Claude G. (1930), "Power from the Tropical Seas" in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 52, No.12, 19, pp. 1039-1044. [The original paper]

Hubbard H.M (1991), "The Real Cost of Energy", Scientific American,  April 1991, Vol. 264, No. 4, PP 18-23. [The range of the external costs of energy production are presented]

Nihous G.C.  and Vega L.A. (1991), "A Review of Some Semi-empirical OTEC Effluent Discharge Models", in Oceans '91, Honolulu, Hawaii. [The OTEC effluent models are summarized]

Quinby-Hunt M.S., Sloan D., and Wilde P. (1987), "Potential Environmental Impacts of Closed-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion", in Environ Impact Assess Rev, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., New York, NY, pp. 169-198.  [The environmental impact expected from CC-OTEC systems is discussed]

Quinby-Hunt M.S.,  Wilde P., and Dengler A.T (1986), "Potential Environmental Impacts of Open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion", in Environ Impact Assess Rev, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., New York, NY, pp. 77-93. [The environmental impact expected from OC-OTEC systems is discussed]

Syed M.A., Nihous G.C., and Vega L.A. (1991), "Use of Cold Seawater for Air Conditioning", OCEANS '91, Honolulu, Hawaii. [The use of cold seawater for air conditioning is proposed]

Sverdrup H.V., Johnson M.W., and Fleming P.H. (1942), The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology, Prentice-Hall, New York. [The classical reference for Oceanographers]

Thomas A., and Hillis D. L. (1989), Biofouling and corrosion Research for Marine Heat Exchangers, prepared by Argonne national Laboratory, Energy and Environmental Systems Division for US. Department of Energy, Wind/Ocean Technologies Division.  Presented at Oceans '89 Conference, Seattle, Washington, DC. [The principal reference on biofouling and corrosion of OTEC heat exchangers]

Vega L.A., and Nihous G.C. (1988), "At-Sea Test of the Structural Response of a Large Diameter Pipe Attached to a Surface Vessel", Paper #5798, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 1988. [The proven design for coldwater pipes for OTEC plantships is presented]

Vega L.A. (1992), "Economics of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)" in R.J. Seymour, ed. Ocean Energy Recovery: The State of the Art, American Society of Civil Engineers,  New York.  [The OTEC capital costs and related costs of electricity and water production are presented]

Vega L.A. (1995), "Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion", in Encyclopedia of Energy Technology and the Environment, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, pp. 2104-2119. [The main reference updated in this article]

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