Mini Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Platform (Mini-OTEC)
Client: |
Dillingham Corporation |
Project Location: |
Keahole Point, Hawaii |
Project Scope: |
Conversion of Navy barge to accommodate Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) facilities. |
Challenge: |
To design a floating marine structure to resist ocean wave conditions. |
Solution: |
The platform was constructed by modifying an old navy barge to support the OTEC equipment at a floating off-shore location. |
Results: |
This facility was able to generate clean, renewable electric power by processing the warm sea surface water and the cold deep ocean water (2,700 ft. depth) through the system of heat exchangers and turbines to generate 50 KW of power with a net yield of 10 KW. This project is recognized as a major break-through in the application of the OTEC concept first published by French scientist Arsene D’Arsonval in 1881. |
