Estuarine and Coastal Modeling
An Update on the U.S. DOE Ocean Energy Program
This paper summarizes recent research accomplishments of the program and provides a synopsis of planned activities leading to a Net Power-Producing Experiment (NPPE), to be conducted at...
Ocean Energy Activities in China
The ocean energy will perform an important action to compensate for energy consumption. In China tidal energy was utilized early, building tidal power plants began from the nineteen fifties....
Experimental Research and Parameters Optimization of a Prototype OWC Wave Power Device
The paper presents the experimental research and parameters optimization of a prototype oscillating water column (OWC) wave power device being built in China by Guangzhou Institute of...
Review of Garolim Tidal Power Project
The feasibility study of Garolim tidal power project made in 1981 was reviewed in 1986 and updated in 1988. The review study generally confirmed the result of the 1981 study. The generator...
The Development of Tidal Resources in China: The Tidal Experimental Station of Jiangxia and Its No. 1 and No. 2 Bidirectional Tidal Water Turbine
This article outlines the development and use of tidal energy, specifically, the exploitable tidal energy and the situation of its use in China and introduces the first large bidirectional...
Hydrogen Generation from Sea Water by Means of a Metal Hydrolysis Process
Active metals such as magnesium reacted with steam can produce hydrogen. This reduction of water by magnesium or aluminum is a thermodynamically favorable process, however, formation of...
Pre-Experiments of OTEC Experimental Facility for Ocean-Based Mariculture-OTEC Pilot Plant Houyou
The ocean-based mariculture-OTEC pilot plant 'HOUYOU' was completed in March, 1989 and the at-sea test in Toyama Bay was carried out from July 18th until September...
Overview: Steam-Water Phase Change in OTEC Systems
This paper presents an overview of the thermodynamics and the heat and mass transfer processes occurring in OTEC systems utilizing seawater as the working fluid....
Seawater Experimental Results of Direct-Contact Condensation for OC-OTEC Applications
Tests of a direct-contact condenser (DCC) for open-cycle ocean thermal energy conversion systems (OC-OTEC) have been conducted using seawater and exchanging up to 1.25 MWth...
OTEC Sea Water Systems Technology Status
A workshop was conducted in April 1988 to provide an expert critique of the fabrication and deployment options for the seawater systems (all piping required to draw the seawater) of land-based...
OTEC Seawater Pipe Cost Comparisons
Describes a material which can substantially reduce the cost of seawater pipes and two methods for building and deploying such pipes for use in land-based OTEC installations, outfall sewers,...
Noncondensable Gas Composition and Outgassing Rates in the Open-Cycle OTEC System with Direct-Contact Condensation
This paper will present the results of recent measurements of noncondensable release from an open-cycle ocean thermal energy conversion (OC-OTEC) system in a direct-contact condensation...
Optimum Removal of Noncondensable Gases for Open Cycle OTEC System
For an open cycle OTEC system the dissolved gases in warm surface seawater are evolved in the flash evaporator. Those behave as noncondensable gases in the condenser and degrade the condensing...
De-Aeration and Re-Injection of Noncondensable Gases in Open-Cycle OTEC
Non-condensable gas exchange characteristics in seawater and fresh water are compared and contrasted. The higher rate of exchange observed for these gases in seawater is incorporated in...
The Impact of Agricultural and Industrial Development on the Water Quality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Agricultural and Industrial development are having a serious negative impact upon the quality of water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean. The continuing demographic explosion...
Numerical Model for Tsunami Run-Up
Originally published in: Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division, ASCE, WW3, August 1970, pp. 701-719...
A Seawall for Sea Mammals
With glass walls only 75 ft from Lake Michigan, an aquarium addition demanded solid seawall protection. Yes, in a strange twist of logic, the first step in creating a whale habitat for...
Computers in Civil Engineering Education at Clemson University
This paper describes the current use of computers in the civil engineering undergraduate education of students at Clemson Univrsity, the land-grant university of the State of South Carolina....
Methodology in ODSEWS-2D-II for Optimum Design of Structures to Seismic and Wind Forces
This paper presents the theoretical derivations and numerical procedures used in the computer program called ODSEWS-2D-II for the analysis and optimum design of 2-dimensional regular and...
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