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Producing renewable fuels from algae does not use agricultural lands and could make the US energy-independent while drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, biomass processing steps are currently too energy-intensive and cost-prohibitive.We are exploring new chemistry to obtain an energy- and cost-efficient way to dry algae biomass and extract energetic substrates for conversion int ...

For applications in DoD satellite systems, devices based on novel nanomaterials offer significant advantages over traditional technologies in terms of light-weight and efficiency. Examples of such novel devices include quantum dot (QD) based solar cells, photodetectors, radars and sensors. However, the response of these devices to radiation effects is not well understood, and radiation effects mod ...

The current design for the rf couplers for the ILC cavity introduces unacceptable emittance growth in the beam. We have developed two new couplers designed to mitigate the emittance growth problem by preserving the axial symmetry of the cavity fields. Optimization of the design of the coaxial coupler units. Complete analysis of the ILC structure with the new coupler units was performed to confi ...

Color consistency of metal halide lamps must be improved in order to have this high efficiency technology maintain market share in the big-box retail / industrial market and to gain market share in the accent / commercial spot lighting market. Big-box retail stores and industrial space use high wattage metal halide lights today, but the lack of color consistency has been leveraged by Light Emitti ...

This proposal is in answer to Topic 36, High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders, subtopic (a) High-Field Superconductor Technology. High Energy Physics, magnet builders desire to push up into the 15-18T range. Present High Energy Physics Nb3Sn superconducting strands with distributed barriers need to have smaller deff to be stable at lo ...

The DOE Office of High Energy Physics (HEP) seeks superconductor development technologies in support of magnets for use in accelerators, storage rings and charged particle beam transport systems. HEP is interested in improved current lead and current distribution systems based on high-temperature superconductors, such as magnesium diboride (MgB2), for application to superconducting accelerator ma ...

This proposal is in answer to Topic 55, Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems, subtopic (c) Superconducting Magnets and Materials. Work has started worldwide for the design of an advanced fusion project beyond the present funded ITER demonstration. The future fusion reactor design will require lower cost, much higher performing superconductor wires in the 14-20 T range. F ...

Next generation heat exchangers will operate at higher pressures and temperatures than current models in order to increase cycle efficiency, reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Ultra-supercritical coal-fired boilers can generate electric power with low emissions while burning high-sulfur coal and can increase efficiency from ~28% to >46%. The problem lies in the materials that are currently use ...

This proposal directly addresses the significant problem of wear and corrosion resistant materials in natural gas and oil well drilling, pipelines, slurry pipe, drilling heads, and mining and has applications in automotive and aerospace applications. Current oil wells are being drilled deeper, with longer drill trails than ever before. This imparts conditions of pressure and temperature that can

The coating of steel sheet by continuous hot dipping in a molten metal bath of zinc or in a Zn-Al melt is the most efficient and economical method for providing corrosion protection to steel sheet. However, the processing of metals in liquid metal results in the reaction of the liquid metal with the tooling and can result in dross build-up and damage to the work piece. In order to address this, se ...