← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Brayton Energy Llc
$29,247,130
Total funding
15
Grants
Funding over time
peak $7.3M · FY2008–25$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOE$29,247,130 · 15
By mechanism
—$29,247,130 · 15
Investigators at Brayton Energy Llc
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
GEN3 GAS PHASE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND TEST FACILITY$6,865,702
· FY2018 · Department of Energy
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND EXCHANGE WITH INTEGRATED ROTATING MEDIA TRANSPORT
A. PROJECT OBJECTIVES
CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER (CSP) SYSTEMS WITH THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (TES) CAN ACHIEVE HIGH-CAPACITY FACTORS USING MOLTEN SALTS, ROCK BED, OR HEATED PARTICLES FOR THERMAL STORAGE, AND THESE SYSTEMS CAN SCALE STORAGE DURATION INDEPENDENTLY OF THE POWER BLOCK. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A PARTICLE MEDIA TRANSPORT AND STORAGE SOLUTION ENALBING RELIABLE POWER GENERATION THAT COMPARES FAVORABLY WITH INTERMITTENT RENEWABLES LIKE SOLAR PV AND WIND COUPLED WITH BATTERY STORAGE.$4,994,352
· FY2025 · Department of Energy
BRAYTON ENERGY, LLC: NEW DAYS AWARD.
CONTROL NUMBER: 1906-1535
TITLE: ''REVERSIBLE COUNTER-ROTATING TURBOMACHINE TO ENABLE LAUGHLIN-BRAYTON CYCLE''$3,016,846
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
1KWE RECUPERATED BRAYTON CYCLE ENGINE USING A SCREW COMPRESSOR AND EXPANDER$2,599,899
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
SOLAR RECEIVER WITH INTEGRATED THERMAL STORAGE FOR A SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE POWER CYCLE$2,342,362
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE THE OVERALL CAPITAL COST OF PARTICLE-TO-FLUID HEAT EXCHANGERS (HX) BY INCORPORATING EXTENDED SURFACES IN NARROW CHANNEL FLUIDIZED BED PARTICLE FLOWS AND OPTIMIZING PARTICLE-SIDE PARAMETERS. EXTENDED SURFACES THAT INTERACT WITH THE FLUIDIZED BED WITHOUT DISRUPTING FLUIDIZATION WILL PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT HEAT TRANSFER BENEFIT THROUGH AN INCREASE IN SURFACE AREA AND OPTIMIZATION OF CHANNEL GEOMETRY TO PROMOTE IDEALIZED PARTICLE FLUIDIZATION DYNAMICS.$1,946,126
· FY2022 · Department of Energy
FLEXIBLE ALL-METAL PIPES AND PIPE COUPLINGS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE FLUID TRANSPORT$1,591,592
· FY2014 · Department of Energy
BRAYTON SOLAR POWER CONVERSION$1,305,435
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
A HIGH EFFICIENCY LOW COST SOLAR RECEIVER FOR US IN A SUPERCRITICAL CO2 RECOMPRESSION CYCLE$1,049,049
· FY2012 · Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy
BRAYTON ENERGY, LLC -NEW AWARD
CONTROL NUMBER: 1858-2404
LOW-COST DISPATCHABLE CSP ENGINE FOR RESIDENTIAL POWER$899,483
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
TAS::89 0222::TAS NEW PHASE I SBIR; TITLE: MODULAR UNDERSEA COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE (UCAES) SYSTEM; PI: JAMES KESSELI$728,221
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
MANUFACTURING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR LOWER-COST HEAT EXCHANGERS IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE/PRESSURE APPLICATIONS$698,969
· FY2014 · Department of Energy
DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE HEAT EXCHANGER FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER APPLICATIONS$483,331
· FY2018 · Department of Energy
BRAYTON SOLAR POWER CONVERSION$393,840
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
CREEP AND FATIGUE CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH STRENGTH ALLOY THIN SECTIONS IN ADVANCED CO2 HEAT EXCHANGERS$331,925
· FY2021 · Department of Energy