Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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By mmillikinAug 22, 2022, 7:01 am304 pts
Sandia National Laboratories researchers recently 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 is based on a closed-loop Brayton cycle. The…

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