San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) said on Aug. 12 it will get $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and another $760,658 from an assortment of industry…

First ground has been broken on a 10-MW pilot of a novel supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) technology, a $119 million project that will refine the sCO2 power cycle and demonstrate…

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Engineers test autonomous UAS to fly inside damaged nuclear power station SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is developing unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology to fly…

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Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) cycles—which are inching closer to commercial applications for waste heat recovery, concentrating solar power, nuclear, and fossil energy—offer higher thermal efficiencies and power density than conventional…

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Three projects to advance turbine systems for gas-fired power plants SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of three teams awarded funding by the U.S. Department of Energy’s…