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http://dx.doi.org/10.7846/JKOSMEE.2015.18.1.29

Conceptual Design of a Riser for 10 MW OTEC  

Jung, Dongho (Korea Research Institute of Ship and Ocean Engineering)
Kwon, Yongju (Korea Research Institute of Ship and Ocean Engineering)
Kim, Hyeonju (Korea Research Institute of Ship and Ocean Engineering)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy / v.18, no.1, 2015 , pp. 29-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
The concept design of a riser for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in 10 MW is proposed and its dynamic behaviour characteristics is analyzed with numerical method. A riser pipe with a hollow along its thickness in the cross-section to increase the effective modulus of its cross-section is designed considering the manufacture. The riser pipe without hollows along its thickness needs a lumped weight at the bottom end of a riser in order to keep its vertical hanging configuration from large buoyancy and the strong current. The riser is designed to control its density by inserting materials in high or low density into a hollow. The dynamic behaviour characteristics of the two designed risers is evaluated with the developed numerical analysis tool. The combined stress of the riser with a lumped weight is showed to be dominated by weight of a lumped mass. The riser with no hollow shows large combined stress near sea surface by strong current. Local structural analysis for the cross-section of a hollow riser is needed in detail.
Keywords
OTEC; Large diameter riser; Conceptual design; Numerical study; Hollow pipe;
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