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Find similar grantsAdvanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The ARID program focuses on developing novel air-cooled heat exchangers, supplemental cooling systems, and/or cool-storage systems that can cost-effectively and efficiently dissipate waste heat with no net water consumption.
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gov/ "Home") * Agriculture & Bioenergy I invest in transformative energy technology" I create transformative energy technology" 2. Programs & Initiatives - View All Programs Advanced Research In Dry cooling ARPA-E's Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID) program comprises projects that are aimed at maintaining the efficiency of U.S. electric power generation, which otherwise could suffer due to regional water shortages.
To achieve this objective, ARID project teams will create novel air-cooled heat exchangers, supplemental cooling systems, and/or cool-storage systems that can cost-effectively and efficiently dissipate, or reject, waste heat with no net water consumption.
Project teams will design kilowatt-scale testing prototypes to ensure the technologies can scale up to the megawatt-cooling capacities of real systems without significant performance loss. If successful, these dry-cooling technologies will significantly reduce water use at power plants without sacrificing efficiency and with minimal additional costs.
## Innovation & Advantages More than 86% of electricity in the U.S. is produced in thermoelectric power generating plants, most of which use coal, natural gas, or nuclear power to generate thermal energy. The thermal energy drives steam turbines to produce electrical power, and typically more than 60% of the original energy is wasted and carried away as low-grade heat.
Operators must remove this heat, and 99% of baseload thermoelectric plants in the U.S. use water-cooled systems, or wet cooling, to do so. Power plant operators prefer wet cooling over dry-cooling systems because ambient water temperatures tend to be cooler and more stable than air temperatures and because water evaporation allows for additional cooling capacity, enabling more cost-effective rejection of heat.
As a result, wet-cooling systems at power plants currently account for 41% of all fresh water withdrawals in the U.S. Availability of fresh water resources is increasingly strained by drought and growing demand, and potential climate change impacts add uncertainty to the quality and quantity of future water supplies.
Unfortunately, current dry-cooling technologies drive down the efficiency of power generation compared with the efficiency of wet cooled generators. By advancing innovations to address this challenge, ARID projects could protect the efficiency of U.S. electric power generation, accelerating the adoption of dry cooling and reducing the dependence on water for thermoelectric power generation.
Moreover, economical dry-cooling technologies could provide more flexibility in siting facilities, since a nearby source of water, such as a river, would not be necessary. ARID projects could reduce the dependence of electricity generation on water, a resource that may become increasingly strained in the future.
If successful, innovations developed under the ARID program could enhance the efficiency and cost-competitiveness of dry-cooling systems for thermoelectric power generation and reduce dependence on water for cooling power plants.
The development of dry-cooling systems that match the performance and cost of wet-cooling systems could spur new manufacturing activity to produce dry-cooling systems, and could protect continuing operation of power plants in regions with arid climates or water supply constraints.
### Colorado State University (CSU) Ultra-Efficient Turbo-Compression Cooling ### Applied Research Associates (ARA) Cooling Using Thermochemical Cycle ### University of Cincinnati (UC) Air-Cooled Condenser and Storage System ### Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT) Cool Storage for Supplemental Cooling ### Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) Metamaterials-Enhanced Passive Radiative Cooling Panels Publish Date: May 14 2015 #### Department of Energy Announces 23 New Projects to Improve Efficiency and Create New Technology Pathways for Energy Innovation _The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $60 million in funding for 23 groundbreaking new projects aimed at creating highly efficient and scalable dry-cooling technologies for thermoelectric power plants and developing prototype technologies to explore new pathways for fusion power.
_ Publish Date: Oct 01 2014 _WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is announcing two new programs to provide technology options for a more secure and sustainable American energy future.
_ #### Advanced Dry Power Plant Cooling Workshop _The workshop convened leading experts in thermal transport, advanced manufacturing, air-cooled condenser systems and dry power plant cooling technologies to identify innovative research paths forward for the development of disruptive technologies that can significantly reduce the water consumption needed to cool power plants at low cost. _ [](http://www. linkedin.
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