Title :
OTEC Cold Water Pipe Design and Laboratory Testing
Author_Institution :
Sci. Applic., Inc., El Segundo, CA, USA
Abstract :
Construction, deployment and operation of a 30-ft diameter, 3000 ft. long OTEC cold water pipe presents numerous engineering challenges. Science Applications, Inc. and its subcontractors performed parallel composite materials and model basin test programs to resolve engineering issues surfaced in previous OTEC Cold Water Pipe Systems Design Studies1´2. Three test projects were undertaken to investigate fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) sandwich materials performance in seawater, FRP cold water pipe deployment and OTEC ocean system operation. Although some development and/or demonstration remains, the present program provided increased confidence that FRP sandwich wall CWP structures can be built, deployed and operated under established OTEC design requirements.
Keywords :
composite materials; ocean thermal energy conversion; pipes; FRP sandwich material performance; FRP sandwich wall CWP structures; OTEC cold water pipe construction; OTEC cold water pipe deployment; OTEC cold water pipe design; OTEC ocean system operation; Science Applications, Inc; fiberglass reinforced plastic sandwich material performance; laboratory testing; model basin test programs; ocean thermal energy conversion power plants; parallel composite materials; seawater; subcontractors; Composite materials; Design engineering; Fiber reinforced plastics; Laboratories; Materials testing; Optical fiber testing; Performance evaluation; Sea surface; Subcontracting; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 81
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1981.1151587
