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This proposal addresses the destruction of airborne toxic industrial material (TIM), hazardous and anthropogenic particles and other micro-organisms. The key element in our novel and potentially highly efficient non-thermal plasma production technique,already demonstrated in our Phase I SBIR program, is initiating a plasma in an atmospheric pressure gas stream using very short pulses of microwave ...

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As circuits have become more densely packed, more energy efficient and able to operate at higher speeds, they have experienced an associated increase in vulnerability and susceptibility to perturbations from electromagnetic radiation. Super Pulse proposesto develop a novel, very fast (order of a sub-nanosecond), rugged, light, passive EM radiation shield that is not limited by the power or freque ...

Decontamination is a process through which dangerous chemicals and microorganisms, including vegetative cells, spores and viruses, are rendered harmless. Conventional technologies such as new-generation of HEPA filters provide reasonable protection for acertain amount of time. However, HEPA filters are expensive and require the use of pre-filters to limit their rate of loading, moreover, they di ...

Super Pulse proposes to develop a new technology for forward-deployed forces to recover from a bio-chemical terrorist attack. The proposed technology offers an efficient decontamination (neutralization) of chemical and biological warfare (CBW) agents onsurfaces and in open-wounds of casualties personnel. The proposed technology utilizes properties of non-thermal plasmas in which active species t ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will assist in the development of an innovative method for effective and low cost destruction and removal of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), specifically Halogenated Volatile Organic Compounds (HVOCs), using non-thermal plasma generated in microwave discharges. In the non-thermal technique described in this proposal, the non-equilibrium ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to research and develop a novel, reliable, and affordable technology for effective sterilization of dental handpieces at room temperature. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that these delicate instruments be heat-sterilized between patients to reduce the risk of disease transmission. While autoclaving is the most versatile of these me ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to research and develop a novel, reliable, affordable, technology for effective decontamination/ sterilization of medical waste. The technology is based on an air/gas sterilant produced in a non-thermal plasma source powered by a standard microwave oven magnetron. During preliminary tests, an air stream containing free radical ...