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Ocean thermal energy conversion is one of the promising renewable energy resources yet relatively unexplored due to its high capital cost for being utilize
OTEC is a method of harvesting solar energy that is stored in the ocean. The system uses the temperature difference between cold deep seawater and warm surface seawater to form and reform the phases of the working fluid [17]. Several models of OTEC systems have been developed to increase the...
Ocean thermal energy uses the temperature difference between warm surface water and deep cold ocean water to drive a turbine that is used to produce electricity. Because it relies on surface heating from sunlight, the supply of ocean thermal energy is practically limitless, especially in tropical ar...
The geographical location of Mauritius near the warm tropical waters of the Indian Ocean coupled to the vast exclusive economic zone approximating 2.3 million square kilometers, encourage the promotion of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) systems. Technological advancements have enabled offshore stru...
“stranded” energy from this large number of grazing OTEC plant-ships is in the form of an energy carrier such as ammonia, which can be offloaded to tankers (FIG. 11) and transported to shore, then transported by pipeline to whoever it is needed (FIG. 13, ref. 11) and used for ...
Seawater desalination Download full text in PDFOcean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plants use the natural temperature differences found in the ocean of tropical regions to drive turbines that create electricity. A thermal compressor (injector) applied in a power cycle allows extension of ...
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technology, which was proposed by the French D’Arsonval [1], has been attracting much attention because the ocean thermal energy has the characteristics of large reserves, renewability, sustainability and no pollution. Claude [2] successfully conducted the OTEC...