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Gulf of Mexico numerical model. Project summary. [For evaluating thermal impact of OTEC] [electronic resource]

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Online Access: Online Access
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy, 1981.
Subjects:
Gulf Of Mexico.
Mathematical Models.
Ocean Thermal Power Plants.
Environmental Impacts.
Bathymetry.
Hydrodynamics.
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion.
Temperature Distribution.
Thermal Pollution.
Three-Dimensional Calculations.
Atlantic Ocean.
Caribbean Sea.
Conversion.
Energy Conversion.
Fluid Mechanics.
Mechanics.
Pollution.
Power Plants.
Seas.
Solar Energy Conversion.
Solar Power Plants.
Surface Waters.
Thermal Power Plants.
Solar Energy.
Environmental Sciences.
Energy Planning, Policy And Economy.
Description
Abstract:The objective of this investigation is to develop and assess the skill of a three-dimensional, prognostic numerical model of the Gulf of Mexico and to identify the thermal impact of operating OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) power plants on the physical environment. The investigation consists of the following technical elements: adaptation and refinement of an existing multi-layer numerical model to the Gulf of Mexico basin, including realistic boundary conditions and bottom topography, to predict the time dependent circulation and temperature distribution in the Gulf throughout the year; comparison of the model predictions with the observed features of the Gulf; and application of the model to the case of OTEC power plants in the Gulf to estimate the physical perturbations to the environment.
Item Description:Published through SciTech Connect.
02/01/1981.
"doe/et/20612-t1"
Blumberg, A.F.; Mellor, G.L.; Herring, H.J.
Dynalysis of Princeton, NJ (USA)
Physical Description:Pages: 21 : digital, PDF file.

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