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Paper Describing Lessons Learned from Fukushima Receives “Outstanding Paper Award”

On May 17, 2013, in Computational Modeling & Simulation, Energy, News, News & Events, Nuclear Energy, Systems Analysis

Jeff Cardoni (in the Severe Accident Analysis Dept.) presented the paper “MELCOR Simulations of the Severe Accident at the Fukushima 1F3 Reactor” at the 2012 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, which held an embedded topical meeting called “International Meeting on Severe Accident Assessment and Management: Lessons Learned From Fukushima Daiichi.” on November 11–15, [...]


Water Increasingly Crucial in Energy Policies, Experts Say

On May 16, 2013, in Energy, News, News & Events, Systems Analysis, Systems Engineering

Energy policymakers worldwide should look beyond supply security and environmental questions and consider water resource availability if they expect to succeed, experts said May 3 during a forum at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. “Water has become the Achilles heel of some energy projects,” said M. Michael Hightower, head of the Water for [...]


PV Paper Published in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

On May 1, 2013, in DETL, Energy, Facilities, News, News & Events, Photovoltaic, Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory (PSEL), Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Newsletter, Systems Analysis

Sandians Mathew Lave and Joshua Stein ( both in the Photovoltaics and Distributed Systems Dept.) along with Jan Kleissl (University of California–San Diego) published “A Wavelet-Based Variability Model (WVM) for Solar PV Power Plants” in the April 2013 IEEE Transactions issue. (Matthew Lave was a Sandia student intern when this work was being done and [...]


Caterpillar, Sandia CRADA Opens Door to Multiple Research Projects

On April 17, 2013, in Capabilities, Computational Modeling & Simulation, CRF, Materials Science, Modeling, Modeling, Modeling & Analysis, Modeling & Analysis, News, News & Events, Partnership, Research & Capabilities, Sensors & Optical Diagnostics, Systems Analysis, Systems Engineering, Transportation Energy

Sandia and industrial giant Caterpillar Inc. have signed their first umbrella cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA), opening the door to a wide range of scientific research. “This agreement will lead to an expanded relationship with Caterpillar,” said Vic Weiss, the Sandia business development specialist who helped negotiate the CRADA. “It’s a strategic collaboration.” The [...]


Better Monitoring and Diagnostics Tackle Algae Biofuel Pond Crash Problem

On April 17, 2013, in Biofuels, Biomass, Capabilities, Energy, News, News & Events, Renewable Energy, Research & Capabilities, Sensors & Optical Diagnostics, Systems Analysis, Transportation Energy

Sandia is developing a suite of complementary technologies to help the emerging algal biofuels industry detect and quickly recover from algal pond crashes, an obstacle to large-scale algae cultivation for potential biofuels. Sandia is addressing the algal pond crash issue in three complementary ways: developing a real-time monitoring tool for algal ponds that can detect [...]


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