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Open-Cycle

An OTEC system in which warm, surface seawater is the working fluid.

Open-cycle ocean thermal energy conversion systems use seawater directly, rather than a working fluid, to generate electricity. Warm surface water is placed under low pressure, distilling the water to a freshwater vapor which can be used to drive an electrical generator. The steam is then exposed to cold, deep seawater and condenses into freshwater. There are alternate open cycle processes that do not result in desalination as well.

Marine Energy Documents Related to Open-Cycle

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Open-Cycle.

Total: 36

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Design of an OTWEC-OC plant to produce desalinated water and electricity in Ensenada, B.C. Pool, L., Meneses, L., Chay, E. Conference Paper OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Performance, Structural
Data-driven model based adaptive feedback-feed forward control schemes for open cycle - OTEC process Pattanaik, B., Sutha, S., Dinesh, D. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Lab Data, Modeling Control
Thermodynamic analysis and turbine design of a 100 kW OTEC-ORC with binary non-azeotropic working fluid Ma, Q., Gao, Z., Huang, J. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Materials, Performance, Structural
Thermodynamic and exergoeconomic optimization of a novel cooling, desalination and power multigeneration system based on ocean thermal energy Geng, D., Gao, X. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance, Structural
Multi-objective optimization of an open-cycle, ocean thermal energy conversion system with desalinization Hernández-Romero, I., Zavala, V., Flores-Tlacuahuac, A. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance
Reliability Evaluation of Power Systems Containing Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Power Plants Nasiriani, K., Ghaedi, A., Nafar, M. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Grid Integration
Economic Viability Analysis for an OTEC Power Plant at San Andrés Island Herrera, J., Sierra, S., Hernández-Hamón, H. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle
Performance analysis of an Open Cycle OTEC power module on laboratory scale Patnaik, B., Mani, A., Dudhgaonkar, P. Conference Paper OTEC, Open-Cycle Lab Data Performance
Indirect air CO2 capture and refinement based on OTEC seawater outgassing Straatman, P., van Sark, W. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion—Flexible Enabling Technology for Variable Renewable Energy Integration in the Caribbean Brecha, R., Schoenenberger, K., Ashtine, M. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Grid Integration
The extraction of power and fresh water from the ocean off the coast of KZN utilising ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) techniques Gumede, M. Thesis OTEC, Open-Cycle Lab Data, Modeling Performance
Stability based approach to design cold-water pipe (CWP) for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) Adiputra, R., Utsunomiya, T. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Materials, Structural
A study of OTEC application on deep-sea FPSOs Song, Y. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle Performance
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Masutani, S., Takahashi, P. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle, Hybrid-Cycle Performance
Development of an auxiliary thermal energy storage type heat exchanger for solar-heat boost type OTEC Arima, H. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Lab Data Control, Performance
Ocean thermal energy conversion and open ocean mariculture: The prospect of Mainland-Taiwan collaborative research and development Liu, C. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle Modeling
Performance Evaluation of Heat Exchangers for Application to Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion System Yasunaga, T., Fontaine, K., Morisaki, T. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Thermodynamic analysis of siphon flash evaporation desalination system using ocean thermal energy Jin, Z., Ye, H., Wang, H. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Economic assessment and prospect of hydrogen generated by OTEC as future fuel Banerjee, S., Musa, M., Jaafar, A. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Field Data
Dual-use open cycle ocean thermal energy conversion (OC-OTEC) using multiple condensers for adjustable power generation and seawater desalination Kim, A., Kim, H., Lee, H. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Performance
Dual-use open cycle ocean thermal energy conversion (OC-OTEC) using multiple condensers for adjustable power generation and seawater desalination Kim, A., Kim, H., Lee, H. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Modeling Performance
LNG as cold heat source in OTEC systems Arcuri, N., Bruno, R., Bevilacqua, P. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Field Data, Modeling Materials, Performance
Energy and exergy analyses of hydrogen production via solar-boosted ocean thermal energy conversion and PEM electrolysis Ahmadi, P., Dincer, I., Rosen, M. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Lab Data, Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance
Electricity generation by the ocean thermal energy Etemadi, A., Emdadi, A., AsefAfshar, O. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle, Hybrid-Cycle Modeling
Using the condenser effluent from a nuclear power plant for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Kim, N. , Ng, K. , Chun, W. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle, Hybrid-Cycle Lab Data Performance
A preliminary assessment of ocean thermal energy conversion resources Nihous, G. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle Modeling
Ocean thermal energy conversion primer Vega, L. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: An Extensive, Environmentally Benign Source of Energy for the Future Daniel, T. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle Field Data
Increase Of Open-Cycle OTEC Condenser Performance With Exhaust Of Non-Condensable Gas Takazawa, H., Tukana, S., Amano, M. Report OTEC, Open-Cycle Lab Data Performance
Deep Ocean Water Utilization at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority Daniel, T. Conference Paper OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle Field Data
Alcan's ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) program Hron, V., Fitzpatrick, N., Hay, E. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle
Open-Cycle OTEC Seawater Experiments in Hawaii Lewis, L. , Trimble, L., Bowers, J. Conference Paper OTEC, Open-Cycle Lab Data Performance, Structural
Falling jet flash evaporators for open cycle ocean thermal energy conversion Wassel, A. , Ghiaasiaan, S. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Performance
Inverted vertical spout evaporators for open cycle ocean thermal energy conversion Ghiaasiaan, S., Wassel, A. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Ocean thermal energy conversion material requirements for large-Scale systems McGowan, J., Heronemus, W. Journal Article OTEC, Open-Cycle Materials
Technical and economic feasibility of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Dugger, G., Francis, E., Avery, W. Journal Article OTEC, Closed-Cycle, Open-Cycle
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