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Temporary list of Research papers
 

We have the following research papers, articles and publications available in our library. We are working on getting the majority of them scanned in and converted to PDF format for easy viewing across the web. In the meantime, you can check wheather the paper you have been looking for is in our library. The listing below is in no particular order for the moment.

This collection of sixty papers, articles and publications has been assembled by Phil Kopitske.

Dynamic modeling of open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OC-OTEC), Systems: Analsysis and Design for Process Control
Author: Chidambar Ganesh, Desikan Bharathan
Date: November 1990
Pages: 81

Sea Solar Power’s OTEC Review & Proposal for U.S. Navy
Author: Sea Solar Power
Date: later than 1994
Pages: 32

Economics of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
(published as Chapter 7 of “Ocean Energy Recovery: The State of the Art”
Author: Luis A. Vega
Date: 1992
Pages: 30

Economics of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
(a summary of Chapter 7 from the book “Ocean Energy Recovery: The State of the Art”)
Author: Luis A. Vega
Date: 1992
Pages: 16

The 210 kWe (gross) open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) experimental facility
Author: The Pacific International Center for High Technology Research
Date: April 1993
Pages: 2

An early ocean test platform for testing cycle components
Author: R. W. Falconer, F. A. Cohan, M. J. Smith
Date: March 1977
Pages: 6

Design of an open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) experimental facility
Author: The Pacific International Center for High Technology Research
Date: September 1992
Pages: 9

Operational experiments of the OC-OTEC experiments at NELH
Author: Hal Link
Date: February 1989
Pages: 9

Shelf-mounted OTEC cold water pipe experiment gets underway in Hawaii
(published in of Sea Technology)
Author: Bob J. Taylor, Joseph R. Vadus
Date: June 1984
Pages: 2

Hybrid cycle add potable water to OTEC areas in short supply
(published in of Sea Technology)
Author: Anthony Thomas, David L. Hillis
Date: October 1989
Pages: 6

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion experiment slated for Hawaii
(published in Cheical & Engineering News)
Author: Joseph Haggin
Date: 10 February 1986
Pages: 3

Design of a 5 MWe OTEC pre-commercial plant
Author: Luis A. Vega, G érard C. Nihous
Date: after 1991
Pages: 14

Operation of a small open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion experimental facility
Author: Luis A. Vega, Donald E. Evans
Date: 1993
Pages: 16

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
(extract from Encyclopedia of Energy Technology and the Environment)
Author: Luis A. Vega
Date: 1995
Pages: 17

Conceptual design of an open-cycle OTEC plant for the production of electricity and fresh water in a pacific island
(published in Proceedings of the First International Conference ICOER ’89)
Author: G. C. Nihous, M. A. Syed, L. A. Vega
Date: November 1989
Pages: 10

Sea power
(published in Popular science)
Author: Mariette DiChristina
Date: May 1995
Pages: 3

OTEC 100-MWe alternate power systems study
Author: Thomas J. Rabes, J. Michael Wittig
Date: 1979
Pages: 14

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion 10-500MW OTEC Platforms
Author: Dyckerhoff & Widmann Inc.
Date: October 1978
Pages: 300 pages

Ocean Thermal Power – The coming energy revolution
Author: J. Hilbert Anderson
Date: June 1994
Pages: 38

Water desalting in Sea Solar Power plants
Author: J. Hilbert Anderson
Date: September 1973
Pages: 23

The Sea Solar Power plant at Kulasekarapattinam
Author: J. Hilbert Anderson
Date: July 1994
Pages: 20

Sea Solar Power and the chemical industry
Author: J. Hilbert Anderson
Date: April 1975
Pages: 15

A new kind of water power
(published in the Sun)
Author: John. H. Gormley Jr
Date: August 1988
Pages: 3

Compact heat exchangers for sea thermal power plants
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: J. Hilbert Anderson, James H. Anderson Jr.
Date: March 1977
Pages: 13

Influence of design factors on the economy of sea thermal power plants
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: J. Hilbert Anderson, James H. Anderson Jr.
Date: March 1977
Pages: 19

Sea Solar Power desalting system
Author: Sea Solar Power
Date: unknow
Pages: 4

Stratified turbulence modeling for the near field external flow
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Glyn O. Roberts
Date: March 1977
Pages: 23

Cold water transport, cold water pipe, and deep water mooring line analysis – a parametric approach
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Thomas E. Little
Date: March 1977
Pages: 14

Operational sea state and design wave criteria: State-of-the-art of available data for U.S.A. coasts and the equatorial latitudes
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Charles L. Bretschneider
Date: March 1977
Pages: 12

Anchor systems
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Philip J. Valent, J. Michael Atturio
Date: March 1977
Pages: 7

Screens for OTEC plants
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Robert M. Hansen
Date: March 1977
Pages: 15

Hydrodymanic loads on the cold water pipe
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: D. T. Hove, W. C. L. Shih
Date: March 1977
Pages: 18

Some factors affecting the selection of OTEC plant platform/cold water pipe designs
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: A. Barr, Pin Yu Chang
Date: March 1977
Pages: 15

The external flow induced by an ocean thermal energy converion (OTEC) power plant
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: T. R. Sundaram, E. Sambuco, A. M. Sinnarwalla, S. K. Kapur
Date: March 1977
Pages: 9

Investigations of mixing and recirculation in th evicinity of an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Gerhard H. Jirka, David J. Fry, R. Peter Johnson, Donald R. F. Harleman
Date: March 1977
Pages: 8

A further evalutation of the oceanographic conditions found of Keahole Point, Hawaii, and the environmental impact of nearshore Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plants on subtropical Hawaii waters
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Karl H. Bathen
Date: March 1977
Pages: 24

A case study of renewable energy for Hawaii
(published in Energy, vol 17)
Author: Victor D Phillips, Andrei V. Chuveliov, Patrick K. Takahashi
Date: June 1990
Pages: 10

Resource Assessment of a high potential OTEC site near Puerto Rico
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Donald K. Atwood, Marvel C. Stalcup, C. Peter Duncan, Michael J. Barcelona
Date: March 1977
Pages: 13

Legal, political, and environmental aspects of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: A report on an ASIL/ERDA study
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: H. Gary Knight, Robert E. Stein, J. Daniel Nyhart
Date: March 1977
Pages: 4

Market definition, commercial development plan, and OTEC financing: A summary of 1976 APL work for the U.S. Maritime administration
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: Evans J. Francis, Joseph Seelinger
Date: March 1977
Pages: 13

An estimate of the impact of OTEC operation on the vertical distribution of heat in the Gulf of Mexico
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: P. J. Martin, G. O. Roberts
Date: march 1977
Pages: 10

Hydro power from the ocean, U.S. Patent # 4,703,626
Author: Robert K. Jensen
Date: November 1987
Pages: 6

Conceptual design of an open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion net power-producing experiment (OC-OTEC NPPE)
Author: D. Bharathan, H. J. Green, H. F. Link, B. K. Parsosn, J. M. Parsosn, F. Zangrando
Date: July 1990
Pages: 172

Ocean thermal power effect on greenhouse gases
Author: J. Hilbert Anderson
Date: unknown
Pages: 8

Potential mariculture yield of sea thermal power plants part 1 – General statement
Author: S. Laurence, O. A. Roels, L. Van Hemelrijck, A. F. Amos
Date: January 1976
Pages: 19

Potential mariculture yield of sea thermal power plants part 2 – Food chain efficiency
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: S. Laurence, O. A. Roels
Date: March 1977
Pages: 6

The Food, Spin-off industries make ocean energy profitable
Author: Diane Loupe
Date: unknown
Pages: 6

Power, fresh water, and food from cold, deep seawater
(published in Science)
Author: Donald F. Othmer, Oswald A. Roels
Date: October 1973
Pages: 5

Air conditioning with deep seawater: A cost-effective alternative
(published in Ocean Resources 2000)
Author: Joseph Van Ryzin, Tore Leraand
Date: 2000
Pages: 5

Closed cycle OTEC (presentation)
Author: Phil Kopitske
Date: August 1994
Pages: 16

An early ocean test platform conversion
(published in 4th Annual conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion proceedings)
Author: L. K. Donovan, C. R. Odden
Date: March 1977
Pages: 4

A potential OTEC power plant for the Marshall Islands
Author: James G Wenzel
Date: 1994
Pages: 4

Outline of the 100 kW OTEC Pilot plant in the Republic of Nauru
(published in IEEE Transactions on power apparatus and systems)
Author: Tsuneo Mitsui, Fumoi Ito, Yutaka Seya, Yasonobu Nakamoto
Date: September 1983
Pages: 5

Carbon dioxide release from OTEC cycles
Author: Herbert J. Green, Peter R. Guenther
Date: September 1990
Pages: 14

Results of scoping tests for open-cycle OTEC components operating with seawater
Author: F. Zangrando, D. Bharathan, H. J. Green, H. F. Link, B. K. Parsons, J. M. Parsons, A. A. Pearson, C. B. Panchal
Date: September 1990
Pages: 320

The 40 MWe OTEC Plant at Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaii: A case study of potential biological impacts
Author: John T. Harrison
Date: February 1987
Pages: 105

Open-cycle OTEC research in Hawaii at the seacoast test facility (project fact sheet)
Author: PICHTR
Date: unknown
Pages: 1

The real cost of desalinted water
Author: unknown
Date: unknown
Pages: 3

Design of an open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) experimental facility
Author: D. Evans, J. Arcate, A. Bhargava, A. Syed, L. Vega
Date: unknown
Pages: 2