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Technical Note (NIST TN)

Measurement of SVOC emission parameters for building materials using solid-phase microextraction (SPME)-based method

April 1, 2019

Author(s)

Mengyan Gong, Dustin G. Poppendieck

Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) are ubiquitous indoors and associated with adverse health effects. y0 (the SVOC concentration in air close to the...

Measurement Uncertainty of the Air System in the IBAL

March 5, 2019

Author(s)

Amanda J. Pertzborn

The Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory (IBAL) has been designed and constructed to demonstrate the potential for distributed, intelligent software agents to...

Influence of Fire on the Lateral Resistance of Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls Phase 2: Oriented Strand Board, Strap Braced, and Gypsum-Sheet Steel Composite

March 5, 2019

Author(s)

Matthew S. Hoehler, Blanca Andres Valiente, Matthew F. Bundy

This report presents experimental investigations of the performance of cold-formed steel lateral force-resisting systems (CFS-LRFS) under combinations of...

Commissioning ASHRAE High-Performance Sequences of Operation for Multiple-Zone Variable Air Volume Air Handling Units

February 26, 2019

Author(s)

Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Michael A. Galler, Justin A. Sorra, Steven T. Bushby

ASHRAE Guideline 36 High Performance Sequences of Operation for HVAC Systems was developed to provide a reference set of high-performance control sequences for...

Retro-Commissioning a Performing Arts Center using HVAC-Cx

February 21, 2019

Author(s)

Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Michael A. Galler, Steven T. Bushby, Robert Leader, J. M. Whitcomb, David W. Rush

This paper presents the use of a semi-automated commissioning tool for the energy retro-commissioning of the Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College in...

Comparison of the Measurement Uncertainties and Errors for the Waveform State Levels Estimated Using the Histogram Mode and Shorth Methods

February 21, 2019

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr.

State levels are a fundamental waveform parameter that are essential for the computation of most other waveform parameters. The histogram-mode method has been...

A General Methodology for Deriving Network Propagation Models of Computer Worms

February 14, 2019

Author(s)

Shuvo Bardhan, Douglas C. Montgomery, James J. Filliben, Nathanael A. Heckert

Externally-launched computer worms which maliciously propagate within networks are one of the most serious and dangerous security threats facing the commercial...

A Framework for Measuring the Impact of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires on a Regional Economy

February 13, 2019

Author(s)

David T. Butry, David H. Webb, Cheyney M. O'Fallon, Harvey Cutler

This report develops an approach to evaluate the direct and indirect impacts from wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires that result in the loss of functionality...

Defining 'kind of quantity'

February 8, 2019

Author(s)

David W. Flater

The definition of 'kind of quantity' given in the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM), 3rd edition, does not cover the historical meaning of the term as...

Effect of IF-WS2 Nanolubricant on R134a Boiling on a Reentrant Cavity Surface; Extensive Measurement and Analysis Details

February 4, 2019

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, Lingnan Lin

A Calibration of Timing Accuracy in the NIST Cyber-Physical Systems Testbed

December 18, 2018

Author(s)

Marc A. Weiss, YaShian Li-Baboud, Dhananjay Anand, Kevin G. Brady, Paul A. Boynton, Cuong T. Nguyen, Martin J. Burns, Avi M. Gopstein

We propose a general methodology for assessing the time accuracy and uncertainties and report results from a project to calibrate timing in the NIST CPS and...

Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) Online 2.0 Technical Manual

December 17, 2018

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Anne L. Greig, Priya D. Lavappa, Brian J. Polidoro

Temperature Field Measurements using Thin Filament Pyrometry in a Medium-Scale Methanol Pool Fire

November 29, 2018

Author(s)

Zhigang Wang, Andy Tam, Ki Yong Lee, Anthony Hamins

For the first time, a set of measurements were made to characterize the time-varying temperature field in a medium-sized methyl alcohol (methanol; CH3OH) pool...

Estimating Smoke Detector Effectiveness and Utilization in Homes

November 6, 2018

Author(s)

Stanley W. Gilbert

This report sets out to answer three questions. What effect does installing smoke detectors have on reported fires and casualties for the average household...

NIST Transactive Energy Modeling and Simulation Challenge for the Smart GridPhase I Report

October 23, 2018

Author(s)

David G. Holmberg, Steven T. Bushby

The NIST Transactive Energy Modeling and Simulation Challenge for the Smart Grid Phase I spanned September 2015 to September 2016. The Challenge was initiated...

Transactive Energy Challenge Phase II Scenario

October 23, 2018

Author(s)

David G. Holmberg, Martin J. Burns, Steven T. Bushby, Avi M. Gopstein

The TE Challenge Phase II Scenario was developed in a multi-step process in collaboration with industry experts. The Scenario includes a common electric grid...

Pool Boiling of HFO-1336mzz(Z) on a Reentrant Cavity Surface; Extensive Measurement and Analysis

October 16, 2018

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, Lingnan Lin

Community Risk Ratings for the FireCARES System

October 15, 2018

Author(s)

Stanley W. Gilbert

The FireCARES project is a web-based tool intended to help fire departments effectively match resources to community risk. Among other things that includes...

Programmers Guide to the BACnet Communications DLL

October 1, 2018

Author(s)

Michael A. Galler

The BACnet standard defines a communication protocol for information exchange between components of a distributed building automation and control system. The...

Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory: Air System Design

September 27, 2018

Author(s)

Amanda J. Pertzborn, Daniel A. Veronica

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has constructed the Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory (IBAL) to demonstrate the potential for...

A Computable General Equilibrium Model of Cedar Rapids

September 27, 2018

Author(s)

Jennifer Helgeson, Juan Fung, Cheyney O'Fallon, David Webb, Harvey Cutler

This report presents the development of a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the regional economy of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The general approach that...

Impact of Ground Motion Selection Methods on the Seismic Assessment of Steel Special Moment Frames

September 27, 2018

Author(s)

Raul Uribe, Siamak Sattar, Matthew Speicher

This study quantifies the impact of different ground motion selection methods on the seismic performance evaluation of steel special moment frames. Two methods...

Shear Behavior of High-strength Bolts at Elevated Temperatures: Testing and Formulation of Reduced-order Model

September 21, 2018

Author(s)

Mina S. Seif, Rafaela Peixoto, Jonathan M. Weigand, Joseph A. Main, Luiz Vieira

Interlaboratory mechanical property study for Cobalt-Chromium alloy Made by Laser Powder-Bed-Fusion Additive Manufacturing

September 19, 2018

Author(s)

John A. Slotwinski, William E. Luecke, Eric Lass, Antonio M. Possolo

An eight-laboratory study of the mechanical properties of provided the data to evaluate variability in tensile mechanical properties of cobalt-chrome alloy (UNS...

Iris Cameras: Standards Relevant for Camera Selection - 2018

September 18, 2018

Author(s)

James R. Matey, George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother, Craig I. Watson, Shahram Orandi

This paper is a summary of our current recommendations for iris camera selection. NIST is developing these recommendations in collaboration with the FBI, other...

Assessing the Performance of Residential Energy Management Control Algorithms: Multi-Criteria Decision Making Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process

September 18, 2018

Author(s)

Farhad Omar, Steven T. Bushby, Ronald D. Williams

For homes to become active participants in a smart grid, intelligent control algorithms are needed to facilitate autonomous interactions that take homeowner...

Thermal Energy Storage for the NIST Net-Zero House Heat Pump

September 18, 2018

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, William V. Payne, Harrison M. Skye

Spectrum Occupancy and Ambient Power Distributions for the 3.5 GHz Band Estimated from Observations at Point Loma and Fort Story

September 11, 2018

Author(s)

Max Lees, Adam Wunderlich, Peter J. Jeavons, Paul D. Hale, Michael R. Souryal

This report presents descriptive statistics characterizing a set of over 14,000 spectrograms that were recorded by a recent measurement campaign at two coastal...

Low-GWP Alternative Refrigerant Blends for HFC-134a

September 7, 2018

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, Mark O. McLinden, Ian H. Bell, Gregory T. Linteris

The goal of this study was to identify non-flammable, non-toxic, low global-warming-potential (GWP) replacements for HFC-134a in an air-conditioning system that...

REDUCED-ORDER THERMAL ANALYSIS OF FIRE EFFECTS ON COMPOSITE SLABS

September 4, 2018

Author(s)

Jian Jiang, Joseph A. Main, Jonathan M. Weigand, Fahim Sadek

This paper describes a reduced-order modeling approach for thermal analyses of composite slabs with profiled decking. The reduced-order modeling approach...

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