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THERE IS A RENEWED INTEREST IN FUEL CELLS AS PRIMARY POWER SOURCES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THE ACIDIC PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL OPERATES AT A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND, AT PRESENT, RELIES ON THE USE OF PLATINUM-BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS. FOR ACID FUEL CELLS OPERATING AT TEMPERATURES BELOW 130 DEGREES CENTIGRADE, HYDROGEN IS THE MOST ACTIVE COMMON FUEL THAT CAN BE USED ...

THE TARGET OF THE PROPOSED PROCESS IS TO CONVERT NATURAL GASFROM SMALLER OR LARGER NATURAL GAS SOURCES (INCLUDING SMALL OUTLYING GAS WELLS OR CO-PRODUCED GAS OUT OF A CRUDE OIL PRODUCING WELL) INTO CRUDE METHANOL AND HYDROCARBONS, AND CENTRALLY CONVERT THESE CRUDE LIQUIDS FURTHER INTO COMPONENTS FOR GASOLINE USE. A LOW-COST PROCESS FOR THESE CONVERSIONS HAS BEEN INVENTED BY DR. VAN DIJK AND MR. FR ...

2 Creation of an Artificial Roll Front as a Reactive Barrier for Metal Precipitation--MBX Systems, Inc., 325 South Euclid Avenue, Suite 123, Tucson, AZ 85719-6653; (520) 620-0072 Mr. Daniel Siath, Principal Investigator Ms. Marge Karlage, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82426 Amount: $12,422 Nearly all Department of Energy facilities have landfills, buried waste areas, or burning ...

106 Crosswell Seismic in Three Dimensions--TomoSeis, Inc., 1650 West Sam Houston Parkway North, , Houston, TX 77043-3115; (713) 461-7360 Dr. Spyros Lazaratos, Principal Investigator Mr. Bruce P. Marion, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82502 Amount: $74,997 Improved recovery of oil and gas from mature domestic fields depends on the detailed characterization of reservoir st ...

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A PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF DEPRESSED COLLECTORS FOR VERY HIGH AVERAGE POWER (APPROX. 1MW) GYROTRON OSCILLATORS FOR FUSION APPLICATIONS. INITIAL CALCULATIONS INDICATE THAT COLLECTION EFFICIENCIES EXCEEDING 75% CAN BE REALIZED. USE OF SUCH A COLECTOR ON A GYROTRON WITH A BASE EFFICIENCY OF 30% WOULD INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY TO OVER 60%. SUCH A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN EFFICIENCY WOU ...

THIS PROJECT IS AIMED AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF ROTARY BLOWOUT PREVENTERS CAPABLE OF SAFE, RELIABLE, AND COST EFFECTIVE HANDLING OF THE HIGH PRESSURES EXPECTED IN UNDERBALANCED HORIZONTAL AND DIRECTIONAL DRILLING APPLICATIONS. PRESSURES OF UP TO 5,000 PSI (OR EVEN HIGHER) CAN BE EXPECTED WHEN DRILLING WITH AIR, FOAM, OR NITRIFIED MUD IN THE LOW PERMEABILITY FORMATIONS IN THE U.S. ...

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41267 November 21, 1996 RANDTEC, Inc. The Department of Energy is committed-to supporting the nuclear non-proliferation community in its efforts to develop effective means for treaty verification of nuclear material stockpiles. Tag and seal systems have an important role as part of the overall verification process. Specifically, radio frequency (RF) tags ...

A NEAR LINEAR ACCELERATOR (LINAC) STRUCTURE WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND INVESTIGATED IN PHASE I AS A POSSIBLE EXTENSION TO THE FAMILY OF STRUCTURES NOW USED FOR ACCELERATION OF CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS. A CANDIDATE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED; OTHERS MAY BE IDENTIFIED IN THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE IDENTIFIED STRUCTURE UTILIZES A FOUR-FINGERED GEOMETRY TO PRODUCE RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ELECTRI ...