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To address the Chemical and Biological Defense programs (CBDs) need for medical countermeasures against mycotoxin intoxication, PhysicalOptics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Mycotoxin Neutralization Treatment (MyNT). This proposed solution is based on neutralizingmycotoxin from its deleterious effects by acting on multiple levels of mycotoxin metabolism through the novel combination o ...

This project proposes the development of advanced catalyst technology for ultra-deep hydro-desulfurization and cetane number improvement process for diesel fuel. The proposed process will enhance the cetane number to as high as 58, lower sulfur content and reduce the boiling end-point to obtain a higher-quality diesel fuel. In this project, Advanced Energy Materials, LLC (AdEM) proposes to demonst ...

The DOE High Energy Physics (HEP) program seeks to develop advanced accelerator technologies that reduce overall machine size and cost, and also to develop new concepts and capabilities that further scientific and commercial goals beyond HEP’s discovery science mission. Superconducting Radiofrequency ccelerators consume much less power than room temperature accelerators, so can one day replace ...

To produce biofuels, at competitive prices to fossil fuels, requires reliable and continuous solid biomass handling and feeding into pressurized reactors. Application of commercially available feeders is not reliable, due to lower density and more irregular configuration of raw biomass. Preprocessing to create a more uniform and consistent feed can help, but costs are high. New preprocessing metho ...

The majority of engines in the world operate at low load duty cycles, a prime example being the automobile engine. The majority of fuel is burned far from the best fuel consumption operating point. The method of control of the engine has a significant impact on the losses at part load. Control by throttling 1) creates pumping work loss, 1) reduces the peak pressure for the exhaust gas to expand fr ...

To minimize the impact of each distributed solar installation on the grid (and hence, to increase the use of solar everywhere), customers must be able to use a greater percentage of the energy generated by their own solar panels within their own building or facility. Currently, systems within commercial and industrial facilities are poorly adapted to this objective. PV production is often monitore ...

High-velocity high-density/mass plasma jets have important applications in magnetic fusion research for disruption mitigation, fueling, and driving plasma rotation. The essential potential of such a plasma jet as diagnostic probe for runaway electron (RE) beam-plasma interaction has been envisioned, but no suitable device has been developed and tested in a poof-of-principle experiment. Such a diag ...

The protection of Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDWs) is of primary concern for the safe and permanent sequestration of CO2 within geologic formations. A method is required to improve current capabilities for identifying potential wellbore leakage pathways for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). All injection wells and offset wellbores within the identified AoR should be tested to ve ...

Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies have been the primary contributors to the very substantial increase in natural gas and oil production from shale and tight sand formations in the US over recent years. With increased application of fracturing in horizontal wells, it is critical to better characterize and monitor “where the fractures go” both to optimize prod ...

Advances in silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs promise to revolutionize power electronics, including for transportation. Adoption of SiC power devices in electric vehicle drives is hindered by high cost and unproven reliability in vehicle applications. Statement of how this Problem or Situation is Being Addressed Fabrication of low on-resistance, high performance SiC DMOSFETs and monolithically integra ...