Design of the near shore seawater systems for an OTEC expanded test facility
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is preparing a design for expanded test facilities at the Seacoast Test Facility site, Keahole Point, Hawaii. Specific effort has been placed on the design of the near-shore/on-shore seawater systems. The seawater systems consist of a warm-water supply, a cold-water supply, a mixed discharge, and a land-based pumping station. Test facilities are planned that will utilize this thermal energy resource. This resource consists nominally of 1600 kg/s (25,000 gpm) of cold water and 4200 kg/s (65,000 gpm) of warm surface water, which will be used to support heat-exchanger and system tests and, with a turbine added, could produce a net power for the validation of closed- and open-cycle models now in planning at ANL and the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI).
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 5460010
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840201-6; ON: DE84004043
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ASME energy sources technology conference and exhibition, New Orleans, LA, USA, 12 Feb 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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