Award Data

40417 November 18, 1996 American Research Corporation of Virginia This project addresses the hazardous waste problem at Department of Energy sites by developing a new class of ultrafiltration membranes for use in corrosive aqueous or organic streams. These membranes will utilize mesoporous ceramics, which have narrow pore size distributions and tailorabl ...

40063 November 4, 1996 Amparo Corporation First-generation radioactive beam facilities, in use or under construction, cannot completely address many of the scientific opportunities envisioned until an intense production beam is employed. This project addresses a key element in filling this need, the design of high power nuclear targets. The targe ...

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40979 November 19, 1996 Diamond Materials, Inc. This project will fabricate a new class of "binderless" polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) rock cutters, in which (1) a thin piece of the PDC material is bonded to a nanophase tungsten carbon/cobalt (WC/Co) substrate, and (2) a solid piece of binderless PDC material is inserted into a nanophase WC/Co tool ...

41292 November 19, 1996 FM Technologies, Inc. A radically new type of particle accelerator, a multiturn recirculating linac operating with space-charge dominated beam currents, has received considerable attention during the last few years. Even with severe limits on the number of turns, the concept potentially offers major cost reductions for a very high ...

41299 November 19, 1996 FM Technologies, Inc. In the Relativistic Klystron Two-Beam Accelerator, which is currently under development, power from a low-energy, high-current, bunched beam is converted to micro-waves via the klystron mechanism and used to provide power for a high-energy linac, specifically a future Next Linear Collider upgrade to l.0 TeV. ...

41307 November 20, 1996 FM Technologies, Inc. High current electron pulses of short duration could be widely used in injector systems for electron accelerators, which have application in industry, medicine, and research. This project will develop a micro pulse electron injector system which is less complex, cumbersome, and expensive than existing systems ...

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40222 November 6, 1996 Intercat Development, Inc. Mixed metal oxide sorbents are being developed for hot gas desulfurization for advanced integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power systems. Recent testing of a leading sorbent formulation, a spray-dried zinc titanate, in a pilot-scale transport reactor indicated a need for improved attrition-re ...

40444 November 18, 1996 Southwest Sciences, Inc. Increasing energy consumption and environmental degradation may contribute to deleterious changes in the radiative balance and chemical composition of the atmosphere. The quantitative measurement of water vapor in the troposphere and lower stratosphere is crucial for the study of meteorological and climati ...