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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

THIS PROPOSAL, SUBMITTED BY LIVECO INC., A SMALL BUSINESS LOCATED IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT, REQUESTS DOE SUPPORT FOR A PROJECT TO DEVELOP AN INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM FOR THE APPLICATION OF CONTROLLED MECHANICAL FORCES TO PLANT TISSUESGROWING IN STERILE CULTURE, AND FOR TEH SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF TISSUE GROWTH AND DEFORMATION UNDER LOAD. SPECIFICALLY THE INSTRUMENTATION WILL BE APPLIED TO UNDERSTA ...

THE COALBEDS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA CONTAIN OVER 1.6 BILLION TONS OF COAL RESERVES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SULFUR CONTENT, MARKETING OPPORTUNTIES AS A BOILER FUEL ARE LIMITED. IN THE SAME AREA THERE ARE OVER 100 SAWMILLS WHICH PRODUCE LARGE QUANITITIES OF SAWDUST AND OTHER WOOD WASTES. MOST OF THIS LARGE, RENEWABLE WOOD WASTE RESOURCE IS NOT USED IN ANY BY-PRODUCT RECOVERY OPERATION AND ...