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Magnetoresistor monitors relay performance

Magnetoresistor monitors the action of relays without disturbing circuit parameters or degrading relay performance. The magnetoresistor measures the relay magnetic flux produced under transient conditions to establish the characteristic signature of the relay.

Krebs, D. Q.↗

Monitoring of explosive/pyrotechnic performance.

Utilization of performance monitoring techniques for acceptance, lot qualification, and comparison testing, as well as to provide engineering guidelines for systems design. Test techniques and apparatus have been developed to evaluate the performance of squibs, initiators, gas generating cartridges, detonators, and linear explosives for aerospace applications. A variety of devices has been tested in each of these apparatuses, including the Apollo Standard Initiator, the Apollo End Detonating Cartridge, and the mild detonating fuse and flexible linear shaped charge.

Bement, L. J.↗

Apparatus for monitoring linear explosive performance

Techniques provide performance monitoring standard for acceptance, lot qualification, and comparison testing of devices. Exhibit high degree of simplicity, accuracy, and reproducibility. Apparatus simultaneously measures explosive pressure stimulus energy, explosive cutting, or rupturing, ability, and detonation propagation rate.

Bement, L. J.↗

An Integrated Architecture for On-Board Aircraft Engine Performance Trend Monitoring and Gas Path Fault Diagnostics

Aircraft engine performance trend monitoring and gas path fault diagnostics are closely related technologies that assist operators in managing the health of their gas turbine engine assets. Trend monitoring is the process of monitoring the gradual performance change that an aircraft engine will naturally incur over time due to turbomachinery deterioration, while gas path diagnostics is the process of detecting and isolating the occurrence of any faults impacting engine flow-path performance. Today, performance trend monitoring and gas path fault diagnostic functions are performed by a combination of on-board and off-board strategies. On-board engine control computers contain logic that monitors for anomalous engine operation in real-time. Off-board ground stations are used to conduct fleet-wide engine trend monitoring and fault diagnostics based on data collected from each engine each flight. Continuing advances in avionics are enabling the migration of portions of the ground-based functionality on-board, giving rise to more sophisticated on-board engine health management capabilities. This paper reviews the conventional engine performance trend monitoring and gas path fault diagnostic architecture commonly applied today, and presents a proposed enhanced on-board architecture for future applications. The enhanced architecture gains real-time access to an expanded quantity of engine parameters, and provides advanced on-board model-based estimation capabilities. The benefits of the enhanced architecture include the real-time continuous monitoring of engine health, the early diagnosis of fault conditions, and the estimation of unmeasured engine performance parameters. A future vision to advance the enhanced architecture is also presented and discussed

Simon, Donald L.↗

Interim Measures Work Plan: South Repeater Building: Solid Waste Management Unit 121: Hydraulic Containment and Groundwater Treatment System for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

This document presents the design details of a granular activated carbon (GAC) hydraulic containment and groundwater treatment system Interim Measures Work Plan for the South Repeater Building site (South Repeater, Solid Waste Management Unit 121), located at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. The interim measures (IM) treatment area includes the source area and downgradient property boundary, which have been impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The objectives of the IM are to treat the source area and mitigate PFAS migration to areas outside of KSC boundaries. This document was prepared by AECOM Technical Services, Inc., for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Contract 80KSC019D0010, Task Order 80KSC021F0096. The IM consists of the installation and operation of 19 extraction wells and an associated groundwater treatment system. A total of 13 wells will be installed to a depth of 34 feet below land surface (bls) to target the upper medium-grained sand with shell layer. A total of six wells will be installed to a depth of 56 feet bls to target the lower layer of poorly graded sand with shell fragments. The system will be designed to operate each extraction well simultaneously using submersible pumps at flow rates of 5 or 10 gallons per minute (gpm), excluding one extraction well with a flow rate of 30 gpm. The extracted groundwater will be conveyed to a groundwater treatment system, where it will be treated via GAC prior to disposal via infiltration. To evaluate treatment system performance, baseline groundwater sampling will be conducted prior to treatment system startup. Performance monitoring will be completed quarterly for the first year. A total of eight performance monitoring wells will be installed to a depth of 12 feet bls, and eight performance monitoring wells will be installed to a depth of 30 feet bls. In addition to the installation of 16 performance monitoring wells, 12 existing monitoring wells will be incorporated into the performance monitoring program.

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Converter Compressor Building, SWMU 089, Hot Spot Areas 1, 2, and 5 Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring Report, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

This Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring Report (OMMR) presents the findings, observations, and results from operation of the air sparging (AS) interim measure (IM) for Hot Spot (HS) Areas 1, 2, and 5 at the Converter Compressor Building (CCB) located at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. The objective of the IM at CCB HS Areas 1, 2, and 5 is to decrease concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in groundwater in the treatment zones via AS to levels that will enable a transition to a monitored natural attenuation (MNA) phase. This OMMR presents system operations and maintenance (O&M) information and performance monitoring results since full-scale O&M began in June 2014 (2 months after initial system startup in April 2014), including quarterly performance monitoring events in July and October 2014 and January and May 2015. Based on the results to date, the AS system is operating as designed and is meeting the performance criteria and IM objective. The performance monitoring network is adequately constructed for assessment of IM performance at CCB HS Areas 1, 2, and 5. At the March 2014 KSC Remediation Team (KSCRT) Meeting, team consensus was reached for the design prepared for expansion of the system to treat the HS 4 area, and at the November 2014 KSCRT Meeting, team consensus was reached that HS 3 was adequately delineated horizontally and vertically and for selection of AS for the remedial approach for HS 3. At the July 2015 KSCRT meeting, team consensus was reached to continue IM operations in all zones until HSs 3 and 4 is operational, once HS 3 and 4 zones are operational discontinue operations in HS 1, 2, and 5 zones where concentrations are less than GCTLs to observe whether rebounding conditions occur. Team consensus was also reached to continue quarterly performance monitoring to determine whether operational zones achieve GCTLs and to continue annual IGWM of CCB-MW0012, CCBMW0013, and CCB-MW0056, located south of the treatment area. The next performance monitoring event is scheduled for July 2015.

Converter Compressor Building↗

Offering an Array of Improvements

Sensors Unlimited, Inc., with SBIR funding from NASA's Langley Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, developed a monolithic focal plane array for near-infrared imaging. The company developed one- (1- D) and two-dimensional (2-D) imaging arrays consisting of a highly reliable InGaAs p-I-n diode as a photodetector for monitoring a variety of applications, including single element device applications in receivers. The InGaAs 1-D and 2-D arrays have many applications. For example, they monitor the performance of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems- the process of packaging many channels into a single fiber-optic cable. Sensors Unlimited commercially offers its LXTM and LYTM Series InGaAs linear arrays for reliable DWDM performance monitoring. The LX and LY arrays enable instrument module designs with no moving parts, which provides for superior uniformity, and fast, linear outputs that remain stable over a wide temperature range. Innovative technologies derived from the monolithic focal plane array have enabled telecommunication companies to optimize existing bandwidth in their fiber-optic networks in order to support a high volume of network traffic. At the same time, the technologies obtained from the array have the potential for reducing costs, while increasing performance from Sensors Unlimited's current product lines.

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