skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Phase 3 Final Topical Report for the Remote Operated Vehicle with C02 Blasting (ROVCO2)

Abstract

This report documents the third and final phase of the Remote Operated Vehicle with CO2 Blasting (ROVCO2) Program. The Program=s goal is to develop and demonstrate a tool to improve the productivity of concrete floor decontamination. In Phase 3 of the ROVCO2 program, the workhead and the COYOTEE end-effector were redesigned, and effectiveness and productivity tests were performed. This report documents the development activities. The results show that the ROVCO2 system is an efficient decontamination tool, but with relatively slow production rates.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, WV, and Pittsburgh, PA
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1967
Report Number(s):
DE-AC21-93MC30165-01
ON: DE00001967
DOE Contract Number:
AC21-93MC30165
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; Carbon Dioxide; Decontamination; Concretes

Citation Formats

None. Phase 3 Final Topical Report for the Remote Operated Vehicle with C02 Blasting (ROVCO2). United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/1967.
Copy to clipboard
None. Phase 3 Final Topical Report for the Remote Operated Vehicle with C02 Blasting (ROVCO2). United States. doi:10.2172/1967.
Copy to clipboard
None. Tue . "Phase 3 Final Topical Report for the Remote Operated Vehicle with C02 Blasting (ROVCO2)". United States. doi:10.2172/1967. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1967.
Copy to clipboard
@article{osti_1967,
title = {Phase 3 Final Topical Report for the Remote Operated Vehicle with C02 Blasting (ROVCO2)},
author = {None},
abstractNote = {This report documents the third and final phase of the Remote Operated Vehicle with CO2 Blasting (ROVCO2) Program. The Program=s goal is to develop and demonstrate a tool to improve the productivity of concrete floor decontamination. In Phase 3 of the ROVCO2 program, the workhead and the COYOTEE end-effector were redesigned, and effectiveness and productivity tests were performed. This report documents the development activities. The results show that the ROVCO2 system is an efficient decontamination tool, but with relatively slow production rates.},
doi = {10.2172/1967},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 1998},
month = {Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 1998}
}
Copy to clipboard
Technical Report:
View Technical Report (0.35 MB)
DOI:  10.2172/1967
Save / Share:
Export Metadata
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.

  • This report documents the first phase of the Remote Operated Vehicle with CO{sub 2} Blasting (ROVCO{sub 2}) Program. The ROVCO{sub 2} Program`s goal is to develop and demonstrate a tool to improve the productivity of concrete floor decontamination. The first phase adapted and tested the critical subsystems: the CO{sub 2} blasting, the workhead manipulation, the controls, and the base vehicle. The testing documented the performance of the subsystems and preformed a concept demonstration of the integrated ROVCO{sub 2} system. This testing and demonstration verified that the ROVCO{sub 2} development exceeded it Phase 1 success criteria.

  • This report documents the second phase of the Remote Operated Vehicle with CO{sub 2} Blasting (ROVCO{sub 2}) Program. The ROVCO{sub 2} Program`s goal is to develop and demonstrate a tool to improve the productivity of concrete floor decontamination. The second phase integrated non-developmental subsystems on to the ROVCO{sub 2} system and performed quantitative decontamination effectiveness, productivity, and reliability testings. The report documents these development activities and the analysis of cost and performance. The results show that the ROVCO{sub 2} system is an efficient decontamination tool.

  • ; ; ; ...

  • ;
    A computer program was written to simulate ground vibrations induced by multiple-hole surface blasts. The program is an inexpensive and relatively easy to use tool for predicting the principal blast vibration characteristics that determine damage and annoyance potential: peak particle velocity, frequency content, and pulse duration. The program generates a complete ground motion history by superposing, at any surface position, the vibrations induced by each individual explosive charge. It requires specification of and allows accounting for the blast geometry, initiation sequence (including random delays), position with respect to blast, pulse characteristics induced by each charge, and propagation laws. A methodologymore » is outlined to determine the necessary variables either on the basis of site investigations (velocity, attenuation, pulse), or by backcalculation from measured blast vibration records. The latter procedure was applied to blasts from two coal strip mines. It was determined that the main difficulties are backcalculating individual pulses, propagation (especially dispersion) parameters, and delays. It was shown that a normal distribution of delays influences the results and the response of a single degree of freedom structure significantly.« less

  • This report describes work relating to Phases 2 and 3 development and testing of an ac powertrain for a 25 hp four-passenger electric vehicle. The system, which consists of a two-speed automatic mechanical transaxle, 18.6 kW ac induction traction motor, 33.6 kW inverter and overall logic controller, was installed and evaluated in a converted Mercury Lynx rolling test bed vehicle. An on-board charger and an auxiliary dc-to-dc converter were integrated into the inverter/controller package.