Resolving a Key to How Stars Transmit Energy March 5, 2015 7:00 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Resolving a Key to How Stars Transmit Energy Sandia physicist Jim Bailey observes a wire array that will heat foam to roughly 4 million degrees until it emits... View Article
Sandians Win ‘Best Paper’ Award at Photovoltaic Conference in Japan March 4, 2015 6:53 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandians Win ‘Best Paper’ Award at Photovoltaic Conference in Japan A research team that included Sandians received a Best Paper Award for their work “Photovoltaic System Model Calibration Using Monitored... View Article
Sandia Research on PV Arc-Fault Detection Submitted for US Patent March 4, 2015 6:52 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandia Research on PV Arc-Fault Detection Submitted for US Patent Sandia National Laboratories/Tigo Energy researchers recently submitted an application for a US patent related to research on arc-fault detection and... View Article
PV Plant Performance Technical Briefing Published in PV Power Tech March 4, 2015 6:51 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on PV Plant Performance Technical Briefing Published in PV Power Tech The state of the art in PV system monitoring is relatively simplistic, relying either on comparisons of outputs between various... View Article
Recent Sandia Secure, Scalable Microgrid Advanced Controls Research Accomplishments March 3, 2015 7:24 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Recent Sandia Secure, Scalable Microgrid Advanced Controls Research Accomplishments A recently completed Grand Challenge Laboratory-Directed Research and Development project resulted in a secure, scalable microgrid (SSM) research facility that... View Article
The Quest for Efficiency in Thermoelectric Nanowires February 26, 2015 4:51 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on The Quest for Efficiency in Thermoelectric Nanowires Sandia researchers say better materials and manufacturing techniques for nanowires could allow car makers to harvest power from the heat... View Article
Storing Hydrogen Underground Could Boost Transportation, Energy Security February 26, 2015 1:54 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Storing Hydrogen Underground Could Boost Transportation, Energy Security Large-scale storage of low-pressure, gaseous hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid-scale energy applications... View Article
Predicting Pressure-Dependent Combustion Chemical Reactions February 25, 2015 5:25 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Predicting Pressure-Dependent Combustion Chemical Reactions Researchers at Sandia and Argonne national laboratories have demonstrated, for the first time, a method to successfully predict pressure-dependent chemical... View Article
Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light-Water Reactors To Receive Up To $121.5M Over Five Years February 24, 2015 5:13 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light-Water Reactors To Receive Up To $121.5M Over Five Years The Department of Energy approved the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light-Water Reactors’ (CASL’s) “Phase 2” renewal to develop advanced... View Article
NASA Award for Marginal Ice Zone Observations and Process Experiment (MIZOPEX) February 24, 2015 1:07 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on NASA Award for Marginal Ice Zone Observations and Process Experiment (MIZOPEX) Sandians Mark Ivey and Darin Desilets were included in a NASA Group Achievement Award “for outstanding achievement in executing the... View Article