At-sea test system point design for a one-third scale cold water pipe

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5323152· OSTI ID:5323152

Sutherland, W H ^[1]

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One step in the development of the technology for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Cold Water Pipes (CWP) is the at-sea testing of a fiberglass reinforced plastic nominal 10-foot diameter pipe. A design procedure and criteria for developing test hardware by scaling down a 30-foot diameter OTEC 10/40 MW Pilot Plant CWP design are presented. An example point design for the pipe, instrumentation to be used during the at-sea tests, and methods for selecting the support platform and mooring are described. The design considered starts with a scale model of a larger prototype, and then is modified to address the problems of fabrication and of survivability and handling during the 1/3rd scale model tests.

• Research Organization: ORI, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-A-29-1078
• OSTI ID: 5323152
• Report Number(s): DOE/NOAA/OTEC-10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FIELD TESTS
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