Sandia’s NSTTF facilitates ground-breaking experiments this summer

• Falling particle receiver
• Particle-to-sCO₂primary heat exchanger
• sCO₂loop (to represent a closed-loop recompression sCO₂Brayton cycle)
• Indirect air cooling system for the sCO₂loop

• G3P3 (Gen 3 Particle Pilot Plant) where researchers are working on ways to reduce heat loss and improve efficiencies in various components of the falling particle receiver system
• Gen 3 CSP sCO₂Coolant Loop to simulate a 1 MWth power cycle for the Gen 3 CSP pilot plant
• A Gen 3 Lab Call where researchers from Sandia and its partner, University of New Mexico, measure particle and heat loss from the receiver aperture using novel imaging techniques