Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype
The Mexican Caribbean Sea has potential zones for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) implementation. Universidad del Caribe and Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, with the support of the Mexican Centre of Innovation in Ocean Energy, designed and constructed a prototype OTEC plant (OTEC-...
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| author | Jessica Guadalupe Tobal-Cupul Estela Cerezo-Acevedo Yair Yosias Arriola-Gil Hector Fernando Gomez-Garcia Victor Manuel Romero-Medina |
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| description | The Mexican Caribbean Sea has potential zones for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) implementation. Universidad del Caribe and Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, with the support of the Mexican Centre of Innovation in Ocean Energy, designed and constructed a prototype OTEC plant (OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe), which is the first initiative in Mexico for exploitation of this type of renewable energy. This paper presents a sensitivity analysis whose objective was to know, before carrying out the experimental tests, the behavior of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe regarding temperature differences, as well as the non-possible operating conditions, which allows us to assess possible modifications in the prototype installation. An algorithm was developed to obtain the inlet and outlet temperatures of the water and working fluid in the heat exchangers using the monthly surface and deep-water temperature data from the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model and Geographically Weighted Regression Temperature Model for the Mexican Caribbean Sea. With these temperatures, the following were analyzed: fluctuation of thermal efficiency, mass flows of R-152a and water and power production. By analyzing the results, we verified maximum and minimum mass flows of water and R-152a to produce 1 kWe during a typical year in the Mexican Caribbean Sea and the conditions when the production of electricity is not possible for OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4466fee1b69b42ff833b57324b1a0b4a2023-11-21T18:02:54ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-04-01149258510.3390/en14092585Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant PrototypeJessica Guadalupe Tobal-Cupul0Estela Cerezo-Acevedo1Yair Yosias Arriola-Gil2Hector Fernando Gomez-Garcia3Victor Manuel Romero-Medina4Department of Basic Sciences and Engineering, Universidad del Caribe, SM 78, Mza. 1, Lote 1, Esq. Fraccionamiento Tabachines, Cancún 77528, Quintana Roo, MexicoDepartment of Basic Sciences and Engineering, Universidad del Caribe, SM 78, Mza. 1, Lote 1, Esq. Fraccionamiento Tabachines, Cancún 77528, Quintana Roo, MexicoDepartment of Basic Sciences and Engineering, Universidad del Caribe, SM 78, Mza. 1, Lote 1, Esq. Fraccionamiento Tabachines, Cancún 77528, Quintana Roo, MexicoDepartment of Basic Sciences and Engineering, Universidad del Caribe, SM 78, Mza. 1, Lote 1, Esq. Fraccionamiento Tabachines, Cancún 77528, Quintana Roo, MexicoDepartment of Basic Sciences and Engineering, Universidad del Caribe, SM 78, Mza. 1, Lote 1, Esq. Fraccionamiento Tabachines, Cancún 77528, Quintana Roo, MexicoThe Mexican Caribbean Sea has potential zones for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) implementation. Universidad del Caribe and Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, with the support of the Mexican Centre of Innovation in Ocean Energy, designed and constructed a prototype OTEC plant (OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe), which is the first initiative in Mexico for exploitation of this type of renewable energy. This paper presents a sensitivity analysis whose objective was to know, before carrying out the experimental tests, the behavior of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe regarding temperature differences, as well as the non-possible operating conditions, which allows us to assess possible modifications in the prototype installation. An algorithm was developed to obtain the inlet and outlet temperatures of the water and working fluid in the heat exchangers using the monthly surface and deep-water temperature data from the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model and Geographically Weighted Regression Temperature Model for the Mexican Caribbean Sea. With these temperatures, the following were analyzed: fluctuation of thermal efficiency, mass flows of R-152a and water and power production. By analyzing the results, we verified maximum and minimum mass flows of water and R-152a to produce 1 kWe during a typical year in the Mexican Caribbean Sea and the conditions when the production of electricity is not possible for OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/9/2585sensitivity analysispower generationclose cycle OTECocean renewable energyMexican Caribbean SeaOTEC plant prototype |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Guadalupe Tobal-Cupul Estela Cerezo-Acevedo Yair Yosias Arriola-Gil Hector Fernando Gomez-Garcia Victor Manuel Romero-Medina Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype Energies sensitivity analysis power generation close cycle OTEC ocean renewable energy Mexican Caribbean Sea OTEC plant prototype |
| title | Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype |
| title_full | Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype |
| title_fullStr | Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype |
| title_short | Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype |
| title_sort | sensitivity analysis of otec cc mx 1 kwe plant prototype |
| topic | sensitivity analysis power generation close cycle OTEC ocean renewable energy Mexican Caribbean Sea OTEC plant prototype |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/9/2585 |
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