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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Natural Ocean Well Co., Culver City, CA (US);
Robert A. Bergstrom, Culver City, CA (US);
Michael M. Porter, Culver City, CA (US);
NATURAL OCEAN WELL CO., Culver City, CA (US);
Abstract
A submersible reverse osmosis desalination apparatus uses low temperature concentrate or brine from the desalination apparatus to provide a high volume cold liquid stream to an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) heat engine. The OTEC engine also employs a warm liquid stream and uses the cold and warm liquid streams to obtain electrical power from a closed-cycle or open-cycle heat exchange and generator system. Use of the concentrate or brine stream provides a much greater liquid volume and much greater cold thermal energy content than would be obtained by using cold desalinated product water from the desalination apparatus in the OTEC heat engine.