Renewable Energy from the Ocean

A Guide to OTEC

William H. Avery, Chih Wu (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

480 Seiten

1994
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780195071993 (ISBN)

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Scientists and engineers around the world are striving to develop new sources of energy that have virtually unlimited potential. 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.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.6.1994
Reihe/Serie	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratories Series in Science and Engineering
Zusatzinfo	halftones, numerous line illustrations, tables
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 233 mm
Gewicht	807 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Schlagworte	Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Series in Science & Engineering
ISBN-13	9780195071993 / 9780195071993
Zustand	Neuware