Technical Readiness of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

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• Personal Author:
  Cunningham, Joseph J. ; Magdol, Zachary E. ; Kinner, Nancy E.
• Corporate Authors:
  Coastal Response Research Center (University of New Hampshire) ; United States. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. ; University of New Hampshire.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; OCM (Office for Coastal Management) ; ORR (Office of Response and Restoration)
• Description:
  As the lead licensing agency for OTEC, NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), in cooperation with the Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC), held the first in a series of workshops to determine the technical readiness of seven major components of OTEC: 1) cold water pipe; (2) heat exchangers; (3) platform/pipe interface; (4) platform; (5) power cable; (6) platform mooring system; and (7) pumps and turbines. The first workshop, discussed in this report, sought to gather information on the technical readiness of OTEC and evaluate advancements to the technology since the last major attempt, OTEC-1 in 1980.
• Keywords:
  Congresses Ocean Thermal Power Plants Ocean Thermal Power Plants
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Conference Proceeding
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
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