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By RUTH M. DALY
Battalion Reporter
Researchers at Texas A&M University are ex
perimenting with electrochemistry to overcome
he biggest problem scientists have confronted in
sing seawater as an energy source.
An electric current injected into the seawater
ceeps bacteria from depositing on power plant
, lipes. Bacteria deposits in the past have been the
nmendati eason seawater hasn’t been used as a source of
'et at thf >nergy.
The bacteria deposits block the movement of
lot gas which is needed to provide the energy,
aid Dr. Hari Dhar, research assistant.
Dhar said the primary purpose of using elec-
hcity is to generate a toxic on the pipe surface so
e bacteria won’t collect. Electricity is not used
:o kill the bacteria, he said, but if the bacteria
does settle on the poisonous surface, it will die.
Seawater, which is warm on the surface, is
)erson, »i passed through the boiler at a power plant where
dns toki the water is heated. This heating process causes
scencewi some gases to escape from the water, Dhar said.
The gases then turn the turbine at the plant,
providing power.
When bacteria collects on the pipes, it doesn’t
let the gases escape from the water, making the
that Reais power plant ineffective, he said.
Research at the University has utilized low-
voltage currents, whereas similar research has
used high-voltage currents in the water, Dhar
said.
Low voltage is better than high voltage, Dhar
said, because high voltage causes calcium carbon
ate deposits on tbe pipes, which hinder the power
supply in the same way the bacteria does.
Dr. John Bockris, leader of the research group,
said more than $150,000 from the Texas A&M Sea
Grant Program and the Department of the In
terior has been used to fund the research, which
beg&n in October 1979.
Dhar said the research has been conducted on a
small scale so far. But within the next six months,
he said, research can be conducted on a larger,
more realistic scale.
Currently, the researchers — who also include
Elizabeth Yancey, David Howell and Dr. Don
Lewis — are studying the idea of current, Dhar
said, to find the best combination of voltage and
intervals between electric pulses. The best vol
tage will generate the optimum amount of toxic,
and the best interval will use the minimum
amount of electricity.
Within the next year, Dhar said, “mini-plants”
can be set up to test results of the research under
realistic conditions.
When the technique is perfected, seawater can
be used in an ocean environment, or at any other
power plant where bacteria deposits are a
problem.
Council raises utility deposits
By BELINDA McCOY
Battalion Stall
Anyone moving into College
Station from now on will have to
pay more money to get his elec
tricity and water turned on than
any of his neighbors probably had
to pay.
The College Station City Coun
cil Thursday night approved an
ordinance revising city utility de
posits.
Electricity deposits will be
raised from $60 to $105, and water
deposits will be raised from $10 to
$30, the ordinance says.
The city now fails to collect ab
out 18% of its utility bills over $70,
City Secretary Glenn Schroeder
explained later.
Since the deposits are used to
cover bills not collected, the high
er deposits will lower the p
tage of bills never collected
Schroeder said.
The council passed a resolution
renaming the portion of Kyle
Street which recently underwent
major improvements and now
connects Jersey Street to Puryear
Drive. The new portion will be
called Jersey East Street.
The new street name will mean
address changes for residents in
ercen-
to5%.
Tanglewood Apartments and the
Culpepper Companies, said City
Engineer Elrey Ash.
“Those affected by the address
change will be notified in the near
future,” Ash said.
The council agreed to transfer
$5,168 from city salary accounts to
pay for the printing of brochures
that were used to explain capital
improvements propositions in a
recent bond election.
City Manager North Bardell
discussed with the council
changes in charges for city garbage
collection.
The changes being considered
will raise the monthly garbage col
lection charge levied by the city
from $3.50 to $4.00 for single- or
multi-family households. Charges
to businesses would also be raised,
on a proportion basis, depending
on the size of the garbage contain
ers. The number of garbage pick
ups being proposed could change
from 22 per month to 26 per
month, Bardell said.
Factors affecting the increase in
charges include the building of a
new landfill site for $240,000 and
the purchase of new equipment
such as a dragline for $185,000,
Bardell said.
The city staff is still working on
the proposed changes, he said, changes to the council in two to
and will officially present the four weeks.
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medical student, ask them for sup
port in “The Eyes of Texas,” an
organ-donation program being
sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega
and Student Government in asso
ciation with the Living Bank in
Houston. The registration drive
will be held April 20-24 with a goal
of 10,000 persons donating.
Sicilo said the program has the
approval of George Bush as well as
the endorsement of most reli
gions.
“A&M donates more blood
than any university in the nation, ”
Sicilo said. “Why not carry that
one step further?”
He said that if the program
meets with the approval of stu
dents, this will be the first time a
campus-wide organ drive has
been sponsored.
“I’d like to see Aggies get na
tional acclaim for something that is
truly exceptional, Sicilo said.
In other action, openings for di
rectorships were announced for
the following areas: external
affairs, facility operations, public
relations, programming and pro
jects.
Also, reports were given on
Almost Anything Goes, Casino,
the National RHA Convention
and Parents’ Day.
ethloff named new
istory dep t head
Dr. Henry C. Dethloff, a specialist in American economic and
ricultural history, has been named head of the Texas A&M Depart
ment of History, effective Sept. 1.
I Dethloff has served as interim department head since last Sent. 1
FS£USlfien he replaced Dr. Keith L. Bryant, who was named dean of the
pollege of Liberal Arts.
L Hans are underway, Dethloff said, for a master’s degree in history
oy the wjth a !j us j ness opportunity minor which will create new job opportu-
your Ma'-nities for liberal arts graduates.
ned the v f New faculty members are being sought with specialities in naval
of the pre®story, Indian and Texas history, the history of technology and busi-
unidenl tS ® ess history, he said.
>ut the #1 Dethloff, a native of Louisiana, earned his bachelor’s degree in
at he (M e H aw at the University of Texas at Austin in 1956. He received a
, gj^fi per’s in history from Northwestern State University and a docto-
5 ' r , r ‘ n history from the University of Missouri.
' He taught at the University of Southwestern Louisiana from 1962
student ^ com j n g { 0 x exas A&M in 1969.
ou guf Among his publications are “The Centennial History of Texas A&M
lanimou-' niversity” and “The Pictorial History of Texas A&M University,” as
isly inju 1 ' kll as “Americans and Free Enterprise” published in 1979.
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By BERNIE FETTE
Battalion Staff
Members of the Residence
11s Association gave their stamp
ipproval Thursday to a restruc-
ing of the existing judicial
irds system.
The proposal, which would be
iluated after a one-year trial
riod, calls for the consolidation
individual judicial boards into
reral sub-area boards.
Tom Murray, chairman of the
licial Board Committee, said
; main need for the restructur-
' is to remedy the problem of
insistency of separate boards.
RHA Adviser Nolen Mears
ed better training, supervision
d consistency as advantages to
ienew plan.
Most of the discussion among
lembers centered around the
Jea that with the existing judicial
ipards, violators frequently have
Hends on the board, while under
he sub-area boards there would
end to be less familiarity.
’Most members agreed that
fflder the revised structure there
) buld be more consistency and
^ erefore more fairness in the de
sms.
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