SCARABEUS presented at the University R&D panel session of the 7th Supercritical CO2 Symposium in San Antonio, TX
SCARABEUS presented at the University R&D panel session of the 7th Supercritical CO2 Symposium in San Antonio, TX
The Dissemination Coordinator of the SCARABEUS project, Prof. David Sánchez of University of Seville, was invited to join the University R&D Panel organized at the last edition of the Supercritical CO2 Power cycle Symposium, hosted by Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX.
The presentation proposed a staged vison for the development of Research and Innovation Actions with the ultimate goal to improve the lives of citizens. In this phased approach, universities and R&D centres drive R&D initially, with support by government and industry. Then, once the maturity of the technology increases, the industry takes over and the role of both R&D and government become secondary. Based on this framework, the speaker evaluated the development of supercritical Carbon Dioxide technology in the last twenty years, in order to trigger a discussion with the audience about whether or not this area of technology is actually following a credible, sustainable pathway.
The second part of the presentation presented the portfolio of projects involving supercritical CO2 technologies that is currently funded by the European Commission, along with their start/end dates and total funding. SCARABEUS was highlighted as a key enabling project to improve the economic viability of the technology, as justified by the results presented in this session (same presentation) and also in other technical sessions of the symposium.
The last part of the presentation shared some results of the survey that is currently being made by the supercritical Carbon Dioxide Working Group of the European Turbine Network. By the way, if you have not filled it in, do not miss the opportunity to do so at: https://etn.global/news-and-events/news/sco2_survey_symposium/
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