OTEC condenser heat exchanger analysis: Modelling and model validation of the performance of an ammonia-water OTEC condenser heat exchanger using advanced condenser models

The increasing demand in renewable energy motivates the search for new renewable energy sources. The ocean is a vast energy source of both thermal and kinetic energy, however methods to harness this energy haven’t reached maturity yet. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), a method to harness the thermal energy of the ocean, could change this....

Performance analysis of ammonia and ammonia-water as working fluids for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion power plants

At the Paris climate conference in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first ever universal, legally binding global climate agreement. This combined with the depletion of fossil fuels drives the interest in renewable energy technologies. The thermal gradient in the ocean is a largely untapped source of renewable energy. It can be utilized...