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July - September 1999 Issue

Publications

The following publications of Energy Laboratory and related research were released during the past period or are cited as references in this issue. MIT theses may be ordered from the Library Document Services, MIT, Room 14-0551, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. Other publications may be ordered from Energy Laboratory Publications, MIT, Room E40-473, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, only if a price is assigned and only if prepaid by check payable to "MIT Energy Laboratory." Prices are postpaid surface mail. For air delivery, add 15% to US, Canada, and Mexico, and 30% elsewhere. A list of publications is available on request.

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Instructions for ordering paper copies of the reports and working papers are also available at the above listed sites or by telephoning 617-258-0307 for Energy Laboratory publications, 617-253-3551 for Center publications, and 617-253-7492 for Joint Program publications.

Reports and Working Papers

Babiker, M., J. Reilly, and A. Ellerman. Japanese Nuclear Power and the Kyoto Agreement. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 51. 12 pages. August 1999.*

Eckaus, R., and K. Tso. A Study of the Effects of Natural Fertility, Weather and Productive Inputs in Chinese Agriculture. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 50. 15 pages. July 1999.*

Ellerman, A., and A. Decaux. Analysis of Post-Kyoto CO2 Emissions Trading Using Marginal Abatement Curves. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 40. 32 pages. October 1998.*

Ellerman, A., H. Jacoby, and A. Decaux. The Effects on Developing Countries of the Kyoto Protocol and CO2 Emissions Trading. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 41. 42 pages. November 1998.*

Forest, C., M. Allen, P. Stone, and A. Sokolov. Constraining Uncertainties in Climate Models Using Climate Change Detection Techniques. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 47. 11 pages. April 1999.*

Jacoby, H., R. Schmalensee, and I. Wing. Toward a Useful Architecture for Climate Change Negotiations. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 49. 24 pages. May 1999.*

Lecinq, B., and M. Ilic. A Peak-Load Pricing Mechanism for Transmission Access and Grid Investment. Energy Laboratory Working Paper No. MIT-EL 99-003WP. 30 pages. June 1999. $10.00

Macan, E., M. Ilic, F. Galiana, J. Leotard, and B. Lecinq. Peak-Load Transmission Pricing as Means of Long Term Congestion Pricing on the IEEE Reliability Test System. Energy Laboratory Working Paper No. MIT-EL 99-004WP. 8 pages. June 1999. $10.00

Montero, J.-P. Prices vs. Quantities with Incomplete Enforcement. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 99-009WP. 28 pages. July 1999.*

Nishimura, N. The Portfolio of Generation Facilities in Japan's Electric Power Sector, Past and Future. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 99-008WP. 27 pages. June 1999.*

Paz-Galindo, L. Storage and Capacity Rights Markets in the Natural Gas Industry. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research Working Paper No. MIT-CEEPR 99-007WP. 169 pages. June 1999.*

Prada, J. The Value of Reliability in Power Systems--Pricing Operating Reserves. Energy Laboratory Working Paper No. MIT-EL 99-005WP. 79 pages. August 1999. $12.00

Prada, J., and M. Ilic. Pricing Reliability: A Probabilistic Approach. Energy Laboratory Report No. MIT-EL 99-002. 11 pages. May 1999.*

Shackley, S., J. Risbey, P. Stone, and B. Wynne. Adjusting to Policy Expectations in Climate Change Modeling: An Interdisciplinary Study of Flux Adjustments in Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 48. 26 pages. May 1999.*

Weiss, M. The INEEL University Research Consortium: A View from MIT. Energy Laboratory Working Paper No. MIT-EL 99-002WP. 13 pages. July 1999. $10.00

Yu, C., J. Leotard, and M. Ilic. Dynamics of Transmission Provision in a Competitive Power Industry. Energy Laboratory Working Paper No. MIT-EL 99-001WP. 39 pages. June 1999. $12.00

Other Publications

Allgor, R., and P. Barton. "Mixed-integer dynamic optimization I: problem formulation." Computers and Chemical Engineering, v. 23, pp. 567-584, 1999.

Barton, P., J. Banga, and S. Galan. Optimization of Hybrid Discrete/Continuous Dynamic Systems. Presented at II Pan American Workshop on Catalysis and Process Systems Engineering, Santa Fe, Argentina, September 2-3, 1999. 13 pages. $10.00

Buongiorno, J., M. Kazimi, and N. Todreas. "Natural circulation potential of Pb-Bi cooled reactors for production and actinide burning." ANS Transactions, pp. 191-192, June 1999.

Dixit, A., R. Pindyck, and S. Sodal. "A markup interpretation of optimal investment rules." The Economic Journal, v. 109, no. 455, pp. 179-189, April 1999.

Dresselhaus, M., G. Dresselhaus, X. Sun, Z. Zhang, S. Cronin, T. Koga, J. Ying, and G. Chen. "The promise of low-dimensional thermoelectric materials." Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, v. 3, no. 2, pp. 89-100, 1999.

Dresselhaus, M., Z. Zhang, X. Sun, J. Ying, J. Heremans, G. Dresselhaus, and G. Chen. "Prospects for bismuth nanowires as thermoelectrics." In Thermoelectric Materials--The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications, T. Tritt, H. Lyon, Jr., G. Mahan, and M. Kanatzidis, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, v. 545, pp. 215-226, 1999.

Ellerman, A., and J. Montero. "The declining trend in sulfur dioxide emissions: implications for allowance prices." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, v. 36, pp. 26-45, 1998.

Fang, J., T. Zeng, L. Yang, K. Oye, A. Sarofim, and J. Beér. "Coal utilization in industrial boilers in China--a prospect for mitigating CO2 emissions." Applied Energy, v. 63, pp. 35-52, 1999.

Feehery, W., and P. Barton. "Dynamic optimization with equality path constraints." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, v. 38, no. 6, pp. 2350-2363, 1999.

Galan, S., W. Feehery, and P. Barton. "Parametric sensitivity functions for hybrid discrete/continuous systems." Applied Numerical Mathematics, v. 31, pp. 17-47, 1999.

Hajzlar, P., M. Driscoll, and M. Kazimi. "Reactor physics design challenges of a Pb-Bi cooled actinide burner reactor." ANS Transactions, pp. 192-194, June 1999.

Heremans, C., and H. Tuller. "Lead hafnate zirconate titanate-based perovskite materials for actuation." Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v. 19, pp. 1133-1137, 1999.

Herzog, H. The Economics of CO2 Separation and Capture. Presented at Second Dixy Lee Ray Memorial Symposium, Washington, DC, August 1999. Available as pdf file at <http://web.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/energylab/www/hjherzog/publications.html>.

Herzog, H., and N. Vukmirovic. CO2 Sequestration: Opportunities and Challenges. Presented at Seventh Clean Coal Technology Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1999. Available as pdf file at <http://web.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/energylab/www/hjherzog/publications.html>.

Jacoby, H., R. Schmalensee, and D. Reiner. "What does stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations mean?" In IPIECA Symposium on Critical Issues in the Economics of Climate Change, B. Flannery, K. Kohlhase, and D. LeVine, eds. London: International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, 1997.

Jacoby, H., and I. Wing. "Adjustment time, capital malleability and policy cost." In The Energy Journal Special Issue. The Costs of the Kyoto Protocol: A Multi-Model Evaluation, J. Weyant, ed. Cleveland: International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), pp. 73-92, June 1999.

Kazimi, M., et al. Proliferation Resistant, Low Cost, Thoria-Urania Fuel for Light Water Reactors. MIT Nuclear Engineering Department Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-018. July 1999. Limited copies available from Ms. Sonia White, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Kazimi, M., K. Czerwinski, M. Driscoll, P. Hejzlar, and J. Meyer. On the Use of Thorium in Light Water Reactors. MIT Nuclear Engineering Department Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-016. April 1999. Limited copies available from Ms. Sonia White, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Knauth, P., and H. Tuller. "Electrical and defect thermodynamic properties of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide." Journal of Applied Physics, v. 85, no. 2, pp. 897-902, 1999.

Knauth, P., and H. Tuller. "Nonstoi-chiometry and relaxation kinetics of nanocrystalline mixed praseodymium-cerium oxide Pr0.7Ce0.3O2-x." Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v. 19, pp. 831-836, 1999.

Levin, D., and J. Ying. "The structure and defect chemistry of non-stoichiometric nickel molybdates." Journal of Electro-ceramics, v. 3, no. 1, pp. 25-36, 1999.

Nasser, T.-O. "Transmission congestion contracts and strategic behavior in generation." The Electricity Journal, v. 11, no. 4, pp. 32-39, 1998.

Navas, C., H. Tuller, and H.-C. zur Loye. "Electrical conductivity and nonstoi-chiometry in doped Sr3Ti2O7." Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v. 19, pp. 737-740, 1999.

Prinn, R., et al. "Integrated Global System Model for climate policy assessment: feedbacks and sensitivity studies." Climatic Change, v. 41, no. 3/4, pp. 469-546, 1999.

Reagan, M., and J. Tester. Molecular Modeling of Dense Sodium Chloride-Water Solutions Near the Critical Point. Submitted to The Proceedings of the International Conference on the Properties of Water and Steam '99. 10 pages. August 1999. $10.00

Schmalensee, R., and T. Stoker. "Household gasoline demand in the United States." Econometrica, v. 67, no. 3, pp. 645-662, May 1999.

Scott, J., J. Marotzke, and P. Stone. "Interhemispheric thermohaline circulation in a coupled box model. " Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 29, no. 3, pp. 351-365, March 1999.

Sprague, J., and H. Tuller. "Mixed ionic and electronic conduction in Mn/Mo doped gadolinium titanate." Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v. 19, pp. 803-806, 1999.

Sun, X., Z. Zhang, G. Dresselhaus, M. Dresselhaus, J. Ying, and G. Chen. "Theoretical modeling of thermoelec-tricity in Bi nanowires." In Thermoelectric Materials--The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications, T. Tritt, H. Lyon, Jr., G. Mahan, and M. Kanatzidis, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, v. 545, pp. 87-92, 1999.

Tatsuro, T., S. Connors, and M. Kazimi. The Role of Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia. MIT Nuclear Engineering Department Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-017. June 1999. Limited copies available from Ms. Sonia White, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-209, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.

Tester, J., R. Danheiser, R. Weintstein, A. Renslo, J. Taylor, and J. Steinfeld. Supercritical Fluids as Solvent Replacements in Chemical Synthesis. Submitted to US Environmental Protection Agency for publication in American Chemical Society Symposium Series Green Chemistry. 31 pages. May 1999. $10.00

Tolsma, J., and P. Barton. "Efficient calculation of sparse Jacobians." SIAM Journal of Scientific Computation, v. 20, no. 6, pp. 2282-2296, 1999.

Valverde, L., Jr., H. Jacoby, and G. Kaufman. "Sequential climate decisions under uncertainty: an integrated framework." Environmental Modeling and Assessment, v. 4, pp. 87-101, 1999.

Wang, C., R. Prinn, and A. Sokolov. "A global interactive chemistry and climate model: formulation and testing." Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 103, no. D3, pp. 3399-3417, February 1998.

Wang, X., P. Stone, and J. Marotzke. "Global thermohaline circulation. Part I: Sensitivity to atmospheric moisture transport." Journal of Climate, v. 12, pp. 71-82, January 1999.

Wang, X., P. Stone, and J. Marotzke. "Global thermohaline circulation. Part II: Sensitivity with interactive atmospheric transports." Journal of Climate, v. 12, pp. 83-91, January 1999.

Xiao, X., J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, A. McGuire, R. Prinn, C. Wang, P. Stone, and A. Sokolov. "Transient climate change and net ecosystem production of the terrestrial biosphere." Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 12, no. 2, pp. 345-360, June 1998.

Zhang, Z., M. Dresselhaus, and J. Ying. "Fabrication, characterization and electronic properties of bismuth nanowire systems." In Thermoelectric Materials--The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications, T. Tritt, H. Lyon, Jr., G. Mahan, and M. Kanatzidis, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, v. 545, pp. 351-356, 1999.

Zhang, L., D. Gekhtman, M. Dresselhaus, and J. Ying. "Processing and characterization of single-crystalline ultrafine bismuth nanowires." Chemistry of Materials, v. 11, no. 7, pp. 1659-1665, 1999.

Zhang, L., T. Sun, and J. Ying. "Oxidation catalysis over functionalized metallo-porphyrins fixated within ultralarge-pore transition metal-doped silicate supports." Chemical Communications, pp. 1103-1104, 1999.

Zhao, X., M. Driscoll, and M. Kazimi. "Rationale for reconsideration of the thorium cycle in light water reactors." ANS Transactions, pp. 43-44, June 1999.
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