DocumentCode
2811663
Title
Kelp Farm: Buoy, Structure and Mooring
Author
McNary, James F.
Author_Institution
Global Marine Development, Inc., Newport Beach, CA, USA
fYear
1979
fDate
17-19 Sept. 1979
Firstpage
533
Lastpage
540
Abstract
Global Marine Development Inc. (GMDI), under contract to General Electric Company and the American Gas Association (AGA), recently designed, built, and installed a kelp test farm offshore Southern California. The farm is intended to demonstrate that kelp can be artificially grown in commercial quantities in deep ocean water. This paper discusses the many aspects of design and analysis, scale model testing, construction, assembly, and installation of this unique system.
Keywords
Assembly systems; Contracts; Electronic ballasts; Machinery; Navigation; Oceans; Polyethylene; Production; System testing; Wire;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS '79
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1979.1151204
Filename
1151204
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