Gradient layer entrainment correlation for a salt gradient solar pond with storage layer recirculation

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · J. Sol. Energy Eng.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3268264· OSTI ID:6128353

Munoz, D R; Zangrando, F; Viskanta, R; Incropera, F P

Experiments were performed in a large tank to determine the effects of combined mixing, due to bottom heating and a horizontal recirculation, on the entrainment of salt stratified fluid. Entrainment rate data obtained for large Richardson numbers were used with existing data for smaller Richardson numbers to develop a single term correlation for the range of 10/sup 2/<10/sup 4/. The appropriate velocity and length scales for the combined mixing experiments were the convective velocity, the square root of the jet kinematic momentum flux divided by the distance from the discharge diffuser to the interface, and the height of the mixed layer.

• Research Organization: Engineering Dept., Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US); Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO (US); School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (US)
• OSTI ID: 6128353
• Journal Information: J. Sol. Energy Eng.; (United States), Vol. 110:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR PONDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
CALCULATION METHODS
CORRELATIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
RICHARDSON NUMBER
SALINITY
DATA
EQUIPMENT
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
PONDS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SURFACE WATERS
TESTING
140800* - Solar Energy- Ocean Energy Systems