13.1 Introduction13.2 Principle of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion13.3 Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plants13.3.1 Land-based Power Plant13.3.2 Floating Power Plant13.4 Basic Rankine Cycle and its Working13.4.1 Selection of Working Fluids13.5 Closed Cycle, Open Cycle, and Hybrid Cycle13.5.1 Open-cycle OTEC13.5.2 Closed-cycle OTEC13.5.3 OTEC Hybrid Cycle13.6 Carnot Cycle13.7 Application of OTEC in Addition to Produce Electricity13.8 Advantages, Disadvantages and Benefits of OTEC13.8.1 Advantages13.8.2 Disadvantages13.8.3 Benefits as a Measure of the Value of OTECSummaryReview Questions