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Alkali Metal Thermal to Electric Converters (AMTEC) convert heat to electricity at high efficiency without moving parts at temperatures compatible with current solar receiver technology. A Phase I program is proposed which will deliver an integrated, high-temperature thermal storage/high-efficiency AMTEC cell system concepts and a small-scale thermal energy storage (TES) test article for material ...

51174-98-I High Capacity Lithium Battery Cathodes Based on Vanadium Oxide Xerogels--Aveka, Inc., 2045 Wooddale Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125-2904; (612) 730-1729 Dr. Gary Pozarnsky, Principal Investigator Dr. Willie Hendrickson, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82538 Amount: $74,774 Present lithium battery cathode materials do not meet the requirements for use in secondary batteries in ...

Nanophase metal particles are becoming increasingly important in areas such as powder metallurgy, catalysis and energetic materials. One of the more important nanophase metals is aluminum . Although several promising routes for the production of this material exist, not one of these synthesis techniques have successfully addressed the issue of the oxidation of these same nanoparticles, which lea ...

This proposal suggests that a basic data collection, management, and fusion framework is ideally suited for integrating distributed data from multiple heterogeneous source systems and making it available on a multi-point basis to other combat systems for analysis, viewing, and C**4I applications. The basic framework proposed was built (and is currently under ongoing development) to support object ...

Differentiating between normal human activity and suspicious behavior is a difficult task, wether performed by a sensing device or a human observer. Such a human observer would find such a task tedious and costly to perform. Fortunately, a sensing system is not bothered by tedious tasks. Such a system could be implemented to prume out obviously normal behavior, and tag human activities which could ...

27 Rapid GC Analysis of Samples Desorbed from Personal Monitors for Occupational Exposure Assessment--Chromatofast, Inc., 912 North Main Street, Suite 14, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1035; (313) 662-3410 Dr. Mark A. Klemp, Principal Investigator Mr. Robin F. Risser, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82348 Amount: $75,000 Determining the level of chemical contaminants to which workers may be ...

The goal of this Phase I SBIR proposal is to develop a technically innovative high-speed GC for analysis of breath samples to assess body burden and metabolism of toxins. This instrument will be transportable yet deliver laboratory quality results which is lacking in currently available transportable GC's. Detection limits of 0.01 parts-per-billion will be achieved with this instrument. It will ...

82 Development of Efficient and Practical Passive Solar Building Systems with High Recycled Content Using the Preplaced Aggregate Concrete Technology--DPD, Inc., 2000 Turner Street, Lansing, MI 48906-4053; (517) 349-5653 Dr. Jer-Wen Hsu, Principal Investigator Ms. Faragnis Jamzadeh, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82359 Amount: $75,000 Concrete is a key component of most passive ...

FAAC Incorporated proposes to develop a 3-D Visualization Analyzer to aid with evaluation of weapon systems. The tool will provide an integrated environment capable of improving understanding and efficiency. The 3-D Visualization Analyzer will utilize data information produced by off line engineering simulations (or other suitable sources) to provide meaningful depiction of real world engagement ...

The US Air Force plans to develop and demonstrate an aero-propulsion engine for hypersonic flight to Mach 8. This program focuses on use of hydrocarbon fuels and expendable engine designs for long-range cruise missile applications. A critical element for realization to the Air Force's hypersonic vehile mission is advancement in supersonic combustion ramjet engine technology. Development of conc ...