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This final technical report summarizes the development of structure wakefield accelerator (SWFA) technology to enable high-gradient, efficient particle acceleration.
Final report on the operations, data collection, archival and dissemination of earthquake observations from borehole arrays in California, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska during the project period from August 2019 through July 2022.
This is a final report for the grant entitled, “The application of parallel kinetic simulations to laser and electron transport through plasmas”. The objectives of this grant were to significantly advance the fundamental understanding of the nonlinear optics of plasmas and electron transport in high-energy-density laboratory plasmas (HEDLP), including conditions of relevance to Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE). The ultimate goal was to use the understanding to determine how to fully control laser plasma interactions. The primary research tools were our own kinetic particle-in-cell software, OSIRIS, that includes kinetic physics and can run effectively on leadership class computing facilities. Therefore, one objective was to ensure that OSIRIS in continually improved so that it was more accurate and could effectively utilize state-of-the-art computing facilities. Another objective was to attract and train young researchers into the field of high energy density plasma physics. To meet the research objectives, the funds from this proposal were used to conduct research on stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and enhance our PIC software OSIRIS. It was found that small normalized magnetic fields can in some cases mitigate SRS and that speckles can mutually interact through SRS. It was also found that it is possible for instabilities drive near quarter critical (e.g., the high frequency hybrid instability-HFHI) can generate light waves that propagate back down a density gradient where they can rescatter into the HFHI at 1/16 of the original quarter critical density.
In this final report, the Clean Energy States Alliance(CESA) and its project partners describe their work to accelerate the development of solar projects for three distinct subsets of the low- to moderate-income(LMI) solar market: single-family homes, manufactured homes, and community institutions, including multifamily affordable housing. For each market sector, the project team undertook research, outreach, and market-building activities. By advancing promising LMI solar financing innovations for different housing types and spreading them to new locations, the Scaling Up Solar for Under-Resourced Communities project has built momentum to scale up LMI solar. Although the report describes some research pertaining to solar adoption in LMI communities, this project was original in that it focused on two specific models to tackle single-family homes and community institutions. Until this project, very little research dedicated to solar for manufactured homes existed. For each market sector, the project team undertook research, outreach, and market-building activities. For the single-family homes sector, the project encouraged states to adapt a program model based on a successful Connecticut initiative that has brought solar to thousands of LMI homeowners. For manufactured homes, the project analyzed the potential for using solar for that housing sector and worked with states, utilities, and other stakeholders to launch pilot projects or programs. For community institutions, the project team worked with foundations, lenders, and community service organizations to inventory, analyze, and communicate models for philanthropic investment that accelerate the deployment of solar and solar+storage in multifamily affordable housing, health centers, and other LMI-serving community institutions.
Final Technical Report for "Understanding the natural sources of aerosols and their impacts on cloud formation and climate across hemispheres"
This final technical report summarizes research, case studies, and resources developed from 2020–2025 on prefabricated construction and remote virtual inspections. It documents key findings on benefits, challenges, and best practices, highlights examples from multiple states, and provides guidance to support wider adoption of these innovations in the construction sector.
The research grant addressed in this final report began its most recent 3-year segment June 1, 2022 and terminated May 31, 2025. The work funded by the grant supported our group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in its collaboration on the nEDM@SNS (SNS refers to the Spallation Neutron Source) project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This project had as its goal the measurement of a non-zero value of the electric dipole moment of the neutron (nEDM). If indeed the neutron has a non-zero electric dipole moment, it will tell us very important information about the Standard Model of Nuclear and Particle Physics. The Standard Model is remarkably successful in describing much of the world we live in, but we know it is not complete. A non-zero nEDM would indicate the existence of strong CP violation, which would be a major addition to the Standard Model.
Final technical report describing research conducted during support from the Early Career Award to Matson. Description of progress on projects, description of scope of unpublished work, and list of products is included.
This report provides the final results from R&D on a novel 2D readout for a time projection chamber (TPC), which operates with negative-ion drift. The readout consists of two gas electron multiplier (GEM) devices places at an angle with respect to each other. The 2D range of particles interacting in the TPC is reconstructed using pulse-shape timing only. Due to the low diffusion and drift speeds of the negative-ions carrying the track information to the anode, the track resolution is <200 microns. Acquiring this level of resolution for short, low energy particle tracks in a standard TPC would require a fine granularity strip or pixel readout with many 1000s of electronic channels. With this novel readout, only two channels are needed. Our results showed that the concept is fundamentally sound. We found a number of issues related to how well the timing signals are determined from the pulse waveforms. Solutions for these had to be left for future R&D.
This report summarizes the final design of a Mobile Test Vessel (MTV) submitted to the Department of Energy (DOE) under the award DE-EE0009452 as part of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002234: Water Power Technologies Office 2020 Research Funding Opportunity, Topic Area 4: Current Energy Technology Testing Infrastructure. This project was performed by IDOM in partnership with Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC).
This report summarizes the final outcomes of the INFUSE:FLARED collaboration between Tokamak Energy (TE), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and the Department of Energy (DOE). The project aimed to experimentally determine and model the pumping, absorption, and separation behavior of deuterium in flowing liquid lithium under gas and plasma exposure conditions. The work supports the development of lithium-based plasma-facing components (PFCs) and tritium management strategies for next-generation fusion plants.
This report is a compilation of information from Quarter Progress Reports submitted to the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency Building Technologies Office (BTO) by SunPower Corporation. The report has been uploaded to OSTI by DOE as a substitute for the required Final Technical Report which was never received from the project recipient.
This project was proposed in response to the FY19 Bioenergy Technologies Office Multi-Topic Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002029, Area of Interest Subtopic 1 (AOI1): Cultivation Intensification Processes for Algae. The main challenge identified by the FOA was “in translating results between laboratory research systems and larger-scale outdoor (or mass culture) systems. These difficulties limit reliable experimental durations, adequate and representative experimental volumes of material, and results that can be reproduced reliably. By overcoming the challenge in translating results between laboratory and mass cultures, the objective of AOI 1 is to increase the harvest yield, robustness, and quality of algae cultivation for biofuels and bioproducts”. This report marks the final technical deliverable of this project and reviews all the major findings of the research program.
Final Award Technical Report
The goal of this final project report is to comprehensively summarize the work conducted on project DE-FE0007395. In accordance with the Project Management Plan (PMP), Revision F dated 5/10/2019, and Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO) within, the University of Kentucky (UK) Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) (Recipient) has successfully demonstrated a unique, versatile CO 2 capture system (CCS) using a heat integrated process combined with two-stage stripping for process intensification, heat recovery and demineralized (DM) water generation. This project involved the design, fabrication, installation, testing of and data analysis from the UK CAER 0.7 MWe small pilot scale CO2 capture process installed at Kentucky Utilities (KU) E.W. Brown Generating Station in Harrodsburg, KY. During each of the four project Budget Periods (BPs), UK CAER met all project deliverables, all project milestones, with National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) approved adjustments made to the campaign long-term hours during BP4. The CCS was constructed in modular skids. Two solvent campaigns were initially conducted; the first with a 30 wt% monoethanolamine (MEA) as a baseline, and the second with the Hitachi H3-1 advanced solvent. Additional tests were performed with two advanced solvents including CAER and Proprietary Solvent C. Short-period testing with a higher concentration of 40 wt% MEA was conducted to evaluate the potential saving with high alkalinity. From the various solvent campaigns, unique aspects of the UK CAER CCS technology, as well as its flexibility and versatility were experimentally validated and demonstrated. With respect to solvent evaluation efforts in identifying candidates with significant operational and capital cost savings potential, performance of solvents were evaluated to determine the energy requirements for regeneration; environmental impacts from secondary emissions and degradation products; degradation rates, solvent make-up rates and stability. The assessments were done from parametric tests that determined optimum operating conditions for the individual solvents to maximize process efficiency and minimize the parasitic load of the power plant, and from long term campaigns (1000 hours for 30 wt% MEA and 1000 hours for H3-1) which collectively informed the techno-economic analyses (TEA) of the process. The long term campaigns included corrosion studies which used three types of metal coupons in different sections of the process: (absorber, primary stripper, lean carbon-loaded and rich carbon loaded flow streams in process) to mimic heat and flow dynamics process equipment were exposed to. The estimated corrosion rates were used to elucidate corrosion mechanisms and to further guide process material selection for potential capital cost savings.
This final report provides a summary of the methodology, findings, lessons learned, and insights from an investigation into the feasibility of the Operational Technology Behavioral Analytics (OTBA) cybersecurity approach. The concept was evaluated with data from the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) – a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded facility that is managed and operated by Southern Company Services, Inc. at Alabama Power Company’s E. C. Gaston generating power plant in Wilsonville, Alabama. Appropriate data sources for the post-combustion carbon capture system were identified. Infrastructure was deployed to monitor, capture and archive data for the system. Critical parameters for each subsystem were identified and analyzed. Machine-learning algorithms were used to establish and characterize normal operations and subsequently identify anomalies. This effort yielded valuable insights and formed the basis of a data-centric strategy for detecting cyber-attacks along with a coordinated response philosophy. A significant takeaway is that the OTBA cybersecurity approach is quite portable; it can be applied to other critical infrastructure beyond fossil power generation.
This document is the final report for the project with the title, “Uranyl Capture with Lewis Acids and Macrocyclic Hosts.” Nuclear power is attractive for meeting the current and future energy needs of society, in that it does not release carbon dioxide or other pollutants into the atmosphere during routine use. This motivated the project, because preparation of nuclear fuel, recovery of useful components from used fuel, and handling of waste materials remain significant impediments to further deployment of important nuclear technologies. In part, these problems arise from limited availability of chemical reactions that can reliably interconvert forms of uranium and other heavy elements during preparation and processing. For example, harsh and expensive chemicals are often required for making and breaking chemical bonds to uranium, and the reactions involved are inefficient. The overall objective of this research was to harness knowledge of chemical structure and bonding to develop a useful and predictive und
Multimission solar electric spacecraft for interchangeable space missions final technical systems data - Vol. 1B