Sandians Win ‘Best Paper’ Award at Photovoltaic Conference in Japan March 4, 2015 6:53 pm 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Sandians Mark Ivey and Darin Desilets were included in a NASA Group Achievement Award “for outstanding achievement in executing the... View Article
CFD-Populated Empirical Turbine Wake Model February 24, 2015 12:40 pm The DTOcean team is developing a fast-running, easy to use current-energy capture (CEC) array spacing tool that considers tidal array... View Article