Bangalore, February 22: Amid increasing need for clean energy across the globe, Indian scientists have developed next-generation technology loop to generate clean energy. The supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton test loop facility will help to generate clean energy from future power plants including solar thermal. This next generation technology loop was developed indigenously by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
This test loop is designed to generate the necessary data for future development of scaled-up S-CO2 power plants, which would require overcoming several technological challenges –developing critical components such as the turbine, compressor and heat exchangers that can work at the desired pressure and temperature ranges and using materials that can withstand these conditions.
In order to make this technology a reality, a research group at Interdisciplinary Center for Energy Research at Indian Institute of Science (ICER, IISc.) has been set up - India’s first S-CO2 Brayton Cycle based solar thermal test loop at the laboratory scale.