Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying – retrieving,... – Submerging – raising – or manipulating line of pipe or cable...
Patent
1981-06-01
1983-12-27
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying, retrieving,...
Submerging, raising, or manipulating line of pipe or cable...
405136, 405168, 405169, F16L 100
Patent
active
044227990
ABSTRACT:
A method of installing a cold water conduit for use with Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), fossil or nuclear power plants. The method is comprised of installing a marine railway system on the ocean floor and subsequently using the railway system as an aid to the installation of the cold water conduit and as a support structure for the conduit.
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Calkins Dennis E.
Green William L.
Harrison Gary E.
Wilkins Jesse R.
Edwards Robert J.
McDermott Incorporated
Muetterties J. Henry
Simmons James C.
Taylor Dennis L.
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