A study of the relationship of geological formation to the NORM. Quarterly technical progress report, January 1, 1997--March 31, 1997

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) is a common and costly contaminant of produced waters associated with natural gas production and exploration. One way of combatting this problem is by identifying the problem beforehand. Our approach to this problem involves development of NORM prediction capabilities based on the geological environment. During the tenth quarter of this project, emphasis again remained on two major tasks; identifying new sampling sites and seeking approval for final project revisions. In light of the delays experienced, the project has been granted a one year extension, and a revision is currently under review

A study of the relationship of geological formation to the NORM. Quarterly technical progress report, April 1--June 30, 1995

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) is a common and costly contaminant of produced waters associated with natural gas production and exploration. One way of combating this problem is by identifying the problem beforehand. The approach to this problem involves development of NORM prediction capabilities based on the geological environment. During the third quarter of this project, emphasis was placed on three tasks; laboratory procedural development, continuance of preliminary geologic data acquisition, and the beginning of field testing of non-produced water sites. Laboratory procedures development included applications of pertinent EPA/Standard Methods, as well as continuing orientation with respect to radiation safety procedures and practices. In terms of progress on the geologic aspects of the project, compilation of relevant well data for the study area is in progress

A study of the relationship of geological formation to the norm. Quarterly technical progress report, July 1, 1995--September 30, 1995

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) is a common and costly contaminant of produced waters associated with natural gas production and exploration. One way of combating this problem is by identifying the problem beforehand. Our approach to this problem involves development of NORM prediction capabilities based on the geological environment. During the fourth quarter of this project, emphasis was placed on three major tasks; identifying new sampling sites, continuance of preliminary geologic data acquisition, and determining acceptable project revisions

Port and extension of processor for ASIC and FPGA

In this master thesis, the possibilities of customizing a low-cost microprocessor with the purpose of replacing an existing microprocessor solution are investigated. A brief survey of suitable processors is carried out wherein a replacement is chosen. The replacement processor is then analyzed and extended with accelerators in order to match set requirements. The result is a port of the processor Lattice Mico32 for the FPGA curcuit Xilinx Virtex-5 which replaces an earlier solution using Xilinx MicroBlaze. To reach the set requirements, accelerators for floating point arithmetics and FIR filtering have been developed. The toolchain for the processor has been modified to support the addition of accelerated floating point arithmetics. A final evaluation of the presented solution shows that it fulfills the set requirements and constitutes a functional replacement for the previous solution