MARITIME AND CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS OF OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION (OTEC) PLANT SHIPS - DETAILED REPORT
A very promising way to alleviate the Nation's energy problems, one that would greatly affect United States maritime activities, would be the rapid development of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant-ships to produce energy-intensive products at sea. Such OTEC plant-ships would use the temperature difference between the warm surface layer and the cold deep layers of a tropical ocean to drive a heat engine to produce electric power that, in turn, would be used to produce ammonia, aluminum, liquid hydrogen, and/or other products. The construction, deployment, operation, and shipping support of these plant-ships are discussed.
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Corporate Authors:
Johns Hopkins University, Laurel
Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD United States 20723-6099 Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Avery, W H
- Blevins, R W
- Dugger, G L
- Francis, E J
- Publication Date: 1976-4
Media Info
- Pagination: 232 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aluminum; Ammonia; Analysis; Construction; Cost estimating; Costs; Design; Drawings; Economic analysis; Electric power generation; Electric power plants; Estimates; Feasibility analysis; Heat exchangers; Hydrogen; Offshore power plants; Offshore power plants; Offshore structures; Solar power plants; Synthetic fuels
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
- Geographic Terms: Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Ocean
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Economics; Energy; Finance; Marine Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00146274
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: APL/JHU-SR-76-1B, MA-RD-940-T76074
- Contract Numbers: MA-5-38054
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM