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C47-22a-271388Current manufacturing of ethylene via ethane steam reforming comes with significant energy and carbon emissions costs. A route to low carbon ethylene will have a meaningful impact as ethylene production is the largest world-wide and US chemical process in terms of production volumes, energy consumed, and carbon emitted. This project fits well within an overall strategy for decarboniz ...

We propose simulating and constructing a prototype and demonstration brassboard of a Secondary Emission Sensor Module (SESM) for ionizing radiation, as a proof of principle and guide to Phase II and beyond. The simulation and design studies will guide module construction and point to future uses. The module is anticipated to have ~30 stages of sheet dynode with an areal size ~15x15 cm. It will be ...

Hydroelectric power is the world’s largest source of renewable energy. These massive systems are designed for a 50+ year service life, but this can be shortened substantially by poor water quality and the presence of flowing debris, sediment, minerals, and micro- and macro-organisms. Biofouling (especially from invasive species), corrosion, and erosion (wear) of critical components can limit per ...

The US Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development agency has an objective to reduce reliance on high-activity commercial and industrial radioactive sources used in calibration systems. One approach to achieve this goal is by use of novel electron accelerators to produce x-rays that can reach the needed gamma-ray dose rate, repeatability, and stability for calibration, while reducing ...

Statement of the Problem: In a reactor environment, plasma material interaction (PMI) issues associated with radio frequency (RF) coupling structures are similar to those for the first wall and have been identified as a potential problem. A primary challenge is to obtain high power, breakdown resistant density couplers with low loss compatible with fusion plasmas. Advanced manufacturing techniques ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of airborne pathogens and their role in transmitting infection throughout the population. The threat of airborne pathogens extends beyond SARS-CoV-2. Diseases caused by airborne viruses (Influenza), bacteria (Legionnaires’ disease and Tuberculosis), and fungi (aspergillosis) are also prevalent, with Influenza estimated to cause 200,000–500,000 wor ...

C56-26e-273790The proposed SBIR phase I project aims to develop a new class of low cost nanoarray based monolithic contaminant filter for Clean Hydrogen Production and Separation from Coal Waste, Biomass, MSW and Plastics produced syngas. It is anticipated that the contaminant filter can capture > 95 % of the heavy metal particulate matter (PM) with submicron size and remove > 95 % of NH3 in the s ...

C56-10c-273795The proposed SBIR phase I project aims to develop an energy-efficient and sustainable bifunctional nanoarray-based catalyst system that coherently integrates syngas-to-wax hydrocarbons and wax hydrocarbons-to-diesel fuel conversions in a tandem one-step catalytic process for biomass-derived syngas conversion into drop-in transportation hydrocarbons with low aromatic, oxygen, sulfur a ...

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Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes a process-intensified water-gas-shift/metallic-based membrane- reactor (WGS-MR) for modular H2 production from multi-feedstock gasification. This integrated-process concept offers enhanced performance as well as capital, energy, and cost savings. PCI’s WGS-MR produces high purity H2 from gasified coal/biomass blends or reformed natural gas and allows for ...