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Ever-increasing population and its resultant stress on the energy sector are pushing us toward more cleaner and sustainable energy solutions. Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is one such clean energy technology, which has almost no emission and higher reliability. It utilizes the temperature gradient occurring in oceans due to the incident solar radiation to produce electricity. The efficiency and power output of OTEC systems can be increased with the addition of solar collectors for preheating the sea water. In order to design a practical solar-boosted OTEC system, it is imperative to understand the irreversibilities occurring in the heat exchangers of the systems. The limits of such irreversibilities are quantified using the well-established approach of the finite time thermodynamics. It was found out that for a simple OTEC system and a solar-boosted OTEC system, the limits for internal irreversibilities are in a range of 1.01–1.05 and 1.01–1.115, respectively.
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Ramachandran, A., Arun Shal, U.B., Ramachandran, S. (2022). Finite Time Thermodynamic Investigation of a Solar-Boosted Irreversible OTEC. In: Kolhe, M.L., Jaju, S.B., Diagavane, P.M. (eds) Smart Technologies for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol 1. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6875-3_68
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