ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF OTEC SYSTEMS

The plant described is a closed-loop thermodynamic cycle with ammonia as the working fluid. Considered are the engineering aspects of the system components, naval architecture of the floating spar-type platform, and economics of energy production and utilization.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at 1977 SNAME Spring Meeting and STAR Symposium, San Francisco, California, May 25-27.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Trimble, L C
• Publication Date: 1977

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Electric power generation; Energy conversion; Motion; Oceans; Offshore platforms; Structural design; Thermal efficiency; Thermal power generation; Thermal reactors
• Old TRIS Terms: Offshore platform design; Platform motions
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Economics; Energy; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153835
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Reporter and Engineering News
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM