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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Natalie B. Levings, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Eugene C. Jansen, Dumfries, VA (US);
Jared D. Gilbert, Falls Church, VA (US);
Nicholas J. Nagurny, Manassas, VA (US);
Robert J. Howard, Walkersville, MD (US);
Stephen L. Bailey, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Natalie B. Levings, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Eugene C. Jansen, Dumfries, VA (US);
Jared D. Gilbert, Falls Church, VA (US);
Nicholas J. Nagurny, Manassas, VA (US);
Robert J. Howard, Walkersville, MD (US);
Stephen L. Bailey, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger module for thermally coupling a first fluid and second fluid is disclosed. The heat exchanger module comprises a plurality of heat exchangers, each of which is fluidically coupled to a common seawater inlet and a common seawater outlet. The heat exchanger module is dimensioned and arranged for integrating with an OTEC system located on an offshore platform that is deployed in a body of water. The heat exchanger module physically and fluidically couples with ports included in pontoons attached to the offshore platform. The ports are individually controllable so that the module can be added or removed from the OTEC system without interrupting operation of other heat exchanger modules integrated with the OTEC system.