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Friday, July 17, 2009
 Bill Gates want to use cold seawater to stop hurricanes@hexayurt told me about a system which would use hot seawater to power a process to bring up cold seawater to the surface, and that way "steal" some of the energy which a hurricane uses. This has been mentioned in several places, but here is a sample article about it. Seems to me that a back of the envelope calculation on the thermodynamics of this can give a quick answer to the question: would it work? Labels: oceanengineering Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Seawater air-conditioning in Curaao
Evelop is building a seawater air-conditioning system in Curaao. I visited Evelop Caribbean and talked to the Business Director of Evelop Caribbean, Gilbert Gouverneur about the project. The project is worth ?15-20 million and could decrease the energy use for air-conditioning by 90%.Labels: oceanengineering, swac |
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