This company designs, prototypes, and tests turbomachinery and gas turbine systems. Their work focuses on improving the efficiency of these systems for sustainable energy production.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
The pursuit of sustainable energy requires advancements in turbomachinery and gas turbine systems to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact. Existing systems often lack the performance characteristics needed for integration with renewable energy sources and advanced propulsion applications.
Solution
Brayton Energy provides research and development services focused on the design, prototyping, and testing of high-efficiency turbomachinery and gas turbine systems. The company specializes in applying these systems to renewable energy applications such as concentrated solar power and biomass power, as well as advanced propulsion systems for electric and hybrid vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles. Brayton Energy leverages its expertise in thermodynamics, heat transfer, aerodynamics, and combustion to deliver innovative solutions for clean energy production and efficient power generation. Their capabilities include advanced cycle modeling, component-level testing, and the use of computational fluid dynamics to optimize system performance.
Target Audience
Brayton Energy serves clients in the renewable energy, aerospace, defense, and automotive sectors, including government research agencies, utility companies, and manufacturers of vehicles and power generation equipment.
Features
- Turbomachinery design ranging from 1kW to 100mW
- Expertise in simple, intercooled, recuperated, and reheat gas turbine cycles
- Development of low-emission combustion systems for gas, liquid, and solid fuels
- Design and testing of high-temperature compact heat exchangers and recuperators
- In-house ceramic development for turbine hot sections, enabling higher firing temperatures
- Capabilities for manufacturing micro-channel and micro-pore surfaces
- Specialized test facilities for aerodynamic and thermal testing of turbines and compressors, including traversing cobra probes and thermal imaging
- Development of screw compressors and expanders with non-contacting parts for extended life
- Expertise in solar receiver design for dish, tower, and trough concentrated solar power systems