STEP Demo pilot plant hits full speed in initial testing phase
The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant, a $169 million, 10-megawatt supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) testing facility at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, has completed the first phase of testing. The plant successfully reached its full operational speed of 27,000 rpm while maintaining a target turbine inlet temperature of 500 degrees Celsi