Renewable energy from the ocean : a guide to OTEC
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Bibliographic Information
Renewable energy from the ocean : a guide to OTEC
（The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory series in science and engineering）
Oxford University Press, 1994
Available at 11 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Scientists and engineers around the world are striving to develop new sources of energy. This book explores one of these energy alternatives, ocean thermal energy conversion. William H. Avery, the leading researcher in this field, describes the workings of an OTEC power plant and addresses how such a power source might be implemented for national use.
OTEC uses solar energy absorbed in surface waters of tropical oceans to produce fuels and electricity. OTEC is safe, environmentally benign and inexhaustable - his book studies its potential and the alternatives.
Table of Contents
1: Introduction and Overview
2: OTEC Historical Background
3: OTEC System Concepts
4: Closed Cycle OTEC Systems
5: Open-Cycle OTEC
6: OTEC Closed-Cycle Engineering Status
7: OTEC Closed-Cycle Systems Cost Evaluation
8: OTEC Economics
9: Environmental and Social Effects of OTEC Commercialization
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