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ROE-086 Lec - No-52

This document discusses Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). It begins by outlining the learning outcomes which are to understand OTEC as an energy source, how it converts ocean temperature differences into electricity, and its availability. It then provides an introduction to OTEC, explaining that it uses the temperature difference between deep cold and warm tropical surface ocean water in a Rankine cycle to generate electricity. Finally, it discusses OTEC's availability, noting it has a potential output of 3-5 terawatts globally without environmental impacts and that India is well positioned for OTEC due to temperature differences along its coasts.

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ROE-086 Lec - No-52

This document discusses Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). It begins by outlining the learning outcomes which are to understand OTEC as an energy source, how it converts ocean temperature differences into electricity, and its availability. It then provides an introduction to OTEC, explaining that it uses the temperature difference between deep cold and warm tropical surface ocean water in a Rankine cycle to generate electricity. Finally, it discusses OTEC's availability, noting it has a potential output of 3-5 terawatts globally without environmental impacts and that India is well positioned for OTEC due to temperature differences along its coasts.

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ROE-086 RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES Unit-4

Lecture-52 :OTEC Energy


Introduction and Availability

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Contents
1.1 Learning Outcomes
1.2 Introduction of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
1.3 Working Principle of OTEC
1.4 Availability of OTEC

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1.1 Learning Outcome


➢ Students will get the knowledge about the Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion and its source.

➢ Students will be get overview about conversion of OTEC in to electrical


energy.

➢ Students will know about the availability of OTEC.

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1.2 Introduction
➢ Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a process that can produce
electricity by using the temperature difference between deep cold ocean water
and warm tropical surface of water.

➢ OTEC is an energy technology that converts solar radiations to electric power.

➢ OTEC utilizes the world’s largest solar radiation collector.

➢ The ocean contains enough energy power all of the world’s electrical needs.

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➢ Oceans cover more than 70% of the earth’s surface, making them the world’s
largest solar collectors.

➢ OTEC is a renewable energy technology that converts solar radiation into electric
power by use of world ocean.

➢ OTEC process uses temperature difference between cold deep water (5℃) &
warm surface water (27℃) to power a turbine to generate the electricity.

➢ On an average day, 60 million square kilometers of tropical seas absorb an


amount of solar radiation equals in heat content to about 250 billion barrels of oil.
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1.3 Working Principle Overview


➢ This plant works on the principle of a closed Rankine cycle.

➢ Warm water is used to evaporate working fluid like Ammonia or Halocarbon


Refrigerant.

➢ Evaporated fluid expands in a low pressure turbine, which is coupled with a


turbine generator to produce electricity.

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Fig 1. Basic operations behind OTEC


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Fig 2. Ideal Rankine Cycle


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1.4 Availability of OTEC


➢ It is estimated that the amount of energy that can be practically harvested to be in the
order of 3 to 5 terawatts (1 terawatt is 1012 watts) of base load power generation,
without affecting the temperature of the ocean or the world's environment. That's
about twice the global electricity demand.

➢ Makai Ocean Engineering’s ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) power plant is the
world’s biggest operational facility of its kind, with an annual power generation capacity
of 100kW, which is sufficient to power 120 homes in Hawaii (USA).

➢ India is geographically well-placed to generate ocean thermal energy, with around 2000
km’s of coast length along the South Indian coast, where a temperature difference of
above 20℃ is available throughout the year.

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➢ India's maiden Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) project is coming up in
Kavaratti, capital of the Lakshadweep, off the south-western coast.

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THANK YOU

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