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A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF R & D WORK HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE WANKEL ROTARY ENGINE APPLICATION TO AUTOMOBILES, PLANES, ETC. RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. THE PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY THAT THE WANKEL HAS DEMONSTRATED, HOWEVER, FALLS SHORT OF THE POPULAR DIESEL ENGINE. THE ADIABATIC, TURBOCOMPOUND CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED FOR THE DIESEL IS THOUGHT TO BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO T ...

AN ELECTROCHEMICAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO DETERMINE ON COMMAND PLANT WATER STATUS BY MEANS OF CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY AND/OR COULOSTATICS. THE APPROACH IS BASED ON THE CHANGE IN ELECTROCHEMICAL STATUS OF THE APOPLAST ELECTROLYTE DURING THE NORMAL IRRIGATION CYCLE. A THREE WINDOW MICROPROBE WILL BE FABRICATED ON A SILICON WAFER SUBSTRATE USING THE PLANAR TECHNIQUES CO ...

THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL CONCERNS AN EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE ALTI-OXY PROCESS TO PRODUCE TI-LI-AL ALLOYS IN POWDER FORM. THE FOLLOW ON PHASE II PROGRAM WOULD INVOLVE PRODUCTION OF SUFFICIENT MATERIAL TO PRODUCE PARTS FOR TESTING.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO PRODUCE A PORTABLE, MINIATURIZED DIALYSIS MACHINE WHICH IS SIMPLE, SAFE, AND SYMPTOM-FREE IN OPERATION. THIS DIALYSIS MACHINE SHOULD ALLOW THE AVERAGE HEMO-OR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENT TO PERFORM DIALYSIS BY HIMSELF AT HOME, UNASSISTED. THE MACHINE WILL BE SMALL (12 LBS.), PORTABLE, AND TOTALLY SELF-CONTAINED (WITHOUT NEED FOR CONNECTION TO WATER SUPP ...

FOR FUTURE LONG-TERM SPACE MISSIONS SPACECRAFT WATER RECYCLE SYSTEMS ARE NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT. ONE WATER RECYCLE SYSTEM STUDIED BY NASA INCLUDES A REVERSE-OSMOSIS (RO) SUBSYSTEM THAT WILL PRODUCE REUSABLE WATER FROM WASH WATERS. THE CONCENTRATE FROM THE RO SUBSYSTEM WILL BE COMBINED WITH URINE AND DISTILLED TO RECOVER MORE WATER. THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE USE OF AN ADDITIONAL RO COMPONENT ...

A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN THE USE OF DOMESTIC COAL RESOURCES TO GENERATE POWER IS THE PRODUCTION OF SO2 IN POWER-PLANT STACK GASES FROM THE COMBUSTION OF SULFUR IN THE COAL. STATE-OF-THE-ART SO2 SCRUBBING TECHNOLOGY, CENTERED AROUND LIQUID/GAS CONTACTORS, IS EXPENSIVE AND HAS OPERATIONAL DRAWBACKS. A NEW TECH- NOLOGY TO BE STUDIED HERE RELIES ON USING SO2-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES TO REMOVE SO2 FROM STAC ...

MORE THAN 3 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL WERE PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1984. VAST QUANTITIES OF CON- TAMINATED OILFIELD WASTEWATERS ARE GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS OIL PRODUCTION-OFTEN MORE THAN 10 BARRELS OF WATER PER BARREL OF OIL. THE RECOVERY OF OIL FROM TAR SANDS ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING OILY WASTEWATERS. CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR DISPOSING THIS WASTEWATER INCLUDE HAULING IT FROM ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A CONTROLLED-RELEASE DISULFIRAM IMPLANT FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM. SPECIFIC PHASE I GOALS ARE 1. TO DESIGN CANDIDATE SYSTEMS, BASED ON TARGET PERFORMANCE TO BE DETERMINED FROM A REVIEW OF PRIOR RESEARCH, 2. TO PREPARE A SERIES OF CANDIDATE SYSTEMS, AND 3. TO DETERMINE THE IN VITRO DRUG RELEASE FROM THESE CANDIDATES. THE PRO ...

PROPOSED IS PHASE I OF A CONCENTRATED PHASE RESEARCH PROJECT AIMED AT THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PREDICITIVE METHODLOGY WHICH RELATES THE HUMAN PILOT TO PROPOSED MILITARY HELICOPTER SYSTEMS IN ADVANCE OF COMMITMENT TO HARDWARE DEVLOPMENT. RECENT ADVANCES IN AVIONICS AND TECHNOLOGY CAN PROVIDE MORE CAPABILITIES, SYSTEMS, AND DISPLAYS THAN THE PILOT AND OTHER CREW MEMBERS CAN POSSIBLY EXPLOI ...

THE RAPID INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTIONS AND THE SEVERE COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISEASE IN HUMANS HAS MADE IT IMPERATIVE TO DETECT THESE AGENTS IN BODY FLUIDS. THE UNIQUE LIFE CYCLE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHLAMYDIAL AGENTS IN GENERAL PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH THREAT. IN PHASE I OF THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, A QUALITATIVE METHOD OF DETECTING LOW NUMBE ...