A status report on a solar pond project

Tabor, H.; Matz, R.

doi:10.1016/0038-092x(65)90044-7

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“…This was followed by making the first large-scale artificial solar pond for thermal energy storage by Tabor and Matz (1965). Most experimental studies on practical utilization of artificial solar ponds were started mainly around mid1970s (Norton, 1992).…”

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Key factors impacting performance of a salinity gradient solar pond exposed to Mediterranean climate

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a b s t r a c t Solar ponds are low cost pools of brine solutions with integrated storage zones that harvest incident solar energy and store it as thermal energy. The current study examined the performance of a salinity gradient solar pond under the Mediterranean climatic condition for ten consecutive months of operation, from October 8, 2014 to July 31, 2015. The presented results are based on the experimental data of a smallscale circular pond, 61 cm in diameter a height of 55 cm, constructed and operated at Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus (METUNCC). The study showed the necessity of regular surface washing and having excess undissolved salt at the lower convective zone (LCZ) to maintain the pond stability. The variations in the temperature of the non-convective (NCZ) and lower convective zones (LCZ) are found to be a function of both ambient temperature and solar irradiation (insolation). The variation of the overall pond's temperature strongly follows the changes in ambient temperature while solar insolation directly affects the increase in temperature gradient by depth. During the period of this study, the pond reached the highest average temperature of 48°C in July 2015 while the average ambient temperature for this month was 30°C.

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Key factors impacting performance of a salinity gradient solar pond exposed to Mediterranean climate

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“…Examples of particular interest are provided by ponds built to trap solar heat [6] and some Antarctic lakes [7]. The physics is quite similar in the stellar case in that Helium acts like salt in raising the density and in diffusing more slowly than heat.…”

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Thermosolutal Convection in a Couple-Stress Fluid in Uniform Vertical Magnetic Field

Singh

Kumar

2012

Zeitschrift Für Naturforschung A

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The effect of a uniform vertical magnetic field on thermosolutal convection in a layer of an electrically conducting couple-stress fluid heated and soluted from below is considered. For the case of stationary convection, the stable solute gradient, magnetic field, and couple-stress parameter have stabilizing effect on the system. It is also observed that a stable solute gradient and a magnetic field introduce oscillatory modes in the system, but in the absence of a stable solute gradient and a magnetic field, oscillatory modes are not allowed and the principle of exchange of stabilities is valid.

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“…Nonconvecting ponds employ means to prevent the warmed waters from rising to the surface. 2.1.1 SALT GRADIENT PONDS -Most studied of the solar ponds is the nonconvecting, salt gradient pond (Tabor, 1963(Tabor, , 1965(Tabor, and 1980Nielsen, 1979;Rabl, 1975;Zangrando, 1918).…”

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Solar Ponds

Jayadev¹,

Edesess²

1980

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A status report on a solar pond project

Cited by 92 publications

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Key factors impacting performance of a salinity gradient solar pond exposed to Mediterranean climate

Key factors impacting performance of a salinity gradient solar pond exposed to Mediterranean climate

Thermosolutal Convection in a Couple-Stress Fluid in Uniform Vertical Magnetic Field

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