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Many refinery product streams, particularly those from Ultra Low Hydrodesulfurisation units, are prone to haze due to water emulsions. Haze is also problematic for biodiesel production, as hazy fuel cannot be used until the haze settles or is removed, which creates costly scheduling and shipping delays. This project will develop a novel membrane process for the removal of dissolved and dispersed ...

Dielectric structures driven by wakefields or external radio frequency (RF) are presently being studied intensively as a promising technique for next generation linear colliders. This project will develop dielectric loaded accelerating structures that can be adjusted in frequency using a bias electric field. The method proposed here is inexpensive and easy to implement without affecting beam quali ...

The single bunch beam breakup (BBU) instability is a potentially serious limitation on the performance of advanced accelerators, particularly those based on the wakefield principle. Development of mitigation techniques for BBU requires both experiment and high performance simulation tools. This project will study three representative high performance wakefield devices using new diagnostics. An adv ...

The design trend in normal-conducting high gradient accelerating structures is to move toward higher frequencies. The same is true for other microwave applications like radar or communications. This project will develop a new high power radio frequency (RF) source that covers the frequency spectrum from 20-30 GHz. It will evaluate a prototype power extraction structure incorporating advanced low l ...

Compared with conventional processes used to produce many oxygenated chemicals, processes based on the selective catalytic oxidation of alkanes to produce oxygenates could yield enormous economic, energy, and environmental benefits. However, commercial development of such processes has been hindered, in part, because the excessive heat released by alkane oxidation causes over-oxidation (burning) ...

Superconductor technologies in support of magnets are needed for use in accelerators, storage rings and charged particle beam transport systems. Magnesium diboride (MgB2), as an emerging superconductor material, offers the possibility of fabrication into multifilament strand from inexpensive starting materials using conventional metalworking processes. This project will development improved MgB2 ...

This project will design and construct a short-period helical undulator for the International Linear Collider (ILC). An extensive technological research and development program will be initiated to manufacture and test several undulator prototypes wound with advanced superconducting strand. In the Phase I project, a model undulator was designed, fabricated with high-permeability steel poles, woun ...

The commercial viability of fuel cells is inhibited by the cost associated with the use of expensive catalysts such as platinum. Thus, a key DOE objective is to reduce the amount of catalysts while achieving improved performance. It has been found that when commercial fuel cell electrodes are modified with a very thin layer of cheap carbon nanofibers, the activity of catalysts on these electrode ...

Nuclear physics research has a need for new radiation detector structures having improved characteristics and lower cost. These detectors are needed to provide higher resolution capability for detecting, tracking, and analyzing gamma rays, high- and low-energy neutrons, low-energy ion beams, etc. This project will develop a novel, low cost, hybrid sensor with potential amplification gains on the ...

Laser Technology Inc. (LTI) proposes a Phase II SBIR research project to further develop a Compact Shearography System, Analysis Method and Software for micro-crack detection in concrete. There is an urgent need to detect and characterize fine cracks in concrete that form because of various damage mechanisms including alkali-silicate reaction, delayed ettringite formation or frost damage. Fine s ...