1. 8W2- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion By: Cindy Rezendes

2. What is OTEC OTEC is a process that can produce electricity by using the temperature difference between deep ocean water and warm tropical surface water..OTEC plants pump large quantities of deep cold seawater and surface seawater to run a power cycle and produce electricity.

3. History OTEC technology is not new. In 1881, Jacques Arsene d'Arsonval, a French physicist, proposed tapping the thermal energy of the ocean. But it was d'Arsonval's student, Georges Claude, who in 1930 built the first OTEC plant in Cuba. The system produced 22 kilowatts of electricity with a low-pressure turbine. In 1935, Claude constructed another plant aboard a 10,000-ton cargo vessel moored off the coast of Brazil. However, weather and waves destroyed both plants before they became net power generators. (Net power is the amount of power generated after subtracting power needed to run the system.)

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5. Advantages ● It has very good clean source ● It environmentally safe

6. Disadvantages ●It could cause global warming ●If it runs too fast then is could cause pollution and all the fish and sea creatures could DIE!! ●Expensive

7. Citations http://energy.gov/eere/energybasics/articles/ocean-thermal-energy-conversion- basics http://www.makai.com/ocean-thermal-energy-conversion/ https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+of+the+OTEC&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=638&tbm=isch&imgil= W10_4JFt_zIL4M%253A%253Bndg6qPBEyoqcvM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fffden- 2.phys.uaf.edu%25252F212_fall2003.web.dir%25252FYevette_Lancaster%25252FOTEC.htm&source=iu&pf =m&fir=W10_4JFt_zIL4M%253A%252Cndg6qPBEyoqcvM%252C_&usg=__1xWT5UmRbILNBekXHNiJq1A u0Oo%3D&ved=0ahUKEwiCtLHxo9PQAhWDyoMKHVgrD7MQyjcINQ&ei=vz1AWMLYAoOVjwTY1ryYCw#im grc=3PpgB_s2v4j5QM%3A

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