Renewable Energy From the Ocean

Foreword......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Contents......Page 16
1.1 The Ocean Thermal Energy Resource......Page 32
1.2 Design Requirements for OTEC Systems......Page 34
1.3 OTEC Research and Development Status......Page 64
1.4 Energy Transfer......Page 70
1.5 Investigations of Environmental Interactions of OTEC......Page 73
1.6 OTEC Costs and Commercialization......Page 78
2.2 Carnot, D'Arsonval, and Claude—Early French Experiments......Page 84
2.3 American Investigations Prior to 1973—The Andersons......Page 89
2.4 Survey of U.S. Developments 1970—1985......Page 90
2.5 Japanese Programs 1970—1985......Page 97
2.6 French Programs 1970—1985......Page 100
2.7 OTEC Programs 1986—1990......Page 101
3.1 General Comments on Systems Engineering......Page 104
3.2 Overall Requirements and Options for Alternate Energy Sources......Page 106
3.3 OTEC Preliminary Systems Engineering......Page 109
3.4 Summary of Results of Systems Engineering Evaluations......Page 118
4.1 OTEC Power Plant......Page 121
4.2 Water Ducting......Page 183
4.3 Energy Transfer......Page 200
4.4 Position Control......Page 214
4.5 Platform......Page 223
5.1 Open-Cycle System Performance......Page 241
5.2 Open-Cycle Research and Development Status......Page 246
5.3 Hybrid Cycle......Page 271
5.4 Mist Lift Cycle......Page 279
5.5 Foam Lift Cycle......Page 286
5.7 Current OC OTEC Status......Page 293
6 OTEC CLOSED-CYCLE ENGINEERING STATUS......Page 299
6.2 Facilities for OTEC Construction......Page 300
6.3 Pilot-Scale OTEC Systems Tests......Page 311
6.4 Conceptual Designs of OTEC Systems......Page 329
6.5 Preliminary Design of OTEC Plants......Page 370
6.6 Conclusions......Page 386
7.1 Cost Uncertainties and Perceived Risks versus Engineering Status......Page 391
7.2 Estimated Costs of OTEC Systems......Page 393
7.3 OTEC Capital Investments and Potential Sales Prices for Products......Page 398
8.2 Factors That Determine the Commercial Viability of Alternative Energy Options......Page 411
8.3 Economic Potential of Existing and Proposed Liquid Fuel Sources......Page 412
8.4 Electricity from Existing and Proposed Power Plants......Page 417
8.5 Comments......Page 425
9.1 Economic and Social Benefits of OTEC Commercialization......Page 432
9.2 Environmental Effects......Page 444
9.3 General Comments on Effects of OTEC Commercialization......Page 459
9.4 Benefits to Island Economics......Page 464
9.5 Reduction in Atmospheric Pollution......Page 466
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X......Page 477