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Description

Argonne National Laboratory, one of the U.S. Department of Energy's oldest and largest national laboratories for science and engineering research, employs roughly 3,200 employees, including about 1,600 scientists and engineers. Argonne's annual operating budget of around $750 million (FY17) supports hundreds of research projects. Argonne regularly works with large and small companies, other federal agencies, and state and local governments to address scientific and technical challenges and seize opportunities.

Mission

The mission of the Laboratory is to apply a unique mix of world-class science, engineering and user facilities to deliver innovative research and technologies. We create new knowledge that addresses the most important scientific and societal needs of our nation.

Facilities:

Argonne scientists and engineers carry out both fundamental and applied scientific projects and maintain a number of large scientific user facilities that enhance research, especially projects that use hard X-rays and advanced computers. User facilities include:


·         Advanced Photon Source (APS)

·         Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)

·         Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS)

·         Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF)

·         Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility (ARM)
 

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Accurate Detection of Impurities in Hydrogen Fuel at Lower Cost
Patent Abstract
Technology available for licensing: Two alternative strategies for detecting impurities in the hydrogen used in fuel cells. Both yield highly accurate results and use simpler, less costly equipment. - Facilitates the analysis of trace impurities in high-pressure hydrogen streams - Replaces costly analytical equipment with inexpensive, easy-to-operate, portable sensor devices
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Accurate Detection of Impurities in Hydrogen Fuel at Lower Cost
Patent Abstract
Technology available for licensing: Two alternative strategies for detecting impurities in the hydrogen used in fuel cells. Both yield highly accurate results and use simpler, less costly equipment. - Facilitates the analysis of trace impurities in high-pressure hydrogen streams - Replaces costly analytical equipment with inexpensive, easy-to-operate, portable sensor devices
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Acoustic Building Infiltration Measurement System/Sonic Leak Quantifier (SonicLQ)
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Technology available for licensing: Building infiltration – the uncontrolled leakage of air in and out of a building envelope – accounts for a significant portion of the heating and cooling energy for buildings and is estimated to account for nearly 4% of all energy use in the United States. Infiltration can be measured on residential and small commercial buildings using whole building pressurization (blower door) testing after construction is complete, but there is no affordable method for testing larger buildings while under construction or when construction is complete. While building energy codes are changing to set maximum limits of infiltration on new construction, the code changes will not require testing of new commercial construction because of the difficulty involved.
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Actinide and lanthanide separation process (ALSEP)
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The process of the invention is the separation of minor actinides from lanthanides in a fluid mixture comprising, fission products, lanthanides, minor actinides, rare earth elements, nitric acid and water by addition of an organic chelating aid to the fluid; extracting the fluid with a solvent comprising a first extractant, a second extractant and an organic diluent to form an organic extractant stream and an aqueous raffinate. Scrubbing the organic stream with a dicarboxylic acid and a chelating agent to form a scrubber discharge. The scrubber discharge is stripped with a simple buffering agent and a second chelating agent in the pH range of 2.5 to 6.1 to produce actinide and lanthanide streams and spent organic diluents. The first extractant is selected from bis(2-ethylhexyl)hydrogen phosphate (HDEHP) and mono(2-ethylhexyl)2-ethylhexyl phosphonate (HEH(EHP)) and the second extractant is selected from N,N,N,N-tetra-2-ethylhexyl diglycol amide (TEHDGA) and N,N,N,N-tetraoctyl-3-oxapentanediamide (TODGA).
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US8354085

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US8354085
Inventors

Artem V. Guelis

Patent Issue Date
Feb 15, 2013
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ALD Reactor for Coating Porous Substrates
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Technology available for licensing: The invention is an improved ALD reactor for coating substrates, particularly porous substrates having an aspect ratio, defined as pore length divided by pore diameter, of greater than about 10-1000, and a high surface area by virtue of the porosity. The system includes a top showerhead plate, a substrate and a bottom showerhead plate. The substrate includes a porous microchannel plate and a substrate holder is positioned in the system to insure flow-through of the gas precursor.
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These features serve to improve the uniformity of the precursor flux, resulting in improved thickness and compositional uniformity of the deposited layers on the porous substrate. - In another embodiment plural porous substrates can be disposed between the dual showerheads to enable deposition of material on multiple substrates.
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US Patent Application No. 14/175,396
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ALD Reactor for Coating Porous Substrates
Patent Abstract
Technology available for licensing: The invention is an improved ALD reactor for coating substrates, particularly porous substrates having an aspect ratio, defined as pore length divided by pore diameter, of greater than about 10-1000, and a high surface area by virtue of the porosity. The system includes a top showerhead plate, a substrate and a bottom showerhead plate. The substrate includes a porous microchannel plate and a substrate holder is positioned in the system to insure flow-through of the gas precursor.
Benefits
These features serve to improve the uniformity of the precursor flux, resulting in improved thickness and compositional uniformity of the deposited layers on the porous substrate. - In another embodiment plural porous substrates can be disposed between the dual showerheads to enable deposition of material on multiple substrates.
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US Patent Application No. 14/175,396
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Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries
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Technology available for licensing: Composite anode material for Lithium Ion Battery - High reversible capacity and improved cyclability with minimal volume change with cycling
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Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries
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Technology available for licensing: Composite anode material for Lithium Ion Battery - High reversible capacity and improved cyclability with minimal volume change with cycling
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APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING NON-DESTRUCTIVE QUALITY CONTROL OF SUBSTRATES AND PRINTED BIOLOGICAL MICROARRAYS
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A method and apparatus are provided for implementing non-destructive quality control of substrates and printed biological microarrays. A method and apparatus are provided for implementing quality control of gel-based microarrays prepared by dispensing a gel-forming composition on a solid substrate. The method utilizes the difference between the wettability properties of a supporting substrate and a gel, where the gel is hydrophilic. Condensation of vapor of a chemically inert water-soluble liquid, such as water or glycerol, on the surface of a substrate under inspection creates a layer of tiny droplets that affect both transmission and scattering of light on the surface. A pattern of condensation, characterized by spatial distribution, average size of the droplets and spacing between the droplets, reflects variation in wetting properties of the substrate. The pattern of condensation circumscribes printed microarray features to be non-destructively imaged and analyzed.
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US2010041570

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US2010041570
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Patent Issue Date
Mar 18, 2010
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ARG-US Remote Area Modular Monitoring (RAMM)
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Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a technology to make nuclear and radiological facilities safer by better monitoring both plant conditions as well as the most sensitive materials onsite. The patent-pending system, called ARG-US Remote Area Modular Monitoring, or RAMM, uses hig- tech sensors paired with redundant, self-healing communications platforms that can work even in the most challenging conditions. The work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, and Packaging Certification Program.
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Facilities
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Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Address:
9700 South Cass Avenue
Lemont
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Midwest
P: (630) 252-9090E: apsuser@aps.anl.govSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0
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The Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratoryprovides this nation's (in fact, this hemisphere's) brightest storage ring-generated x-ray beams for research in almost all scientific disciplines. These x-rays allow scientists to pursue new knowledge about the structure and function of materials in the center of the Earth and in outer space, and all points in between. The knowledge gained from this research can impact the evolution of combustion engines and microcircuits, aid in the development of new pharmaceuticals, and pioneer nanotechnologies whose scale is measured in billionths of a meter, to name just a few examples. These studies promise to have far-reaching impact on our technology, economy, health, and our fundamental knowledge of the materials that make up our world. The APS electron accelerator and storage system are the first critical steps in producing the high-energy x-rays that are used for frontier research.
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Accelerator Systems Division APS Engineering Support X-ray Science Division
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Argonne Accelerator Institute
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In 2006, Argonne Laboratory Director Robert Rosner formed the AAI as a focal point for accelerator initiatives. The institute works to utilize Argonne's extensive accelerator resources, to enhance existing facilities, to determine the future of accelerator development and construction, and to oversee a dynamic and acclaimed accelerator physics portfolio.
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Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF)
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9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne
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Midwest
P: (630) 252-8600Security Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) enables breakthrough science-science that will change our world through major advances in biology, chemistry, energy, engineering, climate studies, astrophysics and more.Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, the ALCF gives scientists access to world-class computation resources and a team of expert computational scientists and engineers. The majority of ALCF resources are allocated through the DOE's "Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment" program (INCITE).
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ALCF experts in computational methods and application tuning provide in-depth assistance in using Intrepid, optimizing applications, and improving computational methods. They arm your researchers with technical details about Intrepid's architecture, give hands-on help in scaling and tuning...
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Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS)
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9700 S Cass Ave B109
Lemont, IL 60439
United States
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Midwest
P: 515-294-2776E: partners@anl.govSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0
ATLAS is a national user facility at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois. The ATLAS facility is a leading facility for nuclear structure research in the United States. It provides a wide range of beams for nuclear reaction and structure research to a large community of users from the US and abroad. The full range of all stable ions can be produced in ECR ion sources, accelerated in the world?s first superconducting linear accelerator for ions to energies of 7-17 MeV per nucleon and delivered to one of several target stations. About 20% of the beam-time is used to generate secondary radioactive beams. These beams are used mostly to study nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest and for nuclear structure investigations. Users of ATLAS take advantage of the existing experimental equipment such as, for example, the Canadian Penning Trap (CPT), the Fragment Mass Analyzer (FMA), the magnetic spectrograph and Gammasphere. Beam lines are also available for experiments where Users bring their own equipment. The Physics support group is available to assist the Users in all preparations for their measurements.
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Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
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9700 S Cass Ave B109
Lemont, IL 60439
United States
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Midwest
P: 630-252-7874E: ryoshida@anl.govSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0
The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) in the HEP division at the Argonne National Laboratory is a test facility for one of the leading advanced accelerator technologies for electron beams, dielectric wakefield acceleration. The AWA has recently gone through an upgrade of the drive beam energy to 75 MeV, with a second, 15 MeV witness beam. The AWA conducts experiments and produces and publishes results on many topics including advanced acceleration, GW-scale rf sources, phase space manipulation and positron acceleration. The AWA also has strong partnerships with industry through SBIRs.
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Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research (ARM)
P: 301.903.0043E: wanda.ferrell@science.doe.govSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0
Lab Reps:
Wanda Ferrell
With heavily instrumented field sites around the globe, the ARM Climate Research Facility provides the world's most comprehensive outdoor laboratory and data archive for research related to atmospheric processes that affect Earth's climate system. The ARM Facility provides continuous data collections from fixed locations as well as sponsoring mobile and aerial facility deployments in under-sampled regions. ARM hosts on average more than 40 field campaigns a year and has over 6000 registered users at the ARM Data Archive from nearly every state and from more than 30 countries. Data from ARM are cited in approximately 200 journal articles per year. Nine U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories share the responsibility of managing and operating the facility in support of the DOE mission to provide for the energy security of the nation.
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Battery Post-Test Facility
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9700 S Cass Ave B109
Lemont, IL 60439
United States
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Midwest
P: 630-252-2629E: burrell@anl.govSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0
Post-test diagnostics of aged batteries can provide additional information regarding the cause of performance degradation, which, previously, could be only inferred from the changes in electrochemical performance data. The results from physical, spectroscopic, metallographic, electrochemical tests will be used to characterize the physical and chemical changes which occurred during the aging process. Conclusions from these results can aid in the further improvement of a given technology by showing where work may need to be done. The experience and techniques developed in DOE?s applied battery R&D program are used in a standardized fashion, similar to the performance test protocols, making comparisons of failure modes within a given technology and perhaps, across technologies easier. The Facility is available to help DOE?s battery programs and to help industrial battery developers better understand life-limiting mechanisms specific to their technology. The facility is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies, Hybrid and Electric Systems.
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Battery Test Facility- Electrochemical Analysis and Diagnostics Laboratory
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9700 S Cass Ave B109
Lemont, IL 60439
United States
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Midwest
P: 630-252-2629E: burrell@anl.govSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0
The Electrochemical Analysis and Diagnostics Laboratory (EADL) provides battery developers with reliable, independent, and unbiased performance evaluations of their cells, modules, and battery packs. These evaluations have been performed for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), government and industry consortia, and industrial developers to provide insight into the factors that limit the performance and life of advanced battery systems. Such evaluations help battery developers and DOE evaluate technical progress, and aid DOE in R&D decision-making. The EADL is an extensive facility designed to test large numbers of both small and large batteries designed within and outside of Argonne National Laboratory. It has the capability to conduct >240 concurrent advanced battery studies under operating conditions that simulate electric-vehicle (EV), electric-hybrid vehicle (HEV), utility load-leveling, and standby/uninterruptible power source applications. Each battery is independently defined, controlled and monitored to impose charging regimes and discharge load profiles that simulate the types of dynamic operating conditions found during actual use. The facility is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies, Hybrid and Electric Systems.
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Cell Analysis, Modeling, and Prototyping Facility (CAMP)-Battery Cell Fabrication Facility
Address:
9700 S Cass Ave B109
Lemont, IL 60439
United States
Region:
Midwest
P: 630-252-2629E: burrell@anl.govSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0
The goal of Argonne?s Cell Analysis, Modeling, and Prototyping (CAMP) Facility is to design, fabricate, and characterize high-quality prototype cells using the latest discoveries in high energy anode and cathode battery materials created at Argonne and in research labs around the world. Its manufactured cells have at least a 200mAh capacity and enable a realistic and consistent evaluation of candidate chemistries in a timely manner and in a close-to-real industrial format. The CAMP Facility is appropriately scaled to help new materials move more easily from bench top discovery to industrial production. Within a climate-controlled dry room, the CAMP Facility?s high tech equipment includes a planetary mixer with a high speed disperser, a high precision electrode coater with two drying zones, and a hot roll press, which enables the fabrication of high-quality electrodes. These electrodes are used to make pouch (in an xx3450 format) and 18650 cells using the CAMP Facility?s semi-automated industrial cell assembly equipment.
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Center for Electrochemical Energy Science
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CEES Mission: To understand and control the molecular-scale reactivity of electrified oxide interfaces, films and materials that ultimately limits the performance of lithium-ion battery systems. CEES Approach: Develop a robust understanding of electrochemical processes using well-defined systems to...
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Dr. Paul Kearns: Prepared for impact (Laboratory Director of the Year)

Excellence in Technology Transfer Award: Pressure control enhances hydrogen refueling

Cummins Gains an Edge Through Argonne's Computer Modeling and Analysis

By collaborating with Argonne and software developer Convergent Science, Inc., heavy equipment manufacturing giant Cummins gained access to cutting-edge computer modeling and analysis tools and expertise that allowed it to achieve major advances in fuel economy and reduce development costs and time-to-market for engines.

Argonne, through its Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative (VERIFI), has developed engine models and software for large-scale computer simulations that provide – in virtual space, before costly physical production ever begins – a better understanding of how internal combustion engine parameters interact.

As part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), Cummins, Argonne, and Convergent Science, Inc., conducted simulations on Cummins engine products, focusing specifically on the fluid dynamics of fuel injectors. Argonne’s fuel spray modeling capabilities and advanced load-balancing algorithm technologies: allow for more reliable analytical calculations; lower dependence on experimental engines and prototypes, and accelerate new engine concepts and design to market.

VERIFI’s products have won a prestigious Federal Lab Consortium (FLC) Award as well as an HPC (High-Performance Computing) Innovation Excellence Award.

CRADA Outcome

Argonne’s fuel spray modeling capabilities and advanced load-balancing algorithm technologies have given Cummins access to more reliable analytical calculations; the work has lowered Cummins' dependence on experimental engines and prototypes and has accelerated new engine concepts and design to market.

Early warning crisis system to detect chemical release in interior structures

Since the 1995 sarin gas attack in a Tokyo subway, authorities have recognized that large interior structures are vulnerable to chemical (and biological) attacks. Particularly at risk are venues like subways, airports and government office buildings, where people are concentrated in small areas and quick evacuation is difficult; or enclosed buildings such as convention centers or arenas, where the threat may be high when the facility is occupied. In all cases, early detection and rapid response are essential to ensure crowd safety and the saving of lives.

Proper pre-planning, along with advanced technology, can provide facility management with an early warning to trigger emergency management tools and protocols and potentially save hundereds of lives.

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have created an automated hardware/software system to improve the detection of and reaction to complex terrorist attacks involving chemical agents. The system, called PROTECT (Program for Response Options and Technology Enhancements for Chemical/Biological Terrorism), integrates chemical detectors, closed-circuit TV, dispersion modeling and optimal response protocols. Alarm and response management capabilities assist infrastructure operators and first responders by pinpointing agent release areas and projected dispersion zones and recommendeing appropriate, predetermined response scenarios.

Improved safety analysis tool for advanced nuclear reactors

Argonne’s SAS4A/SASSYS-1 safety analysis code system is a simulation tool that can perform deterministic transient safety analyses of anticipated operational events, as well as design-basis and beyond-design-basis accidents for advanced nuclear reactors. The original code development was for sodium-cooled fast reactors, and sodium boiling can be modeled. However, basic core thermal-hydraulics and systems analysis features are applicable to other liquid-metal cooled reactor concepts.

As evidenced by the licensee list above, SAS4A/SASSYS-1 is a globally deployed national asset, encompassing decades of Argonne specific research and development.

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  • Safety analysis of fast reactors
  • Simulations for operational, design-basis and beyond-design-basis events
  • Passive heat removal and natural circulation flow predictions
  • Severe accident modeling with sodium boiling, fuel melting and pin failure

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