An experimental Heat and Mass Transfer Scoping Test Apparatus was built to obtain design data for a larger test that will assess technical feasibility of the open-cycle OTEC process. The apparatus was erected at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii and became operational in the summer of 1987. After initial debugging, it produced 350 gallons/h (1600 l/h) of potable water having a salinity of 86 p.p.m., 1/5 that of local tap water available at the test site.
First production of potable water by OTEC and its potential applications
Erste Herstellung von Trinkwasser durch Meereswaermekraftwerke und potentielle Anwendungen
1988
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Conference paper
English
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