The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant, a $169 million, 10-megawatt supercritical carbon ...

In a major breakthrough, the 10-MW STEP Demo plant in San Antonio completed Phase 1 testing, proving the commercial readiness ...

Brayton cycle innovation ...

To implement the reverse-Brayton cycle system, the research team devised a compander system that connects the compressor, expander, and motor on a single shaft. Although the compressor and ...

Instead of traditional coolants such as Freon gas or hydrofluorocarbons, which contribute to planet-overheating air pollution ...

The KIER research team focused on implementing a cooling system based on the reverse-Brayton cycle, which uses air as the refrigerant. Unlike the traditional method that involves evaporating a liquid, ...

the first being known as the Otto type and the second as the Brayton or Diesel type. In order to make the difference between these two types clearer, it will be well to follow the cycle of ...

Previous work on dry cooling systems for supercritical CO 2 (sCO₂) Brayton cycle CSP plants has been limited. It focuses ...

Scott TinkerIf I remember correctly, you grew up in Montana and until you were 18 never even got on a plane. Then your next job was running a nuclear reactor on an aircraft carrier, right? Did I miss ...

The Korea Institute of Energy Research has developed a refrigeration technology that uses air as a refrigerant instead of ...

SARI has also led the development of helium turbine based on closed Brayton cycle, which has the potential to serve as a power conversion system, such as for high temperature nuclear power plants ...

Heat pumps based on the reverse Joule–Brayton cycle are commonly utilized for small-scale applications. They usually draw ambient air into a compressor and then convey the hot compressed air ...