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THIS RESEARCH WILL EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES AND RESULT IN THE DESIGN OF AN ACOUSTIC ENERGY GENERATOR FOR GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION IN INACCESSIBLE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THIS EFFORT WILL DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE OF ACOUSTIC SIGNAL REQUIRED AND WILL DEVELOP A TECHNIQUE FOR COUPLING THE SIGNAL GENERATOR TO THE EARTH. THE COUPLING TECHNIQUE WILL EXAMINE FORCES OTHER THAN GRAVITY TO ENSURE THAT THE SIGNAL ...

180 Ultra-Lightweight Carbon-Carbon Cooling Structure For Pixel and Silicon Strip Detectors-HYTEC, Inc., 110 Eastgate Dr., Suite 100, Los Alamos, NM 87544-3304; (505) 662-0080 Mr. William O. Miller, Principal Investigator Mr. William O. Miller, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82397 Amount: $75,000 Removal of heat from the next generation of particle detection systems used in high ...

143 "Development of Energy Recovery, RF Power Rectifiers for Intense Particle Beam Applications"--Linac Systems, 2167 North Highway 77, Waxahachie, TX 75165-6215; (972) 937-3283 Dr. Donald A. Swenson, Principal Investigator Mrs. Barbara C. Swenson, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82415 Amount: $74,980 Intense particle beam facilities, such as free-electron lasers, suggest the ne ...

OF REACTOR THERMAL-HYDRAULICS CODES. THESE CODES HAVE INTERNATIONAL APPLICABILITY. TRADING THESE CODES, WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPORT, TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN EXCHANGE FOR USEFUL DATA OR OTHER RESOURCES WOULD ENHANCE THEIR UTILITY AND REDUCE THE COST TO THE U.S. OF GENERATING EQUIVALENT DATA. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE A SOUND TECHNICAL BASIS FOR SUCH AN EXCHANGE BY: IDENTIFYING C ...

11 Novel Separation Method Based On The Electrosynthesis of Dual Oxidants--Lynntech, Inc., 7610 Eastmark Drive, Suite 105, College Station, TX 77840-4024; (409) 693-0017 Dr. Adrian Denvir, Principal Investigator Dr. Oliver J. Murphy, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82421 Amount: $75,000 There are 110 million cubic meters of groundwater and surface water on Department of Ene ...

NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING IN THE PRODUCTION OF URANIUM FUEL RODS COULD BE IMPROVED BY THE USE OF COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY. THE SPATIAL RESOLUTION OF CURRENT TOMOGRAPHIC APPARATUS IS NOT QUITE ADEQUATE TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED PRECISION FOR CLADDING THICKNESS MEASUREMENT. THE APPLICATION OF TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES TO CONVENTIONAL DIGITAL FLUOROSCOPY DATA COULD PRODUCE THE NEEDED IMPROVEMEN ...

LURGI AND IN SITU-GENERATED RAW COAL GAS CONTAIN TARS, PHENOLS AND LIGHT HYDROCARBONS. THESE BY-PRODUCTS ARE OFTEN UNMARKETABLE AND FORCE THE USE OF EXPENSIVE AND CUMBERSOME GAS CLEANUP SCHEMES TO REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF THEM. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP A CATALYTIC GAS CLEANUP STEP FOR CONVERSION OF BY-PRODUCTS IN THE RAW GAS TO ADDITIONAL H(2), CO, CO(2), AND CH(4). SUCH A CLEANUP STEP WOULD ELIM ...

87 LNG Storage and Delivery System Analysis--Directed Technologies, Inc., 4001 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 775, Arlington, VA 22203-1614; (703) 243-3383 Mr. Brian D. James, Principal Investigator Mr. Ira F. Kuhn, Jr., Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82357 Amount: $75,000 To reduce foreign fuel dependence and improve the Nation¿s air quality, new high-efficiency, direct-injection d ...

45 High-Flux, Low Energy, Ion Source for High Rate Ion-Assisted Deposition of Hard Coatings--PlasmaQuest, Inc., 850 North Dorothy Drive, Suite 504, Richardson, TX 75081-2769; (972) 680-1811 Dr. Chris Doughty, Principal Investigator Dr. John E. Spencer, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82459 Amount: $75,000 Hard coatings have many applications in the transportation, manufacturing an ...

155 High Current Diamond Microtip Cathode--Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC), 401 Camp Craft Road, Austin, TX 78746-6558; (512) 306-1100 Dr. Keith D. Jamison, Principal Investigator Ms. Diane Joyce, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82493 Amount: $75,000 There exists a continuing need for high current, field emission electron sources (i.e., cold cathodes) for use in ...