一、前言海洋热能转换(Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion OTEC)这一概念早在1881年法国物理学家 D~1 Arsonval 就提出来了。他设想在热带海洋表面温海水与深层冷海水之间,设置闭式朗肯循环,把海洋中所储存的太阳热能转换为电能。为实现这一设想,D~1Arsonval 的学生,法国工程师 G.Claude 于1926年在一个海水温差发电的模拟装置上使 I. INTRODUCTION The concept of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) came up as early as 1881 by French physicist D-1 Arsonval. He envisaged setting a closed Rankine cycle between warm seawater and deep, cold seawater on the surface of tropical oceans, to convert the solar heat stored in the oceans into electricity. To achieve this vision, D ~ 1Arsonval student, French engineer G. Claude in 1926 in a seawater thermoelectric power generation simulation device