'1 ~ C O zdiL+c

Z* 23

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FIGURE 14.

+u

LuC=C

00 j + 4

LUn+u 0

+~CD+j E CD

4I- >,

iz C4o C*±>1 r - C\.tC

S.-

0 ~C

0-7J

o C)

CD

+ +

CD

CD

± CD

I CD

0019091b0916Ob~aoallc Ul

I - + +

+2

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LFIGURE 15.

+I-

Lo

u-H-

+

V) L ++ 00

+

+ 0+ 0

,-CD

4--

+ + -t-+

++ CD

+ C)

0 +0 +-

+ ++

++ +

++

+ C+ C

+ +\

+4.A-2+

o+ C

+ C

+ C+ Ulo ~ 0 1 90 co0*

++ ] 8 I -:

25+

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FIGURE 16.

I--

ui R-

LOl uj~ +Uj CL0-LI ++

3- ++

+ o

++

C

+ 0U+++

0 C

+ C)

)+

+I d ''xi iT C

A 2 +

++

0 +D

++ 4

cc +

+ C

co +

+~C

+ +++

C40000080019 00oo 0 0010

26

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FIGURE 17.

I-

LJJ

X

= , CC

= + C

+ U,

n - C-

,+

+

W,- + -

+ 0+

o . 0£H 2 6 00 " 00 "

0 +OSC -

Lm7

06~

-4+

+ +

+ 0t

++

+ +D

t++ C

000

OSt1 Oal 0610 09*0 Oslo 0010

* 27

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FIGURE 18.

to W E

U -oCC

uO I

C %0 00

,j = E) c '

LO

.ED

,--,o O

ED )0

C-:)

2C8

E) >) vi-~E 00 u)

0EaE

0C

E) 0 L

00

00 ED

*CD*OOs 0-2 0st 00,01 CC~s 00*0

0 28

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FIGURE 19.

+

+

Li ++.+

j + KD

+~C

+ CD

+ +C

++

+ + CA

.++

++

'K - I-

+ CD

0 + +

+ 9+

++1-+

+0

C

+ + + I j+~ ~ +

+ + CD.

+ + 71C

c29

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FIGURE 20.

~~(1 cjxCL

0 j

ULu o.. JL±4J

* a~~Ja~M

LL

C)~

CDC

C

CD

x~C

+ +

C)IX 3 343jibJXl-

03

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FIGURE 21.

N~ a-

L 1~

..LL iLLJ-

Ca--

M , MEmt

LJJxx== CD4

0. Uj4U-0 K

x +DIID-c

0~CD* 0CD

u'

>CD

0D

0- x+ In

co+

a, 00*0t 00's 00*9 001h 0012 0010I." OTx) o sic i UflJ~i(dNiL

31

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FIGURE 22.

rr

r_ CD

LJ.LJ LLu 0-j -j" u -CD

(I-Ca-

tot

LU U.J LJ. 4-) C

==~ Lo

I- I- I-D

CD00rn

CD

iiii

CA)

0D

3 LE)0

C:7

XE

OSIL 009OO 0016 dN 'l 00*0

32

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FIGURE 23.

Li L

+

= == I-

c= . C)

CDC)

C

CLC

00

+j CD:

C-:)

+'3Uo CD

C CD

x +% +

p x +x X, + +

av OS'L 00*9 osmh 00Se 091 0010

0 33

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FIGURE 24.

+ 0

~JLLJLJ CD

CD

C"

00

4- 4

1 -J 0

x +

000

+l+,

+ x

4Ot 1 :

34

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FIGURE 25.

+

tDt

CDLLJ LLJ LAJC

A+ CD4J+ C

0 J- C

+r2 +

+C

x ++

+

z x + 0n

+

)++ C

+ Ln+L+

+ x+.4.1 I CD

OO+t CDt0800 O 0~Ox]0 ~C~UlI~+~

* 35

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