VOLTAR
10th INTERNATIONAL OTEC SYMPOSIUM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2024
8:00 - 9:00
Registration- Networking
9:00 - 9:15
Welcome
9:00 - 9:05
1-1 ) Welcome from OTEA
S. Thirugnana
9:05 - 9:10
1-2) Welcome and Host Introduction
Prof. Joel Sena Sales Jr - UFRJ
9:10 - 9:15
1-3) Greetings from SOBENA
TBD
9:20 - 9:50
KEYNOTE 1 - A New Stage of OTEC: Leading Carbon Neutrality
Y. Ikegami
9:50 - 10:00
BREAK
10:00 - 11:20
SESSION 1 - OTEC POTENTIAL
10:00 - 10:20
1-4) Brazilian Ocean Thermal Energy Park and its Sites
R. Valente de Souza
10:20 - 10:40
1-5) Spatial and Temporal Variability of Ocean Thermal Energy Resource of the Pacific islands
J. Posterari
10:40 - 11:00
1-6) OTEC and Offshore Wind Complementarity along the Brazilian Coastline
S. Estefen
11:00 - 11:20
1-7) A Multi-Use OTEC Platform: Power, Cooling, Freshwater, and More
A. Copping
11:20 - 11:30
BREAK
11:30 - 12:30
SESSION 2 - OTEC in BRAZIL
11:30 - 11:50
2-1) Brazil-Japan Cooperation for Sustainable Development of Fernando de Noronha Island by the OTEC-DOW Technology Implementation
A. Shinohara
11:50 - 12:10
2-2)Possible Ways to Install OTEC and SWAC in Fernando de Noronha Island
F. Neto
12:10 - 12:30
2-3) Potential for OTEC/LTTD Technology on the Remote Island of Fernando de Noronha
L. Magri
12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH
13:30 - 13:50
KEYNOTE 2 - Low Carbon Power for Decarbonization of Offshore Assets
D. Fonseca - Petrobras
13:50 - 14:20
PANEL 1 - OTEC for Fernando de Noronha
Prof. A. Shinohara
14:20 - 14:30
BREAK
14:30 - 15:10
SESSION 3- ECONOMICS
14:30 - 14:50
3-1) The good, the bad and the ugly: five years of OTEC fundraising
D. Grech
14:50 - 15:10
3-2) Assessment of Thechno-Economic Barriers for Commercialization of OTEC
C. Panchal
15:10 - 15:30
COFFEE-BREAK
Sponsored by CRN
15:30 - 16:50
SESSION 4- OUTREACH and RESEARCH
15:30 - 15:50
4-1) Communicating OTEC: Demystifying Technical Language to Drive Public Interest
K. Sgarbi
15:50 - 16:10
4-2) Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion for OTEC
T. Yasunaga
16:10 - 16:30
4-3) A Century in the Making: OTEC Technology and the Precipice of Commercialization
B. Strogen
16:30 - 16:50
4-4) Development of Turbines in Indian OTEC Programme
P. Dudhgaonkar
16:50 - 17:00
BREAK
17:00 - 17:30
PANEL 2 - OTEC for Oil Industry Decarbonization
Moderator: Martin Brown, Ocean Energy Systems Ltd
17:30 - 17:40
Day 1 CLOSING
17:40 - 18:40
HAPPY HOUR- Reception
Sponsored by CRN
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2024
8:30 - 9:30
Registration- Networking
9:30 - 9:35
Welcome
Day 2 - Welcome from the Ocean Thermal Energy Association
Y.Ikegami
9:35 - 10:00
KEYNOTE 3
K3) OTEC Economics : Takeaways from the OES Technical Report
B. Martin
10:00 - 10:20
COFFEE-BREAK
Spnsored by Global OTEC
10:20 - 11:20
SESSION 5 - PROJECTS
10:20 - 10:40
5-1) Ocean Thermal Energy-Driven Activities in Malaysia
S. Thirugnana
10:40 - 11:00
5-2) MOL's Support of OTEC in Japan and Abroad
B. Martin
11:00 - 11:20
5-3) Design and Development Status of the Open Cycle OTEC Plant at Kavaratti Island
V. Samson Packiaraj
11:20 - 11:30
BREAK
11:30 - 12:10
Panel 3 - Technological Advances in OTEC
Moderator: Benjamin Martin, Xenesys Inc.
12:10 - 13:30
LUNCH
13:30 - 13:55
KEYNOTE 4
k4) Cold Water Pipe (CWP) Joint Industry project (JIP)- Advancing the Technology Readiness Level of Larger Diameter Seawater Intake and Discharge Pipes
M. Brown
13:55 - 15:35
SESSION 6 - TECHNOLOGY
13:55 - 14:15
6-1) Deep OTEC
V. Fachina
14:15 - 14:35
6-2) Combined Cycle for Offshore OTEC Installation
A. Byah
14:35 - 14:55
6-3) 100KW OTEC Pilot Plant using CO² as Working Fluid in a Novel Triple Phase Thermodynamic Cycle (3F OTEC CO2) in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico
E. Pérez
14:55 - 15:15
6-4) An Economical 20 MW OTEC Plant can be Built Today
J. Anderson
15:15 - 15:35
6-5) Strctural Evaluation of Process Components for Kavaratti's Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant
A. Majumdar
15:35 - 15:45
BREAK
15:45 - 16:45
SESSION 7- OFFSHORE RESEARCH
15:45 - 16:05
7-1) OTEC Powered Green Energy Hub for Cost Effective Long Subsea Tie Back
P. Guerin
16:05 - 16:25
7-2) Results of the Proof of Concept Study for Enhansed Ocean thermal Energy Conversion (E-OTEC)
R. Robinson
16:25 - 16:45
7-3) Vibration Analysis of Two-Material Cold Water Pipe for OTEC Systems
X. Wang
16:45 - 17:15
CLOSING DISCUSSION / OTEA General Meeting
17:15 - 17:20
CLOSING
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024
VISIT TO OTEC DEMONSTRATION SITE - LABOCEANO/LENO UFRJ
Transport from the Hotel Windsor Florida at 9:00