Optimization study of OTEC delivery systems based on chemical-energy carriers. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7092767· OSTI ID:7092767

Konopka, A. J.; Talib, A.; Yudow, B.; Biederman, N.

The techno-economic feasibility of chemical energy carriers was studied. Specifically, the chemical energy carriers analyzed were hydrogen, as a gas and as a liquid, and liquid ammonia. Designs of systems for producing and transporting chemical energy to shore were completed. Estimates of the cost at which chemical energy would be available from an onshore terminal have been prepared; these estimates are expressed as a function of two major variables-the shaft-power cost on board the OTEC plant and the distance of the OTEC plant from shore. The size and weight characteristics of chemical energy plants that could be placed on board an OTEC plant were estimated. A techno-economic evaluation of the marine riser connecting the OTEC platform with an ocean-bed platform was provided. A technical and economic evaluation of conversion of delivered ammonia to ammonium nitrate and urea was completed and a general analysis of chemical energy reconverted into electricity onshore was also made. The information for the major project tasks--production, transmission, terminaling, and conversion back to electricity--is given.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: NSF-C1008-AER-75-00033
• OSTI ID: 7092767
• Report Number(s): ERDA/NSF/00033-76/T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
08 HYDROGEN
AMMONIA
PRODUCTION
TRANSPORT
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
ELECTROLYSIS
OCEAN THERMAL POWER PLANTS
BARGES
ECONOMICS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSPORT
EVALUATION
HYDROGEN STORAGE
IRON HYDRIDES
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
PIPELINES
SYNTHESIS
TERMINAL FACILITIES
TITANIUM HYDRIDES
CONVERSION
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY CONVERSION
FLUIDS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IRON COMPOUNDS
LYSIS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NONMETALS
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
STORAGE
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
140800* - Solar Energy- Ocean Energy Systems
090300 - Inorganic Hydrogen Compound Fuels- (-1989)
080101 - Hydrogen- Production- Electrolysis
080300 - Hydrogen- Transport- (-1989)