Reduced drag on pipes
In their paper “Passive control of VIV with drag reduction. J. Fluids and Struct. 15, pp 597-605, 2001” J.C.Owen, P.W.Bearman and A.A.Szewczyk, talk about drag […]
Cold water pipe
Biofouling prevention causes heavy deposit problems
NIOT of India are apparently experiencing heavy deposit problems in the (cold?) water pipe based on the biofouling prevention they are using, NaOcl Sodium Hypocholorite. […]
Pump station for NELHA
Slightly old news by now, but NELHA is soliciting bids for a pump station for the 55-inch pipeline which they recently got installed.
IOA Spring 2002 newsletter
The International OTEC/DOWA Association OTEC news letter spring 2002 edition is out. In it you will find articles about the NELHA pipeline deployment, Energy Islands […]
What a drag
Attaching what looks like fungus on a tree trunk to offshore platform legs or ocean pipes can help reduce forces due to drag and vortex […]
Serious pipe work
The Honolulu Star Bulletin has an article on the 55 inch pipleline [cached] that NEHLA has worked for the last twelve years to put in […]
The Tokyo Electric / Toshiba 100 kW OTEC pilot plant
A 100 kW OTEC pilot plant was constructed in the Republic of Nauru by Tokyo Electric Power Company and Toshiba Corporation. Operation of the OTEC […]
Sea Solar Power 100 MW hybrid cycle OTEC plantship
The SSP 100 MW Plantship, which also produces 32 million gallons per day (120,000 m3) desalinated water, uses the same aluminum heat exchanger tube, vapor […]
In the Pipeline
The January 2002 issue of NEHLA’s newsletter Pipeline is out. As usual, NEHLA Pipeline contains a whole host of insight into running a shorebased seawater […]
Using cold seawater to grow vegetables and produce fresh water
New Scientist January 2002 issue has a very good article on The Seawater Greenhouse, developed by Charlie Paton. In short it can be described as […]