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A HYBRID POWER PLANT, CONSISTING OF A DIESEL GENERATOR, A BATTERY FOR ENERGY STORAGE, A PHOTO-VOLTAIC ARRAY OR OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE, AND AN INVERTER/BATTERY CHARGER, WILL BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE BOTH WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPING WORLD WHERE RURAL AREAS ARE STARVING FOR QUALITY POWER. AT PRESENT DIESEL GENERATORS RUN CONTINUOUSLY; THE NEW HYBR ...

Standard Digital CMOS silicon circuits will have high quality Thin Film emitters, and modulators integrated on to the silicon using epitaxial liftoff and results in low cost opto-electronics in the near future. ABJ Integration is a leader in the field and proposes to design an optimized FPA readout system using this technology. Both emitters and modulators as signal sources will be investigated.

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The extension of classical frequency domain and wavelet transformation adaptive subband decompositions result in arbitrary time frequency til. The use of a time-varying tree-structured filterbank is proposed to provide a signal dependent transform which is capable of tracking non-stationarities via local reconfigurations. Under stationary assemptions, the filterbank converges to a unitary operat ...

This proposal is focused at testing a new family of intermetallic materials for superior wear resistance in automotive applications due to the self-lubricating potential of the base material at a significant reduction in operating cost and capital investment. The proposed materials are produced by a new technique resulting in uniquely superior properties. Due to the ultrafine microstructure resu ...

Diabetes is widely recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability. Medical complicdiabetes can cause blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, nerve damage, and amputations.and Complications Trial researched the effect of intensive treatment on insulin dependent diabetics.that intensive treatment significantly reduces the number of complications that diabetics suffer. Thro ...

Reliability and performance are critical characteristics of the Army's avionics systems. These systems must meet stringent requirements in the areas of: (1) dispatchability, or operational readiness to support missions; (2) dependability, or the ability to perform critical functions correctly during the duration of the mission; and (3) responsiveness, or the ability to deliver computing services a ...

A NOVEL METHOD, SUPERSONIC VIRAL IMPACTION, IS BEING INVESTIGATED TO SEPARATE AND COLLECT FINE, SOLID PARTICLES FROM GASES. THE MAIN ADVANTAGES OF THE METHOD ARE: SEPARATION OF PARTICLES FROM HOT, CHEMICALLY AGGRESSIVE, CONDENSIBLE CARRYING GASES WHILE PRESERVING THE PARTICLES FROM CONTAMINATION BY THE CARRYING GAS; REDUCTION IN SIZE AND COMPLEXITY COMPARED TO COMPETING SEPARATION TECHNIQUES SUCH ...

The excitation of structural vibrations by turbulent boundary layer surface pressure fluctuations is an important problem in underwater acoustics. A capability for accurately characterizing these fluctuations, especially the low wavenumber components of the spectrum, is needed to determine the effect of the pressure fluctuations on the excitation of structural vibrations. This capability may also ...

THE OBJECT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MINIATURE HYDROGEN GENERATOR FOR SMALL PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELLS. ENERGY DENSITY OF THIS RECHARGEABLE POWER SOURCE IS 6 TO 8 TIMES HIGHER THAN THAT OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES. THE HYDROGEN GENERATOR IS THE KEY FOR UTILIZING THE LONG LIFE PEM FUEL CELL IN EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (EVAD) AND OTHER MAN-PORTABLE APPLICATIONS WITH COMPARATIVEL ...