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There is growing concern over the potential for a cyberattack on the electric power grid’s operational technology (OT) systems, an event that could break the backbone of all America’s economic sectors. Software to provide situational awareness to a grid operator during a critical cyberattack, including during black start restoration attempts, requires three components: a robust and reliable st ...

It has been determined that there is a need for a replacement of NSN 5950-01-550-5404, Variable Frequency Drive used on Weapon System: 24000 BTUH, SPLIT PACK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT (ECU); MISSILE, PATRIOT. The ESA (Engineering Support Authority) for this project is Mr. Scott Mahoney, Product Realization Engineer Supporting Lower Tier Project Office (PATRIOT) & CECOM ILSC Power & Environmental ...

Triton Systems proposes to develop innovative hull penetrator technology capable of safely providing electrical energy to support large electrical loads located outside the pressure hull. The cost-effective solution supports 300-600 kW of power, DC or 3-Phase AC at 440-660 V. It will be capable of supporting  long cable runs (greater than 30 feet) with low impedance loss and will minimize electro ...

xß-Ga2O3 has emerged as a potentially disruptive semiconductor with a predicted breakdown field of ~8 MV/cm which is more than twice the breakdown field for the incumbent wide bandgap semiconductors GaN and SiC. The availability of ß-Ga2O3 bulk substrates sets this material apart from other wide bandgap materials for power electronic applications. However, the challenge is to find suitable epita ...

DOE Nuclear Physics missions include the ongoing search for rare processes including neutrinoless double-beta decay (NLDBD). Major DOE efforts include funding of the MAJORANA Demonstrator project, and potential funding of a ton-scale LEGEND-1000 project. These DOE science programs, and other more common applications of germanium detectors will benefit from the existence of the new Ring Contact Det ...

Advanced techniques in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) such as high-speed continuous tilt tomography, in situ microscopy, and (S)TEM at liquid helium temperature are hampered by the lack of a large field-of-view electron counting camera with sufficiently high dynamic range and frame rate. Currently available systems are an order of magnitude too slow, require severely limited beam intensity ...

Measuring longitudinal beam parameters is important for operation and development of high intensity linear accelerators, but it is notoriously difficult for ion beams at non-relativistic energies. The Bunch Shape Monitor (BSM) is a well-known device used for measuring the longitudinal bunch distribution in ion linacs. However, the existing BSM models have poor electron collection efficiency from t ...

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are considered one of the most promising electrochemical technologies for the large-scale storage of renewable electrical energy. They can store large amount of energy up to megawatt-hours (MWh). Despite of the tremendous success, however, RFBs employing aqueous electrolytes are fundamentally limited by the narrow electrochemical window of water leading to low cell volt ...

New instrumentation and bioimaging devices are required for viewing key metabolic processes in living organisms among microbial communities in plant environments. Small footprint devices are needed to make in situ, nondestructive, functional, and quantitative measurement independent of large, expensive instruments. These must also be affordable, deployable, and accessible to the larger scientific ...

The bimetallic structure concept consisting of a corrosion resistant surface layer joined on top of an ASME code-approved substrate becomes a promising solution to address the corrosion issue of ASME substrate materials in molten salt environment. Specifically, refractory materials such as molybdenum, tungsten, and alloys containing them are found to be most resistant in molten salt environment an ...