OPINION article Front. Energy Res., 18 May 2023Sec. Process and Systems Engineering Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1207062

Worldwide power resources that could be extracted from Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plants are estimated with a simple one-dimensional time-domain model of the thermal structure of the ocean. Recently published steady-state results are extended by partitioning the potential OTEC production region in one-degree-by-one-degree “squares” and by allowing the operational adjustment of OTEC ...

Abstract Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a renewable energy source in which produced by converting the heat stored sea or ocean thermal into valuable work, based on temperature difference between warm surface seawater and cold deep seawater. One of OTEC system requirements to have at minimum 20 °C within depth 1000 m below level. Recognizing importance optimum water temperature, sever...