Testing the OTEC cold water pipe using the 'Deep Oil X-1' platform
Abstract
An instrumented steel pipe five feet in diameter and 1000 feet in length will be used in a deep-sea test which is part of an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) development program. The effect of platform motions, sea conditions and support systems on the dynamic behavior of the pipe will be studied. The experimental results can then be compared with motion and stress analyses conducted by linear frequency domain and nonlinear time domain techniques.
- Publication:
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Seminar on Testing Solar Energy Materials and Systems
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978stse.proc..129H
- Keywords:
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- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion;
- Offshore Platforms;
- Pipes (Tubes);
- Aerodynamic Coefficients;
- Energy Technology;
- Graphs (Charts);
- Power Plants;
- Reynolds Number;
- Transfer Functions;
- Engineering (General)