“sCO2-flex. Adaptation of fossil-fuel power plants to the future energy system requirements”, the 5th episode of ETN’s webinar series on Flexible Power Generation, will took place on 02 February 2021, 12 pm -1 pm CET.
The webinar explained how conventional plants could foster the integration of renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) by off-setting their intermittent nature providing fluctuating back-up power and helping stabilize the grid. Indeed, the sCO2-Flex consortium addresses such challenge by developing and validating a scalable/modular design of a 25MWe Brayton cycle using supercritical CO2 that will enable an increase in the operational flexibility (fast load changes, fast start-ups and shut-downs) and in the efficiency of existing and future coal and lignite power plants, thus reducing their environmental impacts, in line with EU targets.
Speakers:
sCO2 power cycles to increase the operational flexibility of fossil-fuel power plants – slides here
Albannie Cagnac, Project Manager, EDF
Technology innovation in sCO2 power cycles – slides here
Fulvio Bellobuono, External Funding and Technology Development, Baker Hughes
sCO2 power cycle
Prof. Paolo Silva, Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Heat exchanger research – slides here
Gaëtan Bergin
Moderator:
Ugo Simeoni, Research and Innovation Manager, ETN Global
A recording of the session is avaialbe here