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Thermal resource availability

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  • Wolff, Paul M.
  • Lewis, Lloyd F.

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Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) power plants require an ocean temperature difference sufficient to operate turbines as efficiently as possible. In 1975, Ocean Data Systems, Inc. (ODSI) assembled an ocean temperature data base for OTEC purposes for the National Science Foundation. From this data, summaries were prepared identifying seasonal OTEC thermal gradients for ocean areas surrounding the North American continent. Under the Energy Research and Development Administration program, ODSI updated the historical file and identified the thermal resource for many specific sites on a monthly basis. Now, the Department of Energy and ODSI have done a worldwide OTEC thermal resource study. Two charts of the world's oceans showing the gross resource available at depths of 500 and 1000 m have been produced (Figs. 1 and 2).

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  • Wolff, Paul M. & Lewis, Lloyd F., 1980. "Thermal resource availability," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 5(6), pages 525-528.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:5:y:1980:i:6:p:525-528
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(80)90076-6
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