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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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639Ocean Energy Conversion
© 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
temperature difference actually achieved to the maximum temperature difference ther-
modynamically available.
Several evaporator options have been proposed and analyzed for OC-OTEC. They
include open channel ow, falling lms, falling jets, and spout evaporators. These are
shown schematically in Figure 11.9. Based upon extensive experiments at the SERI test
facility [6], the single-spout evaporator was found to be the most suitable conguration.
The effectiveness measured in experiments with and without screens placed above the
pipe outlet varied between 0.9 and 0.97, as shown in Figu ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966