In Search of the Perfect Dynamic Duo for Efficient Cooling
When the weather heats up, so does power demand for air conditioners and refrigerators. But what if you could cool things down by using heat itself instead of electricity?
BioPA
The Biological Performance Assessment (BioPA) toolset relates computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models of hydraulic conditions to known impacts to fish to inform the design and operation and hydropower turbines.
Tracking the Neural Network’s Nuclear Clues
A 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that knocked out a nuclear power plant helped inspire PNNL computational scientists looking for clues of future nuclear reactor mishaps by tracking radioactive iodine.
Materials Science and Technology Building
At PNNL’s Materials Science and Technology Building, researchers identify and predict degradation of materials in extreme environments, such as components within nuclear power plants, before damage leads to failure.
Turning the Tides
Their consistency and predictability makes tidal energy attractive, not only as a source of electricity but, potentially, as a mechanism to provide reliability and resilience to regional or local power grids.
Two Great Catalysts that Work Great Together
Generating power without gasoline, diesel, or coal could change our nation's energy and security landscape. However, replacing technologies that use fossil fuel with ones that require rare metals is unsustainable.
BCI 2024
PNNL is presenting bold breakthroughs and insights at the BCI 2024 Convention and Power Mart Expo, celebrating Battery Council International's 100 years of leadership and the future of energy storage.
Brenda Pracheil
Dr. Brenda Pracheil is an Earth scientist and fisheries biologist at PNNL, Associate Editor of Methods in Ecology and Evolution, and Governing Board Chair of the Low Impact Hydropower Institute.
Seawater Yields First Grams of Yellowcake
For the first time, researchers have created a gram of yellowcake — a powdered form of uranium used to produce fuel for nuclear power production — using modified acrylic fibers to extract it from seawater.