Breakthrough for sCO2 Power Cycle as STEP Demo Completes …
Oct 9, 2024 · During Phase 1 testing, the project achieved full operational speed of its turbine at 27,000 RPM, operating at 500C and 250 bar. It generated 4 MWe of grid-synchronized power. “The data ...
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Understanding PAG- and PAO-Based Lubricants - POWER Magazine
Jan 12, 2021 · PAG polymers, first discovered more than 150 years ago, saw their breakthrough application occur during World War ll. At that time, both fires on U.S. Navy ships and aircraft were occurring due to ...
What Are Microreactors and How Soon Could We See One in …
Oct 22, 2024 · Microreactors are a class of very small modular reactors targeted for non-conventional nuclear markets. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports a variety of advanced reactor designs ...
History of Power: The Evolution of the Electric Generation Industry
Oct 1, 2022 · Invention of the first rudimentary dynamo is credited to Frenchman Hippolyte Pixii in 1832. Antonio Pacinotti improved it to provide continuous direct-current (DC) power by 1860.
DOE Picks Six Companies to Provide HALEU Fuel Services for …
Oct 8, 2024 · The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced six companies have successfully bid to provide deconversion services for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel to support advanced nuclear reactors.
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Simple Cycle, Combined Cycle, or a Hybrid Approach?
Oct 23, 2024 · Simple cycle gas turbines provide efficiency levels of around 35% to 40%. Combined cycle units boost efficiency to 60% and beyond. But another option is emerging that combines the attributes of ...
Fuel Cells: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They’re …
Aug 6, 2024 · Fuel cells are configured in stacks of individual cells connected in a series. FuelCell Energy’s carbonate stacks have up to 400 cells per stack and produce between 250 kW and 400 kW of power.
Kemmerer 1 Breaks Ground: A Look at TerraPower's ... - POWER …
Jun 13, 2024 · Kemmerer 1 will be a hybrid nuclear facility integrating an 840 MWth pool-type Natrium SFR reactor with a nitrate molten salt-based energy storage system. The plant’s energy storage has the ...