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50437-98-I An Artifical Pinning Center Approach to the Manufacture of High Field NbTaTi Superconducting Wire--Alabama Cryogenic Engineering, Inc., P.O. Box 2470, Huntsville, AL 35804-2470; (205) 536-8629 Dr. John B. Hendricks, Principal Investigator Ms. Mary T. Hendricks, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82523 Amount: $75,000 The cost of superconducting magnets that operate in the 1 ...

51087-98-I A 10 Kelvin Pulse Tube Cryocooler Concept--Alabama Cryogenic Engineering, Inc., P.O. Box 2470, Huntsville, AL 35804-2470; (205) 536-8629 Dr. John B. Hendricks, Principal Investigator Ms. Mary T. Hendricks, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82522 Amount: $75,000 Sensitive infra-red and radiation detectors require cryogenic cooling. For maximum utility, the cryogenic coolin ...

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THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY THE REMOVAL OF SOX FROM COM- BUSTION PROCESS FLUE GASES FOLLOWED BY DIRECT CONVERSION TO ELEMENTAL SULFUR, USING CHELATED IRON THAT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO FORM A CHELATE:FES COMPLEX. THE PROCESS WOULD HAVE SALEABLE ELEMENTAL SULFUR AS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT BYPRODUCT AND WOULD OPERATE WITH THE CHELATED IRON AS A REGENERABLE CATALYTIC REAGENT. THE REACTIONS TO BE EXAMINED IN THIS ...

PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAS INDICATED THAT THE THERMOPHILLIC BACTERIA, SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS, AND POSSIBLY RELATED VARIANTS, CAN REMOVE 75% OF THE SULFUR PRESENT IN HIGH-SULFUR COAL IN 3 TO 4 DAYS USING ELEVATED TEMPERATURES AND ACID CONDITIONS. THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL DETERMINE, USING A BENCH-SCALE, FED-BATCH SYSTEM, THE RATE AND EFFICIENCY OF SULFOLOBUS DESULFURIZATION ON AQUEOUS COAL SLURRIES. ...

THE COUNTER CURRENT SOLID STREAMS HEAT TRANSFER (CCSSHT) RETORT IS A NEW PROCESS FOR EFFICIENT OIL RECOVERY FROM OUR PLENTIFUL TAR SANDS AND OIL SHALE RESERVES. AS A HEAT RECOVERY SOIL INCINERATOR, IT HAS THE ADVANTAGES OF REDUCED FUEL DEMAND AND LOW COMBUSTION GAS PRODUCT (REDUCING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL NEEDS FOR THE INCINERATOR). THE CCSSHT UNIT IS A SINGLE VESSEL ROTATING KILN THAT (1) PREHEATS ...

THE SENSITIVITY OF NUCLEAR TRACK-RECORDING PLASTICS MAY BE MODIFIED BY MOLECULAR DESIGN. SUBSTITUTION OF GROUPS ADJACENT TO RADIATION-SENSITIVE BONDS AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW CENTRES OF INSTABILITY SHOULD GREATLY INCREASE THE SENSITIVITY TO IONIZING RADIATION. MODIFICATION TO THE CR-39 MONOMER WILL BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE THE POLYMER PRODUCED FROM IT IS BY FAR THE BEST PLASTIC TRACK DETECTOR YET DISC ...

50946-98-I Remediation of Crude-Oil Sludges: A Microwave Approach--Genesis Laboratories, Inc., 631 Sylvan Court, Batavia, IL 60510-3295; (630) 879-1112 Dr. Thomas L. Owens, Principal Investigator Dr. Thomas L. Owens, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82587 Amount: $75,000 It is estimated that each day the petroleum industry produces more than 1.4 million barrels of crude-oil sludge w ...

Power-Enhancing Interface for Bipolar Electrochemical Ultracapacitors DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER86079 Amount: $100,000 Small Business InvenTek Corporation 320 Willow Street New Lenox, IL 60451-1047 Mr. Thomas D. Kaun, Principal Investigator Mr. Thomas D. Kaun, Business Official (815) 485-9604 Research Institution Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, IL 60439 A ten-fold ...

BECAUSE OF THE RAPIDLY INCREASING DEMANDS ON DATA ACQUISITION AND COMPUTER PROCESSING SYSTEMS IN MOST DOE-FUNDED RESEARCH TODAY, FASTBUS HAS BECOME A VITAL PRESENCE IN HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS PROJECTS WORLDWIDE. SIMILARLY, BECAUSE OF ITS BROAD FLEXIBILITY AND INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER, VMEBUS IS EMERGING AS A POPULAR HOST AND POST-PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT. ALTHOUGH SOME SYSTEMSHAVE BEEN DESIGNED THAT ALLO ...