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THE CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA) AMENDMENTS OF 1990 DEFINED 189 INDIVIDUAL HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS THAT MUST BE MONITORED AND CONTROLLED. AT PRESENT, NO AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS FOR THE RELIABLE, REAL TIME ANALYSIS OF THE SEVERAL METALLIC SPECIES IDENTIFIED AS AIR TOXIC IN THIS REGULATION. THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REAL TIME TRACE ANALYSIS CAPABILITY COMPROMISES BOTH THE MONITORING AND THE CONTROL OF THIS CL ...

A COMBUSTION-DRIVEN MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD) ELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR COMBINED WITH A STEAM POWERPLANT OFFERS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN EFFICIENCY OVER THAT OF THE CONVENTIONAL STEAM POWERPLANT. THE MHD PROCESS, HOWEVER, PRODUCES AN AEROSOL THAT IS DIFFICULT TO COLLECT BECAUSE OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF VERY SMALL PARTICLES (LESS THAN 1 MICROMETER). THIS RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR LARGE AND EXPENSIVE ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE HAVING HIGH DEPTH AND LATERAL RESOLUTION, VERY HIGH SENSITIVITY AND SELECTIVITY, VERY HIGH (>10 X12) DYNAMIC RANGE, HIGH QUANTITATION ACCURACY, AND INDEPENDENCE FROM MATRIX EFFECTS ON SURFACES AND AT INTERFACES, IS CRITICAL IN MANY AREAS OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND OPTOELECTRONIC MATERIALS. ALL ...

THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER REQUIRES MINIMIZING THE EFFECTS OF PHOTO-STIMULATED DESORPTION (PSD) OF H2, CO, CO2, AND OTHER GASES FROM THE BEAM LINE THAT IS EXPOSED TO HIGH FLUXES OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION. THIS PROJECT ESTABLISHES THE METHODOLOGY FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS INVOLVED IN THE PSD PROCESS AT ROOM AND LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATU ...

FUSION REACTORS BASED ON THE MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT OF PLASMASWILL REQUIRE HIGH SPEED PUMPING OF HELIUM, DEUTERIUM, AND TRITIUM AT HIGH THROUGHPUT WHILE LIMITING THE INVENTORY OF TRITIUM IN THE PUMPS TO A LOW LEVEL. MINIMIZING THE TRITIUMINVENTORY OF A FUSION REACTOR IS VERY DESIRABLE BECAUSE IT IMPROVES THE PASSIVE SAFETY OF THE REACTOR. A COMPOUND CRYOPUMP WAS SELECTED BY THE INTERNAL THERMONUCLEA ...

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IMAGINE AN INTERNET SERVICE THAT RAPIDLY RETRIEVES EVERY LECTURE AND CONFERENCE OF A PARTICULAR PERSON BASED ON A SPEECH SAMPLE. IMAGINE AN INTERNET SERVICE THAT QUICKLY RETRIEVES ALL INFRARED AND SATELLITE IMAGES OF A CITY BASED ON AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH. ALSO, IMAGINE SEARCHING GIGABYTES OF UNSTRUCTURED TEXT IN SECONDS ON A 386-BASED MICROCOMPUTER. DEVELOSOFT CORPORATION PROPOSES TO INCORPORATE A ...

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THIS PROJECT IS DEVELOPING A NEW MULTISENSING GAS FLOW METER THAT CAN ACCURATELY MEASURE THE MASS FLOW RATE, PRESSURE, DENSITY, TEMPERATURE, AND VISCOSITY OF ANY GAS IN A PIPELINE. ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE TAKEN FROM A SINGLE RUGGED NONINTRUSIVE AND SIMPLE DEVICE THAT USES A UNIQUE METHOD TO CREATE AND UTILIZE CORIOLIS FORCES TO DIRECTLY MEASURE THE MASS FLOW RATE OF ANY GAS MOVING IN A PIPELINE. BY V ...

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