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Sandia researchers have worked with this single compressor “research loop” to build a closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine that uses supercritical carbon dioxide to improve the conversion of heat to electricity in turbine generators.

Sandia’s Brayton-Cycle Turbine Boosts Small Nuclear Reactor Efficiency

On June 1, 2012, in Energy, Energy Efficiency, News, News & Events, Nuclear Energy

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking an industry partner to market a turbine system that could substantially improve energy efficiency in small modular nuclear reactors. The system uses carbon dioxide in a closed-loop “Brayton-cycle” turbine to crank up electric conversion from heat, said Gary Rochau, manager of the advanced nuclear concepts group at Sandia’s Nuclear Energy [...]


Vermont-Sandia Partnership

A Model for the Nation: Promoting Education and Innovation in Vermont’s Electricity Sector

On May 8, 2012, in Climate, Customers & Partners, Energy, Energy Surety, Infrastructure Security, News, Partnership, Photovoltaic, Publications, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Energy

We are pleased to announce the publication of “A Model for the Nation: Promoting Education and Innovation in Vermont’s Electricity Sector,” a 70-page report summarizing the activities and outcomes of our Vermont-Sandia partnership’s initial year. This document speaks to the broad collaborative effort involved, to the strong and enduring partnership, now formally known as the [...]


Sandia ear-plug-sized samplers, with silvery microvalves and solder connectors, seemingly hang poised to sample gases relevant to climate and weather. The prototype devices actually rest on a mirror, reflecting the day’s Albuquerque weather. (Photo by Randy Montoya)

Miniature Sandia Sensors’ Self-Sealing Valves May Advance Climate Studies

On April 18, 2012, in Climate, Monitoring, News, News & Events, Sensing, Sensing & Monitoring

Air-quality monitoring can be a tricky business. Gasses may be blown into the sampling site from another area, they may leak out of an air sample before it can be analyzed, or the sampling container itself may introduce compounds, emitted through off-gassing. If samples are being gathered in remote areas, it can also be difficult getting bulky [...]


Flame

CRF Researchers answer Alan Alda’s Flame Challenge

On April 10, 2012, in CRF, Energy, Facilities, News, Transportation Energy

Last month, Alan Alda posed a challenge to scientists and researchers in Science magazine: Can you explain what a flame is in a way that 11-year-olds will understand? Entries could take any shape–prose, poetry, videos, cartoons and more! CRF researchers Guilhem Lazare, Judit Zador, and Jens Prager got together to answer the challenge with their [...]


Sandia has decades of experience developing and improving wind-turbine technology. It performed extensive R&D on vertical-axis wind turbines in the 1970s and 80s.

Research and Innovation in U.S. Wind Won’t Die with Expiration of Federal Production Tax Credit

On April 3, 2012, in Energy, News, News & Events, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy

While one might be tempted by headlines to assume that wind-energy-related activity in the U.S. will come to a screeching halt at the end of the year, with the seemingly almost certain expiration of the federal production tax credit, that temptation would lead you astray. At least, that was the suggestion that grew out of [...]


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