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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Steven A. Wright, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paul S. Pickard, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Milton E. Vernon, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Ross F. Radel, Madison, WI (US);
Steven A. Wright, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paul S. Pickard, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Milton E. Vernon, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Ross F. Radel, Madison, WI (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Various technologies pertaining to tuning composition of a fluid mixture in a supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system are described herein. Compounds, such as Alkanes, are selectively added or removed from an operating fluid of the supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system to cause the critical temperature of the fluid to move up or down, depending upon environmental conditions. As efficiency of the supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system is substantially optimized when heat is rejected near the critical temperature of the fluid, dynamically modifying the critical temperature of the fluid based upon sensed environmental conditions improves efficiency of such a system.