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During Phase I, Management Sciences, Inc. (MSI) proved feasibility of adapting their current technology into a product capable of improving performance resulting in increased efficiency and extended life cycles of heat pumps. The resultant product is a tool named the Heat Pump Sentient (HP-Sentient). The HP-Sentient will improve performance and reduce maintenance costs through aggressive goal-seek ...

For advanced gas turbines where turbine inlet temperature reaches 2650F and beyond, the current state-of-the-art thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems are not adequate to provide the needed protection for the metallic components of the turbine engine. Thus there is a need to develop new chemistries for TBC systems, consisting of bond coat and top coat, with enhanced durability. We propose to modi ...

Statement of Problem to be Addressed (1-3 sentences): Advances in small satellite and sensor technology are revolutionizing the Earth observation industry, but the development of new raster processing tools to harness this growing stream of nearly real-time data has not kept pace. Storing and processing such data is currently cumbersome or even impossible for many individuals and organizations tha ...

Statement of the problem or situation that is being addressed. Chemical sensitive imaging of heterogeneous materials and biological cells requires a sensitive, high spatial resolution microscopy method based on vibrational resonances that is capable of performing in situ spectroscopy with both frequency and time resolution. Statement of how this problem or situation is being addressed. In this SBI ...

The proposed program will develop a novel non-thermal plasma-based reactor for converting relatively inexpensive natural gas methane) to higher value products. With our unique design, the reformate desired product) yields can be increased with minimal electrical power. As such, the proposed technology will further reduce the cost of fuel reforming and enable the technology to be more commercially ...

Innumerable technological advancements have been spurred by the unique and irreplaceable properties of the rare earth elements REE). This widespread application has made the REE absolute necessities for sustaining healthy technological, scientific, and economic growth. Rare earth elements are used in many industrial sectors, including green energy, aerospace, computing, lighting, automobile ...

As a new energy storage system that bridges the gap between conventional supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries, lithium-ion hybrid batteries LIHBs) are a promising candidate for applications which require a high energy density, high power density, and excellent durability, such as hybrid electric vehicles. Since they combine high energy density with high power density, there is no need for add ...

Gasification is an endothermic chemical process that converts carbonaceous materials, such as coal, into syngas, a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Syngas can be used downstream to generate power or converted into higher value added products, such as transportation fuels. However, inefficiencies in current reactor technologies, such as slugging and bypassing, can limit conversion. Solvi ...

Data collection from sensors at the National Ignition Facility and other inertial confinement fusion sites are often optically encoded to avoid electrical interference. Recording signals from these sensors requires demanding data collection capabilities. Sensor data has high bandwidth > 1THz); it must be collected from multiple sites around the target chamber for significant temporal durations a ...

Multipactor is an incessant problem that plagues numerous commercial and military systems, including satellites and particle accelerator components such as klystrons and free electron lasers FELs). Metallic surfaces within High Power Microwave HPM) devices are susceptible multipactor due to the high Secondary Electron Emission SEE) coefficient of internal surfaces. Current solutions, including tra ...