Energy conversion heat Ocean (OTEC) was designed by the French engineer Jacques of Arsonval in 1881. However, at the time of this writing, the Hawaii natural energy laboratory is home to the only plant of OTEC of experimental operation on the surface of the Earth. OTEC is a potential alternative energy source to be funded and explored much more that it is currently. The major obstacle to cross with the CETO implementation on a level of broad and practically useful is fresh. It is difficult to obtain the costs at a reasonable processes currently used level for drive OTEC. The thermal energy of the oceans would be very clean and add of pollutants into the air. However, as should now put in place with our current technologies, OTEC plants have the ability to disrupt and possibly damaging the local environment.
There are three types of OTEC.
"Closed Cycle OTEC" uses a low boiling point liquid as, for example, point to propane to act as an intermediate fluid. The OTEC plant pump hot sea water in the reaction chamber and summarizes the intermediate fluid. The result is an intermediate fluid vapor pushing the turbine of the engine, which then generates electricity. The steam is then cooled by the cold seawater implementation.
"Open Cycle OTEC" is not that different from closed, except in the open Cycle cycling he did y no intermediate liquid. Sea water itself is the pilot of the turbine for OTEC format. Hot water on the surface of the ocean is transformed into a steam low pressure under the compulsion of a vacuum. Low pressure steam is output in a particular area and it has the power to drive the turbine. To cool the steam and create water desalinated for human consumption, the cold waters of the ocean deeper are added to the steam after that it produces enough electricity.
"Hybrid Cycle OTEC" is really just a theory for the moment. It attempts to describe. There are actually two sub-theories in the theory of hybrid bike. The first is to use a closed cycle to produce electricity. This electricity is in turn used to create the environment necessary to open bicycle vacuum. The second component is the integration of the two cyclings open as two times the amount of water desalinated, drinking is created with a single open cycle.
In addition to be used to produce electricity, a closed cycle OTEC plant can be used for the treatment of chemical products. OTEC plants, two open cycling and close of kinds of cycling can also be used for pumping cold deep sea water which can then be used for refrigeration and air conditioning. In addition, during the period of moderation when sea water around the plant, the are closed can be used for projects such as the raising of fish mariculture and aquaculture. There is clearly a wide range of products and services that we derive from this alternative energy source.
