Table 1 The correspondence of hydraulic diameter and Reynolds number to channel height.

From: Numerical analysis of flow configuration and channel design for thermoelectric OTEC systems

Channel height (m)

Hydraulic diameter (m)

Reynold number

0.002

3.89 × 10–3

3.987 × 103

0.006

1.11 × 10–2

1.1275 × 104

0.010

1.76 × 10–2

1.8040 × 104

0.018

2.91 × 10–2

2.9848 × 104

0.036

4.8 × 10–2

4.9200 × 104

0.054

6.17 × 10–2

6.3253 × 104

0.072

7.2 × 10–2

7.3800 × 104