TY - CONF
TI - Study on Electrification of Remote and Isolated Tropical Islands Using OTEC
AU - Hassan, M
AU - Habib, W
AU - Rupam, T
T2 - 2nd International Exchange and Innovation Conference on Engineering & Sciences
AB - Apart  from  solar  and  wind  energy  as  a  form  of  renewable  energy,  ocean  can  also  be  considered  one  as approximately  2  to  3  billion  MW  power  can  be  gained  from  it.  Covering  71%  of  earth’s  surface  the  ocean  is  the  largest solar  energy  collector  absorbing  about  70%  of  day’s  solar  energy.  On  an  average  day  the  amount  of  heat  energy absorbed  by  60  million  square  kilometers  of  the  tropical  sea  surfaces  commensurate  burning  of  250  billion  barrels  of oil  and  when  converted  to  electrical  energy  it  can  limit  the  demand  of  electricity  for  260  million  people  per  day.  In  this study  we  emphasized  on  converting  this  thermal  energy  from  the  sea  to  electrical  energy  in  order  to  provide  electricity to  the  isolated  tropical  islands.  This  can  be  practically  done  where  there  is  at  least  20  degrees  Celsius  temperature difference  exists  between  the  upper  and  lower  surface  of  the  ocean.  The  conversion  process  involves  evaporating  an intermediate  fluid  like  ammonia  or  direct  evaporation  of  the  sea  water  of  upper  surface  and  in  both  case  cold  water from  lower  surface  performs  the  condensing  task.  Though  the  converted  electrical  energy  is  not  sufficient  for  a  large power  plant  but  it  can  be  an  alternate  source  for  the  remote  isolated  islands  where  power  from  central  grid  cannot  be reached.  Apart  from  this,  byproducts  like  pure  desalinated  water  that  can  be  used  for  pure  drinking  water  and  in agriculture  sector  of  those  islands;  salt  and  cold  water  from  the  lower  sea  surface  and  this  water  can  be  used  as industrial cooling  of those  islands.   
DA - 2016/10//
PY - 2016
SP - 5
PB - IEICES
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - OTEC
KW - Physical Environment
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Social & Economic Data
ER -