Tech Briefs
Quantum Dot Light Enhancement Substrate
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Lighting, OLEDs, Briefs on
Wednesday, January 25 2012
A cost-competitive solution for increasing the light extraction efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with efficient and stable color rendering index (CRI) for solid-state lighting (SSL) was developed and demonstrated. Solution-processable quantum dot (QD) films were integrated into OLED indium tin oxide (ITO)-glass substrates to generate tunable white emission from blue-emitting OLED devices.
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Sustainable Remediation Software Tool Evaluation
Posted in Remediation Technologies, Software, Briefs on
Tuesday, January 10 2012
To advance the acceptance and incorporation of sustainable remediation metrics into the larger body of remedial work, the Center for Sustainable Groundwater and Soil Solutions (CSGSS) within the Savannah River National Laboratory (SNRL) created the Sustainable Remediation Initiative (SRI).
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Mobile Lighting System
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Green Design & Manufacturing, Greenhouse Gases, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Lighting, Videos, Briefs, GDM on
Tuesday, November 01 2011
A new mobile lighting system features a fuel cell running on pure hydrogen, resulting in zero-emission electrical power. The fuel cell produces electricity for an advanced, power-saving light-emitting plasma (LEP) lighting system and additional auxiliary power up to 2.5 kW, which allows extra equipment (such as power tools, public address systems, or security metal detectors) to be powered by the unit at the same time the system is providing illumination.
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Transparent Conducting Oxides and Undercoat Technologies for Economical OLED Lighting
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy, Lighting, Briefs, GDM on
Tuesday, November 01 2011
Economics is a key factor for application of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) in general lighting relative to OLED flat panel displays that can handle high-cost materials such as indium tin oxide (ITO) or indium zinc oxide (IZO) as the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) on display glass. For OLED lighting to penetrate into general illumination, economics and sustainable materials are critical.
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Hybrid Power Management-Based Vehicle Architecture
Posted in Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Transportation, Briefs, GDM on
Tuesday, September 13 2011
Hybrid Power Management (HPM) is the integration of diverse, state-of-the-art power devices in an optimal configuration for space and terrestrial applications. The basic vehicle architecture consists of a primary power source, and possibly other power sources, that provides all power to a common energy storage system that is used to power the drive motors and vehicle accessory systems.
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Data Service Provider Cost Estimation Tool
Posted in Briefs, GDM on
Friday, September 09 2011
The Data Service Provider Cost Estimation Tool (CET) and Comparables Database (CDB) package provides to NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) the ability to estimate the full range of
year-by-year lifecycle cost estimates for the implementation and operation of data service providers required by ESE to support its science and applications programs.
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GaN-Ready Aluminum Nitride Substrates
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy, Lighting, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, August 17 2011
The objective of this project was to develop and then demonstrate the efficacy of a cost-effective approach for a low-defect-density substrate on which aluminum indium gallium nitride (AlInGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can be fabricated. The efficacy of this GaN-ready substrate would then be tested by growing high-efficiency, long-lifetime InxGa1-xN blue LEDs.
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LED Display Engineering
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy, Lighting, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, August 17 2011
The primary objective of this project was to develop and implement a method that compensates for the inefficiency of the green light-emitting diode (LED). The proposed engineering solution was to use RGBW combination in every pixel to save energy. A 32" x 16" display with pixel spacing of one inch, which is usually used for outdoor applications, was built.
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Self-Activating and Doped Tantalate Phosphors
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy, Lighting, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, August 17 2011
Phosphors are useful in numerous applications including lighting. Tantalates are very promising materials because they are especially robust and resistant to chemical degradation. Studies have shown that rare-earth tantalates are excellent host lattices for europium (Eu)-doped red-emitting phosphors, excited by blue light.
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Enhanced Fuel-Optimal Trajectory-Generation Algorithm for Planetary Pinpoint Landing
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy, Transportation, Briefs, GDM on
Friday, August 05 2011
An enhanced algorithm has been developed that builds on a previous innovation of fuel-optimal powered-descent guidance (PDG) for planetary pinpoint landing. The PDG problem is to compute constrained, fuel-optimal trajectories to land a craft at a prescribed target on a planetary surface.
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Pressure Shell Approach to Integrated Environmental Protection
Posted in Briefs, GDM on
Monday, July 11 2011
In order to continue human exploration, habitat systems will require special shells to protect astronauts from hostile environments. This shell consists of multiple layers that can be tailored for specific environmental protection needs. Mainly, this innovation focuses on protecting crew from exposure to micrometeorites, thermal, solar flares, and galactic cosmic ray (GCR) radiation.
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Carbon Dioxide Removal via Passive Thermal Approaches
Posted in Remediation Technologies, Green Design & Manufacturing, Greenhouse Gases, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Thursday, July 07 2011
A regenerable approach to separate carbon dioxide from other cabin gases by means of cooling until the carbon dioxide forms carbon dioxide ice on the walls of the physical device has been developed. Currently, NASA space vehicles remove carbon dioxide by reaction with lithium hydroxide (LiOH) or by adsorption to an amine, a zeolite, or other sorbent.
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Polymer Electrolyte-Based Ambient Temperature Oxygen Microsensors for Environmental Monitoring
Posted in Environmental Monitoring, Green Design & Manufacturing, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, July 06 2011
An ambient temperature oxygen microsensor, based on a Nafion polymer electrolyte, has been developed. A challenge in the operation of Nafion-based sensor systems is that the conductivity of Nafion film depends on the humidity in the film. Nafion film loses conductivity when the moisture content in the film is too low, which can affect sensor operation.
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Wind Power Plant Short-Circuit Current Contribution for Different Fault and Wind Turbine Topologies
Posted in Wind Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Tuesday, June 21 2011
An important aspect of wind power plant impact studies is to evaluate the short-circuit current (SCC) contribution of the plant into the transmission network under various fault conditions such as single, two, and three-phase faults in different network locations.
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The Invasive Species Forecasting System
Posted in Environmental Monitoring, Green Design & Manufacturing, Briefs, GDM on
Thursday, June 09 2011
The Invasive Species Forecasting System (ISFS) provides computational support for the generic work processes found in many regional-scale ecosystem modeling applications. Decision support tools helps resource managers plan invasive species protection, monitoring, and control strategies for the lands they manage.
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Lightweight Magnetic Cooler With a Reversible Circulator
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, May 25 2011
A design of a highly efficient and lightweight space magnetic cooler has been developed at Goddard Space Flight Center that can continuously provide remote/distributed cooling at temperatures in the range of 2 K with a heat sink at about 15 K. The innovative design uses a cryogenic circulator that enables the cooler to operate at a high cycle frequency to achieve a large cooling capacity.
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Photoluminescent Nanofibers for High-Efficiency Solid-State Lighting
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy, Lighting, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, May 18 2011
Polymer nanofibers are nanoscale materials whose properties can be adjusted to provide desirable light management performance for high efficiency solid-state lighting luminaires. The polymeric nanofibers at the core of this project have diameters on the order of 100 to 1000nm and a length of more than 1cm.
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Improved, Low-Stress Economical Submerged Pipeline
Posted in Briefs, GDM on
Tuesday, May 10 2011
A preliminary study has shown that the use of a high-strength composite fiber cloth material may greatly reduce fabrication and deployment costs of a subsea offshore pipeline. Above-water pipelines are often not feasible due to safety, cost, and environmental problems, and present, fixed-wall, submerged pipelines are often very expensive.
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Radiation-Resistant Hybrid Lotus Effect for Achieving Photoelectrocatalytic Self-Cleaning Anticontamination Coatings
Posted in Pollution, Briefs, GDM on
Monday, May 02 2011
This innovation from Goddard Space Flight Center is an antibacterial, anti-contamination, and self-cleaning coating that uses nano-sized semiconductor semimetal oxides to neutralize biological pathogens and toxic chemicals, as well as to mitigate dust accumulation.
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Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Power System
Posted in Solar Power, Renewable Energy, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Tuesday, April 05 2011
A grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) power system is connected directly to the utility distribution grid. Facility power can be obtained from the utility system as normal. The PV system is synchronized with the utility system to provide power for the facility, and excess power is provided to the utility.
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Spectroelectrochemical Instrument Measures TOC
Posted in Pollution, Environmental Monitoring, Green Design & Manufacturing, Greenhouse Gases, Briefs, GDM on
Friday, April 01 2011
A spectroelectrochemical instrument has been developed for measuring the total organic carbon (TOC) content of an aqueous solution. Measurements of TOC are frequently performed in environmental, clinical, and industrial settings. Until now, techniques for performing such measurements have included, variously, the use of hazardous reagents, ultraviolet light, or ovens, to promote reactions in which the carbon contents are oxidized.
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Accurate Wind Simulation Tool for Wind Turbines and Wind Farms
Posted in Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, March 16 2011
CgWind is a new, high-fidelity simulation tool designed to meet the modeling requirements of
advanced wind energy resources. These new resources, targeting 20% of the US electrical supply by 2030, require the development of larger and lighter wind turbines as well as more accurate estimates for the performance of turbines in realistic terrain and atmospheric conditions.
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Black Silicon Enhanced Thin-Film Silicon Photovoltaic Devices
Posted in Solar Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, March 16 2011
An enhanced thin-film silicon photovoltaic device with improved efficiency has been developed. Thin-film silicon solar cells suffer from low material absorption characteristics, resulting in poor cell efficiencies. SiOnyx’s approach leverages black silicon, an advanced material fabricated using ultra-fast lasers.
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Spacecraft Radiator Freeze Protection Using a Regenerative Heat Exchanger
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Wednesday, March 09 2011
An active thermal control system architecture has been modified to include a regenerative heat exchanger (regenerator) inboard of the radiator. Rather than using a radiator bypass valve, a regenerative heat exchanger is placed inboard of the radiators.
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Multi-Mission Power Analysis Tool
Posted in Batteries, Electronics & Computers, Energy Storage, Solar Power, Thermoelectrics, Energy, Briefs, GDM on
Tuesday, March 08 2011
Multi-Mission Power Analysis Tool (MMPAT) Version 2 simulates spacecraft power generation, use, and storage in order to support spacecraft design, mission planning, and spacecraft operations. It can simulate all major aspects of a spacecraft power subsystem. It is parametrically driven to reduce or eliminate the need for a programmer.
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