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THE PROPOSED WORK INVOLVES APPLICATION OF SUPPORTED MOLTEN SALT CATALYSIS TO THE CATALYTIC ENDOTHERMIC DEHYDROGENATION OF METHANOL. THE CATALYSTS OF INTEREST INCLUDE EUTECTICS COMPOSED OF CU(+1) SALTS WITH HOMOGENEOUSLY DISPERSED ZN(+2) SALTS OR HETEROGENEOUSLY DISPERSED ZNO. IN ADDITION, THE STUDY WILL INCLUDE EVALUATION OF HETEROGENEOUS DISPERSIONS OF METALLIC PALLADIUM IN BINARY AND TERNARY EUT ...

EMISSION OF SULFUR OXIDES (SOX) AND NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX) IN FLUE GASES IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF AIR POLLUTION AND ACID RAIN. CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOX REMOVAL ARE EXPENSIVE AND CUMBERSOME. SULFUR DIOXIDE IS CONVERTED TO SULFURIC ACID, WHICH IS VERY CORROSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO STORE AND TRANSPORT. REMOVAL OF NOX IS ACCOMPLISHED BY CATALYTIC CONVERSION USING PLATINUM CATALYSTS. PLATINUM CATALYSTS ARE ...

A SMALLER, LIGHTER, MORE EFFICIENT, AND MORE RELIABLE CLINICAL GAS ANALYZER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ANESTHETIC GAS MONITORING IS NEEDED. EXISTING LASER RAMAN-BASED INSTRUMENTATION USES A LARGE, HEAVY, AND EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT (0.1 PERCENT) ARGON ION LASER WITH AN INTRACAVITY GAS CELL. THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDYIS TO IMPLEMENT A SOLID-STATE ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXISTING ION LASER. SUCH A LASE ...

REAL TIME ON-LINE ANALYSIS OF STACK GASSES IS NECESSARY TO MONITOR EFFLUENTS AND TO PERMIT FEEDBACK CONTROL OF COMBUSTION PROCESS AND DOWN STREAM SCRUBBER SYSTEMS. MULTIMEDIA POLLUTION ANALYSIS REQUIRES MULTIPLE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY WITH PRESENT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTATION. CURRENTLY, COMPLEX ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS MUSTBE ASSEMBLED THAT ARE EXPENSIVE, PRONE TO DRIFT, AND DIFFICULT TO OPERATE A ...

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GAS-TO-LIQUID HEAT EXCHANGERS FIND APPLICATION IN NEARLY EVERY ENERGY CONVERSION AND PROCESS SYSTEM. HOWEVER, DUE TO LOW HEAT FLUXES, THEY ARE EXCESSIVELY LARGE AND EXPENSIVE. LOW HEAT FLUXES ARE CAUSED PRIMARILY BY LOW GAS-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEVELOP A NOVEL FLUIDIZED BED HEAT EXCHANGER WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER HEAT FLUXES THAN CONVENTIONAL HE ...

THIS EFFORT ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR ADEQUATE REPRESENTATIONS OF MANAGEMENT AND MANUFACTURING KNOWLEDGE AND ADEQUATE REASONING STRATEGIES UTILIZING THIS KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT AUTOMATED PLANNING PREDICTION AND EXPLANATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES. MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING IS OFTEN BASED ON INCOMPLETE AND UNCERTAIN INFORMATION AND ON BELIEFS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE CHANGING OVER TIME. MANAGEMENT I ...

THIS PROPOSAL INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE ASSAY FORMEASURING FUNCTIONAL (1)-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR LEVELS IN HUMAN TISSUES. THE PROCEDURE UTILIZES THE FACT THAT INCUBATION OF EXCESS PORCINE PANCREATIC ELASTASE WITH EITHER PLASMA OR SERUM SAMPLES WILL RESULT IN COMPLEX FORMATION WITH FUNCTIONAL (1)-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR IN THESE FLUIDS. RESIDUAL ENZYME ACTIVITY CAN THEN BE CALCULATED AND A DE ...

CAPS OF CELL CULTURE FLASKS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BICARBONATE BUFFER SYSTEMS MUST BE LEFT PARTIALLY OPEN TO ALLOW FOR CARBON DIOXIDE EXCHANGE. THE PRESENCE OF AIRBORNECONTAMINANTS OR LEAKAGE OF MEDIA INTO THE THREADS OF THE CAPTHREATENS TO CONTAMINATE THE CULTURE. CONVERSELY, TIGHTENING THE CAP TOO MUCH LEADS TO THE LOSS OF SOME CULTURES BECAUSE OF IMPROPER GAS EXCHANGE. CELLGRO RESEARCH (CGR) ...

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