Solar Pond Concepts: Old and New
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Different types of solar ponds have been considered from the early 1900s to the present . Salty ponds use salt to create a nonconvecting pond. Shallow solar ponds were investigated by Shuman and Hillsie in 1906 .and 1907 and are currently being studied by Lawrence Livermore Laboratories. Swedish investigators are studying a combination of solar collectors and water storage in a pond-cover configuration. In addition , there are thermoclines created in large bodies of water, as in large reservoirs. This paper surveys the various types of solar ponds, classifies and models them, and then tries to combine the best of the ideas to synthesize new concepts. It presents a new solar pond concept which combines the good features of convecting and nonconvecting (salty) ponds.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308;
- OSTI ID:
- 1467380
- Report Number(s):
- SERI/TP--35-208
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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