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For the project's current phase, the CASL is aiming to

March 24, 2018 by Paul Fletcher

For the project's current phase, the CASL is aiming to design and build "a reactor model that can be used in the real world," and to test the simulations for a number of other applications like climate change mitigation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and renewable energy production.

"A new reactor model for CO 2 energy is a big step forward for our power system," said lead author Chris Wollheim, whose company is working on the project. "In addition to the large range of applications that are possible, it will help to better understand the thermal and fuel efficiency of reactor equipment, and the thermal and fuel efficiency of the system itself."

Wollheim and another CASL team, led by Dr. James S. Kocher, are working on a small, cost-effective thermal modeling program for a variety of systems that can be used in the future. The research team has already published a paper proposing that a new reactor model for CO 2 energy is a big step forward for our power system. In doing so, they hope to provide a tool to improve energy efficiency and renewable energy production.

"We want to make a decision on a future for the power system that will maximize cost, and not the energy that's available," said Wollheim. "So we're going to use a reactor model that looks at how the reactor power system is generating power over time, but we're going to be looking at how it's using that energy to grow the power system in the future."

The CASL is collaborating with more than 100 companies from across the country, and has already made more than 2,400 investment rounds. The project is a key part of the CASL's ongoing progress towards a 20 percent cut in operating costs, with a goal of reaching it in 2040.

"We have the opportunity to demonstrate that a 20 percent cut in the power cost of electricity is feasible, given the growing and increasing demand for renewable energy, and we're at the very beginning of looking at how to develop the technology to power a more sustainable future," said S. David Zirkel, CASL's senior manager of research and development. "We think it's time to start working again."