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DOE OSTI2017

The MARS Code System User’s Guide Version 15(2016)

This paper is a user’s guide to the current version of the MARS15 Monte Carlo code. MARS allows inclusive and, in many cases, exclusive simulations of three-dimensional hadronic and electromagnetic cascades and modeling of heavy ion, muon and low energy neutron-photon transport in accelerator, detector, spacecraft and shielding components. Particles can have energies from a fraction of an electronvolt up to about 100 TeV. The code has undergone substantial improvements since the last documented version MARS13(95) and since previous releases of MARS15; all these as well as other specific features of the MARS code system are explained in detail. Descriptions of general input and output with commentary and recommendations are given. Examples are given for running the program with distributed sources, complex compounds, arbitrary geometries, and magnetic fields. A built-in graphical-user interface allows the visualization and detailed analysis of the geometry description. Enhanced options are described for the MARS code being coupled with: the DPMJET hadron event generator, the MCNP code for low-energy neutron transport, the ANSYS system for thermal and stress analysis, physics analysis and graphics packages, the MAD accelerator lattice description via a universal MAD-MARS beam line builder, the STRUCT program for tracking particles in accelerator lattices with beam loss recording, the DETRA code for nuclide decay and transmutation calculations, the EGS5 code for precise modeling of low-energy electromagnetic showers, and the ROOT system for description and visualization of arbitrary geometries. Use of the code in a multistage mode, coupled with event generators (DPMJET), with the STRUCT program for tracking particles in accelerator lattices with beam loss recording, and with physics analysis and graphics packages is demonstrated with typical input and output examples.

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DOE OSTI2012

Advancing Oxycombustion Technology for Bituminous Coal Power Plants: An R&D Guide

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is funding research aimed at improving the performance and reducing the cost of oxycombustion. The objective of this study is to guide oxycombustion research in areas that can provide the largest benefits in electricity cost and plant performance. The advanced oxycombustion technologies evaluated in this study are categorized into four major areas: advanced boiler design, advanced oxygen production, advanced flue gas treatment, and innovative CO 2 compression concepts.

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DOE OSTI2018

Energy Infrastructure Dependency Curves Simulation Tool User’s Guide

Foundational studies of infrastructure interdependencies have attempted to make sense of the complex relationships among critical infrastructure. Beyond understanding the complexity of these interconnections, owner/operators and decision makers have a continuing need for a situational awareness capability tool to move beyond a conceptual understanding toward a more quantified, visual analytic method to enable more detailed real-world analysis and prioritization.The purpose and development of the Energy Infrastructure Dependency Curves Simulation Tool is to provide a means to display and analyze the complexities of infrastructure dependencies, in a way that is dynamic and can be easily manipulated. The tool focuses on the connections between two infrastructure assets, a natural gas-processing plant that relies on electric power, and an electric power-generating plant that depends on natural gas to produce electricity. The tool allows the user to enter information characterizing each asset and the dependence relationships, including details about core operations, backup function, shutdown, and resumption of service. Output is provided as a visualization of the performance of each asset over time, displaying impact, stages of operation, and resumption to full service. Input can be modified to enable the user to see how different scenarios or decisions would change the outcome. The intent of the tool is to provide the user with the ability to make informed decisions regarding operation of individual asset.This report presents an overview of the concepts used for developing the Energy Infrastructure Dependency Curves Simulation Tool and a detailed user guide that provides instructions on how to use the tool. Finally, three example scenarios are presented to illustrate dependency curve outputs.

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DOE OSTI2015

Contingency Contractor Optimization Phase 3 Extension Quick Start Guide: Contingency Contractor Optimization Tool - Engineering Prototype (Release 2.3)

This Quick Start Guide is an abbreviated version of the Contingency Contractor Optimization Phase 3, User Manual for the Contingency Contractor Optimization Tool engineering prototype. It focuses on providing quick access instructions to the core activities of the two main user roles: Planning Manager and Analyst. Based on an electronic storyboard prototype developed in Phase 2, the Contingency Contractor Optimization Tool engineering prototype was refined in Phase 3 of the OSD ATL Contingency Contractor Optimization to support strategic planning for contingency contractors. The tool uses a model to optimize the total workforce mix by minimizing the combined total costs for the selected mission scenarios. The model will optimize the match of personnel types (military, DoD civilian, and contractors) and capabilities to meet the mission requirements as effectively as possible, based on risk, cost, and other requirements.

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DOE OSTI2015

Contingency Contractor Optimization Phase 3 Quick Start Guide Contingency Contractor Optimization Tool Prototype - Release 2.2

This Quick Start Guide is an abbreviated version of the Contingency Contractor Optimization Phase 3, User Manual for the Contingency Contractor Optimization Tool engineering prototype. It focuses on providing quick access instructions to the core activities of the two main user roles: Planning Manager and Analyst. Based on an electronic storyboard prototype developed in Phase 2, the Contingency Contractor Optimization Tool engineering prototype was refined in Phase 3 of the OSD ATL Contingency Contractor Optimization to support strategic planning for contingency contractors. The tool uses a model to optimize the total workforce mix by minimizing the combined total costs for the selected mission scenarios. The model will optimize the match of personnel types (military, DoD civilian, and contractors) and capabilities to meet the mission requirements as effectively as possible, based on risk, cost, and other requirements.

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DOE OSTI2018

User Guide for the Public Industrial CO 2 Capture Retrofit Database Models

The United States (U.S.) Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has produced three carbon capture retrofit databases (CCRDs), which contain a collection of units selected from the power generation and industrial sources (IND) sectors located in the United States that are either in operating or standby status. The power generation category is subdivided into the post-combustion (PC) CCRD – containing coal-fired and atmospheric fluidized bed (AFB) units – and the natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) CCRD – containing natural gas-fired combined cycle and combined cycle single shaft units. The IND CCRD contains facilities from the ammonia, cement, ethanol, hydrogen, and natural gas processing industries. This report is intended to provide a general guide to the IND CCRD. Efforts have been made to ensure similarities between each of the CCRDs. However, as the sources of CO2 vary, differences will exist – most notably in the IND CCRD.

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DOE OSTI2019

Guide to Handle Electronic and Physical Records Requests for Service Innovation-Records Management Services (SI-RMS) Staff

The Electronic Records Management System (ERMS) is Los Alamos National Laboratory’s method for consolidating, tracking, and preserving valuable records according to National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements. Like an online library catalog, the ERMS stores unclassified electronic records that are retrievable from a remote computer system, and the ERMS contains a list of unclassified physical record holdings (paper documents, audiovisual materials, photographs, etc.) that are stored in the LANL Records Center and may be checked out. This guide covers new processes that affect both physical and electronic records. Each process begins when an employee (referred to as the requester) submits a request through the AskIT ticketing system (askit.lanl.gov). A request may include submitting a record, retrieving a record, or destroying a record.

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DOE OSTI2019

Blueprint Guide for Creating Gender-Sensitive Energy Policies

A policy that considers gender roles, differences and preferences driven by socio-cultural norms, can help to maximize the impact of energy projects, programs, and initiatives. Gender responsive regional and national energy policies and strategies can be a lever for addressing gender inequalities across the energy value chain, with collateral impacts on environmental sustainability, social inclusivity, and economic growth. Moreover, the equal participation of women and men is imperative for achieving universal energy access and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Policy and regulatory instruments can be a way to help close gender gaps in the energy sector; create awareness and understanding of the role of women in the workforce; send a strong signal to developers and investors, creating the tone and space for bottom up change; and encourage information exchange, education and communication about gender informed approaches. This guide presents the critical components for developing a policy on gender mainstreaming for energy access, including different considerations around design, development, implementation procedures, critical success factors, challenges, and integrated strategies.

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DOE OSTI2019

A Guide to Zero Energy and Zero Energy Ready K-12 Schools

This guide was developed as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Zero Energy Schools Accelerator (ZESA), a collaborative effort between DOE; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and school districts, states, and educational support groups from around the country. Because education is managed locally in the United States, this research documents some of the ways U.S. school officials and educators configure school financing, design, construction, curriculum development, and other school-related matters in their areas. The steps outlined here document the process of creating a zero energy school, and can provide a strong foundation for future ZE school projects.

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DOE OSTI2019

ParelastiFWI 1.0 User Guide

ParelastiFWl is a python-based frontend to the seismic full waveform inversion process using Sandia Geophysics Department's 3-D isotropic elastic full waveform simulation code, Parelasti. The arguments one provides to ParelastiFWl guide the full waveform inversion process, including resolution of the inversion grid and basic regularization. This report outlines the user flags and ParelastiFWI usage to control the full waveform inversion procedure.

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DOE OSTI2016

TITANS Strategic Intern Pipeline: Best Practices and Resource Guide

This guide is a compilation of best practices and resources from three of Sandia's leading strategic intern programs which make up the Technical Internships to Advance National Security (TITANS) program. TITANS consist of the Center for Analysis Systems and Applications (CASA), the Center for Cyber Defenders (CCD), and the Monitoring Systems & Technology Intern Center (MSTIC).

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DOE OSTI2016

SIERRA Verification Module: Encore User Guide (V.4.40)

The Encore software package is both a stand-alone application and a software library. This guide explains the syntax of Encore input, provides examples, and is a comprehensive catalog of the Encore commands. Acting as a stand-alone application, Encore provides utilities for reading solutions from files and enables solution verification, postprocessing, field transfers, and basic mesh refinement. Acting as a software library, Encore is a component of the fluid, thermal, and solid modeling applications in the Sierra Mechanics suite. As a library, Encore provides the enclosing modeling application a superset of the stand-alone capabilities—enabled by application specific information—including physics specific postprocessors and adaptive mesh refinement.

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DOE OSTI2019

Guide to the Distributed Energy Resources Cybersecurity Framework

In May 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its Cybersecurity Strategy document, a multiyear plan specifically regarding cybersecurity in the energy sector. The framework outlined in this report aligns with strategies identified in the DOE Cybersecurity Strategy document to deliver cybersecurity solutions and continually improve cybersecurity posture. Researchers from federal facilities and industry can now make use of this framework, the Distributed Energy Resources Cybersecurity Framework (DERCF), through a web-based application. This report provides an overview of the DERCF and serves as a guide to applying this framework to DERs. It also provides guidance on a method to conduct a cybersecurity assessment, using the controls presented in Appendix A.

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DOE OSTI2020

GADRAS Batch Inject Tool User Guide

Gamma Detector Response and Analysis Software (GADRAS) is used by the radiation detection and emergency response community to perform modeling and spectral analysis for gamma detector systems. Built into GADRAS is the ability to define a detector, geometry, background characteristics and source composition to generate synthetic spectra for drills and exercises (injects). Consequence Management is currently in development of a sample result data simulator tool in which a deposition model is probed for source conditions at moments in time and locations in space. These values are used to generate realistic sample results for use in drills and exercises. In addition to sample results, there is a need to simulate the actual spectra that would be observed in the field by downlooking HPGe instruments given a deposition activity. This way, the FRMAC Gamma Spectroscopist can practice their process of generating quantified results from spectra on realistic data as well. Recognizing the decades of work done in GADRAS to accurately generate synthetic spectra, this team decided to build a link between the new simulator and GADRAS to generate these spectra quickly and easily. The simulator tool will generate a file that specifies the name of the spectra, its location, date/time of measurement, duration of measurement, height off the ground, and the deposition activity and age for every radionuclide in the simulation. Then, a new tool within the Inject Tab of GADRAS was developed to read in this file given a detector selection and generate In-Situ spectra for each row in the file in any file format the user chooses. This way, simulation cell staff can take these files and then upload them to the appropriate data system (RAMS or RadResponder) for use during drills and exercises. An advanced feature of this tool allows for generating any spectra given an appropriate model and mapping of source to model layer in the batch inject tool. This way, spectra from field sample counts, mobile laboratories, or even fixed laboratories can be generated in bulk given an estimate of the radioactivity concentration or total radioactivity in an import file. This expands the capabilities of this tool a great deal and will make it a more useful tool for CM and others to help estimate detector response for nearly any situation. This user guide will explain the steps needed to perform a batch inject file generation.

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DOE OSTI2020

Energy Intensity Baselining & Tracking Summary Guide: Better Buildings, Better Plants

The Department of Energy (DOE) Better Plants (BP) program is a voluntary energy efficiency leadership initiative for U.S. manufacturers that encourages companies to reduce their energy intensity, typically by 25% within a ten-year period. BP partners are required to report their progress to the DOE annually by establishing an energy intensity baseline and tracking their energy consumption. BP partners receive access to a Technical Account Manager (TAM), DOE resources including software tools and trainings, and recognition when they achieve their goal. This summary guide provides the basics of baselining and tracking your energy intensity. For a more information and special considerations, please see the Energy Intensity Baselining and Tracking Guidance 2020.

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DOE OSTI2018

A Guide for Incorporating Energy Efficiency in State Energy Plans

State energy planning offers an opportunity for states to develop a vision of their energy future. States that include energy efficiency policies and programs in their energy plans are well-positioned to develop programs that support energy policies that increase energy affordability, reliability, and resiliency. The two most cited goals of the forty states with active energy plans as of 2017 are to: (1) ensure a reliable supply of energy and (2) manage costs so energy is affordable for businesses and residents. Energy efficiency is an important strategy for achieving both goals. To explore these areas fully, states may also wish to update or build on their existing state energy plans. States may want to consider the use of enhanced stakeholder engagement experts and/or modeling approaches described in this guide. Energy planning teams–often led by state energy offices–should also consider the use of metrics or other approaches to track implementation progress over time. States may wish to use the examples, plans, and resources referenced as they develop their own unique energy plans.

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DOE OSTI2020

Partner Baseline Assessment Guide: Clean Energy for Low Income Communities

The U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator aims to lower energy bills in low to moderate income communities through expanded installation of energy efficiency and distributed renewables. Upon joining the Accelerator, partners committed to developing Action Plans after a year. As shown in the diagram below, baselining is a useful approach to informing your planning efforts, and should involve input from a broad range of stakeholders. The following guide was developed by DOE to assist partners with baselining, and identifying needs and gaps to address in action plans.

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