Lockheed Martin Corporation

Benjamin P Tongue

Bing C Li

Patrick M Scott

Richard T Evans

Robert Strebel

Reed Durand

Timothy Douglas

Stephen Ray Shafer

Joseph T Morrison

David E Murphy

Ryan W Andrew

Joseph R Grosso

Khader S Fashho

Victoria Rose Tagarelli

A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, sensor data associated with a geographic location; processing, by the computing device, the sensor data to identify an infrastructure asset within the geographic location; determining, by the computing device, a condition of the infrastructure asset based on processing the sensor data; and storing or outputting, by the computing device, information regarding the condition of the infrastructure asset.

Automating the assessment of damage to infrastructure assets

A method and apparatus for generating electrical energy from combustion of biomass is provided. The present invention provides both liquid-phase and gas-phase fuel to an internal combustion engine that is designed to run on both types of fuel. Scrubbing syngas generated in an updraft gasifier with a first petrochemical-based liquid fuel reduces the concentration of tars in the syngas stream and also enables absorption of tars from the syngas into the first liquid fuel. After absorption, the tars form a second liquid fuel that is suitable for direct use in the internal combustion engine. As a result, the syngas provided to the engine is substantially free of tars and the volume of liquid fuel available to the engine is increased.

Tar scrubber for energy recovery from gasification operations

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Benjamin P Tongue