Energy
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Purdue University’s College of Engineering has received a grant worth $800,000 from the Department of Energy to accelerate the development of a 3D printed microreactor. The funding, provided through the Nuclear Energy University Program, will allow Purdue to become a key player in the Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR) Demonstration Program…
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For the first time ever in the oil & gas segment, a drone operated by Equinor flew a 3D printed spare part for the lifeboat system from the Mongstad base to the Troll A platform in the North Sea. The operation was completed efficiently and according to the plan. Using…
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Organized by VALVEcampus, a webinar held on July 28th, 2020 focused on the topics of digitalization and sustainability in additive manufacturing (AM). The online event was introduced by Miss Virginia Polito Agazzi, the Organizing Secretary of VALVEcampus, which is the Italian Association of oil & gas valves manufacturers hosting the…
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John Zink Hamworthy Combustion, a company that designs and manufactures emissions control and clean-air systems, has been in business for over 90 years. Despite it’s long history, the Oklahoma-based company (now part of Koch Industries) has not shied away from innovation, rather, it has embraced new technologies, such as metal…
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Electroceramic-based energy devices like solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells are promising candidates to benefit from using 3D printing to develop innovative concepts that overcome shape limitations of currently existing manufacturing techniques. Building on a similar project conducted in 2017, a new study published by the Journal of Material Chemistry,…
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A new partnership forged between GE Renewable Energy, COBOD International and building materials company LafargeHolcim will seek to develop optimized 3D printed concrete bases for wind turbines to make them taller and more cost effective. The turbines, which are expected to reach record heights of 200 meters, will be co-developed…
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Rocket Crafters, a Florida-based space launch company that has pioneered 3D printed rocket fuel, has completed testing for its Comet engine, a large-scale proof-of-concept test model for the STAR-3D hybrid rocket engine. The testing, which began in February, demonstrate that the patent-pending hybrid rocket engines could be viable for commercial…
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SLM Solutions will host a live Energy Webinar Series with well-known partners on Additive Manufacturing in the Oil, Gas and Maritime Industries. The four webinars to be held from May 27th to June 15th will focus on the ever more important issue of standardization and process qualification for these key…
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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are refining their design of a 3D printed nuclear reactor core, scaling up the additive manufacturing process necessary to build it, and developing methods to confirm the consistency and reliability of its printed components. The use of 3D printing in…
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A significant milestone for additive manufacturing has been achieved in the nuclear industry: a first-of-its-kind 3D printed component has successfully been installed into a commercial nuclear reactor. The part, a 3D printed thimble plugging device, was installed by nuclear energy company Westinghouse Electric Company at Exelon’s Byron Unit 1 nuclear…
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