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Sandia progressing to demo stage with supercritical CO2 Brayton-cycle turbines; up to 50% increase in efficiency of thermal-to-electric conversion

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There is a tremendous amount of industrial and scientific interest in supercritical CO 2 systems for power generation using all potential heat sources including solar, geothermal, fossil fuel, biofuel and nuclear. The same principle is used to power jet engines today. This machine is basically a jet engine running on a hot liquid.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000. Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Praj Industries Ltd. Particle Thermal Energy Storage and Efficient Heat Exchanger for Carbon-Free Industry Heat Supply, $249,500.