DISTRIBUTED AUTOMATED RESPONSE CONTROL NETWORKS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:WO2023064898A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:PCT/US2022/078111

    申请日:2022-10-14

    发明人: RIEGER, Craig G.

    IPC分类号: G06F21/55 G06F21/57 H04L29/06

    摘要: Distributed automated response control (ARC) networks and related systems and methods are disclosed. A distributed automated response controller network includes a plurality of a plurality of information technology devices and a plurality of operational technology devices. The plurality of information technology devices and the plurality of operational technology devices include a plurality of communication endpoints organized to operate in a distributed hierarchy. The distributed hierarchy includes a bottom tier and one or more higher tiers. The bottom tier includes a first portion of the plurality of communication endpoints configured to perform device controls for the plurality of operational technology devices responsive to a detected threat. The one or more higher tiers include one or more other portions of the plurality of communication endpoints. The one or more other portions of the plurality of communication endpoints are configured to perform network controls responsive to the detected threat

    SOLID STATE NUCLEAR PUMPED LASING SENSORS FOR IN PILE REACTOR POWER AND FLUX MEASUREMENT, DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION, AND RELATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:WO2021141882A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:PCT/US2021/012151

    申请日:2021-01-05

    IPC分类号: G21C1/08 G21C5/00 G21C7/00

    摘要: A sensor assembly for determining an operating characteristic of a nuclear reactor. The sensor assembly includes a solid-state lasing media doped with a fissile species and disposable within a core of the nuclear reactor and an optical fiber operably coupled to the solid-state lasing media and configured to extend out of the core of the nuclear reactor and to control system of the nuclear reactor. The fissile species include one or more of uranium, plutonium, americium, or californium. A method of determining an operating characteristic of a nuclear reactor includes during operation of the nuclear reactor; receiving from the optical fiber a laser light, analyzing the laser light, and based on the analysis of the laser light, determining the operating characteristic of the nuclear reactor.

    LASER ABLATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING FEEDSTOCK POWDER SUITABLE FOR LASER-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:WO2021133757A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:PCT/US2020/066518

    申请日:2020-12-22

    IPC分类号: A61B18/20 A61B19/00 A61B17/00

    摘要: Methods and systems for producing feedstock powders, suitable for use in laser-based additive manufacturing, use laser ablation to vaporize a source material, which may be in bulk solid or solid coarse grain form. The source material is vaporized by the laser (or other focused energy source) in a vaporization chamber that is temperature controlled to provide a vertical thermal gradient. The vertical thermal gradient may be controlled to, in turn, control the nucleation, coagulation, and agglomeration of the vaporized molecules, enabling formation of microparticles that may then be used as feedstock powders in laser-based additive manufacturing. The produced feedstock powder particles may be of uniform composition, of uniform shape (e.g., substantially spherical), and of uniform phase or homogeneously-mixed phases.

    MULTISPECTRAL IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION UNDER DYNAMIC LOAD CONDITIONS

    公开(公告)号:WO2020190508A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:PCT/US2020/021000

    申请日:2020-03-04

    IPC分类号: G01R31/36

    摘要: Impedance testing devices, circuits, systems, and related methods are disclosed. A Device Under Test (DUT) is excited with a multispectral excitation signal for an excitation time period while the DUT is under a load condition from a load operably coupled to the DUT. A response of the DUT is sampled over a sample time period. The sample time period is configured such that it includes an in-band interval during the excitation time period and one or more out-of-band intervals outside of the in-band interval. A response of the DUT to the load condition during the in-band interval is estimated by analyzing samples of the response from the one or more out-of-band intervals. Adjusted samples are computed by subtracting the estimated load response during the in-band interval from the samples from the in‑band interval. An impedance of the DUT is estimated by analyzing the adjusted samples.

    THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND SENSING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:WO2020123461A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-18

    申请号:PCT/US2019/065399

    申请日:2019-12-10

    摘要: An electrochemical system includes at least one electrochemical cell with a receptacle containing an electrolytic bath in which is disposed a counter electrode. At least one nozzle opens from the receptacle toward and proximate a substrate configured as a working electrode. The at least one electrochemical cell is selectively configurable between a configuration for electrodeposition of a material onto the substrate and a configuration for electrodissolution of material from a structure on the substrate. In a method of using an electrochemical cell, a metal salt--of the electrolytic bath--is flowed through the nozzle in the presence of at least one of a voltage difference and a current flow between the working electrode and the counter electrode. The system may be configured for relative movement between the at least one nozzle and the substrate, and the electrochemical cell(s) may be usable for any of electrodeposition, electrodissolution, and electrochemical sensing.

    SMART NETWORK SWITCHING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:WO2019245824A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:PCT/US2019/036787

    申请日:2019-06-12

    摘要: A method of monitoring and controlling network traffic within an industrial control system including receiving one or more data packets at a smart network switching system operating software-defined networking, analyzing the one or more data packets at a protocol level within a control plane of the software-defined networking, based on the analysis, determining whether the one or more data packets are authorized data packets, and forwarding a data packet of the one or more data packets to a destination device within a data plane of the software-defined networking upon determining that the data packet is an authorized data packet. The method further includes providing information related to the analysis of the one or more data packets to an out-of-band monitoring and control system for display to a user, and receiving a response communication from the out-of-band monitoring and control system indicating whether the one or more data packets are authorized data packets.

    METHODS OF RECOVERING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM A MATERIAL
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    发明申请
    METHODS OF RECOVERING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM A MATERIAL 审中-公开
    从材料中回收稀土元素的方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2018085234A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-11

    申请号:PCT/US2017/059214

    申请日:2017-10-31

    IPC分类号: C22B7/00 C22B59/00 C22B3/08

    摘要: A method of recovering rare earth elements from a rare earth containing material comprises contacting the rare earth containing material with a solution formulated and configured to dissolve rare earth elements from the rare earth containing material and form a solution including a plurality of rare earth elements dissolved therein. The method further includes exposing the solution including the plurality of rare earth elements dissolved therein to one of a liquefied gas or a supercritical fluid to isolate the rare earth elements from each other. Related methods of removing and purifying rare earth elements from materials and phosphor lamps are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 从含稀土材料中回收稀土元素的方法包括使含稀土材料与配制成并配置为从含稀土材料中溶解稀土元素并形成溶液的溶液接触,所述溶液包括 多个溶解于其中的稀土元素。 该方法还包括将包含溶解于其中的多种稀土元素的溶液暴露于液化气体或超临界流体中的一种以使稀土元素彼此隔离。 还公开了从材料和荧光灯中去除和纯化稀土元素的相关方法。