Abstract
The 21st century is characterized as an era of natural resource depletion, and humanity is faced with several threats due to the lack of food, energy, and water. Climate change and sea-level rise are at unprecedented levels, being phenomena that make predicting the future of ocean resources more complicated. Oceans contain a limitless amount of water with small (but finite) temperature differences from their surfaces to their floors. To advance the utilization of ocean resources, this book readdresses the past achievements, present developments, and future progress of ocean thermal energy, from basic sciences to sociology and cultural aspects.
- Chapter 1: Can Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion and Seawater Utilisation Assist Small Island Developing States? A Case Study of Kiribati, Pacific Islands Region
- Chapter 2: The Social Energy: Contexts for Its Assessment
- Chapter 3: Current Development and Prospect of Turbine in OTEC
- Chapter 4: Novel OTEC Cycle Using Efficiency Enhancer
- Chapter 5: Analysis and Development of Closed Cycle OTEC System
- Chapter 6: Research and Development Activities of Ocean Thermal Energy-Driven Development in Malaysia
- Chapter 7: General Criteria for Optimal Site Selection for the Installation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plants in the Mexican Pacific
- Chapter 8: Environmental Impact Assessment of the Operation of an Open Cycle 1MWe Power Plant in the Cozumel Island, Mexico