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THE FIRST WALL STRUCTURES FOR FUTURE FUSION REACTORS ARE LIKELY TO CONSIST OF GRAPHITE OR CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITE BRAZED TO AN ACTIVELY COOLED METAL SUBSTRATE. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES A TECHNIQUE FOR VACUUM INFILTRATING ONE SIDE OF THEGRAPHITE WITH MOLTEN COPPER. SUCH INFILTRATED MATERIALS SHOULD BE MORE EASILY BRAZED THAN GRAPHITE OR CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITES. THE RESULTING JOINTS ALSO SHOULD HAVE I ...

PHASE I AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF FABRICATING PREFORMS FOR CERAMIC COMPOSITE SHAPES OF INTEREST TO FOSSIL ENERGY BY USING PROPRIETARY THREE-DIMENSIONAL BRAIDING TECHNOLOGY. HIGH PERFORMANCE CERAMIC COMPOSITES, OPERATING IN EXTREME CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT, REQUIRE PREFORM ARCHITECTURES THAT CAN PROVIDE TOUGHNESS, STRENGTH, AND A CAPACITY TO ELIMINATE FAILURE ...

VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILES (VSPS) PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR MORE PRECISELY INTERPRETING INTO GEOPHYSICAL SEISMIC DATA, AS WELL AS GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE WELLBORE. THE HIGH DEGREE OF REDUNDANCY NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THIS TYPE OF DATA, AND THE COMPLICATIONS THAT CAN ARISE FROM PLACING GEOPHONES DOWN A BOREHOLE MAKE DATA ACQUISITION EXPENSIVE AND TEDIOUS. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES U ...

THE COUNTER CURRENT SOLID STREAMS HEAT TRANSFER (CCSSHT) RETORT IS A TAR SAND BITUMEN OIL RECOVERY CONCEPT THAT ENABLES MULTIPLE FEATURES OF EFFICIENCY, ECONOMY AND MITIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. THE HIGH EFFICIENCY DERIVES PRIMARILY FROM THE FACTS THAT THE CCSSHT SYSTEM (1) RECOVERS THE SPENT SAND HEAT TO PREHEAT THE FEED ORE, (2) THOROUGHLY BURNS AND USES THE COKE ENERGY AND (3) OPERATES WI ...

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RECENT TESTING OF AIR-SPARGED HYDROCYCLONE (ASH) FLOTATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FINE COAL CLEANING AT THE EPRI/CODC TEST FACILITY HAS SHOWN THAT THE ASH SYSTEM HAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR UTILIZATION IN THE COAL INDUSTRY. HOWEVER, EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY RELIES ON OPTIMUM CONTROL ANDCONTINUAL ADJUSTMENT OF MANIPULATED VARIABLES WITH RESPECT TO FLOTATION PERFORMANCE SINCE THE RETENTION TIME ...

KVH INDUSTRIES PROPOSES TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE BOTH CONVENTIONAL AND INNOVATIVE USES FOR THE SELF POWERED VEHICLE DETECTOR (SPVD) AND TO MODIFY THE EXISTING DESIGN, IF REQUIRED, TO MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW APPLICATIONS. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROPOSED SBIR PHASE IEFFORT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES: RESEARCH INTO THE VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF SPVD TECHNOLOGY AND ...

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THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A TECHNOLOGY WHICH WILL ELIMINATE A MAJOR SOURCE OF ERRONEOUS DATA FROM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND COMMONLY USED DOWNHOLE LOGGING TOOLS--THE 14 MEV PULSED NEUTRON SOURCE. BASED ON AN INNOVATIVE NEUTRON DETECTOR CONCEPT, THIS TECHNOLOGY WOULD ALLOW FOR THE NORMALIZING OF DATA DERIVED FROM PULSED NEUTRON SOURCES BY MEASURING THE STRENGTH OF THE UNCOLLIDED FLUX WHILE THE PU ...

ENHANCEMENT OF TAR SAND ECONOMICS REQUIRES TECHNOLOGY LEADING TO HIGH-VALUE PRODUCTS. A NATIVE PRODUCTS EXTRACTION (NPX) STRATEGY IS PROPOSED FOR SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF NATURALLY OCCURRING CONSTITUENTS OF BITUMEN WHICH ARE KNOWN TO HAVE HIGH MARKET VALUE. THE SEPARATION TECHNIQUES ARE OF LOW COST IN COMPARISON TO THE INCREMENTAL VALUE ADDED TO THE PRODUCT SLATE. AN ESTIMATED 50% OF BITUMEN ...