Ocean thermal energy conversion cold water pipe at-sea test program
Abstract
A detailed design for a 10 foot diameter, 1,000 foot long fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) cold water pipe (CWP) was tested a sea aboard a platform. The wall of the pipe was of sandwich construction with FRP facesheets and a core of syntactic foam. In addition to developing the design for the pipe itself, other activities were conducted to support the design effect.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8410393.
- Keywords:
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- Cold Water;
- Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics;
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion;
- Offshore Platforms;
- Pipes (Tubes);
- Design Analysis;
- Mooring;
- Pilot Plants;
- Sandwich Structures;
- Systems Engineering;
- Water Waves;
- Engineering (General)