Award Number: DE-EE0008739
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): TX
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to develop a novel dry cooling system for incorporation into concentrated solar power (CSP) applications. The cooling system would utilize thin sheet foils formed to fins, in place of the traditional etching method which results in waste materials. SwRI would research the impacts of hybrid heat exchangers on the CSP power cycle and ultimately, a demonstration hybrid heat exchanger would be designed, fabricated, and tested.