Model tests of a baseline 40 MW OTEC pilot plant. Volume A: narrative report
Technical Report
·
OSTI ID:6377789
A baseline design of an OTEC pilot plant, configured as a floating platform for large-scale, at-sea, practical demonstrations of OTEC system operation, has been completed. Model tests at 1/30 scale were conducted in a model basin. Waves were produced to simulate a variety of ocean conditions, including 100-year storm seas where hurricane waves equivalent to a maximum height of 65 ft were created. The platform survived all simulated conditions, although it was observed that a shaped bow, bilge keels, and additional hull length would improve seakeeping in the hurricane seas. Quantitative data were obtained on ship motions, cold-water-pipe loads and motions, mooring forces, and seawater system pressures.
- Research Organization:
- Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD (USA). Applied Physics Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI01-77ET20342
- OSTI ID:
- 6377789
- Report Number(s):
- JHU/APL-SR-81-1A; ON: DE81024158
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Model tests of a baseline 40 MW OTEC pilot plant. Volume B: test data
Baseline designs of moored and grazing 40-MW OTEC pilot plants. Volume B. Engineering drawings
Baseline designs of moored and grazing 40-MW OTEC pilot plants. Volume A. Detailed report
Technical Report
·
Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980
·
OSTI ID:6377782
Baseline designs of moored and grazing 40-MW OTEC pilot plants. Volume B. Engineering drawings
Technical Report
·
Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980
·
OSTI ID:6578267
Baseline designs of moored and grazing 40-MW OTEC pilot plants. Volume A. Detailed report
Technical Report
·
Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980
·
OSTI ID:6564705
Related Subjects
14 SOLAR ENERGY
140800* -- Solar Energy-- Ocean Energy Systems
DATA
DESIGN
DYNAMIC LOADS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
INFORMATION
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL TESTS
MOORINGS
NUMERICAL DATA
OCEAN THERMAL POWER PLANTS
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
PILOT PLANTS
PIPES
POWER PLANTS
POWER RANGE 10-100 MW
SIMULATION
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
STRESS ANALYSIS
STRUCTURAL MODELS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WAVE FORCES
140800* -- Solar Energy-- Ocean Energy Systems
DATA
DESIGN
DYNAMIC LOADS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
INFORMATION
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL TESTS
MOORINGS
NUMERICAL DATA
OCEAN THERMAL POWER PLANTS
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
PILOT PLANTS
PIPES
POWER PLANTS
POWER RANGE 10-100 MW
SIMULATION
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
STRESS ANALYSIS
STRUCTURAL MODELS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WAVE FORCES