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70903 About 40% of the approximately 54 trillion standard cubic feet of gas reserves in the lower 48 states can not be economically extracted because it is considered subquality and/or from small or remote wells. Current generation membranes offer a potential solution but have not been implemented because of various technical and economical barriers. This project will develop a carbon molecu ...

Not Available Rapid developments in information technology and the associated application and assimilation of this technology provide a tremendous opportunity to enhance the mission planning and evaluation capabilities of Air Force commanders. An architecture employing multiple intelligent software agents can facilitate enhanced mission planning by automating: the collection and structuring of re ...

51127-98-I A Java-Based Environment for Adaptive, Fault-Tolerant Parallel and Distributed Computing--Scientific Computing Associates, Inc., One Century Tower, 265 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510-7013; (203) 777-7442 Dr. Robert Bjornson, Principal Investigator Dr. Andrew H. Sherman, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82663 Amount: $74,972 Meeting DOE¿s advanced technology goals d ...

50473-98-I A Light-Directed Programmable Molecular Array Synthesizer--Xeotron Corporation, 1129 Nielsen Court,, #4, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1907; (713) 743-2805 Dr. Xiaochuan Zhou, Principal Investigator Dr. Xiaolian Gao, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82713 Amount: $75,000 This project attacks three major problems with current DNA-chip fabrication: a prohibitively complicated process ...

50129-98-I A Mixed Metal Oxide Anode Material for High Energy Density Li-ion Batteries--Yardney Technical Products, Inc., 82 Mechanic Street, Pawcatuck, CT 06379-2154; (860) 599-1100 Dr. Grant M. Ehrlich, Principal Investigator Dr. Thomas B. Reddy, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82717 Amount: $74,980 Viable electric or hybrid vehicles require improved batteries which offer greate ...

70526 Despite extensive international efforts, several key issues hinder the widespread use of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology. One of the limitations of current SOFC designs is the method of sealing the components together to make an impermeable, mechanically reliable assembly. This project will develop a seal for planar SOFC that will meet, or exceed, performance requirements and ...

50598-98-I A New Large Area Monolithic Avalanche Photodiode Array Having Widespread Applications and Lower Manufacturing Costs--Silicon Power Corporation, 175 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA 19355-1321; (610) 407-4700 Mr. Dante Piccone, Principal Investigator Mr. Charles K. Fellows, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82668 Amount: $72,890 Avalanche photodiode devices, needed for nuc ...

70086 This project addresses the conversion of biomass to useful chemicals. In particular, a fully integrated process will be developed for the production of succinic acid from biomass. Issues of pretreatment, fermentation, and product recovery will be examined for significant improvement in overall economics. Phase I will study the fermentation of sugars to succinic acid in order to establ ...

65882 Lithium rechargeable batteries have not been widely used in electric or hybrid electric vehicles (EV and HEV) due to the cost, power, and safety limitations of the cathode materials presently used. This project will develop a novel cathode material for lithium rechargeable batteries that is suitable for EV and HEV applications. The new cathode material, consisting of a doped lit ...

Not Available Dynamics Technology, Inc. will develop a mixed resolution modeling (MRM) framework that supports the consistent computation and use of JETARS intel/surveillance/reconnaissance (ISR) information across variable levels of aggregation. This framework transfers information between processes at different resolution levels by passing data through an external process that exploits statis ...