SS emi-Annual Report July - December Our research goes to work . Table of Contents NRRI Semi Annual Report July - December 2010 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 1-8 CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 9-85 Forest Products Creation of Energy Efficient Inorganic-Bonded Structural Insulated Panels ................................................................... 10 Development of a Solar Decathlon .................................................................................................................................. 11 Devil’s Track General Store NRRI Product Development Fund ..................................................................................... 12 Epicurean Cutting Surfaces .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Evaluation and Demonstration of Nondestructive Assessment Technologies for Sorting Eastern Hardwoods ............... 14 Gypsum Residual Beneficial Use ..................................................................................................................................... 15 House3: FEMA-Housing Assessment Tool Demonstration ............................................................................................. 16 Integrated Acoustic Assessment Technologies for Optimal Wood Products and Wood Biomass Utilization ................. 17 Iron Phosphate Bonded OSB ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Mat Inc. - NRRI Product Development Fund .................................................................................................................. 19 Nondestructive Assessment of Advanced Composite Material ........................................................................................ 20 Phosphate Bonded Fiber and Waste Residual Composites for Applied Commercialization............................................ 21 Thermally-Modified Eastern Hardwoods as High-Tech Fenestration and Exterior Shuttering ....................................... 22 Total Productive Maintenance for the Wood Products Industry ...................................................................................... 23 Use of Laser Scanning Technology to Obtain As-Built Records of Historic Covered Bridges ....................................... 24 Wood Utilization Options for Urban Trees Infested by Invasive Species ........................................................................ 25 Wood Utilization Research .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Wood Utilization Research 2009 ..................................................................................................................................... 27 Forestry Assessment of Biomass Sources for Energy in Northern Minnesota for the Laurentian Energy Project ......................... 28 Indirect Liquefaction of Wood Waste for Remote Power Generation Fuel ..................................................................... 29 Minnesota Forest Productivity Research Cooperative ................................................................................................30-31 Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership-Poplar ............................................................................................................. 32 Biotechnology Initiative Prairie Grass Characterization .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Torrefied Biomass as a Partial Replacement Fuel for Taconite Induration ...................................................................... 34 Energy Minnesota`s Geothermal Energy Production ................................................................................................................... 35 Polymetallic Gas to Liquid Catalysts ............................................................................................................................... 36 Environmental Chemical Distribution of Mercury During the Processing of Copper-Nickel Ores .......................................................................... 37 Full Scale Mercury Sorbent Testing at Boswell ............................................................................................................... 38 Investigation of Mercury Vaporization During Induration and Removal of Mercury from Scrubber Solids .................. 39 Mercury Reduction Tests - Bench/Pilot Scale - Western Lake Superior Sanitary District .............................................. 40 Slip Stream Pilot Plant for Testing Mercury Removal Methods for Taconite Flue Gases ............................................... 41 Minerals, Ferrous Closing the Loop on Filter Cake Moisture Analysis and Control .................................................................................... 42 Coleraine Lab Standards .................................................................................................................................................. 43 Continuation of the Concentrator Modeling Center at CMRL ......................................................................................... 44 Converting Mining Waste Rock to Passive Solar Tiles.................................................................................................... 45 Development of Engineered Tiles with Radiation Absorbing Properties from Taconite Raw Materials ......................... 46 Effect of Fluorine and Chlorine on Fired Pellet Metallurgical Properties ........................................................................ 47 Effect of Preheat Burners on a Straight Grate Induration Furnace ................................................................................... 48 Environmental Taconite Particulate Project-Mesothelioma ............................................................................................. 49 Geological Resources of Ox Tac Ore in the Vicinity of the Canisteo, Hunner, King, Jennison, Buckeye, Jessie 1 and 2, and West Hill Mines: A Continuing Evaluation of Ox Tac Resources in Itasca County ................................................. 50 Grant Writing and Grant Search for Minnesota Taconite Operations, State and Federal Department of Energy ............ 51 Hydroseparator Modeling ................................................................................................................................................ 52 Influence of High Intensity Mixing on Green Ball and Fired Pellet Properties ............................................................... 53 Investigate Ideas for Further Processing of Taconite Coarse Tailings at the Plant Before Haulage and Stockpiling ...... 54 Metallized Iron Nodule Production .................................................................................................................................. 55 Modification of the NRRI Pellet Fines Removal System to Provide More Durable Wear Parts to Improve the Physical Availability of the Unit to Minnesota Taconite Operations ............................................................................................. 56 Paired Straight Hearth Furnace Simulation ...................................................................................................................... 57 Performance of Taconite Aggregates in Thin Lift HMA ................................................................................................. 58 Shallow vs. Deep Bed Sinter Quality Comparison ........................................................................................................... 59 Sinter Mix Permeability Test ........................................................................................................................................... 60 Solid Fuel - Oxygen Fired Combustion for Production of Nodular Reduced Iron to Reduce CO2 Emissions and Improve Energy Efficiencies ............................................................................................................................................ 61 Straight Grate Model ........................................................................................................................................................ 62 Systematic Survey & Characterization of Amphibole ..................................................................................................... 63 Taconite Industry Products and By-products: An Investigation of Alternative Uses and Their Economic Potential ...... 64 Up-Grade CFD Cooler Models for Grate-Kiln Systems, and Perform Cooler Evaluation of Cooler Speed/Bed Depth on Process Energy Recovery ................................................................................................................................................. 65 Utility of Taconite Materials as Road Patch for Highway Construction .......................................................................... 66 Minerals, Industrial Comparative Performance Study of Chip Seal & Bonded Wear Course Systems Applied to Bridge Decks ................... 67 Taconite Enhanced Pothole Repair Using Portable Microwave Technology