An offshore structure for use with an OTEC system includes a submerged spar having a lower portion having a cold water intake. The cold water intake includes a domed terminus in fluid communication with a cold water pipe. A dry machinery space adjacent the cold water intake includes one or more cold water supply pumps and one or more cold water pipe lifting and retention winches having a lifting cable connected to the cold water pipe.
Ocean thermal energy conversion power plant cold water pipe connection
06.10.2015
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / F03G Feder-, Gewichts-, Trägheits- oder ähnliche Kraftmaschinen , SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS / F24V COLLECTION, PRODUCTION OR USE OF HEAT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Sammeln, Erzeugen oder Verwenden von Wärme, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / E21B EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING , Erd- oder Gesteinsbohren |
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