Abstract: A 1/30th-scale model of a floating 40-MW OTEC pilot plant has been subjected to wave conditions that the prototype would experience as a plant moored off Puerto Rico or Hawaii, or as a ...

Abstract: This paper summarizes the heat-engine system design for an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plant and its integration in the platform, and describes system components and their performance ...

Abstract: The role of the primary jets in the aerothermal behavior and overall performance of a gas turbine combustor is explored through an experimental study. The study is performed in a model ...

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of a discrete element method approach to dry friction in the presence of a third body. Three dimensional computer simulations have been carried out to show the ...