Advancements in sustainable desalination with ocean thermal energy: A review

Z Hu, Y Chen - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Seawater desalination is an important process to alleviate the freshwater crisis. However,
traditional desalination techniques are typically energy-intensive and significantly contribute …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen as an energy source: A review of production technologies and challenges of fuel cell vehicles

EA Hamedani, SA Alenabi, S Talebi - Energy Reports, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The significant growth of both the global population and economy in recent years has led to
a rise in global energy demand. Fossil fuels have a significant contribution to generating …

3 E (Energy, Exergy and Economic) multi-objective optimization of a novel solar-assisted ocean thermal energy conversion system for integrated electricity and …

Y Rami, A Allouhi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Multi-generation systems based on renewable emerge as promising avenues to promote
sustainability for the energy sector. This study introduces a novel concept: an Ocean …

An innovative OTEC and PV/T-based multi-generation system with LNG cold energy recovery for sustainable production of hydrogen and distilled water

G Soyturk, O Kizilkan - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In the current research, an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) assisted multi-
generation process with a transcritical Rankine cycle (tRC) working with carbon dioxide is …

Theoretical analysis on temperature-lifting cycle for ocean thermal energy conversion

Z Zhang, H Yuan, S Yi, Y Sun, W Peng, N Mei - Energy conversion and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
A significant obstacle to the widespread large-scale utilization of ocean thermal energy is
the low temperature of the heat source, which restricts the turbine inlet to saturated steam …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology for green hydrogen production and storage: Exergo-economic analysis

L Ciappi, L Socci, M Calabrese, C Di Francesco… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This study presents and analyses three plant configurations of the Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion (OTEC) technology. All the solutions are based on using the OTEC system to …

[HTML][HTML] Performance analysis of ocean thermal energy conversion system integrated with waste heat recovery from offshore oil and gas platform

Y Du, H Peng, J Xu, Z Tian, Y Zhang, X Han… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
To improve ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system efficiency, four systems
utilizing the waste heat recovery from offshore oil and gas platform are proposed, including …

Effect of working fluid charging amount on system performance in an ocean thermal energy conversion system

Y Zhou, W Gao, Y Zhang, Z Tian, Y Tian… - Applied Thermal …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
In ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) systems, the initial working fluid charging
amount is crucial as it relates to the system's performance and economic cost. But currently …

Experimental study of the external load characteristics on a micro-scale organic Rankine cycle system

Y Zhang, YC Tsai, X Ren, Z Tuo, W Wang, L Gong… - Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The expansion device is considered the crucial equipment in Organic Rankine cycle (ORC).
Due to the structure limitation, the scroll expander would be critical affected by the external …

Design and Experimental Study of 50 kW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Test Platform Based on Organic Rankine Cycle

B Lu, Y Liu, X Zhai, L Zhang, Y Chen - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
In recent years, clean and renewable energy sources have received much attention to
balance the contradiction between resource needs and environmental sustainability. Among …