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IN THE U.S. THERE ARE OVER 24,753 ACRES OF CONTAINER-GROWN NURSERY PLANTS. REPORTED ANNUAL RATES OF APPLICATION OF NITROGEN (N) FERTILIZER RANGE FROM 1036 TO 4730 POUNDS OF N PER ACRE. DETERMINATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF THE APPLIED NITROGEN SHOWS THAT ONLY 5-8% OF THE APPLIED NITROGEN IS INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANT. THE U.S. ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF 24,753 ACRES OF CONTAINER-GROWN WOODY NURSE ...

MORE COST EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS ARE NEEDED FOR RECOVERING VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS (VOCS) FROM INDUSTRIAL EXHAUSTGAS. THE PROPOSED APPROACH IS TO COOL THE GAS WELL BELOW THE DEW POINT OF THE VOCS. NORMALLY, ICE AND DIRT FORM ON THE CONDENSING SURFACE, REDUCING THE HEAT TRANSFER RATE, REQUIRING SHUT-DOWN AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. ENERGY INNOVATION, INC.'S, INNOVATION WILL ELIMINATE THESE REQUIRE ...

OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS, ENTECH HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE PRISMATIC COVER FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS. THE NEW CAST SILICONE COVER OPTICALLY ELIMINATES THE USUAL SHADOWING LOSS CAUSED BY METAL GRIDLINES ON THE ILLUMINATED CELL SURFACE, THEREBY BOOSTING CELL PERFORMANCE TO PREVIOUSLY UNATTAINABLE LEVELS. THE NEW COVER HAS BEEN USED TO SET TEN WORLD RECORDS FOR CELL PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING 31% IN NASA-LEWIS TE ...

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COMPOSITE LAMINATES MAY IMPROVE AEROSPACE STRUCTURES, IF THE COMPOSITES DON'T DELAMINATE. DELAMINATIONS RESULT IN UNPREDICATBLE STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS REDUCTIONS AND ARE DIFFICULT TO DETECT. THIS PROJECT PLACES TRIAXIAL ARRAYS OF OPTICAL GLASS FIBER IN LAMINATES. WHEN DELAMINATION OCCURS, THE OPTICAL FIBERS BREAK AND THE DELAMINATION CAN BE DETECTED BY SIMPLE OPTICAL INSPECTION. THE FIBERS ALSO RE ...

SCHMIDT INSTRUMENTS PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL TUNABLE PHOTODETECTOR BASED ON A DOUBLE BARRIER PHOTON ASSISTED RESONANT TUNNELING STRUCTURE. THE DEVICE CAN BE FABRICATED FROM A NUMBER OF SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS DEPENDING ON THE DETECTOR CHARACTERISTICS ONE DESIRES. FOR EXAMPLE, A DETECTOR BASED ON THE GAAS/ALGAAS SYSTEM WOULD BE CAPABLE OF DETECTING PHOTONS WITH ENERGIES THROUGHOUT THE INFRARED SPE ...

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MANUFACTURING REQUIRES REAL-TIME EVALUATION OF MATERIALS TO DETERMINE STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING INSPECTION FOR LATENT DEFECTS. CURRENT OFF-LINE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES UTILIZE SPECIAL FACILITIES AND INCREASE COSTS. THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS A MULTI-FUNCTION ROBOTIC SONOSCOPE (MFRS) FOR ON-LINE INSPECTION. MFRS IS A GENERAL PURPOSE NDE TOOL. IT USES A SCANNING LASER BEAM FOR INSPECTING SURFACE ANO ...