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THIS RESEARCH INVOLVES A NEW TYPE OF REFRIGERATION MACHINE THAT PROMISES HIGH COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE WITHOUT CONVENTIONAL CHLOROFLUOROCARBON (CFC) REFRIGERANTS OR ADDED MECHANICAL COMPLEXITY. THIS REVERSE-ERICSSON CYCLE MACHINE USES IN-CHARGE HEAT EXCHANGE TO CONTROL TEMPERATURES OF COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION. THIS PRINCIPLE IS PHYSICALLY REALIZED IN A NOVEL MANNER THAT PROVIDES A CLOSED SYSTEM ...

THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO PRODUCE A HIGH PERFORMANCE, LOW COST SEQUENCE ANALYSIS WORKSTATION THAT WILL ALLOW GENETIC RESEARCHERS TO PERFORM COMPLEX ANALYSES ON GENOME DATA. PHASE I STUDIES THE FEASIBILITY OF PROCESSING GENOME DATA AT THE WORKSTATION WITH AN ASSOCIATIVE COPROCESSOR. MANY OF THE ANALYSES OF DNA SEQUENCES REQUIREDBY MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST INVOLVE FINDING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN DIFFE ...

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FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS NEED RADICALLY IMPROVED BRAZED GRAPHITE-METAL JOINTS TO WITHSTAND A SEVERE PLASMA ENVIRONMENT. PRESENT BRAZING METHODS PRODUCE JOINTS THAT ARE NEITHER RELIABLY STRONG, COST-EFFECTIVE, VACUUM TIGHT, NOR THERMOMECHANICALLY SHOCK RESISTANT. THESE JOINTSLACK THE PROPER COMPOSITION PROFILES NEAR THE BONDING INTERFACES TO ABSORB AND WITHSTAND UNAVOIDABLE MISM ...

FOR MANY APPLICATIONS OF SOLVENT-FREE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES, SUCH AS PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS USING ANIONIC REDOX SYSTEMS, IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE ANIONIC MOBILITY, SINCE THE CATION DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES AT THE ELECTRODES, BUT DOES PROVIDE DELETERIOUS LOCAL CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS WHICH GENERATE OPPOSING VOLTAGES. THE RESULT IS REDUCED POWER OUTP ...

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THE PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO QUANTITATIVELY DEFINE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EACH OF THE KEY VARIABLES AND FLOW RATE TO THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF A HIGHLY BENEFICIATED PRODUCT COAL BY SELECTIVE AGGLOMERATION. COAL BENEFICIATION BY SELECTIVE AGGLOMERATION OF MOST RAW COALS HAS DEMONSTRATED THE REMOVAL OF OVER 95% OF THE MINERAL MATTER, INCLUDING PYRITIC SULFUR, WHILE RECOVERING VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE COAL ...

IN DEVELOPING COAL SLURRY FUELS TO REPLACE OIL AND GAS IN UTILITY AND INDUSTRIAL STEAM GENERATION AND IN DIESEL AND AND TURBINE ENGINES, COAL PURITY AND RHEOLOGICAL SPECIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN ATTAINED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE FUEL'S ENERGY VALUE. THE RESULT OF THIS CONCESSION IS THE DERATING OF BOILERS, REDUCTION IN EFFECTIVE STORAGE CAPACITY, AND REDUCED RANGES AND ADDED WEIGHT IN TRANSPORTATION APPLI ...