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75004B If hydrogen is to be used as an environmentally-friendly fuel, hydrogen production costs must be lowered and carbon dioxide, a by-product of hydrogen production, must be separated for sequestration. This project will develop a membrane process to recover hydrogen and separate carbon dioxide from steam-methane-reformer pressure-swing-absorption plants. The process should increase hydrogen ...

79629B Cutting-edge applications in high energy electron beam-based physics, such as linear colliders, x-ray free-electron lasers, inverse compton scattering sources, and plasma wakefield accelerators, require beams with sub-picosecond pulses. These beams must be precisely diagnosed to be used for such advanced applications. While methods for the production of such beams are well-developed, the ...

It is desirable to have small aperture for a user, but with better antenna gain toward GPS satellites and discrimination against jammers at low elevations. SDS proposes a methodology which will utilize multiple high gain spot beams from a non-planer array providing many AJ links simultaneously between GPS satellites and the user. The multi-beam antenna not only provides connectivity but also ensur ...

The objective of the proposed work is to demonstrate p-OLED displays with high brightness and contrast ratio that can operate under severe temperature and humidity environments present in naval aircraft. The program will fabricate p-OLEDs using Maxdem's new RGB electroluminescent polymers. These polymers enable the device to operate at up to 50% higher temperature and possess lifetime up to be 30% ...

We propose the development and application of novel MDO tools to the problem of hybrid propulsion system design for undersea vehicles. The project includes model integration as well as design and optimization of a hybrid propulsion system for a reference vehicle and reference mission.

Infinera and the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) will team up to create a 10 channel wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) analog transmission system capable of handling the RF systems requirements of naval aircraft. Infinera will develop an analog photonic integrated circuit (APIC) platform by incorporating a wide-bandwidth, high dynamic range analog modulator together with a tunable ligh ...

San Diego Research Center (SDRC) teamed with UCLA's Embedded Computing group will develop, validate, and demonstrate the feasibility of a magnetic-induction based wireless bridge for use in effectively communicating data through steel wall bulkheads located onboard naval combatants. In addition, we will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of a network architecture and management structure to ...

We propose to develop a compact, easily deployed (diver, small boat, helicopter) sensor system that transmits shallow-water (between the shoreline and about 15-m water depth) observations of waves, currents, water temperature, tides, and other parameters via satellite or cellular telephone to a receiving station on board a ship or on land. Consultation with Navy Special Forces will determine the o ...

Areté Associates and the Applied Research Laboratory of the Pennsylvania State University (ARL) are collaborating to develop a sensor/communications capability to aid the Navy gain much needed oceanographic data in denied areas. The plan is to design and demonstrate an expendable, in-situ sensor package that will measure several ocean parameters autonomously and covertly, record the data, and lat ...

Magnetic detection of submarines, mines and other objects of interest has continued to improve in both sensitivity of the sensors and reduction in the complexity and cost of sensor devices. Sensors alone, regardless of how far science is able to improve their abilities, will not solve the problem. The Navy will have to find processing solutions capable of quickly and cost-effectively highlightin ...