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Title: Assessment of US shipbuilding current capability to build a commercial OTEC platform and a cold water pipe

Abstract

Lowry and Hoffman Associates Inc. (LHA) performed for ORI an analysis of the shipbuilding requirements for constructing an OTEC plant, and the available shipyard assets which could fulfill these requirements. In addition, several shipyards were queried concerning their attitudes towards OTEC. In assessing the shipbuilding requirements for an OTEC plant, four different platform configurations were studied and four different designs of the cold water pipe (CWP) were examined. The platforms were: a concrete ship design proposed by Lockheed; concrete spar designs with internal heat exchangers (IHE) (Rosenblatt) and external heat exchangers (XHE) (Lockheed); and a steel ship design proposed by Gibbs and Cox. The types of materials examined for CWP construction were: steel, fiber reinforced plastic (FPR), elastomer, and concrete. The report is organized io three major discussion areas. All the construction requirements are synthesized for the four platforms and CWPs, and general comments are made concerning their availability in the US. Specific shipbuilders facilities are reviewed for their applicability to building an OTEC plant, an assessment of the shipyards general interest in the OTEC program is presented providing an insight into their nearterm commercial outlook. The method of determining this interest will depend largely on a risk analysis ofmore » the OTEC system. Also included are factors which may comprise this analysis, and a methodology to ascertain the risk. In the appendices, various shipyard specifications are presented, shipyard assessment matrices are given, graphs of various shipyard economic outlooks are provided, and definitions of the risk factors are listed. (WHK)« less

Authors:
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  1. ed.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
ORI, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5304978
Report Number(s):
DOE/NOAA/OTEC-26
DOE Contract Number:  
EG-77-A-29-1078
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; OCEAN THERMAL POWER PLANTS; CONSTRUCTION; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; PIPES; SHIPS; CONCRETES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELASTOMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEELS; SURVEYS; ALLOYS; BUILDING MATERIALS; INDUSTRY; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; MATERIALS; POLYMERS; POWER PLANTS; REINFORCED MATERIALS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; 140800* - Solar Energy- Ocean Energy Systems

Citation Formats

Komelasky, M. C. Assessment of US shipbuilding current capability to build a commercial OTEC platform and a cold water pipe. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/5304978.
Komelasky, M. C. Assessment of US shipbuilding current capability to build a commercial OTEC platform and a cold water pipe. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5304978
Komelasky, M. C. 1980. "Assessment of US shipbuilding current capability to build a commercial OTEC platform and a cold water pipe". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5304978. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5304978.
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title = {Assessment of US shipbuilding current capability to build a commercial OTEC platform and a cold water pipe},
author = {Komelasky, M. C.},
abstractNote = {Lowry and Hoffman Associates Inc. (LHA) performed for ORI an analysis of the shipbuilding requirements for constructing an OTEC plant, and the available shipyard assets which could fulfill these requirements. In addition, several shipyards were queried concerning their attitudes towards OTEC. In assessing the shipbuilding requirements for an OTEC plant, four different platform configurations were studied and four different designs of the cold water pipe (CWP) were examined. The platforms were: a concrete ship design proposed by Lockheed; concrete spar designs with internal heat exchangers (IHE) (Rosenblatt) and external heat exchangers (XHE) (Lockheed); and a steel ship design proposed by Gibbs and Cox. The types of materials examined for CWP construction were: steel, fiber reinforced plastic (FPR), elastomer, and concrete. The report is organized io three major discussion areas. All the construction requirements are synthesized for the four platforms and CWPs, and general comments are made concerning their availability in the US. Specific shipbuilders facilities are reviewed for their applicability to building an OTEC plant, an assessment of the shipyards general interest in the OTEC program is presented providing an insight into their nearterm commercial outlook. The method of determining this interest will depend largely on a risk analysis of the OTEC system. Also included are factors which may comprise this analysis, and a methodology to ascertain the risk. In the appendices, various shipyard specifications are presented, shipyard assessment matrices are given, graphs of various shipyard economic outlooks are provided, and definitions of the risk factors are listed. (WHK)},
doi = {10.2172/5304978},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5304978}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
}