Vision 2020 program

These two aspects are also reflected in the visions developed on this issue in the United States in the so-called Vision 2020 program (see Appendix 1). One can see that all aspects of introducing step-by-step changes are mentioned. And in the European Union many current activities are based on the topic of process intensification, reflected, for example, in the European-Supported Research Projects (see Appendix 2). On the industrial side, a lot of effort is being given to the topic of process intensification the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has process intensification as one of its technology focus points in the so-called SUSTECH program (see Appendix 3). 

In the 1990 s, increased emphasis on student poster sessions by the Division, which boosted student participation, especially by local students, combined with the Division s innovative social activities, attracted attention and led to the initiation of the Society s popular SciMix sessions. Other innovative efforts, as a supporter and forum for the Vision 2020 program for developing practical solutions for the future, and collaboration with EPA in initiating green chemistry symposia, have led to broader attention and efforts directed at solving our nation s practical technological problems. 

Climate VISION The U.S. Climate VISION program encourages industry efforts to reduce, capture, or sequester greenhouse gases. Climate VISION links these objectives with technology development, commercialization, and commercial utilization activities supported by the private sector and the government. 

Beyond the ATS program, the DOE is looking at several new initiatives to work on -with industry. One, Vision 21, aims to virtually eliminate environmental concerns associated with coal and fossil systems while achieving 60 percent efficiency for coal-based plants, 75 percent efficiency for gas-based plants, and 85 percent for coproduction facilities. Two additional fossil cycles have been proposed that can achieve 60 percent efficiency. One incorporates a gasifier and solid oxide fuel into a combined cycle the other adds a pyrolyzer with a pressurized fluidized bed combustor. Also under consideration is the development of a flexible midsize gas turbine. This initiative would reduce the gap between the utility-size turbines and industrial turbines that occurred during the DOE ATS program. 

Mobil svisionfor nuclear power is flawed. But it is based on a 1998 International Energy Agency report3, reflects the vision ofinany Americans and their political leaders, and is reflected in US nuclear policies and programs. The vision is flawed because ... 

This new vision will dififerfromthe present vision - but is recaptured from the exceptional vision ofpast leaders ofnuclear programs - including Glenn Seaborg, to whom this conference is dedicated. However, it rejects the vision ofthose that led to failure. 

That vision of Manhattan Project scientists was carried forward in AEC/ERDA/DOE national laboratories, and is documented in a 1994 report by ORNL for the DOE with a statement by a former associate director It is safe to say that (ORNL) Chem Tech has played the leading role in solving the nation s reprocessing problems. When Alvin Weinberg was ORNL s Director, he used to say that one purpose ofthe laboratory was to undertake big projects of national purpose that others could not handle. Chem Tech s achievements are testimony to that and have earned the division a lasting place in the history ofthe country s atomic energy programs. 13... 

THE NEW VISION INCLUDES A SAFE, EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE PRODUCTION COMPLEX FOR NUCLEAR MATERIALS FOR IMPORTANT NATIONAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS DEFENSE, SPACE EXPLORATION, MEDICINE, INDUSTRIALNEEDS AND RESEARCH,INCLUDINGPRODUCTION AND STUDY OF TRANS-SEABORGIUM ELEMENTS. 

THE NEW VISION INCLUDES VIABLE PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE BY-PRODUCTS OF THE NUCLEAR FISSION PROCESS, INCLUDING RECYCLEOF ALL FISSIONABLE MATERIALS AND LONG-TERMISOLATION OF UNWANTED FISSION PRODUCTS FROM THE BIOSPHERE. 

Renzi, L. M., B. R. Hammond et al. (2008a). The effects of macular pigment on temporal vision. ARVO 2008 Abstract Book on CDROM Program 4958. 

Computers are well suited to the manipulation of numbers, but the ES relies on symbolic computation, in which symbols stand for properties, concepts, and relationships. The degree to which an ES can manage a task may depend on the complexity of the problem. For example, computer vision is an area of great interest within AI and many programs exist that can, without human assistance, use the output from a digital camera to extract information, such as the characters on a car number plate. However, automatic analysis of more complex images, such as a sample of soil viewed through a microscope, is far... 

Review of DOE s vision 21, Research and Development Program. The National Academies Press, NRC, Washington, 2003. 

The Vision 21 program is focused on new concepts for coal-based energy production where modular plants could be configured to produce a variety of fuels and chemicals depending on market needs with virtually no environmental impact outside the plant s footprint. Membranes would be used to separate oxygen from air for the gasification process and to separate hydrogen and carbon dioxide from coal gas. 

FCE plans to demonstrate a molten carbonate fuel cell/turbine hybrid system in late 2000. The balance of plant equipment employed in the 250 kilowatt test at ERC s facility will be modified to accommodate a fuel cell and a gas turbine. The turbine is to be powered by waste heat from the fuel cell. The goal of the test is to demonstrate that the hybrid system will realize high efficiencies. This activity is a part of the U.S. DOE Office of Fossil Energy Vision 21 Program. 

In March of 1999, FCE, of Danbury, CT, with Allison Engine Company, Indianapolis, IN, and Capstone Turbine Corp., Woodland Hills, CA. was awarded a project under the Vision 21 program to create a fuel cell/turbine system that provides efficiencies and emissions targets that meet or exceed stringent Vision 21 goals. The 3-year program will include four steps ... 

How do we construct programs that aid us in reasoning as opposed to calculating AI is the underlying science. It has several sub-disciplines, including, for example, robotics, machine vision, natural language understanding and expert systems, each of which will make a contribution to the second computer age. My focus is on expert systems. 

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