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General Criteria for Optimal Site Selection for the Installation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plants in the Mexican Pacific

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Title: General Criteria for Optimal Site Selection for the Installation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plants in the Mexican Pacific
Author:
Huante, A.; Cueto, Y.; Ruiz, E.; Contreras, R.
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Book Title:
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - Past, Present, and Progress
Chapter:
7
Publisher:
IntechOpen
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Technology:
OTEC
Resource:
Site Characterization
Language:
English

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Huante, A.; Cueto, Y.; Ruiz, E.; Contreras, R. (2020). General Criteria for Optimal Site Selection for the Installation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plants in the Mexican Pacific In Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - Past, Present, and Progress IntechOpen.https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.90280
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TY - CHAP
TI - General Criteria for Optimal Site Selection for the Installation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plants in the Mexican Pacific
AU - Huante, A
AU - Cueto, Y
AU - Ruiz, E
AU - Contreras, R
T2 - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - Past, Present, and Progress
AB - The purpose of this chapter is to provide an assessment of the resource potential for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) in the Mexican Pacific Ocean (MPO). Research methodology adopted in this study is a combination of geographic information system (GIS), to identify the most promising site in the MPO for OTEC deployment. Site selection criteria rely on conditions such as distance to cold water pumping, bathymetry, thermal difference (not less than 20°C), and social and environmental aspects. Finally we concluded that sites located in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca have the highest potential of the entire MPO, although there are other areas in the states of Baja California Sur, Nayarit, or Michoacan that might have some interest for OTEC technology.This is a chapter in the book Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - Past, Present, and Progress. View the other book chapters here.
DA - 2020/05//
PY - 2020
PB - IntechOpen
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DO - 10.5772/intechopen.90280
U1 - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an assessment of the resource potential for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) in the Mexican Pacific Ocean (MPO). Research methodology adopted in this study is a combination of geographic information system (GIS), to identify the most promising site in the MPO for OTEC deployment. Site selection criteria rely on conditions such as distance to cold water pumping, bathymetry, thermal difference (not less than 20°C), and social and environmental aspects. Finally we concluded that sites located in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca have the highest potential of the entire MPO, although there are other areas in the states of Baja California Sur, Nayarit, or Michoacan that might have some interest for OTEC technology.

This is a chapter in the book Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - Past, Present, and Progress. View the other book chapters here.

General Criteria for Optimal Site Selection for the Installation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plants in the Mexican Pacific is located in Mexico.