Method of creating a cold water conduit to be used in ocean thermal energy conversion systems
AssigneeMcDermott Incorporated
InventorsWilliam L. Green, Dennis E. Calkins, Edward A. Landers, Jr., Daniel W. Gray
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Abstract
A method of creating a cold water conduit for use with an ocean thermal energy conversion plant by drilling and blasting at least one passageway completely through an underwater land formation.
Claims3
A method of creating a conduit to be used in association with ocean thermal energy conversion systems and the like, said method comprising the steps of drilling at least one passageway through an underwater land formation, wherein the passageway is directionally drilled so that the top of the passageway is located on an underwater land shelf and the bottom of the passageway is located on an underwater land slope, and repeatedly introducing and then detonating at least one explosive charge in the passageway at progressively higher elevations.
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