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Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air polutants (HAPS are a serioud environmental issue. These pollutants are requlated to protect human health and encourage the development of better control technologies. Current technologies to control thses emissions, until better materials are developed, include destructive and/or recovery-based technologies. Implementation of ads ...

BASIC BIO SYSTEMS, INC., PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE A NOVEL APPROACH TO OIL SPILL CLEANUP UTILIZING A NATURAL, OAT-DERIVED DISPERSANT. PROTEINACEOUS OAT FRACTIONS DEVELOPED BY BASIC BIO SYSTEMS, INC. HAVE THE ABILITY TO ABSORB SEVERAL TIMES THEIR WEIGHT OF A WIDE RANGE OF COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING HYDROPHOBIC MATERIALS SUCH AS OILS. INADDITION, THESE FRACTIONS CAN FUNCTION AS EFFECTIVE EMULSIFIERS, FORMIN ...

THIS PHASE I SBIR PROGRAM PROPOSES TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY (DR), LAMINOGRAPHY, AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) TO EXAMINE LAMINAR BONDS IN COMPOSITE SAMPLES SUPPLIED BY THE ARMY. THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE DISCRETE, SOLID-STATE X-RAY DETECTORS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY BIO-IMAGING RESEARCH, INC. THE PHASE I PROGRAM WILL ALSO RECOMMEND A PRELIMINARY DESIGN F ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AND VERIFY IN THIS PHASE I PROGRAM A TECHNIQUE THAT WILL ACCURATELY AND REPEATABLY MEASURE SURFACE PROFILES AND DISTANCES BETWEEN A TEST OBJECT AND DETECTORS USING THE SHEARING HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY TECHNIQUE. THE TECHNIQUE IS BASED ON SHEARING HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY WITH A FREQUENCY MODULATED LASER DIODE USING THE FOUR-BUCKET-INTEGRATING TECHNIQUE. IT CAN BE USED TO D ...

THE ABANDONED BERKELEY PIT COPPER MINE SITE IN BUTTE, MONTANA, IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE BUTTE SILVERBOW CREEK SUPERFUND SITE. IT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL BILLION GALLONS OF ACID (PH 2-3) MINE DRAINAGE THAT IS CONTAMINATED WITH TOXIC LEVELS OF A VARIETY OF HEAVY METALS, ARSENIC, AND SULFURIC ACID. THE FLOW OF CONTAMINATED WATER INTO THE PIT IS ABOUT 7 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. CHROMATOCHEM, INC., AND ...

WITH INCREASING WAVEFORM COMPLEXITY AND EMITTER DENSITY IN THE TACTICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL ENVIRONMENT, THE JOB OF INTERCEPTING AND IDENTIFYING POTENTIALLY THREATS HAS OVERWHELMED THE CAPABILITIES OF CONVENTIONAL ESM RECEIVERS. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROGRAM TO STUDY THE APPLICATION OF ACOUSTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT (ACT) TECHNOLOGY TO ADVANCED ESM RECEIVER ARCHITECTURES. ACT IS AN EMERGING TECH ...

THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE SCALE SOIL LABORATORY FACILITY CAPABLE OF IMPOSING AXISYMMETRIC STRESSES UP TO 1,000 PSI ON CYLINDRICAL SOIL SPECIMENS AS LARGE AS THREE METERS IN DIAMETER IS PROPOSED. THE OPTION OF PHASED CONSTRUCTION OF A 1-1/2 METER DIAMETER, FOLLOWED BY CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE METER DIAMETER FACILITY IS OFFERED. THE DESIGN WILL INCLUDE ALL ANCILLARY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO ...

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CURRENTLY A PRIMARY DRAWBACK OF FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS FOR MILITARY USE IS THE DIFFICULTY OF REPAIRING AND SERVICING THESE SYSTEMS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR RAPID, RELIABLE FIELD REPAIR OF FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS AND CABLES, TO PUT MAINTENANCE OF THESE SYSTEMS ON PAR WITH COPPER WIRE INTERCONNECTIONS.TECHNIQUES FOR RELIABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE TERMINATION OF GLASS F ...