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For the construction industry, compact, highly accurate and low cost mobile lidar systems are needed for acquiring the real world 3D geo-registered data required to generate the as built models of constructions used in building information modeling (BIM). This is particularly important for small modular reactors (SMRs), where BIM is needed to support planning, excavation, construction, commissioni ...

Over the past decade, advances in shale characterization and stimulation technology have opened Hydrocarbon bearing shale to exploitation. The success of all of these plays can depend on the proper characterization of the shale reservoir. To determine if favorable composition and structure are present, it is currently necessary to conduct a number of different analyses that are time consuming and ...

73021-There is a pressing need for the development of renewable energy sources in the Pacific Northwest. Hybrid poplar plantations have been developed extensively in the region for the pulp and paper, veneer, furniture, and environmental-remediation industries, and can be expanded further to provide renewable raw materials for the biofuels and bioproducts industries. In this project, current eli ...

73208-Electric and Hybrid vehicles, fuel cell generators, static energy storage systems, photovoltaic farms and a host of emerging alternative power technologies could reduce our need for foreign oil imports, and reduce global pollution. These technologies are not presently cost effective, in large part due to the cost and reliability of the power electronics required to convert DC power to AC po ...

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AN IMPROVED METHOD OF WEIGHING TRUCKS WHILE IN MOTION IS PROPOSED. TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE TIME LOST AT WEIGH STATIONS, THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEEDS TO EXCHANGE DATA, INCLUDING WEIGHT DATA, BETWEEN MOVING TRUCKS AND ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES. LEGALLY LOADED TRUCKS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITHOUT STOPPING. THIS INVOLVES WEIGH-IN-MOTION. PRESENT WEIGHING TECHNIQUES INVOLVE LOAD CELLS OR ...

THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR A FAST, SIMPLE SENSOR FOR AQUEOUS MERCURY IN WASTE, SURFACE, AND GROUND WATER. THIS SENSOR IS REQUIRED FOR THE DOE REMEDIATION EFFORTS AS WELL AS THE MORE WIDESPREAD EFFORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. SUCH A SENSOR SHOULD BE ABLE TO REACT TO NANOGRAM PER MILLILITER LEVELS OF MERCURY. THE SENSOR IS CAPABLE OF DIRECT IMMERSION IN SOLUTION AND SHOULD PROVIDE CONTINOU ...

WITH A VARIABLE-SPEED GENERATION (VSG) SYSTEM, A WIND TURBINE CAN TURN AT ANY SPEED AND STILL PRODUCE CONSTANT FREQUENCY AND VOLTAGE POWER WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE GRID. THE PRIMARY BENEFITS OF VSG INCLUDE INCREASED ENERGY PRODUCTION, INCREASED POWER CAPACITY, SOFT-STARTS, CONTROL OF TORQUE PERTURBATIONS, DYNAMIC ELECTRICAL BRAKING, AND POWER FACTOR CONTROL. ALL OF THE MODERN TECHNIQUES FOR ...

FIBER MATERIALS, INC. (FMI) PROPOSES SENSORS WHICH CAN BE EMBEDDED IN PAVEMENT TO MEASURE STRESS AND STRAIN FROM TRUCKS PASSING OVER AT SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE SIMPLE, DURABLE SENSORS WILL BE MADE FROM PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES WHICH ACT AS PASSIVE SENSORS AND DEVELOP A CHARGE PROPORTIONAL TO THE APPLIED PRESSURE. THE CHARGE IS CONVERTED TO A VOLTAGE WHICH IS RECORDED ON NEARBY EQUIPMENT. THE PH ...

CURRENT MODELS AND DATA SHOW THAT HIGH ENERGY GAS FRACTURING (HEGF) HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AS A STIMULATION TOOL IN SHALLOW GAS STORAGE WELLS. IN THESE WELLS THE IN SITU STRESSES ARE SUFFICIENTLY LOW FOR THE PROCESS TO GENERATE ADEQUATE GAS VOLUMES AND TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE MULTIPLE FRACTURE NETWORK. TO ADDRESS THIS OPPORTUNITY, HEGF FIELDING TECHNIQUES MUST BE SIMPLIFIED AND COSTS REDUCED TO PROV ...