Title :
At-Sea Testing of an OTEC Cold Water Pipe
Author :
McHale, F. ; Jones, Lewis
Author_Institution :
Hawaiian Dredging & Constr. Co., Dillingham Corp., Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
As part of the on-going effort to bring Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) to commercial reality, an at sea test and demonstration of a 10-foot diameter, 1000-foot long fiberglass cold water pipe (CWP) is now under design. The pipe is to be a 1/3 scale model of the pipe that would be required for a 40 megawatt (MW) OTEC plant. Deployment and at-sea testing is planned for calendar year 1982.
Keywords :
ocean thermal energy conversion; pipes; product design; testing; OTEC plant; design; fiberglass cold water pipes; ocean thermal energy conversion; sea testing; Building materials; Energy conversion; Fabrication; Oceans; Optical fiber testing; Resistance heating; Sea surface; System testing; US Department of Energy; Water heating;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 81
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1981.1151589
