CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 



The free-fall emplaced, deadweight anchor is the best anchor type 

 for use with OTEC at all potential OTEC power plant sites except pos- 

 sibly for those few with exposed hard rock seafloors. Technology develop- 

 ment for the free-fall-emplaced anchor should be initiated during October 

 1977 to ensure installation of the demonstration anchor by April 1980. 

 The recommended start-date is also necessary to ensure subsequent fabrica- 

 tion, transport, and installation of a prototype anchor in January 1983 

 to serve in the mooring system for the proposed 25 MWe OTEC demonstra- 

 tion power plant. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of their many 

 colleagues in various facets of this effort: Robert J. Taylor, Robert 

 D. Rail, Homa J. Lee, Joseph F. Wadsworth, Richard M. Beard, Don B. 

 Jones, Robert J. Odello, Francis C. Liu, Leonard J. Woloszynski, and 

 Fred 0. Lehnhardt. 



REFERENCES 



1. Civil Engineering Laboratory, Technical Memorandum M-42-76-1: State- 

 of-the-art in high-capacity, deep-water anchor systems, by P. J. Valent, 

 R. J. Taylor, H. J. Lee, and R. D. Rail. Port Hueneme, Calif., Jan 

 1976, 109 pp. 



2. Civil Engineering Laboratory, Technical Note N-1463: OTEC single 

 anchor holding capacities in typical deep sea sediments, by P. J. Valent, 

 R. J. Taylor, J. M. Atturio, and R. M. Beard. Port Hueneme, Calif., Dec 

 1976, 131 pp. 



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