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Another even more significant use of methyl alcohol can be as a fuel in its own right in fuel cells. In recent years, in cooperation with Caltech s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), we have developed an efficient new type of fuel cell that uses methyl alcohol directly to produce electricity without the need to first catalytically convert it to produce hydrogen. 

The forerunner of the rocket propellant containing perchlorates as oxidants was the American product, Galcit, developed in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, at the California Institute of Technology. It consisted of asphalt as a fuel and potassium perchlorate as an oxidant, mixed hot. Originally the material was hot-pressed into rockets. However, at high pressures the flame penetrated between the charge and the walls... 

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) research team have successfully flown the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) aboard the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS), which has been measuring stratospheric profiles of CIO, O3, H20 and HN03 since 1992 (Waters et al., 1993) (Table 1). In total some 140 publications have been published on the basis of MLS data. The Microwave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) flew three times aboard the Shuttle also measuring CIO, 03 and H20 and has also provided a unique set of observations (Hartmann et al., 1996). 

The earliest cast, composite binder was studied by Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) and made use of molten asphalt (7). This material was heated until it formed a fluid melt, was mixed with oxidant, and the heated mixture cast into a motor cavity and allowed to cool. This system was poor because of the limited temperature range, the low solids content which could be formulated, and the poor mechanical properties of highly loaded asphalt. A chemically cured system was then introduced when acrylate monomers were mixed with oxidizer and curative (8). The mixture eould be cast, heated to cure temperature, and the acrylate polymerized to give a well consolidated grain. The basic deficiencies encountered... 

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)—The NASA department that provides design, development and operational services concerning unmanned space exploration. Located at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). 

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Process (20) has also been the subject of study. This process is a two-stage countercurrent adsorption system using PAC. Fresh activated carbon is mixed with wastewater in the secondary mixing basin and settled, and then the entire mixture of settled sewage solids and activated carbon is transferred to the primary mixing basin. Settled solids and carbon are removed from the primary settling basin, dewatered, and transferred to a pyrolysis reactor. The reactor produces activated carbon, which is then recycled to the secondary mixing basin. 

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical Data for Use in Atmospheric Studies, Evaluation 14 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication 02-25, 2002. 

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has researched the stated objectives by investigating sputter-deposition (SD) of designed anode and cathode nanostructures of Pt-alloys, and electronic structures and microstructures of sputter-deposited catalyst layers. JPL has used the information derived from these investigations to develop novel catalysts and membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) that... 

Many of the rate constants for reactions important in atmospheric chemistry are surveyed periodically b> a group organized through the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA. The latest report is that of De More et al. (1997) Evaluation No. 12, JPL Publication 97-4. Recommended values of rate constants, absorption cross sections, and quantum yields appear in these reports. 

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) LITS (Linear Ion Trap Standard) Project at 40.5 GHz... 

NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) developed a bacterial spore-detection system for Mars-bound spacecraft that can also recognize anthrax and other harmful, spore-forming bacteria on Earth and alert people of the impending danger. 

This volume assembles in one publication an up-to-date listing of all specifications and standards originated by NASA, its Centers, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It is arranged in three sections ... 

Oka T. (2006) Introductory remarks. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 364 2847-2854. Anicich VG. (2003) An index of the literature for bimolecular gas-phase cation-molecule reaction kinetics. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL-Publ-03-19). 

National Air and Space Administration 1978 Bioconversion study conducted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. JPL Publication 79-9. JPL Pasadena, 115 pp... 

Whiie the NRPCT deveioped reactor plant concepts for gas reactors, liquid metal reactors, and heat pipe reactors as part of the concept selection in early 2005, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - the NASA lead for the Prometheus program work, and Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) - the selected spacecraft contractor, developed a preliminary spacecraft arrangement, called the Prometheus Baseline 1 (PB1). The PB1 reactor plant concept was a liquid metal reactor with multiple Braytons. Redundant Braytons were assumed for several reasons ... 

Project Prometheus was established in 2003 and included the goal of developing the first reactor-powered spaceship and demonstrating that it can be operated safely and reliably on long duration, deep-space missions for civilian space exploration. NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had overall lead for the project. The initial application of space fission power being evaluated was for the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO), a nuclear electric propulsion spaceship intended to perform deep-space scientific research. 

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