Planning for hybrid-cycle OTEC experiments using the HMTSTA test facility at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5899215

Panchal, C; Rabas, T; Genens, L

The US Department of Energy has built an experimental apparatus for studying the open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OC-OTEC) system. Experiments using warm and cold seawater are currently uderway to validate the performance predictions for an OC-TEC flash evaporator, surface condenser, and direct-contact condenser. The hybrid cycle is another OTEC option that produces both power and desalinated water, it is comparable in capital cost to OC-OTEC, and it eliminates the problems associated with the large steam turbine. Means are presented in this paper for modifying the existing apparatus to conduct similar experiments on hybrid-cycle OTEC heat exchangers. These data are required to validate predictive methods of the components and for the system integration that were identified in an earlier study of hybrid-cycle OTEC power plants. 7 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5899215
• Report Number(s): CONF-8909128-1; ON: DE89013278
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140800* -- Solar Energy-- Ocean Energy Systems
CONVERSION
DEMINERALIZATION
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DIAGRAMS
ENERGY CONVERSION
ENERGY TRANSFER
EVAPORATORS
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
FLOWSHEETS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
OCEAN THERMAL POWER PLANTS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
SEAWATER
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WATER