Baseline designs of moored and grazing 40-MW OTEC pilot plants. Volume A. Detailed report

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6564705· OSTI ID:6564705

George, J F; Richards, D

The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) of the Johns Hopkins University has engineered baseline designs of two types of floating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot plants. Both designs feature floating concrete hull structures that house up to 40 MW/sub e/(net) of OTEC power systems. One plant is designed for moored operation at an island site, and uses underwater cables to transmit electric power to a shore-based utility company. The other plant is self-propelled and cruises slowly through tropical waters, using the OTEC electric power to produce an energy-intensive product onboard, where it is stored for later transshipment to market. The work is documented in two volumes. This volume is the Detailed Report, which develops the design rationale, summarizes important calculations, outlines areas for future work, and presents a study of system costs.

• Research Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Applied Physics Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-77ET20342
• OSTI ID: 6564705
• Report Number(s): JHU/APL-SR-80-1A
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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