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(OTEC)
Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion produces
electricity from the natural
thermal gradient of the
ocean, using the heat
stored in warm surface
water to create steam to
drive a turbine, while
pumping cold, deep water
to the surface to
recondense the steam.
FUNDAMENTALS
75% of the Earth Covered by water
Ocean water stores much more heat than the
atmosphere
Thermo-haline circulation creates temperature
differences throughout Earths oceans
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OTEC System
The Technologies:
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
1
2000. Snowden, Paul, Kazuhiro Kitazawa, Masayuki Mac Takahashi . Deep Ocean
Water as Our Next Natural Resource. Chapter 3: OTEC Is Not A Dream. Tokyo.
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/e-library/dow/index.html
OTEC
Open
Cycle
System
In an open-cycle plant, the warm water, after being
vaporized, can be recondensed and separated from
Hybrid plants, combining benefits of the two systems, would use closedcycle generation combined with a second-stage flash evaporator to
desalinate water.
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OTEC Designs
http://www.carbonzeroplanet.org/renewables/wavetidal-oceanthermal.php
http://planetearthandhumanity.blogspot.com/2010/08/otec.html
PROS
Reduces Carbon
footprint by providing
CONS
Promotes Global
competitiveness and
International Trade
Enhances energy
independence
Has potential to
mitigate green house
gas emissions from
burning fossil fuels