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Technical Note (NIST TN)

Annual Manufacturing Review

December 14, 2015

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas, Anand M. Kandaswamy

This report provides an overview of the US manufacturing industry. There are three aspects of U.S. manufacturing that are considered: (1) how the US industry...

Inventory and Flow Time in the US Manufacturing Industry

December 14, 2015

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas, Anand M. Kandaswamy

Advancements in the efficient use of inputs, such as land and labor, have been a key driver of per capita income growth throughout history. One method for...

Heat Pump Test Apparatus for the Evaluation of Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants

November 12, 2015

Author(s)

Harrison M. Skye

International efforts to reduce man-made global warming include restrictions on the use of chemicals with a high global warming potential (GWP). The heating...

A Case Study of a Community Affected by the Waldo Fire Event Timeline and Defensive Actions

November 9, 2015

Author(s)

Alexander Maranghides, Derek McNamara, Robert Vihnanek, Joseph Restaino, Carrie Leland

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a suite of research projects addressing risk reduction in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)...

Simple Guide for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results

November 4, 2015

Author(s)

Antonio M. Possolo

The "Simple Guide" supplements, but does not replace NIST Technical Note 1297, whose techniques for uncertainty evaluation may continue to be used when there is...

High-Speed Monitoring of Multiple Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Array Configurations

October 29, 2015

Author(s)

Matthew Boyd

Three grid-connected monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic arrays have been instrumented with research-grade sensors on the Maryland campus of the National...

Assessment of Water Vapor Diffusion in Firefighters Protective Clothing

October 1, 2015

Author(s)

Shonali Nazare, Christopher W. Meyer, Daniel M. Madrzykowski

Structural firefighters often encounter hot and humid environments during interior firefighting. The water vapor transfer to and from the skin has great...

Impact of Electricity Tariff Parameters on Net Zero Home Cost of Energy

September 29, 2015

Author(s)

Andrew P. Kuo, David Holmberg, Steven Bushby

Time-varying electricity rates impact the costs of operation and the value of renewable generation and storage resources. This study investigates the economic...

A Self Learning Algorithm for Temperature Prediction in a Single Family Residence

September 29, 2015

Author(s)

Farhad Omar, Steven Bushby

In order to develop effective control optimization strategies to manage residential electricity consumption in a smart grid environment, predictive algorithms...

An Experimental and Computational Study of Precast Concrete Moment Frames under a Column Removal Scenario

September 22, 2015

Author(s)

Joseph Main, Yihai Bao, Hai S. Lew, Fahim Sadek, Vincent P. Chiarito, Stephen D. Robert

This report presents an experimental and computational study of two precast concrete moment-frame assemblies, each comprising three columns and two beams. The...

Self-Training of a Fault-Free Model for Residential Air Conditioner Fault Detection and Diagnostics

September 15, 2015

Author(s)

William V. Payne, Piotr A. Domanski, Jaehyeok Heo, Zhimin Du

This study is meant to be applied to residential, unitary, air-source, single-speed, vapor compression air-conditioning systems with nominal cooling capacities...

Hydrogen Field Test Standard Design, Operating Instructions, & Specifications

September 10, 2015

Author(s)

Jodie G. Pope

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a prototype field test standard (FTS) that incorporates three test methods that could be...

CONTAM User Guide and Program Documentation Version 3.2

September 4, 2015

Author(s)

William S. Dols, Brian J. Polidoro

This manual describes the computer program CONTAM version 3.2 developed by NIST. CONTAM is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis program...

gtklogger: A Tool For Systematically Testing Graphical User Interfaces

August 20, 2015

Author(s)

Stephen A. Langer, Faical Y. Congo, Andrew Reid, Rhonald Lua, Valerie R. Coffman

We describe a scheme for systematically testing the operation of a graphical user interface. The scheme provides a capability for generating event logs, which...

Indoor Environmental Resilience: White Paper

July 16, 2015

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich

NIST is developing a framework to define programs and strategies to increase community-based resilience in the face of a broad range of natural disasters and...

Interference and Coexistence of Wireless Systems in Critical Infrastructure

July 7, 2015

Author(s)

Galen H. Koepke, William F. Young, John M. Ladbury, Jason B. Coder

We examine interference and coexistence testing issues, test methods, and the need to update and develop new test methodologies related to the use of wireless...

Modeling Particle Resuspension for Estimating Exposure to Bacillus Spores

June 11, 2015

Author(s)

William S. Dols, Andrew K. Persily

A key challenge in assessing the risks of low level contaminations following biological threat agent releases, and subsequent decontamination, is developing an...

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Tutorial for New Residential Database

June 3, 2015

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Priya D. Lavappa

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) New Residential Database Technical Manual

June 3, 2015

Author(s)

Joshua Kneifel, Priya Lavappa, Anne Landfield Greig, Sangwon Suh

Instructions in Using GSAS Rietveld Software for Quantitative X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Portland Clinker and Cement

June 1, 2015

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman

X-ray powder diffraction analysis is used in the cement industry as a direct analytical method for phase identification and quantitative analysis of clinker and...

Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program Location-Based Services R&D Roadmap

May 22, 2015

Author(s)

Ryan Felts, Marc Leh, Tracy A. McElvaney, Dereck R. Orr

The Public Safety community is in a period of great transition. Over the next 20 years, technology advancements will enable data, video, and eventually voice...

MicroChar: An Application for Quantitative Analysis of Cement and Clinker Microstructure Images

April 30, 2015

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

Accurate quantitative data on cement and clinker microstructure images can prove valuable for monitoring and controlling the manufacturing of cement-based...

Simulation of a Wind Driven Basement Fire - Riverdale Heights, MD

April 27, 2015

Author(s)

Craig G. Weinschenk, Kristopher Overholt, Daniel M. Madrzykowski

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), which is a fire model that is developed and maintained by the Na- tional Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was used...

Quantitative Imaging of Clinker and Cement Microstructure

April 15, 2015

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Pan Feng

The combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with X-ray microanalysis and image processing provides a powerful ability to image and quantify...

Research Needs to Advance Concrete Pumping Technology

April 10, 2015

Author(s)

Chiara C. Ferraris, Nicos Martys, Myoungsung Choi, Van Bui, Trey Hamilton, Didier Lootens

With the increasing use of pumping to place concrete, the development and refinement of the industry practice to ensure successful concrete pumping is becoming...

Establishment of an International Scale for Instrumented Charpy Testing: comparison between NIST and LNE

April 1, 2015

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo, Stephane Lefrancois

As a contribution to the establishment of an international scale for instrumented Charpy testing, aimed at ensuring that impact forces are obtained more...

Tensile Properties of Commercially Pure, High-Purity and Ultra-High-Purity Iron: Results of an International Round-Robin

April 1, 2015

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Kenji Abiko, Marlies Lambrecht, Birgit Rehmer

The room temperature tensile properties of iron with different purity levels (commercially pure, high-purity, and ultra-high-purity) were characterized at...

CONTAM To EnergyPlus Infiltration Features of the CONTAM Results Export Tool

March 30, 2015

Author(s)

Brian Polidoro, Lisa Ng, William Dols, Steven Emmerich, Andrew Persily

As building envelope performance and HVAC equipment efficiencies continue to be improved to reduce building energy use, a greater percentage of the total energy...

Assessing Effects of Asymmetries, Dynamics, and Failures on a Cloud Simulator

March 29, 2015

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, James J. Filliben, Christopher E. Dabrowski

We characterize the effects of asymmetries, dynamics, and failures when introduced into a cloud computing simulator, which had previously been characterized...

Research and Development Opportunities for the NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

March 26, 2015

Author(s)

Paul D. Domich, Betsy Pettit, Arthur H. Fanney, William M. Healy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding built the Net Zero Residential...

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