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The technology development for the supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power plant is well underway, and the first pilot plants are now under construction. The new pilot plants are sized for a 10 MW net power output; a good size to gain valuable data for larger utility scale power plants. This is also a very good size for the smaller, distributed power applications. The distributed power application is envis ...

NAWCTSD Battle Lab runs many training and simulation systems to help train Naval war fighters. Each of these independent training systems contains one or more networks across one or more independent domains. Domains are separated by security level: Secret, Unclassified, etc. or by need-to-know or purpose: e.g., navigation, targeting, or simulation control. Each of these networks and domains contai ...

Increasingly stringent exhaust emissions and fuel economy legislation is forcing automotive engine designers to: 1) demand increased pressure ratios from turbocharger compressors to ensure complete fuel combustion, 2) use Exhaust Gas Recirculation for emission reduction, and 3) reduce engine displacement while maintaining or even increasing output power to reduce fuel consumption. These three chan ...

Brown grease, from trap grease and wastewater floatable mass, has substantial potential as a raw material to produce sustainable biofuels and biochemicals, but high sulfur, water, and impurities contents make processing difficult or end products outside of specifications. A good percentage of brown grease ends up in landfills. This project addresses the ability to turn brown grease into clean prod ...

In topic 11.b, Dispatchable Geothermal Operations, the Department of Energy (DOE) seeks to enable more widespread deployment of geothermal as a dispatchable energy source, permitting expansion of geothermal power in general and as a compliment to growing intermittent energy sources. TerraCOH’s CO2 Plume Geothermal (CPG™) and Earth Battery™ technologies are ideally suited to meet and exceed t ...

The SolarGuard project will address the problem of detecting malicious data injection (MDI) attacks on power transmission systems handling solar power. Such attacks could cause the power transmission system to become unstable, leading to blackouts and cascade failures. MDI can also be used to perfom, high-level application attacks disrupting applications in Energy Control Centers, from Energy Mana ...

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) represent a growing segment of the U.S. passenger vehicle market. An increasing number of PHEV models are available to consumers. PHEVs are similar to parallel hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius in that they have an electric motor and internal combustion engine that are used synergistically to significantly reduce fuel consumption while maintaining a nea ...

The effectiveness and utility of algorithms and models used by the Army in support of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM+) are limited by noise in the source data. Tools and methods need to be developed and applied to reduce the noise in the source data. The solution needs to provide clean, relevant, and consistent data that increases the timeliness and effectiveness of the CBM+ analytical tools, al ...

QuantaSpec proposes an approach to a small size, light weight, low power, low cost Free Space Optical Communication System for use with tactical aircraft. The scope of work will assess trade space and mitigation approaches to overcome key challenges of FSO communication. These mitigation approaches can enable improved range, reliability, data rate, and security of communications.

To allow for testing, maintenance, validation, and even ongoing development of CMS-2Y applications Architecture Technology Corporation (ATCorp) proposes the Aegis System for Machine-Instruction-Level Emulation (SMILE). SMILE will allow for direct execution of existing AN/UYK-43-based CMS-2Y applications within the X86/Linux-based environment of the Aegis Test Bed.