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Arguably the most important issue facing the further development of magnetic fusion via advanced tokamaks is to predict, avoid, or mitigate disruptions. This problem recently becameone of the most challenging and hot topics in fusion research due to several potentially damaging effects, all of which can impact the ITER device. Among four disruption related topics: MHD dynamics, plasma edge physics ...

Improving wind energy harvesting system reliability is a challenge that requires advanced technologies and innovation to support growth and development of domestic wind energy. Toimprove quality assurance inspection of wind turbine parts and, in particular, to improvetechnologies to perform quality assurance inspection on very large, thick wind turbine parts, new technology is critically needed to ...

The production of high-quality, high-charge-state ion beams is an area of intensive research and development worldwide for particle accelerators, atomic physics experiments, and industrial applications. Electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (ECRIS) generate multiply charged ions through electron impact ionization in a confined plasma. These sources reduce the cost to produce ion beams by reduci ...

Short-lived isotopes are expected to play a key role in unraveling the mysteries of nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, and fundamental interactions at low energies. This SBIR proposal offers high-temperature-capable solid catcher materials for use in the pre-Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) to improve yields of rare isotopes as atomic or single-species molecular vapors. The applicant wil ...

Development of advanced scientific visualization systems to extract scientific insights from high volumes of data generated by simulations and experiments is sought. Specifically, these systems should provide collaborative data analysis and visualization with capabilities to communicate among users, creating a sense of participation and knowledge sharing via novel display technologies such as 3D a ...

Network Intrusion Detection Is a mission critical and computationally intensive application that needs to address future 100 Gbps networks. As the speed and complexity of networks increase, the challenge of intrusions, malicious attacks, and hostile activities is also increasing. Performance of existing solutions does not keep up with the increasing network speed. Today, even at 1 Gbps, commercial ...

The storage of industrially generated carbon dioxide in deep geologic formations is being seriously evaluated as a method for reducing carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. Reliable and cost-effective monitoring is required to demonstrate that geologic storage is safe and effective for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon dioxide leaking from a deep storage reservoir is likely to int ...

Synchrotrons, operated by DOE and others, are large and expensive scientific facilities that nonetheless provide invaluable and highly demanded analytical tools for the investigation of basic material structure and properties. Many experiments require specific sample environments for in-situ analysis, but available tools to provide this have limited capabilities and are often incompatible with au ...

Commercially available lithium-ion cells use electrolytes containing a mixture of organic carbonate solvents combined with lithium hexafluorophosphate salt. These electrolytes have significant disadvantages limiting the performance and safety of large li-ion batteries for automotive applications: regular electrolytes are flammable and the instability of the salt causes battery performance degradat ...

Low cost and compact high power and high repetition rate laser is a critical component for next generation high repetition rate accelerators for DOE HEP programs. However, current technologies are limited and breakthrough technologies are needed. PolarOnyx is to develop a 2 micron high power (kW) and high repetition rate (1-100 MHz) femtosecond fiber laser system (Polaris laser system). PolarOnyx ...