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72905-High speed networks will be required to deliver the large data volumes associated with DOE science experiments. Deployment scenarios for 10 Gb/s enterprise and access networks will require optical interfaces capable of spanning distances from 100 m to 10 km. Presently available 10 Gb/s optical front-ends are not generally applicable because they are either lacking in capability or are too ...

72216-This project will develop and demonstrate a seismic data processing technology that facilitates exploration in complex geologic areas, improves reservoir characterization for both oil and gas, increases the accuracy of estimating petrophysical attributes, and decreases the costs of exploratory drilling and failed secondary recovery injection projects. The approach will use both three-dimens ...

72494-This project will use microbiological bioconversion technology in situ to convert sequestered greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, into methane and other useful organic compounds. Indigenous anaerobic bacteria will be added to coal along with supplemental nutrients to stimulate bioconversion. In Phase I, a large number of coal samples were collected from coalbed ...

72494-This project will use microbiological bioconversion technology in situ to convert sequestered greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, into methane and other useful organic compounds. Indigenous anaerobic bacteria will be added to coal along with supplemental nutrients to stimulate bioconversion. In Phase I, a large number of coal samples were collected from coalbed ...

72593-Methane has a global warming potential 21 times greater than carbon dioxide and a much shorter half-life in the atmosphere. Therefore, on a ton-by-ton basis, technology that targets methane emissions would mitigate global warming at a faster rate than the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. Because methane recovery from coal mines and landfills is economically driven, and recovery proje ...

72593-Methane has a global warming potential 21 times greater than carbon dioxide and a much shorter half-life in the atmosphere. Therefore, on a ton-by-ton basis, technology that targets methane emissions would mitigate global warming at a faster rate than the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. Because methane recovery from coal mines and landfills is economically driven, and recovery proje ...

76059-There is a substantial amount of buried transuranic waste (TRU) and mixed low-level waste (MLLW) stored at DOE sites around the nation. Recent efforts to remediate this waste have been hindered by lack of exact knowledge of the details of where and which materials were buried in several of the locations. Because these materials are hazardous to humans, it would be desirable to locate them ...

76201-During the next decade, upgrades to the DOE¿s two leading particle accelerators, the Continuous Electron Beam Acceleration Facility and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), will lead to enormous increases in the rate at which data is produced. For example, at the RHIC, an anticipated increase in luminosity by a factor of about 40 will lead to a requirement to store 1000 events per s ...

75755-Scientific computations require large computer power provided by very expensive supercomputers. However, another way to achieve the required performance is to connect several commodity PCs in parallel. In order to provide the computational power required by the scientific and academic community, the connectivity mechanism must provide high performance at low cost. This project will utiliz ...

75990-Waste heat streams represent an enormous untapped energy resource. The smaller the quantity and temperature of the waste heat, the more difficult it is to convert it to power. Yet, the smaller waste heat streams are available in greatest number. This project will develop a new absorption cycle for converting low temperature (