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70814 Measurements of atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and CO from aircraft and remote sites play a central role in strategies for quantifying the sources and sinks of carbon and for controlling global warming from greenhouse gas emissions. A highly sensitive, automated, and robust sensor for CO2 and CO is needed for this purpose. This project will develop an instrument to measure CO2 ...

65415 Currently available niobium-tin superconductors do not meet the requirements that have been identified for the Next Generation Hadron Collider. The cost is too high, and the properties must be improved. This project will develop new production technology for niobium-tin superconducting wire. The use of hydrostatic extrusion along with low-angle extrusion dies makes the processi ...

70075 Significant fuel cost savings can be realized in the automotive and aerospace industries by employing lightweight materials in the design and fabrication of vehicular components. To date, the exploitation of magnesium and aluminum alloys in tube and sheet components has been restricted due to their limited formability at room temperatures in conventional metal stamping proce ...

65777 The poor fracture toughness of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets makes it very difficult to produce magnetic parts with complicated shapes, tiny thicknesses, and small dimensions. Chipping, cracking, and fracture often happen during grinding, assembly, and operation of the Nd-Fe-B magnetic parts. Bonded Nd-Fe-B magnets could overcome these problems, but their magnetic performance is only one-e ...

70315 This project will develop insulation for Rutherford cables, used I high energy physics research, that can be applied at almost any stage before a winding and a reaction-heat treatment. The insulation will be tough, adherent, abrasion resistant, and remain non-conducting during long exposure to radiation. This insulation will consume only a small fraction of the winding space; th ...

70128 The efficient operation of coal gasifiers, a leading alternate energy technology, requires continuous temperature monitoring at several strategic locations within the reactor. However, the extreme temperature, pressure, and corrosiveness of the gasifier atmosphere makes this a difficult task, and existing temperature sensors are grossly inadequate for this application. This project ...

There is a growing demand for power electronics that can operate under the high temperature and high power conditions that will be encountered in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV). As the coolant temperature used to dissipate heat from electronics increases, the operation of power semiconductor devices such as Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) becomes severely limited in order that the safe ...

New solid-state photomultipliers (SSPMs) need compact integrated circuitry for readout if such photodetectors are going to be implemented in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, or nuclear medical imaging applications. The aim of this work is to significantly improve the bandwidth in reading out arrays of SSPMs by developing a custom ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). This ASIC will ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR/STTR) project targets the development of a novel technology for CO2 capture and separation from combustion-derived flue gas. In the US, coal-fired power plants represent about 50% of the electricity generated but contribute about 80% of the CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions are responsible for climate change. The Department of Energy is supporting developme ...

The cost of dewatering particles is inversely proportional to particle size. Costs dramatically increase as particle size approaches 10