SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Collaborative Opportunities with Sandia National Laboratories for Technology Advancement in Super-critical CO2 Brayton Power Cycles. - Working with Sandia Brochure
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Sandia Corp. (DOE Contractor), Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS: 0115, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185
- ZIP Code
- 87185
- Solicitation Number
- 15_443
- Archive Date
- 10/31/2015
- Point of Contact
- Gary E. Rochau, Phone: 505.845.7543
- E-Mail Address
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gerocha@sandia.gov
(gerocha@sandia.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Working with Sandia Brochure Background Information Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), with Department of Energy (DOE) sponsorship, has made substantial contributions over the last decade to the development of supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Brayton Cycle. The supercritical cycle provides industry value through decreasing the overall footprint of the power-conversion system as well as increasing conversion efficiencies as compared to the same power output for a steam-Rankine cycle. In 2006 SANDIA, recognizing these potentially significant advantages of a higher efficiency power cycle, used internal funds to establish a testing capability and began partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy to develop a laboratory-scale test assembly to show the viability of the underlying science and demonstrate system performance. Since that time, Sandia has generated over 100 kWh of energy, verified cycle performance, and is developing cycle controls and maintenance procedures. The test assembly has successfully operated in different configurations (simple Brayton, waste heat cycle, and recompression) and tested additives to the sCO2 working fluid. However, challenges remain to (1) confirm viability of existing components and suitability of materials, (2) demonstrate that theoretical efficiencies are achievable, and (3) integrate and scale up existing technologies to be suitable for a range of commercial applications. Moving forward in the effort to further advance this technology, Sandia National Laboratories seeks to engage with U.S. industry in the national challenges and collaborative opportunities present in sCO2 Brayton Cycle power cycle development for converting thermal energy from solar, fossil, waste heat or nuclear heat sources. In particular, Sandia wishes to support the industry in their efforts to commercialize this technology through cooperative support of research and development, technology demonstration, and technology development leading to pilot plant demonstration of the integrated power cycle using supercritical carbon dioxide. Sandia infrastructure and lab scale capabilities are available for this collaboration. Sandia has adopted the following mission focus as a foundational step toward commercialization of the power cycle: By the end of FY 2019, Sandia National Laboratories shall develop, with industry, a fully operational 550˚C, 10 MWe R&D Demonstration s-CO2 Brayton Power Conversion System that will allow the systematic identification and retirement of technical risks and testing of components for the commercial application of this technology. SANDIA is seeking partnerships with component manufacturers, system developers and other parties capable of investing in the technology and advancing the research and development of this technology to where it becomes commercially viable. This will be a partnership between Sandia and selected industry partners, through which we intend to create or improve sCO2 technologies in support of U.S. manufacturing or commercialization. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. Opportunity Description Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) is seeking to develop collaborative partnerships to further advance sCO2 technology and foster growth for U.S. industry. These collaborative partnerships may result in the use of Sandia expertise in the design, modeling, characterization and testing of this technology, or components thereof, to better understand the operation of an industry's system under conditions of interest for commercial applications. Potential areas of collaboration include, but are not limited to the following: 1) Full cycle integration, from fuel to grid; 2) Durability; 3) Commercialization; 4) Modeling and validation; 5) Materials development for temperatures above 900 K and 20 MPa; 6) Validation of existing components and suitability of materials; 7) Accommodation for a wide range of operating parameters and applications; and 8) Integration and scale up of existing technologies into a new application. The parameters of the collaborative relationship will be determined on an individual basis, with the potential to flex and evolve in light of specific funding opportunities. Partnership Mechanisms To best determine which collaborations to pursue, Sandia seeks to begin discussions with entities which meet the Mandatory Requirements as listed in this document. To enable the disclosure of proprietary information, Sandia will establish a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the potential partner, which will precede the initial conversation around specific areas for collaboration. The discussion between Sandia and the potential partner will serve to identify areas of mutual interest and could serve to begin to frame a specific partnership mechanism. These partnership mechanisms include but are not limited to a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA). Selected partners will also have the option to negotiate, up to and including, an exclusive license to any new intellectual property developed jointly with or solely by Sandia during the course of the partnership. Please see "Technology Partnerships" for additional detail around the various types of partnerships and agreements available. What Sandia Brings to the Partnership Sandia is creating a thermal-to-electric power conversion technology in a configuration called the recompression closed Brayton cycle (RCBC) that uses supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) as the working fluid, rather than steam, thereby dramatically increasing conversion efficiency compared to the steam Rankine cycle. Sandia developed the first known closed-loop recompression sCO2 Brayton cycle in the world, making it a unique and valuable testing system. The current testing configuration consists of: • 2 Turbine-Alternator- Compressors designed to produce 125 kW of electricity each. • A bank of heaters with 780 kW capacity. • 2 recuperators to transfer heat from the high-temperature flow exiting the turbine to the low-temperature flow exiting the compressors, and a heat-rejection heat exchanger. Instructions to Potential Partners Interested parties that meet the Mandatory Requirements provided below are invited to respond to this opportunity for collaboration. Any proprietary information should be properly identified and marked as such. Any and all responses are voluntary and Sandia will not pay for any information submitted in response to this opportunity for collaboration. Responses should be emailed Gary Rochau gerocha@sandia.gov and should include the Opportunity for Collaboration title and submitting organization's name in the subject line. Attachment size should not exceed 5 MB and only the following document types will be accepted (.doc,.docx,.pdf). Questions may be submitted to the same email. Evaluation Criteria In addition to evaluating the proposals for their technical content and viability, Sandia will evaluate all responses and select prospective parties with which to engage in further discussions based on the following criteria: Mandatory: • U.S. firms willing and able to enter into discussions which could result in a partnerships agreement with Sandia, such as a CRADA. • Firms must be able to ensure products developed as a result of this collaboration are manufactured largely in the United States, at U.S.-owned and controlled companies. • Compliance with Federal Export Control requirements per the Department of State. • Ability to discuss potential parameters for collaborative funding Desired: • Demonstrated successful partnering and teaming relationships with R&D organizations. • Experience, expertise, and capabilities in at least one critical aspect of the design, development, and manufacturing of Brayton cycle technology. • Development of novel approaches to Brayton cycle technology challenges. Sandia will consider teaming arrangements where two or more companies may form a team to satisfy the Desired Requirements.
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