OTECA-JAPAN FORMED
4 WORKING GROUPS
The Secretary-General of the
OTECA-JAPAN. Mr. Minoru Okada, indicated recently that his association has
formed 4 working groups to promote and implement their research and development
activities. The working groups they formed are: 1)could water intake pipe
working group; 2) generating plant working group; 3) multipurpose application
working group; and 4) oceanographic research center working group. The first
working group will perform various analyses on movement of the cold water intake
pipes at the time of its laying. The second working group will conduct
investigations for improvement in efficiency of power generation and
optimization of cool water utilization technology and ammonia treatment system.
The third working group will place their efforts on the investigations for the
present condition and out-look in the study on deep seawater utilization
including biotechnology, environmental control ,etc. and simulation of the
environmental effects by deep seawater. The fourth working group, Oceano-graphic
Research Center, was set up last August to develop the concept on OTEC center
for oceano-graphic research. The activities of this working group are emphasized
on investigations for the structure and domain of nearly 50 oceano-graphic
research center, including fish farming all over world through documents.