Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. is an innovative ocean technology and engineering firm based in Hawaii, providing engineering products and services worldwide since 1973. Makai's core technical areas include submarine cables, ocean energy and marine pipelines, and subsea technologies such as underwater vehicles, buoys, communications systems and general marine engineering and R&D.
Makai is certified under ISO 9001:2015, an internationally recognized standard for quality management. Makai's 36-person staff includes physicists, oceanographers, and mechanical, ocean, chemical, and software engineers, most of whom hold master's degrees or Ph. Makai has been involved with deep-water cable installation since 1983.
Makai is certified under ISO 9001:2015, an internationally recognized standard for quality management. Makai's 36-person staff includes physicists, oceanographers, and mechanical, ocean, chemical, and software engineers, most of whom hold master's degrees or Ph. Makai has been involved with deep-water cable installation since 1983.
Services
Makai is committed to the research and development of ocean-based renewable energy sources. Ocean thermal energy conversion; wave, current, tidal, and offshore wind devices; and subsea power cable studies, route analysis and deployment. Seawater air conditioning; seawater cooling for onshore and offshore industrial processes such as natural gas liquefaction; radiant cooling; and dedicated outdoor air systems (DOAS).
Makai's state-of-the-art dynamic cable model provides unparalleled accurate cable installations. Makai offers sophisticated products that work together to greatly improve the accuracy and reliability with which submarine cables are laid. The heart of Makai's cable software is a powerful 3-D cable model.
Makai Ocean Engineering provides custom, high-performance heat exchanger designs and fabrication. The proprietary technology, TFHX, is constructed using novel advanced manufacturing methods. Makai's facilities include manufacturing, thermal testing, and structural and fatigue testing. TFHX heat exchangers can be designed for liquid, air-cooled, vapor-cycle, or phase change material applications.
Since 1979 Makai has designed a number of bottom mounted, down-the-slope, catenary, and pendant polyethylene pipelines for use in SWAC and outfalls. Makai's long experience with pipeline design and deployment has led to very cost-effective fabrication and deployment methods.
One example is a typical SWAC polyethylene pipeline, which is fused into long sections onshore, filled with air, then towed into place and lowered to the seabed - often in a single day - minimizing expensive marine construction and weather-related risks.Makai has also conducted extensive field research on practical and cost-effective methods of deploying large diameter pipelines - in both deep and shallow waters.
One example is a typical SWAC polyethylene pipeline, which is fused into long sections onshore, filled with air, then towed into place and lowered to the seabed - often in a single day - minimizing expensive marine construction and weather-related risks.Makai has also conducted extensive field research on practical and cost-effective methods of deploying large diameter pipelines - in both deep and shallow waters.
The common thread running through all areas of Makai's expertise is high-caliber engineering research and design. Makai has provided research, design, and project management services for clients who range from aquaculture farmers to the largest defense contractors in the world. In addition to the completed projects described below, we regularly assist our clients by performing research in new and emerging areas of technology.
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