Fridav. October 26.1979
University Daily Kansan
Energy safety aim of KU study
By TED LICKTEIG Staff Reporter
High-temperature experiments being conducted in Malott Hall with materials used in generating electricity in nuclear and hydroelectric plants someday may improve the capacity of energy production, Charles Gilles, professor of chemistry, said yesterday.
"Someone might combine the results of our experiments with other research and develop safer means of producing energy," he said.
Gilles said he used material similar to
that used to contain fuel rods in nuclear plants and to house generators at both nuclear and hydroelectric plants.
He said his research also could apply to other forms of generating electricity, such as solar systems or oil-powered generators.
He said that he could produce temperatures of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit using a spectrometer, a furnace-like machine equipped with gauges.
Gilles said that by observing the chemical make-up of the materials, mainly steel alloys, he could determine their strength and endurance under those conditions.
"There are problems in all energy conversion devices," he said. "We are observing simple chemical systems of the alloys. That may give insight to major difficulties."
He said the main difficulties were the release of sulfur dioxide in coal-powered plants, cracking of ceramics, containment of nuclear fuel cells, solar panels used in the production of solar energy and problems associated with magnets at hydroelectric plants.
--government more than 100 years to buy the land, he said, but the park service would not wait for the land to come onto the market place.
He explained that to test a material, he took a sample, heated it and then observed the chemical structure of the material and the vapors released from it.
"THE RANCH families have been grazing the land and making a living off of it for many generations."
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In Butler County, grassland is selling for about $400 an acre, according to Vigil Bibby, county agricultural agent. He said land usually had no reason to sell.
Perhaps the toughest opposition Winn will face concerning the bill will be from Rep. Robert Whitaker, R-Kan., a member of the House Interior Committee.
Gilles said he had received $25,000 this year from the Solar Research Institute, an agency of the Department of Energy, and a smaller amount from the University.
Gilles said the experiments were done with a retrieval program that computers and readout screen.
Much of the land proposed for the park is in Whittaker's 5th Congressional District, and has said the land should be left in the ranchers' care.
Steve Lotterer, Whittaker's press secretary, said that during the past 10 years, 700,000 acres of land in Kansas had been returned to grazing.
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IN THE PAST 50 years, about 3.1 million acres have been returned to grazing, he said.
Lotterer said that more than 80 percent of those polled in the 5th District showed "overwhelming opposition" to the proposed tallgrass park.
A "checkboard effect" would result, he said, meaning the government would buy patches of land and then acquire land in between through imminent domain.
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Winn's bill states that the purpose of the park would be "to protect the tallgrass prairie ecosystem and natural prairie landscapes."
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"If people fly over or drive along the main roads, they can see that the land has been turned over and cultivated." Winn sai.'
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HOWEVER, Bibly said, "I've been in this area for seven years and I've seen very little land being plowed under. Most of the crops that area is borderline for crop production."
Under Winn's bill, it would take the
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Maley agreed that most grassland was not suitable for growing crops.
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For example, land that was designated as park area would be protected from "intrusions" such as high-rises or manufactures that might be constructed in the future.
Maley said farmers and ranchers were protecting the grasslands now.
"Ranchers are experts in agriculture," he said. "Most of the landowners in this county are trained college graduates in aerospace."
"The native grassland areas are not conducive to moving because they are very shallow and rocks are within two to six inches" he said. "The only crop is native erase."
Much of Wim's bill was drafted by Larry Wagner, a lawyer from Kansas City, Kan. He said the purpose of the bill was to protect the land from 'long-range intrusions."
"The informed, the unknowing people who may be experts in their own areas but are not agronomists—they're the ones who think a park is essential."
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All county agents contacted said most of the land was used for zrinze.
"The land is in good hands now."
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