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Biofouling and corrosion for marine heat exchangers are being investigated at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy. The objective of this experimental investigation is to determine effective fouling-control techniques for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) heat exchangers, which must be kept clean enough to maintain heat-transfer resistance (Rf) values below 0.02 m2 K/kW. Due to the lack of experimental data bases and prediction methods, fouling-control techniques developed for conventional heat exchangers cannot easily be extended to OTEC applications. In addition, it is important for the success of OTEC to develop low-cost heat exchangers that will use less-expensive materials.
Work supported by U.S. Department of Energy, Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy, under Contract W-31–109-Eng-38.
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Panchal, C.B. (1988). Experimental Investigation of Marine Biofouling and Corrosion for Tropical Seawater. In: Melo, L.F., Bott, T.R., Bernardo, C.A. (eds) Fouling Science and Technology. NATO ASI Series, vol 145. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2813-8_17
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