A preliminary assessment of ocean thermal energy conversion resources

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-17

  Nihous, Gérard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEAWATER FLOW RATES; TRANSIENT COOLING; TROPICAL WATERS;

FLOW RATE; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEAWATER; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 34248191156     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2424965     Document Type: Article

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