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Title: Heat extraction from a large solar pond

Conference · · Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5421337

The largest operational, salt-gradient solar pond in the United States, occupying 2000 m/sup 2/, was constructed during 1978 in Miamisburg, Ohio. The heat from this solar pond, nearly 1055 GJ/yr (1,000 million Btu/yr) is used to heat an outdoor swimming pool in the summer and an adjacent recreation building during part of the winter. A new heat exchanger system has been installed externally to the pond and operated successfully to deliver 391 GJ (371 million BTU) of heat during May-June. Hot brine water is drawn through a diffuser by a self-priming pump fabricated from fiberglass reinforced plastic. The brine water passes through copper-10% nickel tubes of a tube-and-shell heat exchanger and is then returned to the bottom of the pond. Cooling water from the swimming pool circulates through the shell side of the heat exchanger. Several designs and flow velocities of the brine inlet and outlet diffusers into the pond have been tested in order to minimize the effect of turbulence upon the salt gradient zone.

Research Organization:
Monsanto Research Corporation, Mound Facility, Miamisburg, Ohio
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00053
OSTI ID:
5421337
Report Number(s):
CONF-821101-
Journal Information:
Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States), Vol. 82-WA/SOL-31; Conference: ASME winter annual meeting (Engineering applications of laser velocimetry/published in ASME Jr. Fluid Engineering), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 14 Nov 1982
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English