Steam turbines will be things of the past, Southwest Research Institute engineer says

SwRI is developing a turbine that runs off of supercritical carbon dioxide, a heated up fluid state of CO2, which is significantly more efficient than steam turbines used across the energy industry, with a much smaller physical footprint.SwRI is developing a turbine that runs off of supercritical carbon dioxide, a heated up fluid state of CO2, which is significantly more efficient than steam turbines used across the energy industry, with a much smaller physical footprint.