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“We’ve Got the Power”: Sandia technology test delivers electricity to the grid
News Article, August 9, 2022 • First test of cutting-edge Brayton cycle technology put power into local grid For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. The system uses heated supercritical carbon dioxide instead of steam to generate electricity and...
"Two men stand before a cabinet of power system controllers"

Sandia’s Supercritical Carbon-Dioxide/Brayton-Cycle Laboratory Signs Important MOU with Industry Partners
News Article, September 23, 2015 • Sandia and eight other companies and research organizations* will collaborate to advance a distributed power system that can produce cleaner, more efficient electricity. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) focuses on developing an energy-conversion system based on supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2)/Brayton-cycle technology. Gary Rochau, manager of Sandia’s Advanced Nuclear Concepts Dept....

University of Wisconsin–Sandia Team Awarded SunShot CSP: APOLLO Funding
News Article, October 21, 2015 • A schematic of the team’s proposed switched-bed regenerator—to replace conventional recuperators. The planned device will have six regenerator beds (blue/red); four multi-port ball valves (green), to reduce development costs and increase reliability; two large rotary actuators (grey), which reduces system cost; and common inlets/outlets, to facilitate interface compatibility with the...