Title :
The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion strategies and analysis of current challenges
Author :
Meegahapola, Lasantha ; Udawatta, Lanka ; Witharana, Sanjeeva
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Moratuwa, Moratuwa
Abstract :
This paper presents different roots of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) strategies and challenges faced in terms of efficiency and economy of OTEC plants. The conversion strategies primarily focus on open cycle, closed cycle and hybrid plants. The efficiency studies mainly skew towards the effect of plant distance and thermal gradient towards plant efficiency. The economic analysis is based upon the effect of per unit cost for OTEC plant together with other important considerations such as Plant Factor (PF) and offshore distance, which determine the cost of power generation. Some illustrative examples are also provided using the derived equations under efficiency and economic studies.
Keywords :
costing; ocean thermal energy conversion; power generation economics; OTEC; current challenges analysis; ocean thermal energy conversion strategies; offshore distance; plant factor; power generation cost; Costs; Energy conversion; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Oceans; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Testing; Thermal engineering; Ocean thermal energy conversion; economic analysis; plant efficiency; plant factor; power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Information Systems, 2007. ICIIS 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Penadeniya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1151-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1152-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICIINFS.2007.4579160
