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OTEC ANCHORS: SELECTION AND PLAN FOR 

 DEVELOPMENT / 



Final; .May 1975 - March 1977 



t PtRFO«».»0 CRO. REPORT n^»BE.H 



P. J. Valenl and J. M. Atturto 





CIVIL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 



Naval Construction Battalion Center 



Port Hueneme. California 9304J ^/ 



ERDA 42-021 



U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration 

 20 Massachusetts Avenue N. W. 

 - >\VashinKton, DC 20542 



December 1977 



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Deadweight anchors, pilc-t> pe anchors, embedment anchors, anchors, deep ocean mooring, 

 ocean floors, OTEC, drillship, buoyancy, free-fall embedment, and seatloor. 



Anchor systems capable of maintaining the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) 

 power plants on station were identified and compared. Deadweight anchors with base shear 

 keys were selected as the best choice for the more common ocean environments. Concepts 

 for transporting and lowering the required deadweight anchor systems to tne seafloor site 

 are described and their limitations noted. The attractiveness - and technical feasibilit>- - 



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