Method of and apparatus for treating the water in a solar pond power plant

Patent · Tue Feb 25 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5836839

Bronicki, L Y

A method is described for treating the water in a solar pond power plant of the type comprising: a solar pond that has a stratified halocline interposed between an upper wind-mixed layer that receives solar radiation and a lower heat storage layer that absorbs heat from the solar radiation; a boiler through which brine from the heat storage layer is pumped for vaporizing an organic working fluid; a turbine through which the vaporized working fluid is expanded for driving an electrical generator that generates electricity; and a condenser for condensing working fluid exhausted from the turbine and returning the condensate to the boiler, the method including the steps of chlorinating the pond water by introducing chlorine into the halocline at a predetermined level of the halocline without disturbing it.

• Assignee: Solmat Systems Ltd., Yavne, IL
• Patent Number(s): US 4571947
• OSTI ID: 5836839
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140700* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems
141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
BOILERS
BRINES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATION
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
EVAPORATION
FLUIDS
HALOGENATION
HEAT STORAGE
LAYERS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PONDS
POWER PLANTS
PUMPING
RADIATIONS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR PONDS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
STORAGE
SURFACE WATERS
WATER TREATMENT
WIND
WORKING FLUIDS