Month: October 2019

sCO2-flex at ETIP SNET’s Western & South-eastern Regions’ Workshop in Paris

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The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) in collaboration with Pôle MEDEE, Systematic and Think Smartgrids hosted a workshop on European projects working on Energy transition, including sCO2-flex, on November 14-15 in Paris, France. The Workshop provided a unique opportunity to learn from Central  & Northern Region’s national Research & Innovation (R&I) projects …

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New sCO2 project: sCO2-4-NPP launches in Paris

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Just over a month ago, an innovative sCO2-based Heat removal technology for an increased level of safety of nuclear power plants was kicked-off in Paris    The main aim of the sCO2-4-NPP is to bring an innovative technology based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) for heat removal in nuclear power plants (NPPs) closer to the market. …

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ETN October Workshop 2019

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ETN’s biennial October Workshop took place on 1-2 October 2019 in Florence, Italy, hosted by Baker Hughes. Venue and agenda The event took place at Florence Learning Center. Workshop agenda can be downloaded here. High-Level User Meeting ETN’s annual High-Level User Meeting was held on 30 September 2019 at AC Hotel by Marriott Firenze. For more information …

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3rd European Conference on Supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Power Systems

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The third European Conference on Supercritical CO2 took place on 19 and 20 last September, with the forth scheduled in March 2021. Download the conference proceedings.    Scientists from all over Europe came together to talk about the sensible and safe use of supercritical CO2 (sCO2). Professor Brillert, Head of the Department of Turbomachinery at …

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New Paper on the Part-Load Operation Strategy of SCO2 Power Plants

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sCO2-Flex partners at POLIMI release paper on the optimisation of the part-load Operation Strategy of sCO2 Power Plans. Supercritical CO2 cycles for power generation are gaining a large interest from industry, institutions and academia as demonstrated by the large amount of investments, founded projects and research papers. This attention is motivated by the potential of …

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