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It is expected that advanced and additive manufacturing will substantially reduce deployment times of the Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Some estimates predict that deployment schedules could be accelerated by up to 6 months while reducing component fabrication costs by 20% or more through the adoption of advanced and additive manufacturing innovations. However, additive manufactured components are ...

This SBIR project proposes the development of advanced catalyst technology for ultra-deep hydrodesulfurization and cetane number improvement process for diesel fuel. In Phase I of this project, Advanced Energy Materials, LLC. (AdEM) utilized its core technology of metal oxide nanowires platform for catalyst design, and successfully demonstrated the high performance of the two proposed catalysts: ( ...

Geothermal heat pumps have the potential to significantly reduce residential and commercial energy usage for space heating, air conditioning, and hot water. The largest barrier to wider adoption of this technology is the high installation cost relative to conventional air conditioners, gas furnaces, and heat pumps. The high cost of geothermal heat pumps is due to the high cost of the ground loop a ...

Because investment in the United States power-grid infrastructure has not kept pace with increased energy demands, existing power lines must operate close to conservative safety limits. Advanced instrumentation can simultaneously improve efficiency and maintain reliability by enabling true dynamic rating, identifying grid operational instability, and improving operator response to contingencies. ...

Vegetated roof (ecoroofs) offer diverse benefits, including energy savings and stormwater runoff reductions. Installation of ecoroofs in both new and existing buildings has expanded significantly during the past five years, with several local jurisdictions providing incentives for their installation and the LEED green building rating system offering multiple credits for them. However, discussion ...

Vegetated roofs (ecoroofs) offer diverse benefits, including energy savings and stormwater runoff reductions. Installation of ecoroofs in both new and existing buildings has expanded significantly during the past 5 years, with several local jurisdictions providing incentives for their installation and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system offering multiple ...

Data-intensive scientific applications incline to high performance computing which is getting more and more widespread in supercomputing centers, research laboratories, and universities. DoE and many organizations need an automatic and adaptive network analysis tool for effective anomaly detection and localization in the high speed network. Currently approaches, Pythia, APD, etc., are unable to pr ...

UAV/UAS’s have become an essential tool for conducting damage assessments after a disaster, but limited bandwidth between the UAV/UAS and the ground prevent real time analysis and necessitates time consuming post processing. The ability to respond quickly is critical for providing a common operational picture. Other challenges such as the lack of power, communications, and too much data to ana ...

The goal of this Phase I project is to evaluate and demonstrate the feasibility of key innovations required to develop a scalable additive manufacturing technology for large area, multiple layer printed circuit boards based on our proprietary confined electro-plating 3D printer to fabricate high conductivity copper features at room temperature. The Phase I work plan includes the following objectiv ...

Separations often account for a majority of process costs. This is because all traditional separation processes have inherent weaknesses that prevent the system from achieving perfect (or even near perfect in many instances) selectivity. These weaknesses result in large recycle streams and require multiple separation units in concert in order to produce a product clean enough for use or sale. An a ...