NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

(or demounting) followed by conversion of the high explosives into chemical waste. This conversion takes place in a
(transportable) desensitizing unit. In this latter unit the high explosive charge is washed out by pressurized water, filtered and
mixed with water and a stabilizer agent in order to form nonexplosive slurry. The desensitizing unit consists of three functional
parts that can be built into one 20 ft container. A schematic drawing of the installation is shown in the report. The slurry coming
from the desensitizing unit can be transported to a commercial waste incinerator (such as AVR in The Netherlands) for further
destruction by combustion. The report also describes the results of separate research on the destruction of 20-35 mm
ammunition in a shredder followed by combustion. Small caliber ammunition up to 20 mm can directly be transported to AVR
for incineration. It is advised to start a pilot study in order to develop and build a desensitizing facility for UXO.
Author
Ammunition; Explosives; Disarmament; Destruction; Desensitizing
20040111492 Industrial Coll. of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC
2002 Industry Studies: Information Technology
Signars, Silvia; Arbach, Robert A.; Aymar, Ilsa Y.; Benavides, Matthew; Johnson, Charles C.; Jan. 2002; 33 pp.; In English;
Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A425460; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
The information technology (IT) industry represents a vital interest of the USA. The IT industry fuels the information
revolution that is transforming the U.S. economy while significantly altering social interactions, domestic and international
political relationships, and military capabilities. IT serves as a catalyst for innovation, communication, economic growth, and
political and economic liberalization everywhere that it is embraced. Unfortunately, American society’s growing reliance on
IT also creates a vulnerability that governments and the private sector must solve together. Correcting this vulnerability and
maintaining world leadership in the IT industry are crucial to maintaining a competitive advantage for the USA across all
instruments of national power: economic, military, diplomatic, and informational.
DTIC
Economics; Fuels; Industries; Information Systems
20040112015 NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Auto-Thermal Reforming of Jet-A Fuel over Commercial Monolith Catalysts: MicroReactor Evaluation and Screening
Test Results
Yen, Judy C. H.; Tomsik, Thomas M.; April 2004; 8 pp.; In English; AIChE 2004 Spring National Conference, 26-29 Apr.
2004, New Orleans, LA, USA
Contract(s)/Grant(s): WBS 22-708-02-07
Report No.(s): Paper-13C; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A02, Hardcopy
This paper describes the results of a series of catalyst screening tests conducted with Jet-A fuel under auto-thermal
reforming (ATR) process conditions at the research laboratories of SOFCo-EFS Holdings LLC under Glenn Research Center
Contract. The primary objective is to identify best available catalysts for future testing at the NASA GRC 10-kW(sub e)
reformer test facility. The new GRC reformer-injector test rig construction is due to complete by March 2004. Six
commercially available monolithic catalyst materials were initially selected by the NASA/SOFCo team for evaluation and
bench scale screening in an existing 0.05 kW(sub e) microreactor test apparatus. The catalyst screening tests performed lasted
70 to 100 hours in duration in order to allow comparison between the different samples over a defined range of ATR process
conditions. Aging tests were subsequently performed with the top two ranked catalysts as a more representative evaluation of
performance in a commercial aerospace application. The two catalyst aging tests conducted lasting for approximately 600
hours and 1000 hours, respectively.
Author (revised)
Jet Engine Fuels; Catalysts; Accelerated Life Tests
20040120963 Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC, USA
Design Competition for Development of a General Purpose Fissile Package
Houghtaling, T. K.; Abramczyk, G. A.; Hoang, D. S.; Leduc, D. R.; Lutz, R. N.; 2003; In English
Report No.(s): DE2004-810350; WSRC-MS-2003-00149; No Copyright; Avail: National Technical Information Service
(NTIS)
Department of Transportation (DOT) 6M specification packages have been used extensively for transportation of
radioactive materials since the 1960s. The objective of the Savannah River Site (SRS) design competition was to advance the
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