Technology Development for Modular, Low-Cost, High-Temperature Recuperators for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles (Final Report)
- Thar Energy, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
The program’s focus was to evaluate, advance, and demonstrate recuperator design concepts, materials, and fabrication methods that facilitate the commercial availability of compact and low-cost recuperators. Emphasis was placed on recompression closed Brayton cycles having a turbine inlet temperature exceeding 700°C and differential pressures on the order of 200 bar and were scalable to accommodate plant sizes from 10 to 1,000 MWe. The primary objectives of the first budget period, which included conceptual design, preliminary development, and prototype fabrication and testing, were accomplished. A new recuperator design concept, stacked-sheet heat exchanger (SSHX), was realized during the project. The design was taken from paper to hardware and successfully tested. The SSHX prototype recuperator met or exceeded program thermal, hydraulic and performance/cost metrics goals. The first budget period was extended to retire risk in scaling the recuperator from the kWt to MWt thermal capacity scale. The fabrication and design requirements for the budget period one extension were met. Delays associated with the Covid-19 pandemic prevented the fabrication and testing of the industrial scale prototype.
- Research Organization:
- Thar Energy, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FE0026273
- OSTI ID:
- 1780676
- Report Number(s):
- DE-EF00026273
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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