Increasing Energy Efficiency

We are fortunate that technology keeps coming up with more efficient designs that generate more power with less harmful side effects. How far this can go is anyones guess, but it is great to see each improvement. It seems to me that we will eventually get to a very efficient set of systems that provide ample power and a good living standard for everyone without generating harmful effects. This will likely take may years, however.  Read more below.

Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Powered Brayton Cycle Turbine to Increase Efficiency By 50%

by Timon Singh, 03/04/11

filed under: Renewable Energy

While one can always look for new sources of renewable energy, there is a lot to be said for simply improving the efficiency of current systems. That is what researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories are working on by developing a gas turbine system that should increase thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency by as much as 50 percent. This could see a dramatic improvement for nuclear powered stations, which use steam turbines to generate energy.

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