Flexible retractable cold water pipe for an ocean thermal energy

Details Flexible retractable cold water pipe for an ocean thermal energy Flexible retractable cold water pipe for an ocean thermal energy

1983-06-20

1985-02-05

Cohan, Alan

Fluid handling

Systems

With pump

138106, 138118, 405 52, 405195, E02D 2308, E01G 404, E02B 900

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044973420

ABSTRACT:
A cold water pipe (11) for an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system comprises a tubular membrane (12) made of a fabric such as a canvas, which is substantially impervious to flowing water. A proximal end of the pipe (11) is secured to a surface structure such as a ship (10), and a distal end of the pipe (11) is extendible from the surface structure to a selected ocean depth. The pipe (11) functions as a conduit through which cold water from the selected ocean depth can be drawn to the surface structure for use in a thermodynamic process of the OTEC system. The distal end of the pipe (11) can be quickly retracted to the surface structure when it becomes desirable to move the surface structure.

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patent: 3822558 (1974-07-01), Blankenship
patent: 4298295 (1981-11-01), Bozzo et al.
Trimble, Lloyd C., Engineering Aspects of OTEC Systems, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, May 25-27, 1977.

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