Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clathrate ice thermal transport for ocean thermal energy conversion
- Patent Title (中): 海洋热能转换的包裹冰热运输
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Application No.: US12142231Application Date: 2008-06-19
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Publication No.: US07900452B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Robert J. Howard , John W. Rapp , Patrick Grandelli , Joseph C. Van Ryzin
- Applicant: Robert J. Howard , John W. Rapp , Patrick Grandelli , Joseph C. Van Ryzin
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: F03G7/04
- IPC: F03G7/04
Abstract:
A substance is added to cold ocean water in a cold water pipe of an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system. The substance raises the freezing point of the ocean water in a cold water heat exchanger of the OTEC system, thereby forming an ice slurry. The substance is added at the depth of the apparatus. The ice slurry is transported from the point of addition in the cold water pipe to the cold water heat exchanger at the surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080314043A1 CLATHRATE ICE THERMAL TRANSPORT FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION Public/Granted day:2008-12-25
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