Water Recycling, Desalination, and OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion)

There are many technical solutions that may help to mitigate the current water shortage in Oahu. For the purposes of this article, our team has chosen to discuss three technical solutions we believe are the most viable. According to the current availability sequence, water recovery desalination OTEC (Ocean Heat Transfer) water recovery Oahu's water recovery is an important part to ensure sustainable water supply for future generations.

OTEC, marine thermal energy conversion is energy technology to convert solar radiation into electric energy. Since the OTEC system uses the natural temperature gradient of the ocean, the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep water less than 600 m is about 20 ° C, and the OTEC system can generate considerable electricity I can do it. Therefore, the ocean is a huge renewable resource, it can help to enter the OTEC process, it also has abundant nutrients that can be used to grow coastal organisms and coastal and land-based plants .

The three most viable technical solutions. According to the current availability sequence, water recovery desalination OTEC (Ocean Heat Transfer) water recovery Oahu's water recovery is an important part to ensure sustainable water supply for future generations. Through natural water circulation, the Earth has recovered and reused millions of years of water. Water recycling is often referred to as the use of technology to accelerate these natural processes. Circulating water

There are other uses for thermal energy, such as ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). It uses the same principles as ocean temperature gradient to generate electricity. According to the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), OTEC is mainly marine technology with certain reliable advantages. Because of the large amount of water, the temperature zone in the sea is stable. Given that 70% of the earth's surface is covered with sea, the possibility of using OTEC is very large.