Alternative sources of energy from the ocean

Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) was a French engineer Jacques d ' Arsonval in 1881. However, at the time of writing this natural energy laboratory of Hawaii is home to the only operational pilot plant FEASIBILITY STUDIES on the face of the Earth's surface. OTEC is a potential source of alternative energy sources to be financed and learn much more than that. A big obstacle to get OTEC-wide policy-relevant is cost. It is hard to get the price down to a manageable level processes currently used to drive OTEC SYSTEMS. Ocean thermal energy is a very clean burning and do not add pollutants into the atmosphere. However, as he now needs to be created with our modern technology, OTEC plant will have the potential to undermine and possible damage to the local conditions.

There are three types of OTEC.

"Closed cycle OTEC" uses low-boiling point of liquid such as propane as an intermediate liquid.OTEC Plant pumps pool cell reactions and boils intermediate fluid resulting in subtotals liquid curing, pushing the turbine engine which generates electricity. Vapor then cooled by the cold seawater.

"Open-cycle OTEC" is that, unlike the closed except biking, cycle are no intermediate liquid.Seawater is itself a driving force for turbine engine in the format of OTEC. warm sea water on the surface of the ocean becomes a low-pressure steam under vacuum control. Low pressure steam is produced in the zone of focused and he has the right to drive a turbine. To cool the vapor and desalinated water for human consumption, deep ocean water vapor is added after it has enough power.

"Cycle OTEC hybrid" is really just a theory now.It aims to describe how we could make maximum use of thermal energy, ocean waters there are actually two sub-theories theories hybrid Cycling.The first involves the use of closed-cycle electricity generation.It is an electricity in turn is used to create the conditions necessary for the vacuum open Cycling.The second component is the integration of two open cyclings, in such a way as to twice the amount desalinated water is only one open cycle.

In addition to being used to produce electricity, OTEC plant closed loop can be used to treat OTEC plant chemicals. how to open and close cycling cycling, can also be used for pumping up the cold deep sea water, which can then be used for refrigeration and air conditioning. Besides moderation when seawater around the plant closed are can be used for mariculture and aquaculture projects, such as fish farming is quite clearly the range of products and services that we could learn from this source of alternative energy sources.