Renewable Energy From the Ocean: A Guide to OTECScientists and engineers around the world are striving to develop new sources of energy. One source, ocean thermal energy conversion, has virtually unlimited potential. It is based on techniques that exploit heat produced by solar energy that may, in turn, be used to produce fuel and electricity. This book reviews the status and background of this promising technology. William H. Avery is the leading expert in this field, and his co-author Chih Wu is an authority on heat engine performance. Together they describe the workings of an OTEC power plant and how such a system might be implemented as part of a futuristic national energy strategy. The book is the only detailed presentation of basic OTEC technology, its testing and improvement. It is based on extensive development initiatives undertaken internationally during the period from 1974 through 1985. The book offers a thorough assessment of the economics of OTEC in comparison with other energy production methods. It will be of interest to a wide range of professionals in energy research, power and mechanical engineering, and to upper-level undergraduate students taking courses in these fields. |
Contents
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2 OTEC HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 53 |
3 OTEC SYSTEM CONCEPTS | 73 |
4 CLOSEDCYCLE OTEC SYSTEMS | 90 |
5 OPENCYCLE OTEC | 210 |
6 OTEC CLOSEDCYCLE ENGINEERING STATUS | 268 |
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40-MWe OTEC 5th Ocean Thermal ammonia analysis barge baseline biofouling cable cold seawater cold water cold-water pipe commercial concept conceptual design concrete condenser construction cost cycle deaerator deployment depth diameter discharge electric power electrolysis Energy Conversion Conf engineering environmental estimated flash evaporator floating OTEC flow rate fluid fuel gasoline grazing Hawaii heat exchanger heat transfer coefficient hydraulic head hydrogen inlet installation JHU/APL kg/s land-based liquid mariculture methanol Miami Beach module moored OC OTEC Ocean Energy Conf Ocean Thermal Energy OTEC methanol OTEC operation OTEC plant OTEC plantships OTEC platform OTEC power plant OTEC systems plant investment potential preliminary design Proc production pump Rankine cycle requirements Saga University Schematic seawater Section shown in Fig Solar steam structure subsystems surface surface condenser Thermal Energy Conversion tubes turbine velocity warm-water water flow
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