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050 4 _aTK1073.A94 1994
082 0 _a621.31244
100 1 _aAvery, William H.
245 1 0 _aRenewable Energy from the Ocean :
_bA Guide to OTEC.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press, Incorporated,
_c1994.
264 4 _c©1994.
300 _a1 online resource (477 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratories Series in Science and Engineering Series
505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- 1.1 The Ocean Thermal Energy Resource -- 1.2 Design Requirements for OTEC Systems -- 1.3 OTEC Research and Development Status -- 1.4 Energy Transfer -- 1.5 Investigations of Environmental Interactions of OTEC -- 1.6 OTEC Costs and Commercialization -- 2 OTEC HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- 2.1 The Development of Heat Engines -- 2.2 Carnot, D'Arsonval, and Claude-Early French Experiments -- 2.3 American Investigations Prior to 1973-The Andersons -- 2.4 Survey of U.S. Developments 1970-1985 -- 2.5 Japanese Programs 1970-1985 -- 2.6 French Programs 1970-1985 -- 2.7 OTEC Programs 1986-1990 -- 3 OTEC SYSTEM CONCEPTS -- 3.1 General Comments on Systems Engineering -- 3.2 Overall Requirements and Options for Alternate Energy Sources -- 3.3 OTEC Preliminary Systems Engineering -- 3.4 Summary of Results of Systems Engineering Evaluations -- 4 CLOSED-CYCLE OTEC SYSTEMS -- 4.1 OTEC Power Plant -- 4.2 Water Ducting -- 4.3 Energy Transfer -- 4.4 Position Control -- 4.5 Platform -- 5 OPEN-CYCLE OTEC -- 5.1 Open-Cycle System Performance -- 5.2 Open-Cycle Research and Development Status -- 5.3 Hybrid Cycle -- 5.4 Mist Lift Cycle -- 5.5 Foam Lift Cycle -- 5.6 Estimated Costs and Market Opportunities -- 5.7 Current OC OTEC Status -- 6 OTEC CLOSED-CYCLE ENGINEERING STATUS -- 6.1 Standard Equipment Applicable to OTEC -- 6.2 Facilities for OTEC Construction -- 6.3 Pilot-Scale OTEC Systems Tests -- 6.4 Conceptual Designs of OTEC Systems -- 6.5 Preliminary Design of OTEC Plants -- 6.6 Conclusions -- 7 OTEC CLOSED-CYCLE SYSTEMS COST EVALUATION -- 7.1 Cost Uncertainties and Perceived Risks versus Engineering Status -- 7.2 Estimated Costs of OTEC Systems -- 7.3 OTEC Capital Investments and Potential Sales Prices for Products -- 8 OTEC ECONOMICS -- 8.1 Introduction.
505 8 _a8.2 Factors That Determine the Commercial Viability of Alternative Energy Options -- 8.3 Economic Potential of Existing and Proposed Liquid Fuel Sources -- 8.4 Electricity from Existing and Proposed Power Plants -- 8.5 Comments -- 9 ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF OTEC IMPLEMENTATION -- 9.1 Economic and Social Benefits of OTEC Commercialization -- 9.2 Environmental Effects -- 9.3 General Comments on Effects of OTEC Commercialization -- 9.4 Benefits to Island Economics -- 9.5 Reduction in Atmospheric Pollution -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aOcean thermal power plants.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aChih Wu, Chih.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aAvery, William H.
_tRenewable Energy from the Ocean
_dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c1994
_z9780195071993
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratories Series in Science and Engineering Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4702011
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