SOLUTION: The Hawaii Natural Energy Institute tested a 100 kW OTEC system (ocean thermal energy conversion). The surface temperature is 30 degrees C and at a depth of 1 km the temperature is

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Question 1164445: The Hawaii Natural Energy Institute tested a 100 kW OTEC system (ocean thermal energy conversion). The surface temperature is 30 degrees C and at a depth of 1 km the temperature is 10 degrees C. Calculate the maximum theoretical efficiency of this OTEC engine. Remember you have to use degrees K.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Read about it and even find the methods of calculating effectiveness from this Wikipedia article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_thermal_energy_conversion


Happy learning (!)