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This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility of designing engineered mesoporous zirconia films for intermediate temperature (600ýýC) solid-oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs) with the aim of extending the basic and practical knowledge of synthesis as well as electronic behavior of mesoporous films, while at the same time producing materials that have a direct ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to apply a specialized method to develop a rapid, large-scale and inexpensive thin film deposition technology. The goal is to enable the low-cost mass production and maintain the optimized nanostructures and film properties of efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. The broader societal/commercial impact of this project will be th ...

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DIESEL ENGINE OILS HAVE MORE SEVERE DEMANDS MADE ON THEM IN SERVICE THAN DO GASOLINE ENGINE OILS. TWO DIESEL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS THAT LEAD TO RAPID OIL DETERIORATION ARE CARBONACEOUS PARTICULATES AND NO2. BOTH THESE PRODUCTS ARE STRONGLY OPERATING MODE DEPENDANT, THEREFORE, TO SPECIFY AN OIL CHANGE INTERVAL BASED ON MILES TRAVELLED DOES NOT NECESSARILY ACCURATELY REFLECT THE CONDITION OF THE OIL B ...

FURNACES DESIGNED TO OPERATE ON LIQUID FUELS HAVE RADIATION AS THE MAIN MODE OF HEAT TRANSFER, THEY ALSO HAVE LIMITED TURN-DOWN RATIOS. FLAME EMISSIVITIES FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN MEASURED AS 0.55 AND 0.15 RESPECTIVELY. THEREFORE, DUE TO THE NATURALLY LOW EMISSIVITY OF THE METHANE FLAME, CONVERSION TO NATURAL GAS (OF FURNACES ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR FUEL-OILS OR ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project will support development of a commercially viable electro-hydrodynamic wind energy conversion system by developing the science base for design of a high-efficiency charged droplet generator. Electro-hydrodynamic wind energy conversion (EHD-WEC) is a non-turbine based means of producing electricity from wind employing charged particle ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project is designed to enhance performance of small wind turbines, i.e., increased efficiency and kWh production, through advanced aerofoil design (as achieved with the proposed acceleration plate), will reduce the overall cost of operation (capital cost minus energy cost savings) and decrease the achievable payback resulting in a more overa ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH HAS THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF CREATING INNOVATIVE NEW NUMERICAL ENGINEERING TOOLS FOR SOLVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRATIFIED FLOWS CONTAINING HYDRAULIC JUMPS. THE PROPOSED NUMERICAL TECHNIQUE IS BASED ON A MULTILAYER MODEL CONSISTING OF N HORIZONTAL, HOMOGENEOUS LAYERS WHICH IS USED TO APPROXIMATE STEADY, STRATIFIED, INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OF HYDROSTATIC BALAN ...

ALTHOUGH THE ART OF ESTIMATING HUMAN POPULATIONS IS MATURE, INSTITUTIONAL ESTIMATION RELIES ON RESEARCHERS' INTUITIONS OR ILL-FITTING ADAPTATIONS OF CONSUMER RESEARCH. THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY FOR MEASURING FEATURES OF A POPULATION OF INSTITUTIONS (E.G., DEMAND FOR A NEW MANUFACTURING PROCESS). WE PROPOSE FOUR SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS, WHOSE FORMULATIONS, ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aims to develop potent and durable antimicrobial coatings that effectively neutralize both vegetative and spore forms of harmful bacteria and which are simple to manufacture. The effectiveness of a known biocidal chemical entity is enhanced through new discoveries on the impact of surface morphology and physical properties on biocidal activit ...