OTEC platform configuration and integration. Volume II. Technical concept. Final report
Abstract
The configuration, integration, and evaluation studies performed in the first phase of this contract resulted in a ranking of the most feasible platform candidates for commercial OTEC applications. On the basis of the results obtained from three individual contractors performing the same study, the Department of Energy made selections of two platform hulls for each contractor for conceptual designs. For Phase-II studies, M. Rosenblatt and Son, Inc. (MR and S) project team was given the SPAR and SPHERE platforms to perform not only conceptual designs for, but also cost and time schedules and sensitivity analyses. This is the second volume of a three-volume MR and S report, and it presents the results of conceptual designs for the two platforms, the facilities and equipment required for construction, deployment, and operation of these platforms, and cost estimates and time schedules. All conceptual design work is performed for the baseline site on West Coast of Florida. The cost differentials and other considerations involved with deploying the platforms in the New Orleans and Puerto Rico sites are also presented. As an end product of the complete study, the costs for the SPAR and the SPHERE platforms are reported both in terms of acquisition costsmore »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Rosenblatt (M.) and Son, Inc., New York (USA)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6456992
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/4065-1(Vol.2)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EG-77-C-01-4065
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING; OCEAN THERMAL POWER PLANTS; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; AUXILIARY SYSTEMS; COST; GULF OF MEXICO; LIFE-CYCLE COST; MAINTENANCE; MOORINGS; OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; PIPES; POSITIONING; POWER RANGE 100-1000 MW; SITE SELECTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CONVERSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; POWER PLANTS; SEAS; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; 140800* - Solar Energy- Ocean Energy Systems; 423000 - Engineering- Marine Engineering- (1980-)
Citation Formats
None. OTEC platform configuration and integration. Volume II. Technical concept. Final report. United States: N. p., 1978.
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"OTEC platform configuration and integration. Volume II. Technical concept. Final report". United States.
doi:10.2172/6456992. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6456992.
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abstractNote = {The configuration, integration, and evaluation studies performed in the first phase of this contract resulted in a ranking of the most feasible platform candidates for commercial OTEC applications. On the basis of the results obtained from three individual contractors performing the same study, the Department of Energy made selections of two platform hulls for each contractor for conceptual designs. For Phase-II studies, M. Rosenblatt and Son, Inc. (MR and S) project team was given the SPAR and SPHERE platforms to perform not only conceptual designs for, but also cost and time schedules and sensitivity analyses. This is the second volume of a three-volume MR and S report, and it presents the results of conceptual designs for the two platforms, the facilities and equipment required for construction, deployment, and operation of these platforms, and cost estimates and time schedules. All conceptual design work is performed for the baseline site on West Coast of Florida. The cost differentials and other considerations involved with deploying the platforms in the New Orleans and Puerto Rico sites are also presented. As an end product of the complete study, the costs for the SPAR and the SPHERE platforms are reported both in terms of acquisition costs in 1978 dollars and life cycle costs in dollars per kilowatt.},
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