What is it about?
The paper is a meta-study on the OTEC systems that examines how the power plants produce electricity, what factors affect the power output and to what degree does the salinity of the seawater impact how much heat the system generates to be converted into electrical energy.
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Why is it important?
This research aims to assist in the selection process for where future OTEC plants should be built and illustrates the key variables that should be considered when trying to maximise the power output and increase the overall efficiency.
Perspectives
OTEC provides a source of sustainability power which can be built over parts of the oceans surface which would otherwise be unused space. This is particularly useful for small island nation to which available space is limited.
Timothy Griggs
University of Technology Sydney
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This page is a summary of: A comparative analysis on the impact of salinity on the heat generation of OTEC plants to determine the most plausible geographical location, PAM Review Energy Science & Technology, May 2018, UTS ePress,
DOI: 10.5130/pamr.v5i0.1500.
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