Current measurements off Keahole Point, Hawaii: application to OTEC-1 ocean test platform

Conference · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6267611

Harms, V W

Detailed current measurements from the OTEC-1 vessel permits a preliminary analysis to be made of current induced hydrodynamic loads on the cold water pipe and hydrodynamic mixing along the trajectory of the mixed sea-water plume. The measured equilibrium depth of the plume agrees well with that predicted by the plume model and occurs near the base of the ocean mixed layer. Ocean turbulence is found to provide some mixing. Several possible causes for excessive hydrodynamic loading on the cold water pipe are enumerated. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6267611
• Report Number(s): LBL-13208; CONF-810622-9; ON: DE81030539
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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