Which Research Centers Have Validated and Approved VAST Technologies?

Argonne National Labs Report – 2024

Argonne National Labs found VAST powered microgrids would economically and profitably enhance and ensure grid stability with major renewable power. Below is an excerpt from their report.

“National Impact: VAST® provides a new, more cost-effective backup power generation system essential to enable increasing penetration of intermittent renewable solar and wind power. It offers new technology for the rapidly growing market of renewable power backup – beyond peaker turbines. VAST FastRamp™ Turbines offer economically superior IRR, competitive from peaking to baseload power. This enables growth of renewable energy with much lower blackout risk.”

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A Multi-disciplinary R&D Center Including fusion, climate & energy Security

• Develops system-wide optimization using neural network modeling
• Calculated reduced order equations with R_² of 0.90+ which enables VAST to perform future advanced modeling on laptops, without requiring supercomputers
• Implemented the VAST breakthrough invention of a “new Platform Technology” which DOE intends to widely apply to other industries

High Performance Computing 4 Advanced Manufacturing Grant From LLNL

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California – Grant Phases

Phase 1 High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Grant 

• Project awarded August 2018
• $300K DOE award supported VAST’s TriFluid Combustor optimization
• Utilized ~1 Million core hours of supercomputer run-time
• $150K VAST contribution in-kind

Phase 2 High Performance Computing for EnergyInnovation (HPC4EI)

• $300K DOE award supported further combustor optimization
• Allocated 16 Million core hours of supercomputer run-time
• $150K VAST contribution in-kind
• Project completed February 2023

Gas Technology Institute (GTI Energies)

GTI Energies is a multi-disciplinary R&D center including fusion, climate & energy security

• After thorough evaluation, GTI Energy fully endorsed several VAST technologies

University of Genova, Italy

Early research included support by two of Italy’s U of Genova’s professors who ultimately became co-inventors on two of our early patents.

• Thermo-economic analyses by the Engineering Department’s Power and Transportation Division
• VAST achieved Combined Heat and Power (CHP) efficiencies better than Steam Injected Gas (STIG) cycles
• 10% to 25% lower CapEx costs