Sandia progressing to demo stage with supercritical CO2 Brayton-cycle turbines; up to 50% increase in efficiency of thermal-to-electric conversion
Green Car Congress
MARCH 4, 2011
MPa enable the system to operate with very high thermal efficiency, exceeding even those of a large coal-generated power plant and nearly twice as efficient as that of a gasoline engine (about 25%). The supercritical properties of carbon dioxide at temperatures above 500 °C and pressures above 7.6 site of contractor Barber Nichols Inc.,
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