Conference proceeding
Engineering Ocean Nourishment
Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, Vol.II
World Congress on Engineering: WCE 2008 (Imperial College London, London, 02/07/2008 - 04/07/2008)
2008
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Abstract
The annual productivity of the ocean is limited by the availability of nutrients. Ocean Nourishment is the concept of purposefully introducing nutrients to the surface ocean to sequester carbon dioxide and increase the sustainable supply of marine protein. The engineering challenges are to inject the nutrients so that they diffuse to an appropriate concentration while being consumed by phytoplankton. Ship based supply of nutrients from onshore manufacture is assumed. Broadcasting granular material onto the surface of the ocean is examined. The depth over which the prills or grains dissolve can be controlled by the diameter and density of the particles. Design considerations are discussed.
Details
- Title
- Engineering Ocean Nourishment
- Creators
- Bruce Judd - Ocean Nourishment CorporationDaniel P Harrison - Earth Ocean & SpaceIan S F Jones - University of SydneyOcean Technology, School of Civil Engineering
- Contributors
- S I Ao (Editor of compilation)Len Gelman (Editor of compilation)David WL Hukins (Editor of compilation)Andrew Hunter (Editor of compilation)A M Korsunsky (Editor of compilation)
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, Vol.II
- Conference
- World Congress on Engineering: WCE 2008 (Imperial College London, London, 02/07/2008 - 04/07/2008)
- Publisher
- Newswood Ltd. ; Hong Kong
- Identifiers
- 991013020634202368
- Copyright
- © Copyright International Association of Engineers
- Academic Unit
- Science; Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding